Balzan FC have reached a verbal agreement to sign Montenegrin striker Bojan Kaljevic, the Times of Malta can confirm. Last season, Kaljevic was on the books of Mosta FC but his contract expired at the end of the last campaign and the...

A cannabis reform advocacy group has welcomed government plans to fully decriminalise the drug while urging it tweak its proposals to allow cannabis to consumed in public in adult-only settings. In a position paper submitted to the g...

The first quarter earnings season currently underway is a stark contrast to the earnings results for the first quarter of 2020.  This time last year, concerns had shifted on the divergence between the real economy and financial mark...

Studies of the ‘green lung’ roofing over part of the Regional Road, in Santa Venera are still ongoing as the environment minister is still set for the project to take place. “The geotechnical studies will be at me in the coming...

Feltom, the federation of language schools, has welcomed an announcement by the Minister of Tourism of further support for the industry in the form of vouchers to incentivise foreign learners to choose Malta. It said it views this in...

The Malta Artistic Swimming national team produced a strong performance at the Pirin Tournament Blagoevgrad in Bulgaria. The Maltese athletes competed in Duet Tech, the Solo Free and Combo events. Ana Culic and Valentina Marchi place...

China’s factory gate inflation rose at its fastest rate in nearly four years last month, data showed on Tuesday, as a strong recovery in the world’s number two economy sees a surge in demand for key commodities such as iron ore a...

At least nine people were killed after shooting broke out Tuesday at a high school in the central Russian city of Kazan, local news agencies reported. Citing local sources, agencies reported that two people had opened fire at School ...

Sanctions by the US Treasury Department cannot stop a locally registered assurance company from releasing funds to former footballer and suspected fuel smuggler Darren Debono, a civil court has ruled.  Debono is facing investigation...

Synthetic cannabinoids got their name because they act on the same brain cell receptors as tetrahydrocannabinol, which is the main active ingredient in cannabis. A number of these chemicals were first developed by scientists for thei...

It's been four decades since Bob Marley's death, a period longer than the reggae icon's brief but potent life that skin cancer ended when he was 36.  Yet Marley lives on as a voice of the dispossessed, the palpable vibrancy, spirit ...

African nations are attending this year’s Dubai Expo 2020 in force, hoping to project an image of a modern and ambitious continent and shed stereotypes of conflict and underdevelopment. The six-month mega-event, delayed by the COVI...

Equity markets tumbled in Asian trade on Tuesday following steep losses on Wall Street as investors grow increasingly worried about a surge in inflation that could force central banks to wind back their ultra-loose monetary policies ...

Milan's legendary La Scala opera house erupted into huge applause on Monday to hail a stirring performance at its triumphant reopening after six months of silence imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. The performance came a day before...

Malta international KURT CASSAR left the comfort of the island at the age of 14 to play basketball in Italy. Now heading into the Serie B play-offs with Janus Fabriano, Cassar is setting career-highs in a season which he hopes can sh...

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Keith Schembri is receiving treatment at hospital and will not attend his scheduled court hearing on Tuesday. The court is hearing charges of money laundering and fraud against the former chief of staff at the Office of the Prime Min...

The compilation of evidence against four men linked to the murders of lawyer Carmel Chircop and journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia continues on Tuesday. Adrian and Robert Agius, known as Ta' Maksar, and their associates Jamie Vella an...

The Malta Association of Social Workers said Tuesday that it supports the full decriminalisation of the use of cannabis, but not legalisation of its use because that would be a devastating step for society. The association said it ha...

Japanese superstar Naomi Osaka admitted she was “not really sure” the coronavirus-hit Tokyo Olympics should go ahead as doubts grew about the Games just weeks before the opening ceremony. The four-time tennis Grand Slam winner jo...