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Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:08:00 +0200
Fiat 500 style meets Google technology
Fiat and Google have come together in an exclusive collaboration, known as 500 Hey Google. It is the new special series of the New 500 Family, where Google Assistant technology meets the 500 and its world of coolness, design and icon...

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 09:26:00 +0200
Alibaba shares soar as it plays down hit from record $2.78bn fine
Shares in tech giant Alibaba surged nine per cent on Monday as the e-commerce titan reassured investors that a record $2.78 billion (€2.34bn) antitrust fine imposed by China would have little impact on its operations. Regulators sl...

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 09:03:00 +0200
Ex-Italy rugby captain Cuttitta dies after contracting COVID-19, aged 54
Ex-Italy rugby captain Massimo Cuttitta has died from Covid-19 complications, the Italian rugby federation (FIR) announced on Sunday. He was 54. “It was with the deepest dismay that the Italian Rugby Federation and the entire natio...

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 08:54:00 +0200
COVID-19 hospitalisation rate lowest since August as schools reopen
The number of COVID-19 patients needing hospital care has plummeted to the lowest level since August, fresh data by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control shows. People are being admitted to hospital at a rate the sam...

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 08:49:00 +0200
European tourism is back
The statistics on the importance of tourism to the economic well-being of many European countries are impressive. Tourism is indeed one of the more successful aspects of globalisation. The industry accounts for seven per cent of glob...

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 08:40:00 +0200
Food fight: Mourinho hits back at Solskjaer over Son criticism
Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho claimed he is treated differently from other managers by the media as he hit back at Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s criticism of play-acting by Son Heung-min after Spurs lost 3-1 to Manchester United on Sunday....

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 08:29:00 +0200
MFSA protecting financial services consumers through supervision and enforcement
The Malta Financial Services Authority’s role is to protect consumers of financial services and ensure market integrity – and it does this by making sure that all market participants comply with applicable rules and regulations, ...

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 08:21:00 +0200
Matsuyama holds off Schauffele to win historic Masters title
Hideki Matsuyama became the first Japanese man to win a major golf championship on Sunday, holding his nerve down the stretch to capture the 85th Masters after a dramatic final round. Carrying the hopes of a nation on his shoulders, ...

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 08:20:00 +0200
What happened on... April 12
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.

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 07:46:00 +0200
The impact of COVID-19 on the financial services industry
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unique humanitarian disruptions and unprecedented challenges to the global eco­nomy, not least to the financial services industry. This article provides an overview of the impact of the pandemic on t...

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 07:44:00 +0200
Russian poetry in Maltese
The Russian Cultural Centre in Valletta has launched an online project titled Poeżija Russa bil-Malti (Russian poetry in Maltese), a series of talks on Russian poets and poetry translated into the Maltese language by Russian-Maltes...

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 07:21:00 +0200
The invasion of public spaces
The political will to enforce sensible regulations remains as weak as ever. For decades, regulatory authorities have allowed crafty individuals with a perverse sense of entitlement to grab chunks of public land for themselves, blocki...

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 07:21:00 +0200
A trip that was out out of this world: first manned space flight 60 years today
Sixty years ago on Monday cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space, securing victory for Moscow in its race with Washington and marking a new chapter in the history of space exploration. Decades later, his journey has ...

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 07:09:00 +0200
Today's front pages - April 12, 2021
The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Monday. Times of Malta reveals that controversial fund-raising rules which have raised the ire of NGOs are to be watered down by the government. It also reports that the law ...

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 07:06:00 +0200
Ċaqnu to face court over threatening messages
Police officers combing through construction tycoon Charles Polidano’s phone have identified messages in which he appears to threaten to publish photos of a woman in the nude. Times of Malta understands that Polidano, one of the ma...

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 07:04:00 +0200
Mammon is the new god - Richard England
“Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skim your country of its beauty,” Theodore Roosevelt once said. Regrettably, it seems that our country has done exactly that. The fires of monetary gain and profit have incinerated the ...

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 07:01:00 +0200
Mosta yard still used as dump, six years after permit refusal
A yard off Durumblat Street in Mosta that was supposed to be used as agricultural land has instead been used to deposit inert construction waste and as a parking lot for heavy machinery. In spite of a pending appeal on a refusal to g...

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 06:58:00 +0200
A pint and a haircut: UK eases some virus curbs in England
Britain took another tentative step towards the resumption of normal life on Monday as pubs and restaurants were allowed to partially reopen, in a major easing of coronavirus restrictions. English pubs and restaurants can now serve d...

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 06:49:00 +0200
11 Malta-based scientists among world’s most cited
Eleven Malta-based scientists – seven of whom are University of Malta academics – are among the top two per cent most cited scientists worldwide, according to a Stanford University study. The research, led by Prof. John Ioannidis...

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 06:47:00 +0200
Cyberbullying and Maltese society - Alex Agius Saliba
The digital world and the way that Maltese society is interacting virtually has been an area that we have been exploring together in the past few months through the digital rights study that I commissioned. Having discussed how essen...



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