Not long ago, I was invited to a meeting of a new NGO. The aim was to have a discussion on ways that could help children in Malta, especially those caught up in the acrimonious separation of their parents, be better off. It was a lon...

A completely different world awaits transport. An evolving and interesting future where transport will be at the forefront of all ongoing businesses, be it electric vehicles, green hydrogen trucks, green hydrogen ships, green ammonia...

Leylah Fernandez hadn’t even been born in 2001 when terrorists attacked New York, but she hopes to show the same resilience and resolve as New Yorkers after her US Open final loss. The 19-year-old Canadian’s dream run into her ...

The turtle dove hunting season was closed on Saturday, more than two weeks ahead of schedule, as hunters reached the national quota of birds they are allowed to shoot down.  The Wild Birds Regulation Unit, which sets hunting rules, ...

Over a quarter of the €450,000 cost of the Balluta stairs project will go towards the construction of a public viewing and seating area, including the installation of stainless steel and glass railings. Since its announcement last ...

  Matthias Busuttil, head of Investment Strategy & Research, Curmi and Partners Ltd.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a series of systems, developments and techniques that enable machines to calculate actions and data sets. It is a constellation of many different technologies that work together to enable machines to s...

L-Ark ta’ San Publju tal-Furjana (1899-2019) Various authorsEdited by Stephen Tonna, Martin Camilleri, Freddie Tonna, Publio Stefan Tonna Published by Pubblikazjoni Il-Furjana, Malta, 2020. Just after 1am on April 27, 2019, the ce...

Stylistic considerations Hanging above the sacristy entrance of Our Lady of Victory church in Valletta is the oil-on-canvas painting of St Jerome. Most likely dating to the late 17th century, this religious work has been ascribed to ...

Nominations to occupy the influential role of chief of the Malta Developers’ Association closed last Friday, with nobody throwing their name into the hat. With no prospect of a leader in sight, the MDA is heading into discussions t...

Former heavyweight world champion Evander Holyfield looked all of his 58 years in a first-round technical knockout loss to mixed martial arts star Vitor Belfort on Saturday. With former US President Donald Trump providing ringside ...

A 70-year-old man is in hospital after having fallen down a well on Saturday afternoon, the police said on Sunday. The incident happened at about 3pm in a field near Triq il-Beatu Bartolo Longo, Marsaxlokk. The circumstances of the c...

Three paintings by artist Joseph Baldacchino were recently unveiled at the Żejtun Home as part of the Nazzareno Vassallo Art (ZVART) initiative, launched by the Vassallo Group to celebrate its 75th anniversary this year. This is the...

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Pope Francis arrives in Budapest on Sunday morning to celebrate a mass, with eyes focused on his meeting with the anti-migration Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.  The head of 1.3 billion Catholics will have a half-hour meeting...

Il-Gazin, Vilhena Band Club, Triq Sant’ Anna, Floriana, hosts the weekly Quartet Thursdays which are live music sessions on Thursdays at 9pm. Music lovers are invited to enjoy the performance this Thursday, September 16, with the p...

The news that Pope Francis is coming to Malta is most welcome. What should we expect from this visit of the first Latin American pope who has challenged the world and Christianity alike in no ordinary way? Before counting on great ex...

Businesses use different sales techniques to sell products or services in competitive markets. To safeguard consumers from falling victims to dishonest practices, traders’ selling tactics are regulated by section VIII of the consum...

Emojis can say a lot about you, apparently. According to the teenagers at home, I’m “such a typical boomer”. Only boomers, they claim, send text messages tailed by the hands-in-prayer emoji instead of writing ‘please’. “I...

Britain's 18-year-old Emma Raducanu became the first qualifier to capture a Grand Slam title by defeating Canada's 19-year-old Leylah Fernandez on Saturday night in the US Open women's final. Raducanu, ranked 150th, was the first Bri...