Germany is to temporarily ban UK travellers due to the spread there of a coronavirus variant first found in India, the country’s national health institute said Friday.As of Sunday, only German citizens and residents will be allowed...

Robert Lewandowski can break Gerd Mueller’s 49-year-old Bundesliga single-season goal record this weekend when champions Bayern Munich play in front of their home fans for the first time since March 2020. The Poland striker’s p...

Destiny Chuckunyere has vowed to “own the stage” when she performs at the Eurovision Song Contest final in Rotterdam on Saturday night.  “Rest assured that I will give it my all tonight, you deserve the best entertainment and ...

To commemorate the eighth centenary of the death of St Dominic, Gozitan artist Manuel Farrugia was commissioned by the Dominicans of Vittoriosa, Malta, to produce an altarpiece depicting The Glory of St Dominic for the altar of St Do...

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.

The MSE Equity Total Return Index returned to positive territory, as it closed 1.7% higher at 8,309.976 points. A total of 13 issues were active, seven of which headed north while another five closed in the opposite direction. RS2 So...

President Joe Biden on Friday pledged to help organise efforts to rebuild Gaza and said creating a Palestinian state alongside Israel is the "only answer" to the conflict. Biden also said he had told the Israelis to stop "intercommun...

International law is not an area of law that the mainstream media engages with or refers to frequently. When international law does feature in the media, it often gets bad press. The current situation in Israel-Palestine is a case in...

These are the leading stories in local newspapers this Saturday. Times of Malta leads public health chief Charmaine Gauci’s defence of strict COVID-19 measures, amid rising criticism about authorities’ reluctance to ease restrict...

Hackers have stolen data on about 4.5 million Air India passengers around the world in the latest breach reported by a major airline. Names, credit card numbers and passport information were among the data stolen, Air India said in a...

US singer Lady Gaga said in a documentary out Friday that she was raped by a music producer and became pregnant at age 19, an ordeal that eventually caused her to have a "total psychotic break." The New York artist had previously rev...

The 2020+1 International Teamsport Goalkeeper Battle will be held between July 2 and 4 at the San Ġwann Football Ground. This year’s edition, which is the tenth anniversary edition, will be organised in collaboration with the San ...

A journalist for Turkey's state news agency Anadolu was fired Friday after raising embarrassing accusations by a mafia boss against the powerful interior minister at a government press conference. Turkey has been gripped for the past...

Motors Inc, exclusive distributors of the Kia brand, has presented an amount of UEFA Europa League Official Match Balls to local football nurseries. Being one of the main sponsors of the UEFA Europa League, KIA Motors has made the do...

Being a lawyer, Robert Abela could one day qualify to be nominated to the judiciary. But it is not yet his place to act like a judge. Neither can he assume the role of an attorney general or a commissioner of police. It is not the pr...

Two men drowned overnight in a tragic incident at sea in St Paul’s Bay, despite the best efforts of rescue crews to save them. The two victims, both men from Nigeria, drowned at Dawret il-Gżejjer. The incident was reported to the ...

Parliament’s enactment of the Controlled Residential Leases Act marks a historic step towards closure in the tumultuous relationship between Maltese society and rents. The original controls introduced in 1929 were intended as tempo...

Recently, President George Vella said he was “shocked and disappointed”. Venting his disappointment on his Facebook page, he decried a development application in Żejtun. The proposed project is just a stone’s throw away from h...

The Eurovision Song Contest final returns in Rotterdam on Saturday after a year off, bringing giant angel wings, cheesy lyrics and a message of hope in the time of coronavirus. Malta is the third-favourite behind Italy and France to ...

Two pedestrians were hit by cars in separate traffic incidents that occurred in different parts of Malta on Friday evening. Both victims were grievously injured as a result. The first of the two incidents was reported in Siġġiewi a...