A dog used by Customs officials to sniff out undeclared cash has caught two more passengers leaving Malta with amounts above the legal limit. Gypsy the Customs canine caught a passenger with an Albanian passport en route to Frankfurt...

A man who threatened to attack and beat Nationalist MP Adrian Delia has been given a conditional discharge after admitting to the crime.  Etienne Borda, 41, posted the violent message to Facebook in September 2021, writing in Maltes...

The Silence S01 is an efficient and technologically high quality 125cc-class electric scooter made by a Spanish company that is dedicated to ecological mobility. That acceleration speed is comparable to that of a 250cc motorcycle. B...

The MSE Equity Total Return Index (MSE) advanced 2.5% during the week and closed at 8,212.825 points. Seventeen equities were active, as seven increased, three declined, while another seven closed unchanged. This significant increase...

A “ticking time bomb” of agricultural leases is leading to farmers being evicted from their fields and threatens the future of Maltese farming, an activist has warned.  Moviment Graffitti said that the government should interven...

A motorcyclist was grievously hurt in a Friday evening collision in Birkirkara, the police said on Saturday morning.  The Suzuki DL650 rider, who is 38 and from Xagħra, was involved in a crash with a Renault Captur car being driven...

The Malta Netball team registered its first victory in international competition, after returning from a five-year hiatus, on Friday as Mariella Baldacchino’s girls beat Switzerland 50-27 in the Europe Netball Open Challenge in Gib...

A 15-year-old boy was seriously injured after falling down a shaft at a house in Qrendi on Friday evening. The teenager fell a three-storey height at a residence on Triq it-Tempesta at around 6pm. A medical team administered first-ai...

Bolt was founded in 2013 by then 19-year-old Markus Villig. Today, it is Europe’s first super-app with the mission to make urban mobility more affordable, safe, and sustainable.  Bolt has 75 million customers in 45 countries acro...

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and challenger Deontay Wilder will be their heaviest ever fighting weights when they clash for the third time in Las Vegas on Saturday. British defending champion Fury tipped the scales at 277lbs (...

China's President Xi Jinping said Saturday "peaceful reunification" with Taiwan "will be and can be realised", days after Chinese warplanes made record incursions into the air defence zone of the democratically ruled island. Self-gov...

Six-time winner Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, a five-time victor, were among the 30 names revealed on Friday for the Ballon d’Or award. The serial favourites face competition that includes Kylian Mbappe, Neymar, Karim Benzema...

These are the leading stories in local newspapers this Saturday. Times of Malta leads with a public call by a top cardiology doctor for Malta to introduce a tax on fatty and sugary foods, to financially motivate healthier eating choi...

Environment Minister Aaron Farrugia appears to be well meaning for the portfolio he holds. He has championed many a small-scale, publicity-friendly project. He started off on the right foot when he drove the repeal of the Fuel Servic...

Using votes wisely Prior to the 2013 general election, a particular trade unionist spoke strongly about the need to eliminate precarious work, having had enough of it. Today, in 2021, not only has this work not stopped but we have re...

My mother Ethna lived all her life in the political constituency of Dublin North.  For decades it was a stronghold of the then-dominant political party Fianna Fáil (‘Soldiers of Destiny’!).  She faithfully carried out the poli...

Obituary BONELLO. On October 8, MARIE, of Paola and residing in St Julian’s, aged 71, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to mourn her loss her husband Ino, her sons David and his wife Ruth, Chr...

The feast of Our Lady of Fatima will be celebrated at Santa Luċija church, Gozo, on Sunday. On Saturday, vespers will be said at 6pm, followed by Mass celebrated by Fr Rector Noel Saliba at 6.30pm. A Marian vigil will be held at 7.1...

Those of us working with and for children across Europe struggled to identify with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen’s second State of the European Union address to the European Parliament on September 15. Von der ...

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