Around the world, 2020 will surely be remembered as the year of COVID-19, the year in which all our certainties were questioned and we realised how fragile we are. This pandemic has taken its toll on all of us in many ways, both in o...

Over the past years, regulators have considerably stepped up their enforcement role, and this is evident from the hefty fines being imposed,  the publication of such fines, and the subject persons in question. This reality poses not...

A new training and mentorship programme is being developed through a partnership between two of Malta’s top cultural organisations, to boost the entrepreneurial skills of artists and creatives on the island. The initiative is a col...

An elderly woman is feeling “vulnerable, uncomfortable and unsafe” after construction works around her Sliema home exposed an adjacent well that she claims threatens its foundations. Joy Hall, 88, has been left “suspended” �...

­Monday 2pm The president receives a courtesy call by representatives of the court and Police Interpreters and Translators Association (CPITA) at San Anton Palace, Attard. Tuesday 10am The president receives a courtesy call by repre...

We’ve packed up and stored our Christmas tree out of sight along with our festive cheer and celebrations. Our minds are geared into working hard towards our goals but many of us are unaware that, for a quarter of the world’s popu...

Google is weaning itself off user-tracking "cookies" which allow the web giant to deliver personalized ads but which also have raised the hackles of privacy defenders. Last month, Google unveiled the results of tests showing an alter...

On January 6, 2021, a man with a microphone in his hand, overlooking a crowd of inflamed followers carrying flags and paraphernalia of his movement, shouted at fever pitch: “Fight like hell. If you do not fight like hell, you will ...

At least eight new members of the judiciary will be added to the bench in the coming weeks, as the government seeks to avoid being labelled an untrustworthy jurisdiction by international bodies.  Government sources confirmed that pu...

In a year characterised by severe economic and social restrictions, Fondazzjoni Paulus is presenting a scaled-down version of the Rabat Agape Festival and concert in celebration of the feasts of the Conversion and Shipwreck of St Pau...

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Leon Spinks, who took the crown from Muhammad Ali in 1978 before losing a rematch, died on Friday, according to his publicists. He was 67. Spinks had been hospitalized in December at Las Vegas...

Making investment choices should not be a daunting task if investors choose to invest in assets based on the objectives they wish to achieve. Professional investors have embraced this strategy quite a while ago. However, in some inst...

ŻfinDays, the national dance company’s first event for 2021, presents a double bill that showcases a breadth of human attributes ranging from the perennial to the contemporary. ŻfinMalta’s artistic director Paolo Mangiola speak...

Tens of thousands of anti-coup protesters in Myanmar poured back onto the streets Sunday, as an internet blackout failed to stifle growing outrage at the military's ouster of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The fresh rally followed ...

Rafael Nadal admitted Sunday he had been “suffering” for 15 days with a sore back and could not guarantee he’ll play the Australian Open, with the injury threatening to derail his bid for a record 21st Grand Slam.  The world n...

What says Argentina more than tango or India more than yoga? In the context of practices and traditions, formally classified by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage in its 2003 Convention, the answer to that question is quite simpl...

The Ombudsman Remedy in Malta  Ivan Mifsud,Book Distributors Limited, 2020 This is a welcome publication on the Office of the Ombudsman because it fills a gap in Maltese legal literature. In Constitutional Law, the tendency is to w...

The number of people aged 85 and over admitted to hospital with COVID-19 has plummeted by 80% in recent weeks, according to preliminary data from a Mater Dei Hospital study. Medical sources told Times of Malta that just six patients ...

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An industry that was, and still is, heavily disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic is undoubtedly that of aviation. To contain the spread of the virus, governments around the world had to impose travel restrictions which left air carrier...