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Wed, 17 Mar 2021 09:06:00 +0100
Tuchel urges Chelsea to make home advantage count against Atletico
Thomas Tuchel admits Chelsea have been handed a major advantage by not having to travel for the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday. The first leg between the Spanish league leaders a...

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 09:02:00 +0100
Team New Zealand stamp dominance with fourth America’s Cup win
Team New Zealand beat Italy’s Luna Rossa 7-3 to win their fourth America’s Cup Wednesday and retain the world’s oldest international sporting trophy in front of huge crowds in Auckland. The defending champions claimed the singl...

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 08:23:00 +0100
'Higher, bigger, grosser': the uglification of Malta and Gozo
Some of the development applications Din l-Art ħelwa has contested recently has led its president, Alex Torpiano, to exclaim that “it feels as if people have gone mad”. Last year alone, the conservation NGO combed through around...

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 08:18:00 +0100
Eight killed in Atlanta-area spa shootings
Eight people, six of whom were Asian women, were killed in shootings at three different spas in the US state of Georgia, with a 21-year-old man in custody on suspicion of staging all three attacks, police said. The shootings came wit...

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 08:12:00 +0100
What happened on... March 17
The front pages of Times of Malta from 25 and 10 years ago.  Become a Times of Malta premium member to gain full access to our archive dating back to January 1930.

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 08:03:00 +0100
Tony Bezzina – fitting tribute to a perfect gentleman
Carmel Baldacchino pays homage to Tony Bezzina, the Hibs’ president on behalf of all his friends and supporters on the sad occasion of his demise on Monday. I have written many obituaries in my career. It is always sad to write abo...

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 08:02:00 +0100
NGOs fear ferry company will take over bigger part of Balluta Bay
A group of environment NGOs complained Wednesday that a bigger part of the seashore in Balluta Bay may be taken up by the operators of a ferry than originally planned. The NGOs said that after having been granted permission by the Pl...

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 07:16:00 +0100
Editorial: The untouchables
The news that the spring hunting season is once again going to be reopened comes as no surprise. After all, this cruel practice has been sanctioned by our weak governments for years despite breaching the EU’s Birds Directive. But l...

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 07:10:00 +0100
Today's front pages - March 17, 2021
The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Wednesday. Times of Malta leads with court evidence in the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder case, where Vince Muscat, who has admitted his involvement, described the original pl...

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 07:06:00 +0100
Manoel Island’s new master plan – Conrad Borg Manché
They say hard work pays off. Indeed, it does. Following years of debate and discussions, Midi has presented a revised master plan for Manoel Island, which respects the rich architectural heritage and, more importantly, provides more ...

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 07:05:00 +0100
France's Sarkozy on trial again after graft conviction
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial Wednesday over claims of illicit financing for his failed 2012 re-election bid, just two weeks after a landmark conviction for corruption. On March 1, the 66-year-old became Franc...

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 07:03:00 +0100
Mrieħel flyover alternative proposed by Qormi local council
Alternative plans submitted to the government’s Mrieħel flyover proposal would “not take up one centimetre of agricultural land”. The plans for an underpass were submitted by the Qormi local council to the transport authoritie...

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 06:48:00 +0100
National unity: A leftist perspective – Wayne Flask
We were pleased – early Saturday morning notwithstanding – to accept the president’s invitation to attend the conference on national unity on February 27. We did so without easy cynicism. As an organisation which has been persi...

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 06:35:00 +0100
Announcements - March 17, 2021
Obituary SCICLUNA. On March 16, at Mater Dei Hospital, HENRY, widower of Pauline, of Ta’ Xbiex, aged 89, comforted by the rites of Holy Church. He leaves to mourn his loss his children Christopher and his wife Catherine, Odette and...

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 06:23:00 +0100
Letters to the editor - March 17, 2021
A long-term vision for Gozo In his Talking Point (March 11), Revel Barker raises the possibility of vaccinating the entire population of Gozo against COVID within a period of three days, presumably in order to achieve immediate herd ...

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 06:19:00 +0100
Żepp - March 17, 2021
75th day of the 'new normal' Vaccine conspiracies (4) Żepp is produced by Ġorġ Mallia. See more Żepp cartoons.

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 06:16:00 +0100
Feast of St Joseph
The feast of St Joseph will be celebrated on Friday. The solemnity of this occasion is this year more outstanding since Pope Francis has dedicated 2021 to St Joseph who was proclaimed patron of the Universal Church by Blessed Pope Pi...

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 23:45:00 +0100
Real Madrid’s old guard see off Atalanta to reach Champions League last eight
Real Madrid avoided another early Champions League exit on Tuesday by beating Atalanta 3-1 to win the tie 4-1 on aggregate and reach the quarter-finals for the first time in three years.  Sergio Ramos marked his return from injury b...

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 23:44:00 +0100
Man. City cruise into Champions League quarter-finals
Manchester City cruised into the quarter-finals of the Champions League as early goals from Kevin De Bruyne and Ilkay Gundogan beat Borussia Moenchengladbach 2-0 in Budapest on Tuesday and sealed a 4-0 aggregate victory. The Champion...

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 22:02:00 +0100
'Toxic' Benna milkshake advert sparks sexism debate
An advert for a new milkshake by Benna that features a man fantasising about his female colleague has gone down badly with some social media users, who claim it objectifies women. The advert by the dairy production giant Benna was re...



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