Church organisations left in the lurch by six-figure shortfalls in donations this week are hoping to make up some of the damage on Sunday, when the Church celebrates its yearly Charity Day. Dar tal-Providenza and Caritas were among c...

The Times of Malta SportsDesk has added an illustrious name to its list of contributors in Germany’s 2014 World Cup-winning captain Philip Lahm. Lahm has enjoyed a stellar career as a player and played a key figure not only in Germ...

Nine NGOs have written to Environment Minister Aaron Farrugia, asking him to sack Victor Axiak from his role as chair of the Environmental Resources Authority.  Axiak, a biology professor who was appointed chair of the environmental...

Queen Elizabeth II bids a final farewell to her late husband, Prince Philip, on Saturday, at a funeral restricted by coronavirus rules but reflecting his long life of military and public service. The ceremony from behind the stately ...

Authorities in Panama on Friday intercepted an unlikely smuggler, a fluffy white cat, bearing an assortment of drugs in a pouch tied to its body as it tried to enter a prison. The feline felon was stopped outside the Nueva Esperanza ...

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The MSE Equity Total Return Index lost ground, as it closed in negative territory at 8,016.442 points. A total of 19 equities were active, 10 of which headed north, while another four closed in the opposite direction. Total weekly va...

These are the leading stories in local newspapers this Saturday. Times of Malta focuses on court testimony given by killer Vince Muscat on Friday. Muscat testified that one of Daphne Caruana Galizia’s alleged killers suggested cont...

Society never stands still. In fact, the pace of change seems to accelerate as time goes by. Some members of the older generations, gripped by nostalgia for the good old days, look at the past through rose-tinted glasses, often forge...

NASA has selected SpaceX to land the first astronauts on the surface of the Moon since 1972, the agency said Friday, in a huge victory for Elon Musk's company. The contract, worth $2.9 billion, involves the prototype Starship spacecr...

That Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip used to live in Villa Guardamangia, accompanied by their claim of particular affection for our country, have often been expressed as points of pride by many in Malta. If one well and truly pays ...

Times of Malta photographer Matthew Mirabelli captured a life-threatening swim in rough sea at Tigné Point on Friday morning. The man, a foreigner, managed to come ashore on a wave. When asked if he was okay, he replied: “You ju...

Life is full of precious moments we continue to cherish as we grow older and are eventually able to reminisce about them. One such special, emotion-clad moment occurred to me earlier this week at the Sonia Tanti Independent Living Ce...

Eyewitness accounts of conditions at Mount Carmel Hospital make for harrowing reading. They describe an infrastructure and a quality of care that fit the description of the architecture of the building: Victorian. There are, no doubt...

The all-powerful Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) opened a historic congress Friday to rubber-stamp the transfer of power to a new generation as outgoing leader Raul Castro committed it to "respectful" talks with the United States. In a...

Obituary SOLER. On April 14, at Mater Dei Hospital, RONNIE, of Swieqi, aged 81, passed away peacefully. He leaves to mourn his loss his beloved partner Eileen, his dear daughter Angela wife of Philip, his grandchildren Thomas and Rac...

Various articles in the media have addressed aspects linked to the protection of wild trees. In this context, the Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) often comes under attack and is asked to defend various decisions or delibera...

Updated 10.12am with Birkirkara statement Birkirkara FC’s European footballing dreams are in doubt after tax documents submitted as part of their bid to be licensed by governing body UEFA were flagged as irregular.  An investigati...

Dingli trees and ERA I refer to Alfred Baldacchino’s gratuitous assessment of ERA’s performance in tree management, especially with respect to Dingli trees, which appeared in the Times of Malta (April 10). I am writing the follow...

The parish community of Sannat participated fully in the Easter celebrations through the parish’s live-streaming or Radju Margerita. According to archpriest Michael Curmi, the celebrations had a good following. He said it was not e...