Formula One has unanimously approved the adoption of ‘sprint’ qualifying at three Grands Prix this season, the organisers announced on Monday. The sprint qualifying over a distance of 100 kilometres will determine the GP grid and...

Prime Minister Robert Abela has announced €20 million in new financial assistance to businesses heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at a  press conference, he said businesses had been required to make many sacrific...

So far Europe has trailed behind other regions, both economically and in its vaccination program roll-out. Nonetheless, recent forward looking indicators and an acceleration on the number of vaccine doses administered, act as encoura...

A 23-year-old woman from Swieqi suffered injuries on Tuesday morning when the car she was driving overturned in the Regional Road tunnels. The incident happened at about 8.30am when the woman was driving a Toyota Aygo in the directio...

Judd Trump said he hoped he could still play in a World Championship final against Ronnie O’Sullivan after advancing into the last eight of this year’s edition on Monday. Six-time world champion O’Sullivan, 45, is already out f...

Activists are urging the Planning Authority to reconsider a recommendation for approval of a planning application to demolish a modernist house in Balzan, ahead of a hearing tomorrow. Walmarville, or the Diamond House, as it is known...

The cloud of a collapsed Super League project hangs over this week’s Champions League semi-finals with three of the four clubs involved — Real Madrid, Manchester City and Chelsea — among the breakaway 12 that shook European foo...

No other bird brings to mind the spring migration than the European turtle dove (gamiema in Maltese). It personifies the struggle of the species to return to Europe to breed from its wintering grounds in the Sahel region, south of th...

HSBC said on Tuesday that first-quarter profits more than doubled, helped by a reversal in credit losses as well as its ongoing restructuring and pivot to Asia. Adjusted profit before tax rose 109 per cent to $6.4 billion (€5.3bn) ...

A VAT exemption for packages entering the EU with a value not exceeding€22 will be abolished from July 1, the European Commission has announced. While most non-EU companies play fair, this exemption meant that some sellers were abl...

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.

Facebook is expanding its partnership with Spotify to create a mechanism for listening to full songs within the social network, which recently has been turning its attention to audio offerings. Starting Monday in 27 markets including...

The rise of SUVs and crossovers is well documented, and their popularity has taken off to the point many manufacturers have introduced more ‘rugged’ versions of their regular cars. It’s been with mixed results, though – Audiâ...

On April 22, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank decided to reconfirm its very accommodative monetary policy stance and took the following decisions. The interest rate on the main refinancing operations (MRO) and the i...

A bus was destroyed by a fierce fire while it was being driven through Burmarrad on Tuesday morning, but no one was injured. The incident happened at about 6.30am Malta Public Transport said the Route 31 bus was heading towards Buġi...

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has launched a scathing attack on the new Champions League format, saying coaches and players had not been consulted on plans to add more games to an already packed schedule. UEFA last week approved chan...

The year 2021 has been heralded as one in which countries would make bold, legally binding commitments to protect and restore the natural world. The UN biological diversity crisis conference COP15 is to be held in Kunming, China in O...

It is unbelievable that voluntary organisations, which do sterling work in several areas, alleviating the burden of government in socially oriented activities and supporting the weak and vulnerable, have become the target of rules th...

Many years ago, when Gozo was not even part of the Maltese tourism experience, a German friend who looked after foreign visitors on the south island told me he had a plan to promote the (then) ignored rock on which we both lived. “...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Tuesday. Times of Malta leads with the repatriation of a Maltese man who has contracted COVID-19 in India and needs to be brought to Malta in an air ambulance. It also report...