Torrential rains that pummelled Malta on Thursday were a "curse" for farmers worsened by poorly built rubble walls in the hardest-hit areas, they say.  A month's worth of rain was dumped on the island in a matter of hours, causing f...

Germany, Italy and Malta on Friday joined Britain in banning most travel from South Africa as governments scramble to prevent the spread of a new COVID-19 variant with a large number of mutations. In a sign of the growing alarm, the ...

Five international short films from the UK, Russia, Italy, Andorra and Austria are the winners of the 59th edition of the Golden Knight Malta International Short Film Festival. The films are being screened on Saturday, November 27, d...

Malta is to ban travel to and from six southern African countries after scientists announced they had discovered a new, highly infectious COVID-19 variant.  Scientists in South Africa announced they had detected a new COVID-19 varia...

Christiane Ramsay Scicluna, a baroness who spearheaded the renovation and transformation of Palazzo Parisio in Naxxar, died on Thursday aged 73. Baroness Ramsay Scicluna (right) with Oprah Winfrey and Justine Pergola (left) at Palazz...

Civil society activists will meet outside of parliament on Monday to call for the resignation of Labour MP Rosianne Cutajar and Speaker of the House Anġlu Farrugia. Repubblika, Occupy Justice and blogger Manuel Delia are organising ...

Brazilian football great Pele paid tribute to his fellow legend Diego Maradona Thursday on the first anniversary of the Argentine’s death at age 60. “One year without Diego. Friends forever,” Pele wrote on Instagram, posting a ...

Many people are talking about the new series on Netflix – Maid – which is gut wrenching and difficult to watch. It lays bare the struggles of victims trying to escape domestic abuse. Sadly this series is the reality for many wome...

The four semi-finalists of the BOV GFA Cup were decided last weekend as the quarter-final matches were played at the Kerċem Arkafort Stadium.  Gozitan football giants, Nadur Youngsters and Għajnsielem progressed to the semi-finals...

Tottenham manager Antonio Conte said he has quickly realised the level of his squad is “not so high” after an embarrassing  2-1 loss to Slovenian minnows NS Mura in the Europa Conference League. Spurs will now likely have to bea...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Friday. All main newspapers led their front page with a photo of Thursday's flash floods. Times of Malta dedicates its front-page article to the devastation left by the heavy...

Giovanni Van Bronckhorst got off to a perfect start as Rangers manager as a 2-0 win over Sparta Prague secured their place in the last 32 of the Europa League, while Leicester edged towards the knockout stages with a 3-1 win over Leg...

The government recently published Legal Notice 419 of 2021, titled the ‘Exemption from Tax on Property Transfers (Set-off of Tax Arrears) Rules’. These new rules allow any person with arrears on tax, VAT, social security contribu...

The COMECE (Catholic Church in the European Union) Secretariat recently published a paper entitled ‘A Financial System Serving the Common Good in Times of Systemic Change’. The need to reform the international financial system ha...

Last week, Facebook rightly erupted with shock when Times of Malta reported that passers-by not only filmed a man who was standing dangerously at the edge of the bastion in Valletta, clearly agitated, but also jeered and egged him on...

Scientists in South Africa have detected a new COVID-19 variant with a large number of mutations, blaming it for a surge in infection numbers. The number of daily infections in Africa's hardest-hit country has increased tenfold since...

Obituary MIFSUD. On November 23, at Mater Dei Hospital, GIOVANNA of Ħamrun, aged 102, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of the Holy Church. She will be greatly missed by her children Dorothy, widow of Alfred Abela, Peter...

The Socialists and Democrats “do not know yet” whether the group will seek to hold onto the European Parliament’s presidency for a second term, Times of Malta has been told. Nationalist Party MEP Roberta Metsola was on Wednesda...

Situations vacant Over 1,000 young men and women wanted to work in a vineyard. Very poor working conditions. Salary: less than the minimum wage. Moreover, workers will have to be ready to face insults, ridicule and run the risk of be...

If Robert Abela expects to be convincing when saying he is seeking to reform this country, he must discontinue the ‘continuity’ he spoke about when he accepted Joseph Muscat’s poisoned chalice. As a fish rots from the head down...