New Year's Eve celebrations tonight are, like last year, being held in Valletta and Floriana.
Entertainment in Valletta this year is to be spread around the city for people to avoid last year's disappointment of missing out because they failed to make it through the crowds which had filled St George's Square.
In St Anne Street, Floriana, where the New Year is being welcomed for the third consecutive year, an ensemble of local and foreign talent will entertain the crowd.
Culture Parliamentary Secretary Mario de Marco this morning visited the preparations taking place in both locations.