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Tue, 20 Jul 2021 10:06:00 +0200
Live blog: Melvin Theuma testifies in HSBC heist case
Melvin Theuma, the middleman involved in journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder, is to testify in the failed HSBC heist case. Theuma allegedly told investigators that he had relevant information about certain serious crimes, in...

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 09:11:00 +0200
Memories of my Xlendi
In the last of a three-part article, Joe Zammit Ciantar reminisces about Xlendi during his childhood days, shares his nostalgic feelings for the hamlet as he once knew it and his concern about how it has developed over the years. A...

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 09:05:00 +0200
ERA, councils object to nine-storey block overlooking Wied Għomor
The environment watchdog, two local councils, NGOs and scores of residents have objected to a proposal to turn a site previously earmarked for a 26-floor hotel into a nine-storey block of offices, shops and residences, situated at th...

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 09:02:00 +0200
Tracing the evolution of electronic music in Malta
Spazju Kreattiv is hosting the first of a series of oral history sessions on the development and evolution of the electronic music scene in Malta. The project Elektronika was launched last February with the aim of developing a histor...

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 08:59:00 +0200
SportMalta, Maltese Olympic Committee to offer pro status to talented athletes
SportMalta and the Maltese Olympic Committee are looking at the possibility of helping promising athletes from various sporting disciplines to turn professional in a bid to maximise their potential ahead of the 2023 Games of the Smal...

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 08:43:00 +0200
World-renowned writer Irvine Welsh for Malta Book Festival
World-renowned writer Scottish writer Irvine Welsh is the international guest of the 2021 Malta Book Festival. Welsh has been an influence on contemporary literature and an icon of the 1990s and is known as the author of dark, gritty...

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 08:18:00 +0200
Johnson put political interests ahead of people's lives - former aide
Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister,  was not prepared to lock down the country to save people in their 80s, his former adviser Dominic Cummings has told the BBC. Cummings said Johnson resisted the reimposition of COVID-19 restrict...

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 08:16:00 +0200
What happened on... July 20
The front pages of Times of Malta from 25 and 10 years ago.  Become a Times of Malta premium member to gain full access to our archive dating back to January 1930.

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 08:01:00 +0200
Marsovin releases new vintage of its ‘Artist Edition’ wine
Marsovin Winery released the 2020 vintage of its ‘Artist Edition’ wine range, 1919. The wines are branded as 1919 as it is the year when the founder of Marsovin, Chevalier Anthony Cassar, established his roots in the wine busines...

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 08:00:00 +0200
The Cupra Leon Estate is a thrilling yet practical performance car
Cupra is a company on a roll. Since it split apart from parent firm Seat, it has created the Formentor – its first ground-up model – and soon it’ll be bringing the Born to market as its first fully electric model. But it still ...

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 08:00:00 +0200
Hibernians must believe in themselves against Folgore, says Sanderra
Hibernians coach Stefano Sanderra has sent a rallying cry to his players ahead of the UEFA Conference League first leg tie against San Marino champions Folgore on Tuesday night (kick-off: 9pm). The Paolites, following their eliminati...

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 07:35:00 +0200
Close to €16,000 raised by online shop for charity
Popular online shopping experience WeAreNotAShop.com is celebrating a successful first six months, raising €15,943 for charity from the sale against donations of over 800 items so far. Blending altruism with a passion for unique de...

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 07:21:00 +0200
A utopian vision of Gozo
Strategic plans are not difficult to put together so long as one has the creative vision that extends beyond the immediate obstacles. What makes a strategic plan credible is not so much the eloquence of the narration or the clarity o...

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 07:04:00 +0200
Going from grey to green – Aaron Farrugia
Data shows that bee populations are dwindling more and more each year. Malta is no exception. Urbanisation leading to loss of habitat is one of the reasons for the decline. This is one of the many reasons why creating new green space...

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 06:52:00 +0200
Today's front pages - July 20, 2021
The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Tuesday. Times of Malta reports that dozens of companies are considering requiring their unvaccinated employees to take weekly novel coronavirus tests. The head of the Employ...

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 06:46:00 +0200
Opinion: Declaration of an exclusive economic zone: What it really means
Eyeing huge economic potential in the coming years, not just for fisheries but also from artificial islands, wind farms, solar farms, wave-generated electricity and revenue from shipping movements, Malta has started a process that wi...

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 06:43:00 +0200
Rocket attack on Afghan capital as president gives Eid speech
At least three rockets landed Tuesday in the Afghan capital ahead of a speech by President Ashraf Ghani marking the start of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, the interior ministry said. The rockets, fired at around 8:00 am (0330 GM...

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 06:40:00 +0200
Announcements - July 20, 2021
Obituaries ATTARD. On July 18, at St James Hospital, Sliema, CONNIE, aged 69, passed away peacefully. She leaves to mourn her loss her siblings Antoinette and her husband Stephen Muscat, Josette and her husband Stephen Rausi, Pierre ...

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 06:37:00 +0200
Quarantined teenagers in hospital for food poisoning
Two teenage students were rushed to hospital with food poisoning on Saturday after being served undercooked chicken while in quarantine at a Pembroke residential facility run by a language school. The Slovakian girls, both 17 years o...

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 06:25:00 +0200
Companies plan virus tests for unvaccinated workers
Dozens of companies are considering requiring their unvaccinated employees to take weekly novel coronavirus tests, according to the head of the Malta Employers’ Association (MEA). Joseph Farrugia said employers have been contacting...



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