TThe MSE Equity Total Return Index (MSE) closed the week in the green, with a 1.3% increase to finish at 8,025.668 points. Strong gains by HSBC Bank Malta plc (HSBC), GO plc and Malta International Airport plc (MIA) pushed the equity...

Ratings agency Moody's has confirmed an A2 stable rating for Malta, however, it also reviewed downwards its outlook for the island from stable to negative. In its most recent update, it blamed the negative outlook on the governmentâ€...

Floriana FC are in talks to sign French defender Oualid El Hasni. The Greens have been working hard in the last few weeks to try and build a competitive squad for the new season after last season’s disappointing campaign. Floriana ...

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Six authors have been invited to the 16th edition of the Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival, which will return to Fort St Elmo after last year’s online edition. It will be held on August 27 and 28. The authors are Ghayath Alma...

Peres Jepchirchir secured back-to-back women’s Olympic marathon titles for Kenya on Saturday timing 2hr 27min 20sec. The 27-year-old two-time half marathon world champion beat compatriot and world record holder Brigid Kosgei (2hr 2...

The ‘Dubai list’ of offshore holdings belonging to Maltese nationals contains no bank account information and is limited to property and high-value assets.  Sources said information on real estate, yachts and other assets in the...

It is evident Justice Minister Edward Zammit Lewis will not budge. Like other colleagues, past and present, his thirst for power, in the widest sense of the word, is absolute. Thus, if governance and the rule of law are to reign supr...

Before the dust had even settled on the inquiry into the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia and while its findings – that the state should shoulder responsibility for the murder because a culture of impunity was created from t...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Saturday. Times of Malta and The Malta Independent report on how a court on Friday overturned an effective prison sentence given to two Turkish mothers who were last month se...

Israel conducted overnight airstrikes against Hamas targets in Gaza in retaliation for the launching of incendiary balloons from the Palestinian enclave that caused fires in southern Israel, the country's military said early Saturday...

In its analysis of the conclusions of the inquiry into the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia, the Times of Malta editorial of August 3 (‘Another knock to reputation’) makes a clear, concise and hard-hitting comment: “The ...

Obituaries BORG. On July 28, at Mater Dei Hospital, PAUL ANTHONY, aged 64, passed away peacefully surrounded by family. He leaves to mourn his loss, his wife Claire, his children Rebecca, Mark, Chris and his partner Emilia, and Steph...

A Marsascala woman who is undergoing chemotherapy paid to spend the night in a hotel after a prolonged power cut left her and her family suffering in the heat and darkness for over 17 hours. The woman’s daughter, who asked not to b...

The next step forward  The prime minister is reported to have said that the next step following the publication of the inquiry into the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia is to have a serious discussion on the future...

For the occasion of the 800th year from the death of St Dominic of Caleruega, parish priest P. Michael M. Camilleri, OP, took the initiative to have four new angels sculpted from wood to complement the statue of St Dominic at the bas...

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A woman was seriously injured on Friday in a traffic accident at Xemxija. The police said the accident happened at Xemxija Hill at 4.45pm. The victim was a passenger in a car that crashed into three parked cars. An inquiry is being h...

Fires raging in Greece claimed their first two lives on Friday during a heatwave that officials said had turned the country into a "powder keg", while devastating blazes in neighbouring Turkey piled pressure on its government. Greece...

Depiro BC have extended coach James Bamfield’s contract, the club announced in a statement on Friday. Bamfield, who is currently coaching the Welsh national team retains his position at the Mtarfa club after having been with the si...