A raft of COVID-19 cases has forced Bank of Valletta to temporarily close four branches and restrict services at four others. Closures were forced after a number of bank employees tested positive for the virus or were forced into qua...

When discussing the media and its role in democracy, it is often the experts who do the talking. A new online project seeks to upend that, by asking Malta’s young thinkers to share their thoughts about the media - with an internshi...

Registration for booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine opened to all residents aged over 18 on Monday, on the day new restrictions come into force. Malta’s booster campaign was only open to over 35s until Sunday. Registration has n...

Artist Katel Delia is presenting an immersive installation titled The Last Breath, which has been built specifically for Il-Kamra ta’ Fuq gallery in Mqabba. The subject tackled is that of migration within the Mediterranean. With th...

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has called the Premier League schedule “not fair” and said his side “are struggling” after sustaining more injuries. The Blues won 3-1 at Aston Villa on Sunday, with Romelu Lukaku scoring a goal an...

Clifton Grima has been appointed Education Minister, following the resignation of Justyne Caruana. Grima, who previously served as a parliamentary Secretary for Sport, will retain that portfolio as a minister. His promotion to minist...

ACMHangouts returns with the second episode for the season to discuss the realities and challenges of disabilities in the arts. The discussion is hosted by Elaine Falzon with two main guests, senior lecturer Anne-Marie Callus and Cul...

These are the leading stories in local newspapers this Monday. Times of Malta leads with an exclusive report on the fate of young men facing terrorism charges as a result of the El Hiblu saga. The newspaper also gives prominence to t...

A masked man entered a shop in Żabbar and stole money at knifepoint on Sunday evening. The thief entered the Triq il-Labour store at around 8.15pm and demanded that the cashiers – a 49-year-old woman from Kirkop and a 42-year-old ...

The Malta Football Association has announced that the revised Premier League match between Balzan and Sliema Wanderers, scheduled for this week, has fell victim to the COVID-19 pandemic for a second time and has been postponed. Balza...

Treacherous conditions have pummelled the annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race, forcing dozens of withdrawals as Black Jack led a tight battle for line honours. Sunday’s starting fleet of 88 yachts for one of the world’s toughest o...

Two 23-year-olds were grievously injured in a collision in Ta’ Qali on Sunday night, the police said on Monday. The two victims, a woman from Tarxien who was driving the Fiat vehicle and her male passenger from Paola, collided with...

The year 2021 started with most of us hoping that normality would soon return. As vaccinations entered the COVID scene, we started looking forward to booking our holidays again, socialising with friends, meeting family, even going ba...

It will not be much fun being a central banker in 2022. After years of sing­ing from the same hymn sheet on inflation, some central bankers begin to shift their views on how severe a threat inflation is for the global economy. After...

Arsenal’s clash with Wolves, scheduled for December 28, became the 15th Premier League match postponed due to a coronavirus outbreak in recent weeks on Sunday. “The Premier League Board accepted the postponement application as Wo...

Birthday greetings JOHN GRECH. Happy birthday wishes to a wonderful husband, an exceptional father and an incomparable grandfather. Today on your 85th birthday, you are 18 years young at heart with 67 years of knowledge and experienc...

The ten most expensive weather disasters this year caused more than $170 billion (€150 billion) in damage, $20 billion more than in 2020, a British aid group said Monday. Each year, UK charity Christian Aid calculates the cost of w...

I begin my article with the words of Raoul Follerau, who dedicated all his life tending lepers and then died of leprosy himself: “I used to cry because I had no shoes but, one day, I met a man who had no feet and then I didn’t cr...

The special vulnerability of minors is recognised by the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), which underlines the need to extend special care and protection to minors on grounds of physical and mental immatu...

Recreational cannabis New Zealand recently legislated for the abolition of tobacco smoking. Starting with the youngest generation, purchase and smoking of tobacco will be illegal for this group of individuals. Within a few decades, s...