Prisons director Alexander Dalli has defended his decision to give a journalist a controlled tour of Corradino Correctional Facility, arguing that behind CCF walls “the buck stops with me”.  Dalli was summoned as a witness in a ...

The Israeli health ministry reimposed a requirement for masks to be worn in enclosed public places following a surge in new cases since it was dropped 10 days ago.  The head of Israel's pandemic response taskforce, Nachman Ash, told...

Malta has finalised testing its EU vaccine certificate (EUDCC) systems, just in time for the bloc-wide rollout on Thursday.  According to the  European Commission's website, all member states are now "technically ready to connect t...

The standards commissioner has yet to conclude his investigation into the alleged involvement of former junior minister Rosianne Cutajar in a multi-million-euro property deal with murder suspect Yorgen Fenech, despite the lapse of th...

Actors Samuel L Jackson and Danny Glover, Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann and actress-director Elaine May will receive honorary Oscars ahead of the main 2022 gala, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Thursday. Jac...

Athletics Malta has issued a statement to express its disappointment as the work carried out by the contractors for a complete resurfacing of the athletics track at the  Matthew Micallef St John Stadium in Marsa left much to be desi...

Equities and oil prices rose again on Friday, building on the week’s global rally, after US lawmakers and the White House agreed a rare bipartisan deal on infrastructure that will provide another huge cash injection into the world�...

A new virtual gallery of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings that plunges the viewer into the Renaissance master's creative process opens Friday at the manor in central France where he spent the last three years of his life. The 12-minute ...

This year, the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking also marks the 27th anniversary of Aġenzija Sedqa as the national agency in the addictions field. Addiction is a complex, ever-evolving area of practice, an...

Edinson Cavani scored his 52nd goal for Uruguay on Thursday in a 2-0 Copa America victory over Bolivia, who became the first team eliminated from the competition. Bolivia goalkeeper Carlos Lampe scored an unlucky own goal to open the...

Solidarity on migration remained limited and applied on an ad hoc basis, Labour MEP Alfred Sant told a European Parliament plenary session. Addressing a joint debate ahead of the 24-25 June European Council and the re-launch of the M...

Malta’s largest bank is not expected to face “any significant difficulties” in the wake of Malta’s greylisting by the FATF, a global anti-money laundering body. BOV’s CEO Rick Hunkin told Times of Malta that the bank is di...

We seem to be getting towards the end of most restrictions related to social interaction imposed to control the coronavirus pandemic. We have invariably used the term ‘lockdown’ to describe these restrictions as international tra...

Jordan Henderson says Gareth Southgate’s response to his costly Euro 96 penalty miss against Germany showed the kind of mental strength that defines the current generation as they prepare for a rematch with their old rivals. Englan...

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An exhibition featuring works by Maltese and Russian artists is on display in the community hall of the Swieqi local council. Malta and Russia – Bridged by Art points to a link between two broad artistic milieus and how Maltese and...

World champion Lewis Hamilton fears it is “premature” to allow a capacity 140,000 crowd to attend the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Following talks between the British government and Silverstone chiefs, the race in July will...

Children aged between 12 and 15 will start receiving invitations to get vaccinated against COVID-19 before the weekend, Health Minister Chris Fearne said on Friday.  Fearne had initially said that children would start receiving the ...

Although aware that corruption exists, most Maltese respondents to a Transparency International study admitted they fear reprisals if they come forward. In view of the details that emerged over the past months showing how widespread ...

A magistrate on Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday annulled two more cases against former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that had been brought by former judge Sergio Moro, who had previously been deemed by the same court to have...