Archbishop Charles Scicluna celebrates a mass to mark the New Year and the world day of peace, which falls on January 1, at the Dar tal-Providenza in Siġġiewi.  The mass begins at 9.30am. Watch it live in the video below.  ...

Jacob Darmanin looked back and wondered what was taking the rest of the runners so long to reach their destination. Little did he know that one of the athletes – well-known doctor Victor Calvagna – was on the ground fighting for ...

The MSE Equity Total Return Index (MSE) moved higher as investors’ sentiment improved during the last trading week of the year despite the surge in COVID-19 cases globally. This week’s gain sent the local equity index above the 8...

Thomas Tuchel admitted on Friday that he was frustrated with the “noise” around Romelu Lukaku’s situation at Chelsea after the Belgium forward expressed his dissatisfaction with his role at the club. The “surprised” Chelsea...

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes his side’s crucial match against Chelsea will go ahead on Sunday despite three new coronavirus cases in his camp as another Premier League fixture was called off. Klopp refused to name the...

Roberto Bautista Agut got Spain’s New Year off to a perfect start Saturday with a crushing ATP Cup win over Chilian world number 17 Cristian Garin as he spearheads the team in Rafael Nadal’s absence. The 33-year-old, ranked two p...

Ichi Ban was confirmed Saturday as the overall handicap winner of the gruelling Sydney-to-Hobart yacht race, pipping rival Celestial which finished faster but was hit by a time penalty. It was the third Sydney-Hobart handicap victo...

A 27-year-old man is in hospital with grievous injuries following a new year's day crash in Nadur. The police said that the accident happened on Triq ir-Rabat and was reported at the stroke of midnight. It involved a Toyota car being...

  These are the leading stories in local newspapers on the first day of the year, January 1, 2022. Times of Malta reports that five people are under investigation following a fatal fall at a Marsa factory that cost a casual worker h...

On December 26, 2021, Archbishop Desmond Tutu breathed his last. With the death of the 90-year-old former archbishop of Johannesburg, the world has lost one of its greatest moral authorities and authentic voices. He was a tireless wo...

Malta has yet to take a position on a European Commission proposal to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory across all EU member states. Vaccine programmes being rolled out around the world have provided hope for many but are causing c...

1958 plane crash I would like to thank Times of Malta very much for the article that was published on December 27 on the plane crash over Italy on October 22, 1958, written by Mark Laurence Zammit. It captured the drama and tragedy t...

The last two years have undoubtedly been most challenging for the European Union’s economic system, as the pandemic threatened growth and put at risk millions of jobs. While the dark cloud of COVID-19 remains a substantial threat, ...

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The euro on Saturday marks 20 years since people began to use the single European currency, overcoming initial doubts, price concerns and a debt crisis to spread across the region. Euro banknotes and coins came into circulation in 12...

Obituary CASSAR. On December 28, at his residence in Attard, LAWRENCE, of Attard, passed away peacefully, comforted by the rites of Holy Church. He leaves to mourn his great loss his wife Doreen, his sons Stefan and David, his mother...

The police are investigating at least five people in connection with an accident at a Marsa factory that cost a Somali man his life. Sources close to the investigation said two men were arrested and interrogated over the accident whi...

Actress Betty White, who made US television audiences laugh for more than seven decades, starring on popular sitcoms The Golden Girls and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, has died, US media reported Friday. She was 99. The pioneering Emmy-...

Russia head into their defence of the ATP Cup with a team depleted by injuries and COVID-19, but world number two Daniil Medvedev said Friday it only made him want to win more. Three of the four team members that triumphed for a ruth...

Improving the environment we live in and ridding the country of hate speech are among the Prime Minister's priorities for the new year. Addressing the nation at the end of 2021, Robert Abela said the country needed to address "a new ...