Lecturers at the Junior College will go on strike on Monday and Tuesday, causing disruption for around 2,000 students. The 160 lecturers are walking out over working conditions following a failure to reach a new collective agreement....

Manchester City’s stumble at Southampton has given Liverpool hope of rekindling a Premier League title race after a weekend of major developments in the battle for a top-four finish and to avoid relegation. Nine points now separat...

A group of Naxxar residents and environmental NGOs are demanding the revocation of a massive residential and commercial development planned for Naxxar, claiming the mayor had an undeclared conflict of interest when she voted in favou...

A few days before their direct clash, title contenders Valletta and Luxol managed to grab three important points in the Enemed Futsal League as another round of matches was played at the National Sports School Pavillion.  Luxol reg...

This is a story set in Malta and Europe in the near future. In the form of a letter from a mother to her daughter Maddy, it shows a family trying to navigate the crisis in the region caused by a rapidly warming climate. See previous ...

French designer Thierry Mugler, who reigned over fashion in the 1980s and died on Sunday, was as famous for his fantastical couture as for his blockbuster fashion shows. He was 73. Mugler's daring collections came to define the decad...

Malta’s doctors and nurses believe reducing quarantine periods for infected patients could be risky, especially since the Omicron variant remains highly infectious and data is still considered limited.  Various EU countries contin...

October 2021 saw various amendments introduced to the Maltese company law framework.  This primarily resulted from the transposition of Directive (EU) 2019/1151, which is referred to as the ‘Digital Tools and Processes in Company ...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Monday. Times of Malta leads with news that the Malta Gaming Authority greenlit a company’s licence knowing its ultimate owner was facing prosecution in Calabria for finan...

A journalist was killed in Tijuana Sunday, the local prosecutor said, the second media worker murdered in less than a week in the Mexican city on the US border. Lourdes Maldonado Lopez was "attacked with a firearm while she was in a ...

The Superintendence of Cultural Heritage, several NGOs and the Dingli council have objected to an application to build a villa with a pool on the locality’s picturesque cliffs, leading the architects to suspend the process. The Out...

There are many stereotypes of what Mediterranean culture is all about. Some are flattering, others very much less so. Our cuisine, at least the traditional one, has global admiration as it arguably explains our longevity. Still, our ...

“With a Little Help from My Friends” is a song by The Beatles. Is this the prevalent modus operandi, that is, the habitual way of how things are accomplished on this island, if I may query? With a little help from my friends, can...

This week sees the first Malta Film Awards organised by the Malta Film Commission. To say it had a rocky baptism may be an understatement. Malta’s filmmakers were dismayed to find out that the Film Commission will spend €400,000 ...

Victoria Local Council recently had a meeting with the community police for Gozo. The discussion was mainly on how community policing is designed to allow officers to operate and carry out foot patrols with the aim of creating a s...

Obituaries ABELA. On January 22, at Mater Dei Hospital, MARY ROSE née Vella, of Attard, aged 72, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to mourn her loss her beloved husband George, her children Pat...

I think that this clientelism issue is being inflated beyond rational justification. MPs all over the democratic world have clinics where they meet their constituents in order to keep in contact with voters. This, in my opinion, is a...

The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) greenlit a gaming company’s licence knowing its ultimate owner was facing prosecution in Calabria for financial crimes, documents show. E-mail correspondence reviewed by Times of Malta shows the MGA...

Odious comparisons Edward Scicluna must be wondering why he was awarded an annual salary of only(!) €100,000  when he became governor of the Central Bank of Malta. It seems that Carmen Ciantar’s salary – and other more lucrati...

AC Milan were held to a goalless draw by Juventus on Sunday, losing ground in the Serie A title race and allowing Napoli to move second following their 4-1 thumping of Salernitana. Two points behind local rivals Inter Milan before th...