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Fri, 29 Jul 2022 10:40:00 +0200
Artefacts from the national collection loaned for exhibitions abroad
Several artefacts from the national collection have been loaned by Heritage Malta to be displayed in three temporary exhibitions being held abroad, in line with the agency’s mission to raise its international profile. The Ċippus, ...

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 10:36:00 +0200
APS reports strong performance for first half of 2022
APS posted record interim results which were in part reversed by negative trends, albeit unrealised, of the investment in APS SICAV sub-funds at the group level, the bank's financial statement for the period ended June 30 show. An ex...

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 10:34:00 +0200
Malta U-19’s Yulya Carella becomes Mġarr United women player
Mġarr United women’s team have announced their third summer signing in Yulya Carella. Carella is tipped as one of the most promising players in the local women’s game and is also part of the Malta U-19’s squad, playing 5 times...

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 10:22:00 +0200
Plácido Domingo, Joseph Calleja thrill audience at Manoel Island
Plácido Domingo and Joseph Calleja thrilled a sell-out audience with a captivating repertoire of popular classics in the picture-perfect setting of Fort Manoel on Tuesday night. Featuring as the special guest at Calleja’s 25th-ann...

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 10:09:00 +0200
Scooter rider hurt in midnight hit-and-run on Birkirkara bypass
A man riding an e-kick scooter was left grievously injured early on Friday morning in what police say was a hit-and-run incident.  The incident happened on the Msida end of the Birkirkara bypass at 12.15am.  The victim, a 32-year-o...

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 09:45:00 +0200
Stumps of butchered Central Link project trees turned into art
Artist Sabrina Debono decides to submerge herself in concrete as part of an exhibition about safeguarding the natural environment Photo: Sabrina Debono An artist has created a new installation about the uprooting of the natural envir...

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 09:41:00 +0200
Tug-of-war: Ukraine celebrates its tank-towing farmers
Towed away gleefully as if it were parked illegally, the Soviet-era armoured personnel carrier doesn't look so intimidating as it is paraded before the delighted Ukrainians gathered to celebrate its seizure. Theoretically, the 1970s ...

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 09:19:00 +0200
Bob Dylan accuser drops sex abuse lawsuit
A woman who sued Bob Dylan for allegedly sexually abusing her when she was 12 has dropped her case, just after the folk-rock artist’s legal team accused her of destroying evidence. In August of last year, the plaintiff, who remains...

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 08:53:00 +0200
Maltese football history: three teams qualify for Conference League third round
All three Maltese football teams competing in the UEFA Europa Conference League progressed to the third round on Thursday evening, marking a historic first for Maltese football. Gżira United defeated Serbia’s Radnicki on penalties...

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 08:40:00 +0200
Mystical water underworld of past empires reopens in Istanbul
Justinian the Great would have been proud. The Basilica Cistern he built for the capital of his Eastern Roman Empire in modern-day Istanbul has reopened after a five-year makeover that has transformed the water storage site into a re...

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 08:14:00 +0200
What’s on – July 29
FILM Kinemastik International Short Film Festival The 18th edition of the short film festival is taking place between today and Sunday, July 31, at the Msida Bastion Cemetery and Historic Garden.  This evening's programme will open...

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 08:14:00 +0200
Man seriously injured in Qormi accident
A 25-year-old man is fighting for his life after a traffic accident in Qormi on Thursday. The police said the accident happened in Triq il-Wied at around 8.15pm The man, who is from Qormi, was hit by a Toyota Vitz that was being driv...

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 07:39:00 +0200
Most Maltese think they can spot fake news, EU survey finds
The Maltese are particularly confident in their ability to spot fake news, an EU-wide survey has found. But slightly more are attracted to catchy headlines than to trustworthy media houses.  A Eurobarometer survey published earlier ...

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 07:31:00 +0200
Dun Mikiel Attard death anniversary celebration
On the occasion of the 18th anniversary of the death of the Servant of God, Dun Mikiel Attard, Bishop Anton Teuma will lead a concelebrated Mass at Ta’ Pinu sanctuary on Friday, July 29, at 8pm. All priests and the faithful are inv...

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 07:28:00 +0200
Galea Soler wins historic bronze medal in 400m at EYOF Games
Young sprinter Matthew Galea Soler rewrote history books for Maltese sport at the European Youth Olympic Festival when he secured a bronze medal in the 400 metres final in Banska Bystrica in Slovakia on Thursday. Starting on lane one...

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 07:15:00 +0200
Editorial: Law courts the only resort
Last week, a number of civil society groups announced they will be contesting the Planning Authority’s much-maligned DC15 policy in the law courts. The groups argue that this policy permits more floors than the local plans allow, a...

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 07:06:00 +0200
Smack the government – Andrea Caruana
Young people are heading towards a crisis. Our fundamental right to enjoy property is in danger. Does it even remain a right if you have to pay for it? What happens if you can’t afford it? Will you have one less constitutional righ...

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 07:01:00 +0200
We must oppose a Comino ‘village’ – Stéphane Croce
Din l-Art Ħelwa categorically rejects the approval of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for a Comino hotel and bungalows by the ERA board on July 17. The current plans for a luxury hotel and a new village of 19 bungalows is ...

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 06:51:00 +0200
Letters to the editor – Friday, July 29
Exploitation How unjust it is that the powerful pamper the mega contractors and other business tycoons who, in pursuit of compulsive, massive self-enrichment, go against the common good. The environment in these little islands we c...

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 06:50:00 +0200
Instagram sidelines TikTok-like features following complaints
Instagram will pause features that users have campaigned against and complained make the social network too much like TikTok, according to a report in the Platformer tech newsletter Thursday. Celebrity sisters Kim Kardashian and Kyli...



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