The pandemic has grounded Malta's pantomimes for the second year running, but renowned dame Alan Montanaro is transporting his traditional hysterical Christmas stage jokes to Times of Malta, in a first for our website. Adopting the ...

Newly-crowned Formula One world champion Max Verstappen says Lewis Hamilton should “look back at what he has achieved already... to just keep on going,” after a gala dinner at the FIA’s Paris headquarters. Verstappen was speaki...

Malta’s COVID-19 economic recovery over the next three years is expected to be stronger than previously forecast, the central bank said on Friday.   In a new report, the Central Bank of Malta said Malta’s gross domestic product ...

Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski can claim another goal record on Friday in his club’s last game of 2021 as the Bundesliga leaders look to extend Wolfsburg’s miserable six-match losing streak. “We have one game before C...

Drum roll... and panto dame Za Za La Bouche puts on her agony aunt spectacles and opens the first problem letter. It involves a loving wife whose 60-year-old husband still thinks he is a 20-year-old personification of virility...  ...

Education Minister Justyne Caruana is yet to publicly apologise or offer any comment on giving her “incompetent” close friend a €5,000-per-month job that he failed to do and then lied about. Caruana has, over the past few days,...

Mature Chardonnay is a timeless classic. And, with that in mind, Delicata has just released the first Riżerva Chardonnay of Malta, which is undoubtedly primed for a big following among lovers of complex whites. It certainly makes a ...

Yachting Malta has renewed its backing for the Euromed International Regatta, hosted by Malta Young Sailors, joining forces with main sponsor Mapfre Insurance.   Yachting Malta’s support has been forthcoming since 2016, when it f...

Kerċem Ajax reconfirmed their status as one of the top teams in the GFA Division One when they cruised past Oratory Youths to go clear in second place in the standings. Kerċem took command of play early on and took the lead on 39 ...

“The report’s author was Bogdanovic,” Education Minister Justyne Caruana testified. She knew full well it wasn’t. The country knew for months that Caruana abusively awarded her ‘close friend’ Danijel Bogdanovic a €5,000...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday suffered a crushing by-election defeat in a constituency never previously lost by his Conservative Party, a result which raises serious questions about his leadership. His party won the ...

The State Advocate has appealed a judge's decree for the police to hand Yorgen Fenech’s defence team all evidence extracted from a mobile phone that belonged to former chief of staff Keith Schembri. The decision was announced in co...

Australian authorities on Friday said they were investigating whether a bouncy castle was tethered to the ground before a gust of wind blew it into the air, killing five children at an end-of-term school party. Three 12-year-old boys...

Obituaries SCICLUNA. On December 13, at Sir Anthony Mamo Oncology Centre, VICTOR, of Sliema and residing in Siġġiewi, aged 83, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. He leaves to mourn his loss, his wife Hele...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Friday. Times of Malta leads with news that people aged over 35 can now register to get the COVID-19 booster jab as Malta steps up efforts to contain rising case numbers.  ...

There seems to be no end to documented evidence of the institutionalised corruption that occurred under former prime minister Joseph Muscat. Some may no longer feel shocked as we and other news outlets continue to expose the corrupt ...

Liverpool shrugged off a coronavirus outbreak to keep their Premier League title challenge on track with a 3-1 win over Newcastle that was lit up by Trent Alexander-Arnold’s wonder goal. The Reds lost Virgil van Dijk and Fabinho to...

Chelsea’s Premier League title challenge suffered a major setback as Everton snatched a 1-1 draw just hours after four of the European champions’ stars tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday. Thomas Tuchel’s side were ...

Simon Vella Gregory has been appointed communications director of the Nationalist Party. The appointment was made after a unanimous vote by the party's administrative council. Vella Gregory succeeds Alessandro Farrugia, who stepped d...

Leeds manager Marcelo Bielsa has vowed not to quit the troubled Premier League club but admits he may not be safe from the sack during his side’s dismal run. Bielsa’s side are five points above the Premier League’s relegation z...