This is the official portrait of Joseph Muscat that was quietly hung at Auberge de Castille without ceremony several months ago. A picture of the painting by artist Patrick Dalli was never released by the Office of the Prime Minister...

The 2021/22  BOV National Challenge League will kick off at the Centenary Stadium on Friday when Żejtun Corinthians against Lija Athletic. With no less than 22 participants, for the first time since season 1954/55, Malta’s second...

Sotheby's has won the rights to sell the highly sought-after Macklowe art collection, valued at more than $600 million, the auction house announced Thursday. The trove – which includes works by Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and Mark R...

Facebook and iconic eyewear brand Ray-Ban on Thursday launched their new smart glasses, the latest effort in a tricky, niche market but which the social media giant sees as a step toward its future. The "Ray-Ban Stories" shades can t...

Canada's Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, facing a possible election defeat and a barrage of criticism over climate and foreign policies, tried to paint his Conservative rival as unready to lead on a debate stage Thursday. The ...

Polestar has collaborated with Swedish electric motorcycle maker Cake to create a new electric bike.  Called the Makka Polestar Edition, it has made its debut at the Munich Motor Show. Based on Cake’s regular Makka but given a ran...

A private hospital has offered free corrective surgery for a mother left in pain for 10 months after medics stitched her too tightly after childbirth. Erica Abela told Times of Malta how she is unable to have sex or undergo a smear t...

Germany’s 2014 World Cup winner Jerome Boateng was on Thursday fined 1.8 million euros ($2 million) by a court in Munich after being found guilty of assaulting his former partner three years ago. The huge fine handed down by Munic...

Sharon is a talented Sliema hairdresser who works on High Street. David, a garrulous newsagent, works next door. Both watch out for Ian. Ian self-harms. He lives nearby and has no support. His family have abandoned him. Sharon cooks ...

Oil-rich Norway goes to the polls on Monday in elections dominated by climate change that the ruling Conservative party is widely expected to lose to a Labour-led coalition. Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Store is hoping to wrest pow...

When we look back 14 years, we recognise that the global economy has not performed well since the 2007 financial crisis. The world’s leading economies never really recovered sufficiently from that crisis as any recovery soon proved...

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a shop in Qormi last month. The police said on Friday officers from the Arsons Unit within Major Crimes arrested the two men, both resident in St Paul’s Bay, one aged 48, t...

Professional portrait photographer Amanda Hsu is showcasing her work in an exhibition titled 40 Over 40 ­– The Art of the Female Form, as part of the Canon Pro Showcase. The 10 works on display are taken from Hsu’s latest projec...

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.

Industrial action ordered by the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses at the department which sterilises medical instruments may lead to scheduled operations at Mater Dei hospital being affected or postponed, the Health Ministry said o...

The 2021-22 GFA season got underway last weekend with the opening matches from the GFA Division One. This season, the Gozitan top division will be contested by eight teams and will be played over three rounds. From what we witnessed ...

With no masks in sight, buzzing offices and concerts drawing tens of thousands, Denmark on Friday ditches vaccine passports in nightclubs, ending its last COVID curb. The vaccine passports were introduced in March 2021 when Copenhage...

Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick to overtake Pele as the top international goalscorer in South American football history on Thursday as Argentina cruised to a 3-0 victory over Bolivia in their 2022 World Cup qualifier. Messi pounced f...

British 18-year-old qualifier Emma Raducanu and Canadian 19-year-old Leylah Fernandez completed astonishing runs to their historic first Grand Slam final on Thursday at the US Open. Raducanu became the first qualifier to ever reach a...

A 59-year-old man is fighting for his life after falling from a balcony in Marsascala. The police said the accident happened in Triq Ġebel Ħanxul at 9.15pm. The man, who lives in Paola, was given first aid by a medical team on site...