8 - 14 April 1999

• Midland to acquire Mid-Med Bank
• NATO makes five demands as it launches heaviest attacks
• Strategy 2000: Malta the hub of the Mediterranean
• Stipends system to be extended
• Exports increase by Lm14 million
• Battle for number two PN post still wide open
• St Edward's Young Enterprise team wins European cup in Dublin
• Not enough French tourists says minister
• Yugoslavia war could increase tourism to Malta
• Partnership in training' to be launched today
• No salary increase for drydocks workers unless productivity increases
• Current account deficit widens in fourth quarter 1998