Elderly people are facing financial abuse, including by their own family members who help themselves to their savings, deposits and bank cards, a senior banker has warned.  Simon Vaughan Johnson, who heads HSBC’s Malta operations,...

Malta opened their FIBA European Small Countries Championship commitments with a statement win on Wednesday as they blew out Andorra to win 79-30. However, the Malta women now face stronger opposition in Ireland, a side who had also ...

David Xuereb, until recently the president of the Chamber of Commerce, is to be appointed chairman of the Occupational Health and Safety Authority, the government has announced. He succeeds Manuel Mallia who held the role while he se...

International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates on Thursday denied bullying a female politician to attend the Tokyo Games opening ceremony, after some labelled him a “mansplaining dinosaur”. Coates, also the head of t...

The International Monetary Fund has raised its economic growth projections for Malta and urged the Maltese authorities to prepare a plan for tapering support measures such as the wage supplement scheme, including adjusting their size...

Gżira United and Birkirkara are bracing themselves for a tough test in their UEFA Conference League second qualifying round ties when they go up against Croatian side Rijeka and Olimpia Ljubljana, of Slovenia respectively, this even...

Norway on Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the worst massacre in its modern history, as church bells toll for the 77 people murdered by neo-Nazi Anders Behring Breivik. The Scandinavian nation had been mostly spared from extrem...

Government vouchers worth €20,000 have been collected for 10 charities but,  even though it has reached its goal, the Sharing is Caring campaign is not stopping there. The project, set up by the Sigma Foundation, Forestals and RUB...

Bank of Valletta has temporarily closed branches in Balluta and Mqabba after a staff member in each tested positive for COVID-19. The branches will be thoroughly sanitised and the health authorities will contact those individuals who...

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Zach Zammit, an experienced local racing driver and member of Island Car Club is competing in the British & Midland Hillclimb Championship this weekend. Zammit’s adventure is planned for Saturday and Sunday at Prescott. He will be ...

Dutch football and Louis van Gaal have closed a deal which will see the “Iron Tulip” return for one last stint as national coach, a news report said late Wednesday. Van Gaal, 69, has agreed to lead the talented but inexperienced ...

Ford has claimed a new Guinness World Record as its Mustang Mach-E SUV achieved the lowest energy consumption in an electric car. The record was achieved on a run along the length of mainland Great Britain, from John O’Groats in Sc...

The Central Bank of Malta last week published the 13th edition of the Financial Stability Report (FSR), which reviews and assesses the financial conditions and developments of the financial system in Malta. The report basically evalu...

Property prices remained mostly stable, and decreased in some areas in the first quarter of this year compared to last year, according to an analysis by Djar, an independent property portal and research agency EY. The report is based...

The second edition of the APS Summer Festival, under the artistic direction of Annalisa Schembri, kicked off on Wednesday at the University of Malta campus. Leveraging the theme of the celebration of diversity, the festival is bringi...

The Mediterranean evokes images of holiday beaches, with tourists enjoying the balmy weather of this region for most of the year. But this is also a hotspot of geopolitical interests. The risk of a regional war sparked bet­ween neig...

The recently launched consultation process for marine protected areas (MPAs) around Malta will provide very limited opportunity for truly active participation of stakeholders, posing questions on the effectiveness of the process. The...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Thursday. Times of Malta reports how Malta has chartered a special medical flights to take COVID-19 positive language students back home.  It also reports how a bank head ha...

We need new terms of abuse for our politics because the old ones just won’t do. It’s impolite to be inadequately rude and, frankly, our targets shouldn’t have to put up with put-downs that miss the mark. Yes, we have our share ...