One of my earliest football recollections is the huge crowds that used to frequent the Schreiber Sports Ground in the Fifties and early Sixties. Each and every weekend, thousands of eager spectators would fill every nook and corner o...

A search and rescue mission coordinator from the Armed Forces has told a court that he received orders from his superiors for the pushback of a boatload of migrants to Libya in April 2020. Captain Christian Francica was testifying in...

A woman was hospitalised late on Wednesday after she lost control of her Toyota Aris, which overturned in Triq l-Għarb, Għarb. The accident happened at 11.30pm, police said. The 31-year old was assisted by an ambulance crew and res...

A hooded man armed with a knife stole cash in a hold-up on a Paola establishment late on Wednesday. The police said the case unfolded at 10pm in a shop in Antoine De Paule Square in the heart of Paola, where the man demanded the mone...

Sliema Wanderers are set to put Oliver Spiteri in charge of their first-team as the experienced coach is expected to be named as the club’s new technical director. The Wanderers have been looking to install a new coach after they...

Production company Take/Two is currently staging an adaptation of Clare Azzopardi’s debut novel for adults, Castillo at Spazju Kreattiv. The drama is set in the turbulent 1980s and intermeshes past and present timelines in a poigna...

GŻIRA UNITED 4 Gauci 25, Bohrer 60, Jefferson 84, Kabar 90 ŻABBAR SP 0 GŻIRA UNITED D.Zarkov (85 K. Zammit), G. Bohrer (70 N. Muscat), M. Cosic, L. Tabone, S. Pisani (85 H. Kabar), T. Kolega, C. Gauci, N. Portelli (70 Z. Scerr...

If you haven’t heard, it’s time you did. The Swedish city of Södertälje, close to Stockholm, is embarking on an experiment. It will slash its street-cleaning costs by employing crows trained to pick up cigarette butts. No, I’...

When life stands still Why is it that when the world around us is progressing in leaps and bounds, Malta still exists in a quagmire of antiquated, irrelevant and non-sensical rules and regulations, accompanied by excessive bureaucrac...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Thursday. Times of Malta reports remarks by Nationalist MP Jason Azzopardi in parliament that suspected money launderer Christian Borg used insiders at Transport Malta and LE...

A Russian scientist accused of spying for Moscow while working at a German university goes on trial Thursday, another source of friction in already frayed ties between the two countries. The accused, identified only as Ilnur N. by pr...

Obituaries AQUILINA. On February 12, CARMELO (known as Karmenu), of Swieqi (St Andrews Farm/Garden View Complex), aged 87, went to meet the Risen Lord comforted by the rites of Holy Church. He leaves to mourn his loss, his sister-in-...

Developers have filed a fresh planning control application to build a big block of apartments in St Julian’s village core, on the site of a house believed to be among the oldest in the locality. The area lies between two streets, S...

When it pulled out all the stops to create the Malta Film Awards, the Malta Film Commission may have been hoping to enjoy the warm afterglow of a glamorous job well done. Instead, the anger felt by many Maltese film creatives sees no...

The greenhouse effect makes life on earth possible. An increase in greenhouse gases, however, originating from human activity is threatening our climate. For Malta, this means that our already scorching summers will become more unbea...

Liverpool put one foot in the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday with a 2-0 win at Inter Milan which came after a hard-fought encounter at a bubbling San Siro. Goals from Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah in the last quarte...

French winger Kingsley Coman spared his side’s blushes with a late equaliser as Bayern Munich laboured to a 1-1 draw away to Red Bull Salzburg in the Champions League last-16 first leg on Wednesday.  Coman prodded the ball in at t...

All children aged five to 11 in England will be offered a COVID-19 vaccine, the UK government said Wednesday, following similar announcements in the rest of the UK. The move, coming nearly two months after British regulators approved...

MALTA         3 Zammit 33; Flask 46; Bugeja (73). MOLDOVA    1 Mardari 44 Two second-half goals propelled the Malta women’s national team to an opening 3-1 victory against Moldova in the VisitMalta Women’s Trophy a...

Many people desire to get Hollywood Smile, yet the main question they ask is, “How much will this set me back?” This article covers the cost of teeth veneers, the different kinds available, and which are best for you. What are t...