A centre-left-led alliance of parties is poised Wednesday to announce a deal to form Germany's next government, putting the Social Democrats (SPD) in charge for the first time in 16 years. Two months after the SPD beat Angela Merkel'...

Equity markets mostly rose on Wednesday following a run of weakness but inflation worries and expectations of tighter central bank monetary policy continue to hold traders’ focus as crude extended gains despite US moves to boost ou...

A French court on Wednesday gave Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema a one-year suspended sentence for complicity in a bid to blackmail his former France team-mate Mathieu Valbuena with a sex tape. The sentence was tougher than that so...

Malta relocated 234 migrants to EU and associated states this year up to mid-November, Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri said in reply to a parliament question. He told Natinalist MP Joe Ellis that  273 were relocated to the EU ...

I watch with trepidation what is going on in Europe right now. Austria has called a lockdown until possibly December 12 and will be the first country in Europe to make the vaccine mandatory as February 1, 2022. In response, Austrian ...

Più di te is the title of Emma Muscat’s latest song, out on all music platforms on November 24. It narrates the personal rebirth of a young woman who puts away her fears and focuses on finding her self-confidence. The launch follo...

A group of youths has been intimidating Qawra residents, recently leaving a family “terrified” when, hooded and armed with knives, they attempted to break down the door to their home. The incidents, captured on CCTV footage, have...

The concept of what constitutes art has changed along the centuries. Something that was plebeian and coarse in far bygone eras could have been transformed into a unique artefact, the jewel in the crown of a prestigious museum. The pa...

A NASA mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft into an asteroid -- a test run should humanity ever need to stop a giant space rock from wiping out life on Earth -- blasted off Tuesday from California. It may sound like science fic...

The latest game day from the MAPFRE MSV Life Women League had Hibs consolidating further the top spot in the league standings after their second league success over Caffe Moak Luxol whilst ARMS Depiro joined Luxol in a shared second ...

China's birthrate plummeted to a record low last year, highlighting a looming demographic crisis for Beijing caused by a rapidly ageing workforce, a slowing economy and the weakest population growth in decades. China relaxed its "one...

An installation made of 900 paper cubes, each featuring old portraits or nostalgic scenes of Malta, aims to instigate the curiosity of visitors at Spazju Kreattiv. Stacked playfully across the floor of Space A, recalling the building...

The administration of COVID-19 booster jabs has now exceeded 100,000, Health Minister Chris Fearne announced on twitter on Wednesday. The announcement came as the latest data from the EU’s health agency suggests that the higher the...

Manchester United’s caretaker manager Michael Carrick said he was not surprised Cristiano Ronaldo delivered again in their 2-0 win over Villarreal in the Champions League on Tuesday. Carrick also said he spoke to Ole Gunnar Solskja...

The island of Gozo played host to the recently held Malta Mountain Bike Association’s National Championships.   Hosted in Nadur and in the vicinity of Daħlet Qorrot, the race was notoriously challenging in many ways. Narrow, sin...

Sheffield United midfielder John Fleck had to be taken off on a stretcher in the second half of a 1-0 win at Reading in the English Championship on Tuesday. The Blades were already ahead through Jayden Bogle’s 56th-minute shot when...

Obituaries  CARUANA. On November 22, at Mater Dei Hospital, PAWLINA of Mellieħa, aged 85, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She will be greatly missed by her children Vera, Fr Joe Caruana, Mellieħa pari...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers Times of Malta quotes the prime minister saying he will back Roberta Metsola's bid to become European Parliament president. It also reports that EU data shows that countries wit...

 The gaming regulator has reached out to the Italian authorities for information on an anti-mafia money laundering probe with ties to Malta. Sources at the Malta Gaming Authority said the regulator had recently contacted law enforce...

A specialist at Mater Dei Hospital had his car clamped a month ago but is refusing to pay the fee to release his vehicle in protest at the lack of parking available for doctors at the state hospital.  The specialist anaesthetist, w...