On the back of a resumption in activity and increased vaccination rates, economic data started to portray a more benevolent economic landscape. Optimism had also improved. However, what many had feared transpired. The resurgence of t...

Repubblika president Robert Aquilina warned on Thursday that criticism of civil society NGOs by a new PN candidate exposed fascist sentiments. Aquilina was referring to comments by Alex Borg, who on Wednesday “strongly condemned”...

Daphne Caruana Galizia's son is expected to be cross examined by Yorgen Fenech's lawyers in Thursday's compilation of evidence. The court heard last month how Daphne Caruana Galizia was working on a massive leak of documents from the...

Young people can be a positive force for development if they are provided with the skills, knowledge and proper opportunities. Today, there are around 1.2 billion youth aged 15 to 24, accounting for 16 per cent of the global populati...

The P. Cutajar Foundation has donated two guide dogs to the Malta Guide Dogs Foundation (MGDF) in line with a commitment made in 2017. The fully-trained dogs, Dora and Adel, are now in service, giving their new guide dog owners a fre...

Malta’s two main political parties have defended receiving hefty cash donations after a major developer said the business community often felt harassed by politicians seeking financial help.  Contacted for a reaction to this comme...

Shares in Chinese electric carmaker Li Auto fell on its Hong Kong debut on Thursday, with investors increasingly jittery over Beijing’s regulatory clampdown on tech companies and other industries. Regarded as a mainland rival to US...

There's little to distinguish the farm building in Kent, southeast England, from others nearby, except for one thing: the royal warrant over the door. "By appointment to Her Majesty the Queen, conservators and restorers of pianos," i...

A date with history awaits Hibernians as they look to write an unprecedented chapter in Maltese football tonight. The Paolites host Riga FC of Latvia in the second leg of the third qualifying round of the newly-launched UEFA Europa C...

Gudja United have completed the signing of American midfielder Mario Arrieta and Ivory Coast forward Abdeen Temitope Abdul. Both Arrieta and Abdul have been plying their trade in Maltese football in the past but now will be looking ...

Asian markets fluctuated on Thursday after a record lead from Wall Street, as traders assessed US figures showing a drop in inflation that eased some pressure on the Federal Reserve to start winding down its ultra-loose monetary poli...

In last week’s article, I mentioned the six equity issuers that published their financial statements at the start of the interim reporting season in Malta. Since then, other companies have also published their interim financial sta...

The National Book Council has announced the shortlist for the 2021 National Book Prize and Terramaxka Prize. The shortlist, which serves as a guide to standout books published in Malta during the previous year, includes 62 titles out...

Firemen early on Thursday extinguished a blaze in the foyer of the Eden Cinemas complex in Paceville. No serious damage was caused and no one was injured.  The fire, at about 8am, produced a thick plume of smoke. Emanuel Psaila, di...

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Premier League club Santa Lucija are aiming to build upon improvements made since their promotion to local football’s highest division, with the goal to solidify a Championship Pool berth this season. Club president Robert Micallef...

The Taliban have taken Ghazni city, a senior local lawmaker told AFP Thursday, the 10th Afghan provincial capital to fall in a week and just 150 kilometres (95 miles) from Kabul. "The Taliban took control of the key areas of the city...

Lionel Messi has been reunited with his old Barcelona team-mate Neymar in an all-star attack at Paris Saint-Germain, but the question now is whether the arrival of the Argentinian superstar could actually push Kylian Mbappe out of th...

There are different forms of anti-social behaviour. One of them is the attitude of some people who feel entitled to occupy public land for their exclusive use, denying other people the enjoyment of common facilities. Naxxar local cou...

With temperatures on the increase all around us, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report published on Monday, running into over 4,000 pages, underlines that it may get much worse very soon. The Climate Change 2015...