Richard Cachia Caruana, former personal assistant to prime ministers Eddie Fenech Adami and Lawrence Gonzi, has won a libel suit against Labour MP and former minister Joe Mizzi over allegations made during an interview on One TV impl...

Election candidate Arnold Cassola has asked the auditor-general to investigate the spending by the Malta Film Commission on the  Malta Film Awards, held last Saturday. He observed that the declared budget was €400,000, already a p...

The New York Times announced Monday it had bought Wordle, a phenomenon played by millions just four months after the game burst onto the Internet, for an “undisclosed price in the low seven figures”. Created by engineer Josh Ward...

Malta’s iconic rubble walls are in for a chance to be included in the UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage, after a local NGO kickstarted the process this week. The move comes three years after the United Nations’ cultural...

Birkirkara and Mġarr United will take centre stage in this week’s slate of fixtures in the MFA Women’s League in the highly-anticipated top-of-the-table clash. The Stripes and the Greens will be meeting for the second time this ...

Ħamrun Spartans have brought in cover in the goalkeepers' department when they signed veteran goalkeeper Justin Spiteri. The news comes as a major twist in the journey of the former Floriana goalkeeper who a few days ago had looked ...

In the light of the recent events surrounding the police search at the former prime minister Joseph Muscat’s residence, as ostensibly ordered by a branch of our judiciary, one ought to recall a basic juridical and political concept...

ECB monetary operations On January 24, the European Central Bank announced the seven-day main refinancing operations (MRO). The operation was conducted on January 25 and attracted bids from euro area eligible counterparties of €198...

In my last article, titled ‘A Game Changing Moment’ (January 19), I presciently recognised that we had just witnessed a game-changing moment in the pandemic saga. The government subsequently announced a significant downsizing/sca...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Tuesday. Times of Malta reports that the government has, in the 11th hour, scrapped a deal between the tax authorities and construction tycoon Charles Polidano over millions ...

Streets emptied and shops shuttered across Myanmar on Tuesday as people defied junta orders to go about their business with a silent strike on the first anniversary of the military coup. The junta that ended the Southeast Asian count...

Complaints about poor electricity supply causing household appliances to act in strange ways have poured in from several localities after Times of Malta highlighted the problems in Għajnsielem last week. Residents in parts of Għarg...

A doctor says respiratory illnesses are on the rise in Senglea. Mark Laurence Zammit meets the people living by a shipyard, who are filming their health fears. When Joseph Tonna began his medical practice nearly 40 years ago in Sengl...

Obituaries AQUILINA. On January 30, at Mater Dei Hospital, LUCIENNE, of Sliema, aged 77, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to mourn her loss her husband Anthony, her daughter Fiona and her husba...

The government has scrapped a deal drawn up between the taxman and construction tycoon Charles Polidano over millions of euros in dues. Polidano – Iċ-Ċaqnu – has been in talks with the fiscal authorities for months in a bid to ...

The economic experts’ views on the prospects of fast-rising inflation have changed considerably over the last few months. While, up to some time ago, the prevailing view was that it was a temporary phenomenon, many now acknowledge ...

Avoid mass gatherings Now that the general election is looming, may I remind the authorities to keep large gatherings and meetings away from our towns and villages. There are enough open spaces with adequate parking areas for huge ev...

The drums of the electoral call have started to be heard. If one week is a long time in politics, several weeks are a long time in the process leading up to the decision of how to vote and who to vote for. And what is the state of th...

Tottenham midfielder Giovani Lo Celso has joined Villarreal on loan until the end of the season, the clubs announced on Monday. Villarreal will also have an option to buy Lo Celso, who failed to impress Spurs coach Antonio Conte. The...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday apologised after his government was criticised for "failures of leadership and judgment" in allowing lockdown-breaching parties at his offices. Johnson's position has been hanging by a t...