The Attorney General, the police and the FIAU have all objected after being summoned to testify in a double jeopardy case instituted by the directors of Zenith Finance,  who were accused of money laundering after their company had a...

Giovanni van Bronckhorst has urged his Rangers players to ignore the pressure of trying to reach the club’s first European final for 14 years when they face RB Leipzig on Thursday. Van Bronckhorst’s side play the first leg of the...

Asian markets enjoyed some much-needed gains on Thursday having so far suffered a troubled week, with sentiment lifted by a bargain-buying, a positive lead from New York and Europe, and further pledges of economic support for China�...

David Moyes has called on West Ham to cap their “really special” Europa League run by beating Eintracht Frankfurt to reach the club’s first major European final for 46 years. Moyes’ side host Frankfurt in the semi-final first...

In the past, Gżira was the breeding ground of some of the best Maltese footballers of the post-war period. Ronnie Cocks, Willie Vassallo, Toninu Camilleri, Hughie Caruana, Michael Woods and the Schembri brothers, Ronnie and Eric, ar...

Matchday 19 of the MFA Women’s League produced 17 goals in three matches including newly crowned champions Birkirkara’s eight which propelled to them to their 67th consecutive positive result in the domestic league. The most impr...

Għaxaq residents and farmers are bracing themselves for the approval of a permit for a new fireworks factory on agricultural land on the outskirts of the village. The new fireworks factory – the third one in the locality – will ...

Judd Trump won eight consecutive frames as he beat Stuart Bingham 13-8 to reach the semi-finals of the Betfred World Championship for the first time since he won the title in 2019. Trump was floundering in the second session on Wedne...

A young man crossed the channel with his classmates in 1916, all of whom would die before he would return home a few years later from the “great adventure” that was to be World War I. A war to end all wars, one that not only did ...

Ex-president Donald Trump testified under oath that he feared protesters would pelt him with "very dangerous" fruit like pineapples, tomatoes, and bananas saying: "You can get killed with those things." The comments were revealed in ...

In mid-February, I had written an article explaining the sharp decline in sovereign bond prices (including Malta Government Stocks) as the world’s major central banks were preparing to start tightening monetary policy following the...

The European Union has warned Russia it will not bend to "blackmail" over its support for Kyiv after the Kremlin cut off gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland. The warning on Wednesday came ahead of UN chief Antonio Guterres arriving i...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Thursday. Times of Malta reports that the Uber ride-hailing and food delivery behemoth has informed the government and the transport regulator that it wants to roll out its s...

There is nothing ironic about the Nationalist Party’s debt. It is tragic. But when it comes to the arguments about its ‘ideology’, the irony is threefold. The first irony is that ideology, when it comes to the PN’s woes, is a...

Over the last several years, EU member states have experienced a rapid increase in platform work – non-standard work facilitated by online platforms which use digital technologies to ‘intermediate’ between individual suppliers ...

Uber is planning to launch in Malta within weeks. The US ride-hailing and food delivery behemoth has informed the government and the transport regulator that it wants to roll out its services in the country.  It is understood the co...

Tensions flare in queue for blood tests as industrial action drags on What’s wrong with the Maltese? Why are they always so selfish and uncivilised? Why not just use a simple ticketing system: you arrive, take a ticket and wait unt...

Obituary BUSUTTIL. On April 23, LOUIS, of Ta’ Xbiex, aged 94, widower of Jacqueline née Caruana, passed away peacefully, comforted by the rites of Holy Church. He leaves to mourn his loss his children Fr Edgar SJ, Walter and his w...

Two ornamental crowns complementing two new chandeliers for St Catherine parish church, Żejtun, will be inaugurated for the feast of St Catherine in June. The crown, referred to by those in charge of church decorations as loppa or k...

Liverpool are on the brink of a third Champions League final in five seasons after breaking Villarreal’s resistance to win the first leg of their semi-final 2-0 at Anfield on Wednesday. Two goals in two minutes undid Villarreal bos...