Musician and singer Jesmond Tedesco Triccas, known as it-Triccas, has died aged 59. Tedesco Triccas is especially known for his satirical take in Maltese on Hotel California, but is also a well-known face in theatrical circles. He ha...

An escooter rider was grievously injured on Tuesday evening after being hit by a car while crossing Triq Dawret San Pawl. The police said the 24-year-old Spanish national, who lives in St Paul's Bay, was hit by a Hyundai Getz driven ...

A high-profile matchup awaits Maria Farrugia as her new team Durham Women were drawn in the same group with Manchester United in the League Cup. Durham, who are based in the Barclays Women’s Championship – the second-tier, were d...

MUSIC Bon Giovi at Għaxaq Bon Jovi tribute band Bon Giovi is performing in Għaxaq tonight. Fronted by Jon Bon Jovi impersonator Lee Tomkins, the British band has performed in various countries, including the Middle East and most of...

The Pogues bass player Darryl Hunt has died at the age of 72, the Celtic folk-punk band announced. “We are saddened beyond words. Our Darryl passed away yesterday afternoon in London,” The Pogues said on Twitter Tuesday. The band...

Malta’s efforts to introduce anti-corruption reforms in response to the Daphne Caruana Galizia public inquiry have been “limited”. European Commission president Ursula von Der Leyen has told Times of Malta. In an interview via ...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Wednesday. Times of Malta leads with news that construction activity last year was 330 per cent higher compared to 2000, a stark contrast to the rest of Europe where the sec...

Evarist Bartolo on Wednesday joined the chorus of complaints about extended music hours in Valletta, claiming police could not act over residents' complaints as they were unsure how to measure moderate volume. In a Facebook post, th...

Addressing a press conference some time ago, PN MPs David Agius and Robert Cutajar appealed to the prime minister to submit himself to a weekly round of prime minister’s questions. Agius and Cutajar said the party would be proposin...

On July 31, a large crowd filled the Gozo cathedral to witness the translation of the statue of Santa Marija from its niche to the main course of the church. The translation marked the beginning of the Kwindiċina, a period of 15 day...

The Maltese are the angriest people in the EU while a large part of the population is also worried, stressed and in pain, according to a global study analysing citizens’ emotional state. The study – carried out by US analytics co...

Russian forces occupying the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southeast Ukraine are preparing to connect to Crimea, annexed by Moscow in 2014, and are damaging it by reorienting its electricity production, Ukrainian operator Energoatom ...

Lesson in economics I react to the article in the Times of Malta citing an organisation saying not to compare the cost of home cooking with restaurant meals. I recount an event which I personally experienced. As an emergency teacher ...

Joseph Muscat, whose actions and inactions as prime minister have by now been laid bare, persists in portraying himself as defender of the institutions. Of course, he protects them provided they do his bidding. He decided that former...

Obituaries ATTARD. On August 9, at her residence in Mdina, JANE, aged 97, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to mourn her loss her children John and his wife Josianne, Jo and her partner Sean, he...

Construction activity last year was 330 per cent higher compared to 2000, a stark contrast to the rest of Europe where the sector shrank. A new European Union-wide statistical report has found that Malta experienced the largest rate ...

San Giljan, at times at their devastating best, made short shrift of Sirens and the Saints’ 14-12 victory secured them a place in the Play-off finals. Sirens remained buoyant in the first quarter when they shared six goals with the...

Malta international Joseph Mbong made his second competitive start in a row for Ironi Kiryat as they hosted Bnei Sakhnin in the Israeli Toto Cup. Mbong’s side could not go beyond a 2-2 draw in their second game in this competition....

Gżira United’s run in the UEFA Europa Conference League came to a disappointing end after succumbing to a 4-0 defeat at the hands of Wolfsberger AC. Buoyed by their 0-0 draw on Austrian soil, Gżira were determined to write anothe...

The dramatic FBI raid on Donald Trump's palatial Florida residence has supercharged the polarising political debate around the slew of judicial investigations facing the former president as he considers another White House run. The s...