Malta’s letterboxes are stuffed with around 10 kg of junk mail every year, a previously unpublished government study has found.  This amounts to an estimated 400 unsolicited advertising leaflets delivered to every home annually, m...

A man was seriously injured when he was hit by a car in St Joseph High Road, Ħamrun, on Monday afternoon. The police said the 58-year-old was hit by a Honda Fit car driven by a 47-year-old woman from Pieta'. The man was hospitalised...

Jenise Spiteri will be representing Malta at the upcoming Winter Olympics that will be held in Beijing this month. The snowboarder issued a statement on her social media to reveal the news and the America-bassed athlete could not h...

The LifeCycle (Malta) Foundation has donated €10,000 to Mater Dei Hospital's Renal Unit in support of the sophisticated Traccia software solution which helps patients waiting for kidney transplants find compatible organs. The funds...

Mellieħa stun Hibernians as Starlites Naxxar consolidate top spot   The first game day of the new year and the eighth one of this league campaign offered three very close games which could have gone either way. Starlites Naxxar con...

The European Parliament elects a new president on Tuesday, with Maltese MEP Roberta Metsola the clear favourite. Should she be elected president, Metsola will become the first Maltese politician to become an EU president and the thir...

Prime Minister Robert Abela and Opposition Leader Bernard Grech have had separate meetings in Strasbourg with Roberta Metsola, hours before she is set to be voted in as president of the European Parliament. As acting president of the...

Long-term sustainability of family-owned businesses is defined by relationships. Of course, the relationships between family members who hold executive positions in the business are the most important. The relationships between the c...

The number of passengers travelling through Malta International Airport improved considerably last year over 2020 but remained well down on the pre-COVID figures of 2019, official statistics show. Progress was stalled by the new Omic...

ECB monetary operations On January 10, the European Central Bank announced the seven-day main refinancing operations (MRO). The operation was conducted on January 11 and attracted bids from euro area eligible counterparties of €379...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Tuesday. Times of Malta leads with the resignation of Frank Fabri, permanent secretary at the Education Ministry, in the wake of a scandal which also brought down minister Ju...

Peruvian authorities sealed off three beaches Monday after they were hit by an oil spill blamed on freak waves caused by the volcanic eruption in Tonga. The Pampilla Refinery, part of the Spanish company Repsol, said there had been a...

China's postal service has ordered workers to disinfect international deliveries and urged the public to reduce orders from overseas after authorities claimed mail could be the source of recent coronavirus outbreaks. China, where the...

Obituaries ARRIGO. On January 15, CARMEN née Vincenti, passed away peacefully, comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She joins her beloved husband Ralph and leaves to mourn her loving children Robert and his wife Marina, Joanna, An...

Many landlords now get as little as €185 a year for a house that could get them 20 times as much on the open market! Legal expert Kurt Xerri (January 12) asks why landlords of 10,000 houses have failed to overturn this in spite of ...

The easy part of Air Malta’s umpteenth restructuring will soon be completed. A total of 470 employees will be offered a job in the public service with their future wage bill to be footed by taxpayers. This downsizing solution may t...

Angelo Xuereb – a success story It is with great pleasure that I highlight a success story. I refer specifically to Angelo Xuereb. I have known Angelo since the 1980s and 1990s. He always had the vision and drive to succeed. Yes, h...

So little has changed and so many opportunities have been missed since I was commercial chief at Air Malta until 2011. Air Malta has failed to build a sustainable business as a flag carrier. When I came to Malta in 2006, I brought fo...

Tax chief Marvin Gaerty is to step down by the end of the month, with the transport ministry’s top official set to replace him.  Government sources told Times of Malta that Gaerty would stop serving as the Commissioner for Revenue...

Xagħra celebrates the feast of St Anthony the Abbot, patron saint of animals, on Sunday. Today, tomorrow and Thursday are days of triduum. Rosary will be said at 5.30pm followed by the celebration of Mass, including the investiture ...