The European People's Party, the biggest bloc in the European Parliament, is called for a plenary debate in the presence of the EU Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders over the latest revelations in the Daphne Caruana Galizia mur...

Vince Muscat il-Koħħu will on Tuesday be cross-examined by defence lawyers representing brothers George and Alfred Degiorgio, who stand accused of murdering journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.  Muscat has admitted to killing Caruan...

Padel courts in Gżira were discovered Monday to have remained open for use despite the latest COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the government on Thursday. The courts, operated by IK Padel Malta who are said to have been cautioned ...

Two seasons ago as Manchester City won the first ever domestic treble of trophies in England, Pep Guardiola branded the possibility of ever doing a quadruple “almost impossible”. A season characterised by injuries, fixture conges...

It is extremely dispiriting that after all the talk, all the conferences and all the campaigning, women worldwide still only have 75% of the formal rights of men.  That figure represents an average - there are countries where the pe...

Israel said Tuesday it had discovered pieces of a biblical scroll dating back some 2,000 years, describing the find as one of the most significant since the Dead Sea Scrolls.   "For the first time in approximately 60 years, archaeol...

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On March 11, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank took the following decisions: First, the Governing Council will continue to conduct net asset purchases under the pandemic emergency purchase programme (PEPP) with a tot...

When Naomi Perren decided to shift her wedding from September to April, thinking the pandemic would have improved by then, she could not possibly have known that the new date would turn out to be a mere 24 hours too early. Last Wedne...

For the National Audit Office (NAO) to remain the vibrant and relevant institution of oversight it is meant to be, it must be afforded all the protection necessary to function without any interference whatsoever. The auditor general ...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers. Times of Malta leads with a plea by supermarket staff to be given the COVID-19 jap amid confusion over which sections of the workforce should be considered as frontliners. The ...

At least 20 people were killed in Myanmar on Monday after another day of unrest and protests against the junta that seized power six weeks ago, a local monitoring group said. The country has been in uproar since the military ousted c...

The interview with former Labour prime minister and now MEP Alfred Sant (March 14) dealt with the “friends of friends” notion, giving the impression that this is something inevitable in small countries. In the annual corruption i...

A 24-year-old migrant underwent complex brain surgery. Left unable to speak and completely dependent for washing and dressing, he was returned to Marsa reception centre. He was given no support and depended entirely on fellow detaine...

WHO safety experts will meet Tuesday over the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine whose rollout has been halted in several European countries over blood clot fears, imperilling the pandemic fight as infection rates surge. The three large...

Confusion abounds over which ‘frontline’ personnel should be getting vaccinated, as supermarkets make a desperate bid to get in line. Meanwhile, a construction company is set to finish inoculating its employees this week. Hundred...

Obituaries BEZZINA. On March 15, at Mater Dei Hospital, ANTHONY, aged 72, passed away peacefully  comforted by the rites of Holy Church. He will be deeply missed by his beloved wife Maria née Bonello, his children Juliana wife of K...

A political demagogue Anyone watching the recent parliamentary debate on the motion regarding the recent COVID-19 restrictions announced by the prime minister, the health minister and Charmaine Gauci couldn’t have missed the great ...

Dar Ġużeppa Debono in Għajnsielem, a refuge for single mothers founded in December 2005, is holding its annual general meeting through Zoom on Friday, March 19, at 6pm. The theme of the meeting is ‘It-tfajla omm tal-bieraħ u ll...

“It is ironic that while our contemporary culture abhors death, and upholds youthfulness and immortality as the ultimate good, it often rejects Christ who is Life itself, and the way to eternal life.” After a long intellectual an...