Times Of Malta
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 10:30:00 +0200‘Competitive’ Bayern head into Europe boosted by Leipzig reinforcements
Bayern Munich start their Champions League campaign Tuesday with a mouth-watering clash at Barcelona as the Bavarian giants confidently head into Europe having plundered reinforcements from Bundesliga rivals RB Leipzig.
While Paris S...
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 10:05:00 +0200MUMN describes quarantine in hotels as 'punishment'
The MUMN nurses' union has urged the authorities to stop sending people to quarantine in hotels when they can stay elsewhere, describing the current procedure as 'punishment'.
The union has joined a chorus of protests against the pra...
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 10:01:00 +0200Watch: Ta’ Ħaġrat under water, worries proposed project would increase flooding
Footage shot during September’s first showers reinforces concerns by Mġarr farmers and residents that development on virgin land will increase flooding at a UNESCO world heritage site.
Video: Karl Andrew Micallef
According to farm...
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:56:00 +0200Apartments, offices proposed to replace Pembroke houses
A planning application in Pembroke seeks to turn an area presently occupied by three terraced houses into a large block of 16 apartments, two penthouses and three office units.
The site is directly abutting Triq il-Mediterran, just a...
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:44:00 +0200Tuchel tells Chelsea to recreate ‘addictive’ Champions League win
Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel said on Monday the high of winning the Champions League is addictive as he urged his players to keep the hunger required to defend their title.
The Blues begin their Champions League campaign at home to ...
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:41:00 +0200Malta Gymnastics coaches attend Frankfurt assembly
The Malta Gymnastics Federation announced that a group of seven coaches have just returned from a three-day coaches’ course organised by the European Gymnastics in Frankfurt, Germany between September 3-5.
The course was conducted ...
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:00:00 +0200InClassica celebrates its tenth edition in Dubai
The InClassica International Music Festival is celebrating its tenth anniversary in Dubai with a series of concerts bringing together some of the top global players within of the classical genre.
The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra wil...
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 08:59:00 +0200Chinese property giant Evergrande under ‘tremendous pressure’
Embattled Chinese property giant Evergrande on Tuesday conceded it is under “tremendous pressure”, a day after insisting it will avoid a bankruptcy that many fear could have a huge impact on the world’s number-two economy.
The ...
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 08:48:00 +0200Virus lockdown extended for Australia’s capital
Australian authorities on Tuesday extended a coronavirus lockdown of the nation’s capital Canberra to mid-October, saying the measure was necessary while vaccinations are ramped up.
About 400,000 Canberra residents have been under ...
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 08:37:00 +0200Asian markets struggle for traction ahead of US inflation data
Investors trod cautiously in early Asian trade on Tuesday as they awaited US inflation data that could play a key role in determining when the Federal Reserve will start winding down its market-supporting monetary policy.
The first g...
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 08:30:00 +0200Barcelona face Bayern again, without Messi, after year of upheaval and change
“We need change from top to bottom,” Gerard Pique said but even he could not have predicted what followed as Barcelona, without Lionel Messi, reunite with Bayern Munich on Tuesday, a year on from the defeat that changed everythin...
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 08:27:00 +0200Chamber calls for 'pathway to citizenship' for Malta to retain foreign workers
The Chamber of Commerce has called for a pathway to citizenship for foreign workers as a way of keeping them in Malta.
In a set of Budget proposals presented to the prime minister, the chamber also urged the government to mitigate a ...
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Tue, 14 Sep 2021 08:20:00 +0200Stars dazzle in defiant fashion at 'surreal' Met Gala
New York is done with dressing down: the splashy black-tie Met Gala returned Monday, with a cohort of Gen-Z's glitterati hosting the A-lister bash famed for its over-the-top panache – and despite the pandemic, this year the fashion...
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 07:58:00 +0200ECB expects interest rates to remain at present or lower levels
On September 9, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank took the following decisions:
The interest rate on the main refinancing operations (MRO) and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facil...
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 07:57:00 +0200Milan dreaming big ahead of Champions League return at Anfield
AC Milan make their long-awaited return to the Champions League this week on one of the biggest stages the game has to offer, a trip to Liverpool on Wednesday allowing them to dream of Europe’s biggest prize once again.
There will ...
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 07:54:00 +0200Pele ready to leave ICU after tumor removed, daughter says
Brazilian football legend Pele is ready to leave the intensive care unit of a Sao Paulo hospital after undergoing surgery for a suspected colon tumor, one of his daughters said Monday.
Kely Nascimento wrote a message giving an update...
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 07:49:00 +0200South America to cram in extra World Cup qualifier in October
South American national teams will again be asked to play an extra round of World Cup qualifiers in the upcoming international window, continental governing body CONMEBOL said on Monday.
As in the last window in early September, CO...
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 07:44:00 +0200Submissions open for the 94th Oscars
The Malta Academy Selection Committee for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards (better known as the Academy Awards or Oscars) has issued an open call for local feature films released in 2021 to be submitted to part...
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 07:21:00 +0200Managing an agriculture crisis
Critics of the European Union often use in their favour the argument that the bloc should not use taxpayers’ money to subsidise farmers, as it does under the Common Agricultural Policy. A more balanced view would be that agricultur...