The Finesse Writers’ Club has opened its doors to new members for the first time since its launch earlier this year and applications are currently open. “We launched in June and had no idea what to expect,” Finesse Group CEO an...

EU energy ministers held an emergency meeting on Tuesday on how to tackle surging gas prices, with 11 countries including Germany rejecting proposals from France and Spain for deep market reforms. The gathering in Luxembourg was book...

Paul had just sat for his ‘A’ levels when he was diagnosed with ADHD, and was immediately put on conventional medicine. But the 18-year-old suddenly became extremely anxious, felt continuously nauseous and grew emotionally inept....

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro found himself in social media time-out Monday after his video warning of a supposed link between Covid-19 vaccines and AIDS triggered action by Facebook and YouTube. Facebook removed the offending v...

Asian markets mostly rose on Tuesday following fresh records on Wall Street, with healthy corporate earnings overshadowing ongoing concerns about inflation, while progress in Washington on Joe Biden’s big-spending economic plans al...

Prime Minister Robert Abela insisted in parliament on Tuesday that the government will protect the economy from rising energy prices in the same way as it had protected it from the fallout of COVID-19. Abela was giving a statement in...

Comedian Dave Chappelle has offered to meet with the transgender community and thanked Netflix for standing by him after he was accused of stoking transphobia with his stand-up special The Closer. Chappelle said he is "more than will...

Car makers often set out to put an emphasis on certain things. Some cars are aimed around performance, others practicality. But it’s actually harder to find a car that is focused on comfort these days, meaning that if you’re afte...

Melita Ltd has updated its Flexi Bundle product, increasing both download and upload speeds of its fibre-powered internet, to a maximum of 1,200 download and 100 Mbps upload.  This new 1,200 Mbps service will initially be available ...

Valletta coach Jose Antonio Cardoso Mendes was delighted with his team’s performance against Hibernians on Sunday and said that the team is moving closer to show the identity of football he wants to see his players play. The Citize...

An introductory 45-minute masterclass in public speaking, delivered by an experienced speaker on how to speak effectively and, moreover, enjoy the process, is being organised by Malta BNI in its series of BNI Business Briefings (BBB)...

RecruitGiant, a Malta-based specialist recruitment agency of non-EU nationals, is set to open a new office in France. Employing up to 15 people, this new office will work with French companies struggling to fill vacancies across mult...

ECB monetary operations On October 18, the European Central Bank announced the seven-day main refinancing operation (MRO).  The operation was conducted on October 19 and attracted bids from euro area eligible counterparties of €63...

With six yachts in harbour, and no more expected until much late Monday or the early hours of Tuesday, one might be excused for thinking the Rolex Middle Sea Race is over. Far from it. Close to 100 yachts of the original 114 remain a...

The Malta women’s national team will wrap up their second international window of this 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifying campaign when they cross swords with Azerbaijan at the ASK Arena in Baku, on Tuesday (kick-off: 4pm). L...

Alfred Sant looks back on his tenure as prime minister, which began on this day 25 years ago, with satisfaction. “I knew that we stood a good chance of winning,” he told Times of Malta. “We were surrounded by social and politic...

Malta headed to the polls 25 years ago today, handing the Labour Party and its leader Alfred Sant a resounding victory and ending a nine-year streak of Nationalist Party government. Labour achieved a 7,600 vote-majority over the PN, ...

I think the hardest decision for senior management and business owners right now is when to change gear: from cost-cutting and downsizing to restoring growth.  The government has already forecast a strong growth recovery starting in...

The first reading of the Bill on legalising the use of cannabis will, undoubtedly, create ripples and generate heated debate in society between those who wholeheartedly support its enactment and those who are concerned by the implica...

The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin the loaded weapon that killed a cinematographer had been sacked from a previous production for gun safety violations, the company said. The news came as it was reported that crew members...