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Wed, 11 Aug 2021 10:36:00 +0200
Zammit looking to build on impressive first senior outing in FIBA Games
Malta’s start to their title defence in the FIBA Small Countries of Europe Championship could not have been better as coach Andrea Paccarie’s men overcame San Marino 96-65 on Tuesday. It was a game which the Maltese dominated and...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 10:17:00 +0200
Nurses’ union escalates directives at health centres
The nurses’ union has stepped up its directives at healthcare centres as a row persists over triaging, a process in which patients are asked some questions to prioritise them by urgency. In a letter sent by the council of the Malta...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 10:06:00 +0200
New child safety features for Google, YouTube
Google on Tuesday unveiled a series of online safety measures for children including a private setting for videos uploaded by teens and safeguard for ads shown to users under 18. The new features, which come amid heightened concerns ...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 10:03:00 +0200
Greece wildfires 'slowly coming under control' - mayor
Hundreds of firefighters were battling to control two massive wildfires in Greece on Wednesday, one raging for nine straight days, that have left hundreds homeless and caused incalculable damage. With the assistance of a huge multina...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 09:47:00 +0200
Jennifer Hudson shoulders Aretha Franklin’s demons in biopic ‘Respect’
Aretha Franklin decided Jennifer Hudson was the natural woman to play her in musical biopic Respect, personally hand-picking the singer-actress a few years before her death in 2018. The late ’Queen of Soul’ shared not just a phen...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 09:39:00 +0200
Jeeves wins Malta Open’s 30th edition
The 30th Jubilee edition of the Malta Open came to a close at the Eden SuperBowl on Sunday. The tournament was open to all bowlers who are members of National Bowling Associations or Federations, both locally and abroad and consisted...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 09:14:00 +0200
Ask Charmaine: Will the government be offering the flu vaccine?
Will the booster also be given to those elderly people who live in the community? Why not? – Connie Vella The health authorities keep abreast of the latest scientific evidence in order to develop polices for the best outcomes from ...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 09:02:00 +0200
Sixty years ago: when the Berlin Wall went up
In the early hours of Sunday, August 13, 1961, communist East Germany's authorities began building the Berlin Wall, cutting the city in two and plugging the last remaining gap in the Iron Curtain. Rumours that the border between East...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 08:56:00 +0200
Legality of article 17 of new copyright directive affirmed
Just a few months away from the expiry of the deadline for the transposition by member states of the new EU copyright directive, there is already the first judicial pronouncement on the legality or otherwise of the contentious articl...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 08:35:00 +0200
Pierre Borg crowned new national champion
The recent National Road Championship organized by the Malta Cycling Federation saw Pierre Borg of Mosta AF Sing Studio being declared as the new national champion for the first time for the Mosta club to obtain this title after a fa...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 08:15:00 +0200
What happened on... August 11
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.

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 08:15:00 +0200
FKNK seeks to block agreement in favour of Birdlife
The Federation for Hunting and Conservation has gone to court in a bid to stop the Lands Authority from signing an agreement with Birdlife Malta over the Għadira and Simar nature reserves.  The hunting lobby is arguing that the mec...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 08:10:00 +0200
Another podium finish for Bugeja in Calabria Hillclimb race
Maltese Hillclimb drivers Didier Bugeja and Darren Camilleri took part in the 10th Edition of the Morano Campotenese Hillclimb in Calabria last weekend. The track is 7100 meters long with 574 meters difference in altitude and an aver...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 07:53:00 +0200
Collegiate sprint champion Cameron Burrell dies
Cameron Burrell, the son of US former 100m world record-holder Leroy Burrell and an accomplished sprinter in his own right, has died at the age of 26. “My family is extremely saddened with the loss of our son, Cameron, last night,...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 07:51:00 +0200
Brazil's Bolsonaro flexes muscles with military parade
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro drew criticism Tuesday for presiding over a military parade outside the presidential palace, a show of strength as he fends off sinking popularity and a raft of investigations. Smiling with the mili...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 07:46:00 +0200
Malta-based recruiter expands training network in India
RecruitGiant, a leading Malta based recruiter of non-EU national workers, is expanding the network of facilities in India through which it offers job-specific training to workers interested in moving to Malta. The ISO-certified Littl...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 07:39:00 +0200
President ignores questions on Daphne Caruana Galizia inquiry
President George Vella has ignored media questions sent following the publication of a public inquiry into the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia.  The 437-page inquiry report, published last month, concluded that the state sho...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 07:29:00 +0200
Tuchel tight-lipped as Rudiger welcomes addition of ‘beast’ Lukaku
Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger described Romelu Lukaku as a “beast” to handle for defenders with the Belgian closing in on a return to Stamford Bridge for a reported club record fee of £97 million ($135 million). Lukaku is exp...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 07:28:00 +0200
Today's front pages - August 11, 2021
The following are the main stories in Wednesday’s newspapers. Times of Malta leads with a warning from the health authorities urging people to avoid staying outdoors, opening windows or using ovens in the coming days as Malta sizzl...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 07:25:00 +0200
Sobering economic check-up
Like all other economists, the economists of rating agencies do not have a crystal ball to forecast the future of a country. They are also usually reasonably prudent, too prudent, some would say, and do not speculate on the sustainab...



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