First one, then two, then 20: a small Stockholm agency has in recent days been deluged with bids for the rights to air the hit comedy series starring Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, a former actor turned wartime hero. “It...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has cost Malta €200 million in a week, Finance Minister Clyde Caruana said on Thursday, insisting the impact of the war is "massive".  Speaking during a debate by the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Caru...

Labour MEP Alex Agius Saliba has been nominated for Parliament Magazine’s MEP awards 2022. He is the only Maltese MEP nominated for this year’s edition of the awards, organised in collaboration with Euro News. Agius Saliba has be...

At least three people were killed, including a young girl, in an attack Wednesday on a children's hospital in Mariupol in southern Ukraine, local officials said on Thursday.  "Three people were killed, including a female child, in y...

Paris Saint-Germain coach Mauricio Pochettino said the decision not to give a foul against Karim Benzema for Real Madrid’s first goal “changed everything” in his team’s Champions League implosion on Wednesday. The French gian...

A promising season for Sevilla could be in danger of petering out but it would be no surprise if they finished with a flourish in the Europa League. Their last-16 tie against West Ham starts at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan on Thursday, ...

On February 26, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. – the investment conglomerate run by legendary investor Warren Buffett – published its annual letter to shareholders in conjunction with the publication of its 2021 financial statements. Wa...

This is the 18th day of the electoral campaign. As we have been doing in the past few days, we will continue giving you live updates of campaign events as they happen in our live blog. Read past blogs: Day one | day two | day three |...

As Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine enters its third week, a pall has fallen over Russian artists, long crown jewels of a country whose fine arts are an eminent source of soft power. Superstar operatic soprano Anna Netrebko and renowne...

The Planning Authority has approved an extension to a fuel station in Marsascala, just across the road from the family park. In a statement on Thursday, ADPD said the extension was “double the size” of what residents had strongly...

The 2 Series Active Tourer is getting a plug-in hybrid setup and we’ve had an early try of it. JACK EVANS explains what he found. BMW’s new 2 Series Active Tourer is on the way. Initially launched with a series of petrol and dies...

With just over two weeks to go before the country heads to the polls, Prime Minister Robert Abela, Opposition leader Bernard Grech and three other political party leaders will take part in their first debate later today. The ‘Unive...

Asian equities rallied on Thursday following a strong bounce on Wall Street and a breathtaking surge in Europe sparked by a plunge in oil prices and bargain-buying following a Ukraine-fuelled rout. A glimmer of hope for peace talks p...

Fr Adeodato C. Schembri,  OSA, will be celebrating 55 years of his priestly vocation with a Thanksgiving Mass at St Augustine church in Victoria on Saturday at 6pm. Fr Schembri was ordained priest by the late Gozo Bishop Gużeppi Pa...

EU leaders will scramble Thursday to find ways to urgently address the fallout of Russia's invasion of Ukraine that has imperilled the bloc's economy and exposed a dire need for a stronger defence. The meeting at the Versailles palac...

A Maltese man who was trapped in Ukraine has been evacuated from the heavily bombarded city of Kharkiv and is en route to Malta after a dangerous 40-hour journey to Poland. Martin Ellul Mercer said the Maltese Consulate in Ukraine a...

The Malta Football Association is one of the governing bodies that were cited in an appeal filed by the Football Union of Russia before the Court of Arbitration for Sport following a decision taken by FIFA and UEFA to suspend all Rus...

Obituaries AZZOPARDI. On March 8, at Zammit Clapp Residential Home, St Julian’s, ALICE, of Sliema, aged 77, former Keep Fit and Aerobics teacher, passed away peacefully, comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to mourn he...

The ripple effect of the Ukraine war is spreading fast and is being felt in countries far from Europe’s eastern borders. According to the IMF, average food inflation worldwide had already hit 7.8 per cent in January, the highest le...

Dutch brewer Heineken, Danish beer-maker Carlsberg, and Universal Music Group are some of the latest Western firms to halt operations in Russia over Moscow's war in Ukraine. On Thursday, Japanese gaming giants PlayStation and Nintend...