In 1915-16, the Maltese football league was not held. No ground was available because tents were installed in the Mile End Ground to accommodate some of the hundreds of wounded soldiers who were being brought to Malta from the battle...

The government has insisted there was “no wrongdoing” in an accelerated armed forces promotion process that the ombudsman ruled was “outright illegal” and benefitted the “favoured few”. Asked why no action was ever taken ...

Asian markets rose on Thursday ahead of US inflation data and a European Central Bank meeting, while traders also tracked China-US relations after Joe Biden dropped a Trump-era bid to ban TikTok and WeChat. With the global economy se...

A few weeks ago, I wrote an article providing an overview of the FTSE 100, the UK’s main benchmark index. There are similar benchmarks tracking every equity market around the world. In continental Europe, apart from the individual ...

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.

Moyra Sammut is launching her debut novel, A Map of Scars, tomorrow, June 11. The book is set in the back streets of Valletta, where a chance discovery by her father forces protagonist Georgina Parker to make a decision that will ch...

International football super-agent Mino Raiola confirmed his interest in a Maltese female player on Wednesday while speaking during a press conference about ThreeSports – a representation company owned by Raiola which is based in Q...

Mosta FC have offered new contracts to three players who formed part of their first team last season, as the Blues step up their preparations ahead of their participation in the UEFA Europa Conference League. On Tuesday, the Blues we...

The size of Malta’s population in relation to the size of the country – in other words, the issue of overpopulation – impacts every aspect of our lives. We need to be able to discuss this subject intelligently like we debate ot...

Tottenham are in advanced talks to appoint former Roma boss Paulo Fonseca as their new head coach, SkyItalia is reporting. The Portuguese is expected to sign a three-year deal but nothing has been agreed yet between the two parties. ...

Lionel Messi could move to Inter Miami as part of a new 10-year deal the Argentinian superstar is negotiating with Barcelona, the owner of the Major League Soccer side said Wednesday. The Miami Herald newspaper reported that Inter ow...

Water and irrigation are primary concerns for Maltese farmers but, once again, farmers have been shortchanged. In 2017, polished treated sewage effluent, second-class water called ‘new water’  was introduced to farmers in Mġarr...

Novak Djokovic set up a 58th meeting with Rafael Nadal on Wednesday when he reached his 40th Grand Slam semi-final at the French Open despite being held up by 5,000 fans needing to be evacuated to conform with a Covid-19 curfew. Worl...

Joe Biden triumphantly announced that "the United States is back!" as he kicked off his first overseas tour as US president, urging global collaboration and consensus to rebuild after Covid and reset diplomatic ties after the divisiv...

Politicians, activists and columnists are from Mars but presidents, as we know, are from Venus. By their verbs and predicates shall ye know them. Politicians attack, argue and propose; activists criticise, protest and oppose; columni...

Obituary ATTARD TERRIBILE. On June 9, JOHN, suddenly at Mater Dei Hospital, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. He leaves to mourn his irreparable loss his beloved wife Dolores, his children Oliver, Lorna an...

Nearly all the protected birds in a state-sponsored tracking programme died within days of their release, according to the international suppliers of the monitoring equipment. However, the hunters’ federation, FKNK, which ran the p...

The Charlie from Bejaia to Taranto, the Mona Lisa from Piraeus to Valencia, the CMA CGM Jean Mermoz from Rotterdam to Singapore, the Contship Sun from Koper to Bejaia, the Contship Cub from Trapani to Bejaia (all CMA CGM Malta Agency...

Stop repeating untruths I wonder how the present chairman of the Planning Authority would, in a written economics examination, respond to the classical old question of ‘what comes first, supply or demand’. Now that the country’...

Children who attend Mass with their families at St Peter and St Paul Basilica every Sunday morning this week met at the parish centre where they painted pieces of paper in different colours and afterwards, with the help of assistants...