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Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:45:00 +0200
GPs expected to start giving COVID vaccines this week
Family doctors are expecting to join Malta’s COVID-19 vaccination drive this week, although some say it may be too late for them to have much of an impact. General practitioners have also voiced concern about lack of information ah...

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:18:00 +0200
China censors Oscars success of history-making Chloe Zhao 
Beijing-born Chloe Zhao was scrubbed from Chinese social media on Monday as a nationalist backlash airbrushed out her remarkable achievement of becoming the first woman of colour to win the best director Oscar. Zhao on Sunday night b...

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:12:00 +0200
Russia launches new batch of UK telecom satellites into space
A Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia's Far East on Monday carrying 36 UK telecommunications and internet satellites, the Roscosmos space agency said.  OneWeb, a London-headquartered company, is working ...

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:08:00 +0200
Operatic great Christa Ludwig dies aged 93
Christa Ludwig, widely regarded as one of the greatest opera singers of the 20th century, has died at age 93, the Vienna State Opera said on Sunday. The mezzo-soprano, whose repertoire ranged from Beethoven, Mozart and Mahler to Stra...

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +0200
Asian markets mostly rise ahead of Fed meeting, earnings
Most Asian markets mostly rose on Monday following a strong end to last week on Wall Street as traders turned their attention to the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting and earnings from corporate giants. A strong reading on US...

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 08:53:00 +0200
Tours of Msida Bastion Cemetery to resume
Tours of the Msida Bastion Cemetery and Historic Garden will resume next Saturday, May 1. Warden Paolo Ferrelli will take visitors around the cemetery while divulging interesting stories about duels, murders and heroic acts, besides ...

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 08:53:00 +0200
Lightweight thrills in a classy package
When the Alpine A110 was revealed back in 2017, it took the motoring world by surprise. Here was a car that was lighter, more urgent and more back-to-basics than the sports cars we’d become used to, undercutting all of its closest ...

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 08:35:00 +0200
Europe’s 70-year project - John Cassar White
Soon we will be commemorating a vital milestone in the history of the European Union. On May 9, 1951, then French foreign minister Robert Schuman floated the idea of setting up the European Coal and Steel Community that many consider...

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 08:16:00 +0200
What happened on... April 26
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.

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 08:11:00 +0200
Man hit by car as he enters his own vehicle
A man was hit by a car as he was about to enter his own parked vehicle in Marsa late on Sunday. The police said the accident happened at Triq Il-Ħaddiem at about 9pm. The 24-year-old from Paola was climbing into his Ford Focus when ...

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 07:44:00 +0200
Third of arrivals do not have COVID-19 certificate
Almost one third of those travelling to Malta do not present a negative COVID-19 certificate despite this being mandatory, Times of Malta has learnt. All countries are on the so-called Amber List, meaning travellers must produce a ne...

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 07:31:00 +0200
BOV staff go green beyond Earth Hour
On March 27, Bank of Valletta joined other organisations and individuals around the world by symbolically switching off the lights to create awareness for a greener planet. This year, however, BOV employees took Earth Hour beyond its...

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 07:23:00 +0200
An albatross around Abela’s neck
Merely two days after another inauguration of the St Luċija tunnel project, Transport Minister Ian Borg was back in the headlines for the wrong reasons. This time, the news was not about another road-building project bulldozing over...

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 07:05:00 +0200
PN can still win... but! - Alan Xuereb
Let me make two facts crystal clear at the outset. Firstly, I have no official role in the Nationalist Party. I am just a member. This conceptually makes me a ‘shareholder’. Still, I do have an interest in political philosophy, s...

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 06:59:00 +0200
Libya PM first trip to Benghazi postponed after security team is turned back    
The Libyan government postponed the prime minister's first visit to the east of the country late Sunday, hours after an advance security team was turned back from Benghazi airport, a source told AFP. A cabinet meeting scheduled for M...

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 06:48:00 +0200
Peacebuilding and migration - Pete Farrugia
The long history of interaction among the nations surrounding the Mediterranean Sea has contributed to the region’s complex social, political and spiritual cultures. Indeed, the realities of the Mediterranean, both ancient and cont...

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 06:48:00 +0200
Today's front pages - April 26, 2021
The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Monday. Times of Malta, The Malta Independent and l-orizzont lead with the reopening of non-essential shops and services today, and plans announced by the prime minister for ...

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 06:47:00 +0200
‘I was stalked in Qawra... and the police initially failed to act’
A 30-year-old Qawra woman says she was initially prevented from filing a police report after a man allegedly tried to follow her home on Monday evening. But days later, after expressing disbelief, the police reached out to her and in...

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 06:37:00 +0200
Major reform set to cut lengthy proceedings in criminal trials
An overhaul of Malta’s court system will seek to drastically shorten or possibly do away with lengthy pretrial proceedings in criminal cases. A proposed rewrite of the judicial process is at an advanced stage and Times of Malta und...

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 06:34:00 +0200
Announcements - April 26, 2021
Requiem Mass Today’s Mass, at 6.30pm, at Tal-Ibraġ parish church,  will be offered for the souls of BERNARD and MARYROSE BORDA. Dear Lord please grant them eternal rest. In Memoriam BORDA – BERNARD. Precious memories of a dear ...



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