An innovative concrete block with embedded eco-friendly insulation is being developed at the University of Malta with a view to mass-producing the energy-efficient building material by 2024. In a move from “grey to green”, the id...

To Edvard Munch, they were his children. And like any doting father, he hated the idea of them straying too far from home. Now, more than 26,000 artworks from the master expressionist’s “family” – including his best known pie...

Armed with a set of pencils and a feather to sweep away eraser dust, Hitomi Tateno is training the next generation of anime artists at a new Netflix-funded academy as global demand for the Japanese genre soars. From runaway box-offic...

Nadur Youngsters went three points clear at the top of the GFA Division One after they prevailed in the top-of-the-table clash against Kerċem Ajax while Sannat Lions produced the biggest upset of the weekend when they beat title con...

Forty-three countries have called on China to "ensure full respect for the rule of law" for the Muslim Uyghur community in Xinjiang, in a statement read at the United Nations on Thursday that sparked outrage from Beijing.  The decla...

A 21-year-old man was grievously injured on Thursday in a traffic accident in Sliema. The police said the accident happened in Triq ix-Xatt at 8pm. The victim, who lives in Safi, was hit by a Jaguar XJ that was being driven by a 63-y...

Trade Malta, a public-private partnership between the government and the Malta Chamber dedicated to helping local business internationalise, is launching an enhanced version of its Global Growth Programme. In this endeavour, TradeMal...

The Electoral Commission has agreed to register ABBA as a new Christian political party after it was accused of discrimination for initially refusing to do so. The party had filed a judicial protest claiming the commission was discri...

Bernard Haitink, widely considered one of the greatest conductors of his generation, has died in London at the age of 92, his management agency said. The Dutch maestro, revered for his readings of Beethoven, Mahler and Bruckner in a ...

US actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun that killed a cinematographer and wounded the director on a film set in New Mexico, US law enforcement officers said Thursday. The incident happened on the set of "Rust" in the southwestern US s...

The CEO of a Mellieħa hotel and two contractors who worked on a 2020 renovation were on Thursday charged with exposing employees to asbestos, a potentially deadly material long banned across the EU. Hmadi Abu Rub, 37, who manages th...

For this year’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) event, Computime Ltd teamed up with the International Ocean Institute (IOI) to better understand the ocean’s influence on mankind and mankind’s influence on the ocean. The I...

Floriana FC have been fined €3,000 and awarded a suspended three-point penalty after they were found guilty of racial behaviour by their fans during their Premier League match against Sta Lucia FC earlier this season. The case goes...

The EU economy has emerged from the shadow of COVID-19 with a spring in its step, thanks to strong policy support and a successful vaccination campaign. Uncertainty and risks remain high but the recovery is now taking hold. In fact, ...

The following are the main stories in Friday’s newspapers. Times of Malta leads with an EY Generate Youth Survey which found that almost 60% of young people in Malta would rather live in another European country. In another story, ...

An Alabama man convicted of murdering a woman during a robbery thirty years ago was executed late Thursday. Willie Smith, 52, was put to death by lethal injection at 9.47pm Central Time (0247 GMT) at a prison in southwest Alabama. "J...

West Ham took control of Group H in the Europa League thanks to Thursday’s 3-0 home win over Genk. Craig Dawson scored late in the first half before Issa Diop and Jarrod Bowen helped the Hammers to go six points clear. “The main ...

Obituaries BONACI. In loving memory of CROCE who went to meet the Risen Lord on October 21 at the age of 61. Loved and remem­bered by his wife Connie, his children Shawn and his wife Allison, Yanika and her husband Santo, his grand...

Over centuries, with the establishment of guilds and chambers of commerce and industry, economic activities have been regulated. These regulations serve to protect the members of the guild or the chamber from intrusion of gangsters a...

The parish church of St George of Victoria has embarked on a project having as its motto Fejn hu Ħuk? Kont bil-ġuħ u tmajtuni (Where is your brother? I was hungry and you gave me food). To celebrate this event, Fr Marcellino Mical...