At a time when serious long-term strategic decisions need to be taken to turn over a new leaf in the most effective and quickest manner, technology could well be Malta’s ray of hope. The way technology is shaping, and will continue...

The third quarter of 2021 presented economic forecasters with a host of surprises: natural gas prices spiked by over 30% in one month, the 10-year US Treasury yield recorded one of its biggest one-week jumps of the year, and the US e...

Konrad Mizzi has, for the fourth time, told parliament's Public Accounts Committee that he will not turn up for questioning on the Electrogas power station contract. The former energy minister was due to appear before the PAC on Tues...

BMW has revealed the updated M135i, which has received a raft of chassis upgrades to improve its handling. The suspension system has received plenty of tweaks, such as new and redesigned mounts, as well as recalibration of the spring...

Harpist Jacob Portelli is performing at St Catherine of Italy church in Valletta tomorrow, as part of the Borocco Foundation’s weekly lunchtime concerts. During his performance, Portelli will present the harp as an instrument of pr...

On Monday morning, the VPLP/Verdier designed 30.48 metre/100 foot racing maxi, Comanche (CAY), skippered by Mitch Booth, crossed the finish line of the 2021 Rolex Middle Sea Race at 04:27:50 CEST to take Monohull Line Honours in an e...

The Jaguar from Bizerte to Casablanca, the CMA CGM Estelle from Trieste to Port Said, the Oued Ziz from Bizerte to Bizerte (all CMA CGM Malta Agency Ltd), the MV Caroline Russ from Genoa to Genoa (Gollcher Co. Ltd), the MV Enlightenm...

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said he has come “too far” as Man. United manager to give up now, but a 5-0 thrashing at home to Liverpool on Sunday left the Red Devils back where the Norwegian’s reign began. Jose Mourinho was sacked in...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on MOnday. Times of Malta reports that brand new electric buses bought by the Gozo ministry have remained unused for 18 months. The newspaper also reports that more than a quart...

A man was injured when he fell off a motorbike in Tower Road, Sliema, early on Monday. The accident, near Il-Fortizza,  was reported to the police at about 4.20am. The man, whose identity is still being established,  appears to hav...

Actor James Michael Tyler who played coffee shop manager Gunther on the hit sitcom Friends died Sunday at age 59, US media reported. Tyler died at his home in Los Angeles after battling prostate cancer that he was first diagnosed wit...

Unvaccinated players will be allowed to compete at the Australian Open but must do 14 days in quarantine, according to a leaked WTA email Monday, although a government official insisted the matter was “not settled”. The rules wou...

The choice the electorate was called to make in 2013 was clear: between a Nationalist Party past its sell-by date and a Labour Party full of ideas and rearing to go. Four years later, the party in power was facing serious allegations...

The coming year will be one of the toughest for the EU. A new chancellor will be leading the most influential country, Germany, that for long has been the pacesetter in EU politics. France may have a new president. Italian politics r...

One of the main reasons why I had joined the Labour Party back in my University days was that I strongly believed, as I do now more than ever, that all people have the right to realise their individual potential independently of what...

Unidentified armed men arrested a number of Sudanese leaders early Monday, a government source told AFP, after weeks of tensions between the military and civilian transitional authorities. The internet was cut across the country, AFP...

Who wants change? Commenting on the Pandora Papers, London’s The Economist pointed out that the Czech Republic’s prime minister, a skilled populist and one of the politicians mentioned in the leaked documents, remains ahead in th...

Sculptor Ġużeppi Cauchi, of Għajnsielem, is currently working on a bust of Cardinal Mario Grech. When ready, the bust, sculpted in stone, will be presented to Mgr Grech. When Mgr Grech was elected cardinal, Cauchi also presented t...

Mega developer Joseph Portelli has admitted he carried out illegal excavation work on a protected area in Qala but said he did so because he expects to get a permit to build a swimming pool there in the near future. The Planning Auth...

Once upon a time, there was a farmer in Gozo who toiled daily, all year round, in his field overlooking the sea. He collected the rocks – which appeared in the soil in abundance – and built a strong stone wall around his land, pa...