Mario Balotelli signed a two-year contract Wednesday with Swiss side Sion, the 11th club of the mercurial Italian striker’s career. “FC Sion is delighted about the arrival of a world-class forward,” the club said in a statemen...

Rule of law NGO Repubblika said on Thursday it was presenting "tangible proof" that the Pilatus inquiry conclusions existed, after Magistrate Nadine Lia appeared to raise doubts over the existence of the inquiry report earlier this w...

Two young farmers have recently taken in a lost goose that was found waddling around Golden Bay, with clipped wings. Chucky, the golden (bay) goose, now lives in a pen, together with other feathered hen friends, in the Burmarrad farm...

While strolling through the streets of Tarxien, anonymous blocks and garage doors are disturbed by one particular façade: a beige and green mural dotted with drawings of military aircraft and ships. The proprietor, Joseph Cauchi, kn...

Pep Guardiola has challenged Erling Haaland to become a Manchester City legend after the Norway striker’s second successive hat-trick inspired a 6-0 rout of Nottingham Forest on Wednesday. Haaland demolished Forest with a blisterin...

Pilots at Lufthansa will go on strike on Friday, their union Cockpit said, after pay negotiations with the German airline collapsed. The industrial action affecting Lufthansa passenger airline and Lufthansa Cargo will begin at 00:01 ...

The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra officially opens its 22/23 concert season with Holst’s masterpiece, The Planets. Following on last year’s success in The Firebird and Pictures at an Exhibition, MPO principal conductor Sergey Smba...

FILM Kino Dreams: The Reveries of Wim Wenders  Spazju Kreattiv is this month paying homage to the prolific German film-maker, screenwriter, playwright, author and photographer Wim Wenders, through a retrospective of his films. Wende...

Serena Williams roared into the third round of the US Open on Wednesday, overpowering second seed Anett Kontaveit with a battling performance to extend her Grand Slam singles career in dramatic fashion. The 40-year-old tennis icon �...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Thursday. All the newspaper feature front-page pictures of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who died late on Tuesday.  Times of Malta reports that a court has ruled t...

On August 25, PG plc published its annual financial statements as at April 30, showing a 12.4% rise in pre-tax profits to €16.7 million. The last two financial years (2019/20 and 2020/21) were impacted by COVID-19 restrictions on t...

An oil tanker briefly became stuck in Egypt's Suez Canal on Wednesday night, officials announced, raising fears that last year's major blockage of the global maritime route could be repeated. The Affinity V "ran aground in the Suez C...

Farmers have enlisted the help of a satellite imaging expert in their fight against the leasing of agricultural land to the highest bidder.    Malcolm Borg, who heads farmers’ lobby Għaqda Bdiewa Attivi, said satellite images o...

In December 1980, I was one of the schoolboys serving as a chess steward at the Valletta Chess (Team) Olympiad. Our mission: make sure the spectators keep a proper distance. During a tense moment featuring the star-studded Soviet tea...

Inland Revenue’s inefficiency On August 27, I received three envelopes from the Inland Revenue Department, all with the previous day’s postmark. Incredibly, two of these contained an exactly similarly worded acknowledgment, thoug...

In Memoriam CIANTAR. Treasured memories of JOSEPHINE, a dearly loved mother and grandmother, especially today the 17th anniversary of her demise. Pierre, Matthew and Adam. CRISTINA – ANTHONY. In loving memory today the 34th anniver...

The Libyan state has insisted that a decision by a Maltese court to release in its favour over €94 million held in Bank of Valletta accounts must stand and that an appeal filed by the heirs of deposed Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddaf...

The August 2022 issue of the annual magazine San Lawrenz, published by the parish of San Lawrenz, provides information about the religious and social life of the community of this small village. Ten pages are dedicated to the ‘Diar...

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday, was without doubt one of the most influential political figures of the 20th century. Gorbachev introduced radical political and economic reforms in the Soviet Union, helped...

Erling Haaland hit a second successive hat-trick as Manchester City crushed Nottingham Forest 6-0, while leaders Arsenal extended their perfect start to the Premier League season with a 2-1 win against Aston Villa on Wednesday. City...