The United States and the Taliban have completed a prisoner swap, Afghanistan's foreign minister said Monday, with an American navy veteran traded for a key ally. Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said Mark Frerichs --...

Airbnb immediately took steps to remove a Gozo farmhouse listing after it was informed that a 45-year-old man had died of Legionella contracted while on holiday, a company spokesperson has told Times of Malta. The holiday letting gia...

Izola Bank plc has announced that its recent bond issue of €14,000,000 5% unsecured subordinated bonds 2027-2032 was successfully over-subscribed and closed within just a few days of opening.   The bond issue was admitted to the O...

It used to be believed that it was the Order of St John that had introduced carnival festivities in Malta. Now we know that the people celebrated carnival at least well over a century earlier. Public dancing, music, fancy dressing up...

French philosopher and writer Bernard-Henri Lévy goes to Ukraine to film both the front lines and civil resistance. He calls on Europe to act to defend democracy.  

Spain started fast, racing to a 10-point lead, and then held off an experienced French team the rest of the way to win the Eurobasket final 88-76 in Berlin on Sunday.    Even though Spain was using this tournament to rebuild, with...

FILM Anime Festival The Eden Cinemas in St Julian’s is hosting its first-ever Anime Festival, showing feature-length films of some of the most popular anime series of all time. All films are dubbed in English or are screened in Jap...

Lionel Messi struck after five minutes as Paris Saint-Germain edged Lyon 1-0 to regain top spot in the Ligue 1 table ahead of Marseille on Sunday. Neymar set up the Argentinian with his seventh assist in eight Ligue 1 games.  The ...

The lying-in-state ceremony for Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Hall formally ended and the doors closed to the public ahead of her state funeral on Monday. Over five days, tens of thousands of people had waited hours in line befor...

In Western democracies today, political communication is increasingly adopting a new brand. ‘Cakeism’ is the belief that it is possible to enjoy or take advantage of both of two desirable but mutually exclusive alternatives at o...

The US Labour Department reported that its consumer price index rose marginally by 0.1 per cent in August, on a monthly basis. Expectations were for consumer prices to move lower by 0.1 per cent. The modest increase in consumer price...

Recusal refusal See more work by Seb Tanti Burlò.

A glass mosaic and stained glass exhibition, entitled Riflessi, by Joseph Louis Meilak, a master glass artisan, is on display at the Dar Karmni Grima museum in Għarb, throughout this month. The display consists of religious and non-...

Italy's far-right has put anti-immigrant rhetoric at the heart of its campaign for the September 25 election, despite the fact the eurozone's third largest economy would freeze up without overseas labour. Brothers of Italy leader Gio...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Monday.  All the newspapers make reference to the funeral today of Queen Elizabeth II. Times of Malta reports that Enemalta has dismissed as “obtuse” the arguments made ...

Enemalta has dismissed as “obtuse” the arguments made by Times of Malta in a freedom of information complaint requesting that journalists be granted access to a report on the Montenegro wind farm scandal. The state-owned energy d...

Malta will today be “first in line” among the contingents following the band of The Rifles Regiment during the second procession in the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London. Judge Joseph Galea Debono, honorary president ...

No water for Loujin Was there nobody who could give water to the stranded migrants? Christians have to face Jesus at Judgement Day saying: “I was thirsty and you gave me not to drink.” Lord have mercy on us all. We need to repent...

Three images among the thousands former Times of Malta photographer Frank Attard took in his long and illustrious career recount salient episodes in Malta’s colonial, maritime and political history. In 1949, he took a picture of th...

IN MEMORIAM ABELA. In ever loving memory of our dear PAUL today being the second anniversary of his passing to eternal life. Sadly missed by his loving wife Dorothy, his loving children Ann, Chris and his wife Angela and his grandchi...