It is common knowledge that the Challenge League has always been a highly-competitive league. This season, competition has been at its best, considering that a number of players with Premier League experience have also joined the sec...

Heritage NGO Din l-Art Ħelwa has appealed a decision by the Planning Authority for a block of apartments to be built in rural Sannat, just 300 metres from the edge of the scenic cliffs. Approved last month, the application, which pl...

Australia will not send officials to February’s Winter Olympics in Beijing, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday, joining a US diplomatic boycott of the Games. Canberra’s decision comes as discord with China over a sl...

People found guilty of a crime can apply to have the court judgment against them removed from the public domain after three years, according to guidelines issued by the Court Services Agency. The guidelines also stipulate that if the...

Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez on Tuesday called on his side to “make history” this week by handing Bayern Munich their first home defeat in the Champions League’s group stages since 2013. “Barca can beat anyone,” Xavi insi...

In the showdown over Russia's implicit threat to invade Ukraine, the United States and European allies are eyeing what they see is a major vulnerability for Moscow -- the just-completed Nord Stream 2 pipeline to carry natural gas to ...

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was delighted with the way his much-changed side dealt with AC Milan at the San Siro to set a new record by becoming the first English club to win all six Champions League group matches. Goals from Moha...

Top US scientist Anthony Fauci said late Tuesday that early indications suggest that the Covid-19 Omicron variant is not worse than prior strains, and it is possibly milder, while cautioning it will take weeks to judge its severity. ...

The Malta Football Association (MFA) and the Futsal Malta Association (FMA) have signed a memorandum of understanding with plans for a strategic plan for development of the indoor sport as part of the 2027 strategy of the local gover...

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on another pandemic that has been with us for much longer even though many of us may not have noticed it: people struggling with mental wellness and the impact this has on their rel...

In November 2020, Malta lost a great writer, thinker and poet who was the epitome of Malta’s soul, heritage and intellect, namely Prof. Oliver Friggieri. For me, it was a tragic loss of a very dear friend. I heard the sad news only...

At the COP 26 Glasgow climate conference, China put forward three proposals: upholding multilateral consensus, focusing on concrete actions and accelerating the green transition. Contributing Chinese wisdom and solutions to the globa...

As of today, there have been 1.4 million deaths across Europe due to coronavirus. Cancer causes 1.3 million deaths annually in Europe, of whom 6,000 are children. In addition, 2.7 million lives are turned upside down every year after...

Increasingly becoming the flavour of the month in business circles and topping the agenda at most conferences, ESG is quite often misrepresented as a synonym for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) or a polite way of reminding us t...

From the online comments board Hundreds of fines cancelled for politicians, businessmen, top LESA officials It is very unfair for hard-working common people who do their job and obey the law, who pay their due taxes with integrity, t...

The following are the top stories in Mata's newspapers on Wednesday. Times of Malta reports that the Valletta and Victoria local councils are in dire financial straits, the National Audit Office (NAO) has found. It also reports that ...

Obituaries  DIMECH. On December 5, MARISA, née Tabone, widow of Joe, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to mourn her great loss her children and their spouses, Enzo and Janet, Antonella, Paul a...

Australia will not send officials to February's Winter Olympics in Beijing, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday, joining a US diplomatic boycott of the Games. Canberra's decision comes amid "disagreement" with China over ...

The latest Eurostat figures show that one in five people in Malta fall into the category of ‘at risk of poverty or social exclusion’. This is near the EU’s average. When such statistics are published, a short, sterile debate us...

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