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Sun, 14 Feb 2021 10:08:00 +0100
‘A dream come true’ as Mġarr, Melita earn early promotion
Mgarr United, Melita FC and Luqa St Andrews have all secured historic promotions to the second tier of Maltese football this month. This season, the Malta FA launched a new format which saw the formerly known second and third divisio...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 09:23:00 +0100
'Honest and credible' plan for state aid as Air Malta loses €170,000 daily
The government will hand the European Commission an 'honest and credible' plan to allow the country to help Air Malta as it makes losses of over €170,000 daily just to operate its aircraft, Finance Minister Clyde Caruana said on Su...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 09:19:00 +0100
Brigitte Gauci Borda and Konstantin Ishkhanov join forces for ballet in Malta
Brigitte Gauci Borda first opened her eponymous dance school back in 1989, and since then has gone on to build one of the most renowned schools on the island, with Gauci Borda having guided generations of students to successful audit...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 09:16:00 +0100
Thiem shocked as Osaka, Williams survive at Australian Open
US Open champion Dominic Thiem became the first major men’s casualty of the Australian Open on Sunday, as Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams survived scares to reach the quarter-finals. A fatigued-looking Thiem, coming off a five-s...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 09:06:00 +0100
High disappointment risk due to market complacency
The strong rally in financial markets since the news broke out in November 2020 that a COVID-19 vaccine has been found, gained further momentum in the first few weeks of the year. Equity markets continued to move higher as safe-haven...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 08:57:00 +0100
‘Super happy’ Luna Rossa command America’s Cup challenger final
“Super happy” Luna Rossa moved into a strong position to challenge Team New Zealand for the coveted America’s Cup by taking a 4-0 lead in the challenger series final in Auckland on Sunday. After winning the first two races agai...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 08:50:00 +0100
Hairdresser grateful for ‘amazing’ 24-year journey at Villa Messina
When Antoine Vella was only 11 years old, he tagged along with his father, who owned a hairdressing salon in Birkirkara, toing and froing for five years during his school lunch break to gain experience in order to be able to follow i...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 08:48:00 +0100
Abortion support service gets over 200 requests in six months
A local service offering abortion and reproductive health advice received just over 200 requests for help in the first six months since its launch in the middle of the pandemic. Family Planning Advisory Ser­vice went online in Augus...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 08:33:00 +0100
Kamaru Usman extends UFC reign with Gilbert Burns knockout
American Kamaru Usman blasted away challenger Gilbert Burns on Saturday and extended his seemingly impregnable reign at the top of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight division with a third-round knockout at UFC 258...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 08:09:00 +0100
Uncannily out of darkness
Rainer Maria Rilke, in one of his Letters to a Young Poet, wrote that “nothing touches a work of art so little as words of criticism: they always result in more or less fortunate misunderstandings. Things aren’t all so tangible a...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 08:04:00 +0100
Today's front pages - February 14, 2021
The following are the top stories in some of Malta's Sunday newspapers. The Sunday Times of Malta reports how Parliamentary Secretary Rosianne Cutajar took a €9,000 cut in a property deal involving Daphne Caruana Galizia murder sus...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 07:45:00 +0100
High-yield bonds behaviour
Low interest rates and current economic conditions would lead us to rethink where is best to invest our hard-earned savings. The term ‘junk bonds’ has a tendency to scare people away with the idea that these are worthless investm...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 07:38:00 +0100
Pharmacies open today - February 14, 2021
Collis Williams Pharmacy, 15, Republic Street, Valletta (2123 4567);Cosmed Pharmacy, Soccors, 7, Franciscans Street in Villambrosa Street, Ħamrun (2122 5991);Tal-Ħlas Pharmacy, Freedom Street, Qormi (2148 7739);St Jude Pharmacy, 21...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 07:31:00 +0100
Legal and commercial guarantees: know the difference?
Consumers often find it difficult to understand the difference between a commercial and a legal guarantee. They become particularly confused when sellers offer them a commercial guarantee shorter than two years. In such situations, c...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 07:16:00 +0100
Conditions for national unity
President George Vella has called a national conference on unity for the end of the month. The initiative deserves support. Why would anyone possibly oppose such a worthy ideal as ‘unity’? In a press conference, Vella outlined so...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 07:10:00 +0100
Woman seriously injured as car crashes into tree, man hurt in Valletta argument
A 23-year-old woman was seriously injured when she lost control of her car and crashed into a tree in St Julian's late on Saturday. The police said the crash happened at 11.30pm at Triq Mikiel Anton Vassalli as the woman from Qormi w...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 07:05:00 +0100
Creating a culture of safety - Andrew Azzopardi
A good friend told me how shocked she was when she read about the two priests charged with sexual abuse. In a show of respect towards confidentiality of the victim, the ongoing court case and the presumption of innocence of the accus...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 06:56:00 +0100
No justice, no unity – Kristina Chetcuti
You know how every now and then the Musketeers and D’Artagnan would draw their swords, point them at the sky, shout “All for one and one for all” and then set off into the sunset to redress a wrong? Inevitably, their mission wo...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 06:44:00 +0100
The platform economy is here to stay. Let's make it a fair one – Seb Ripard
Over the past few years, the world has started going through a new economic revolution, disrupting the economy, businesses, labour markets and our daily lives in a way not seen since the industrial revolution. Driven by technological...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 06:43:00 +0100
Dozens injured in strong quake off Japan's Fukushima
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake off Japan's Fukushima injured dozens of people, authorities said Sunday, nearly 10 years after the eastern region was hit by a huge quake that sparked a tsunami and nuclear meltdown. Prime Minister Yoshihid...



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