Drivers of older cars in Paris and its suburbs will have a bit more breathing room before the vehicles are largely banned as part of anti-pollution efforts, with the latest crackdown now set to come in force only next year. Authoriti...

Courts’ standard method of storing confiscated drugs faces a legal challenge from lawyers arguing that holding them inside the law courts building runs contrary to a 20-year-old legal notice.  Lawyers representing Emanuel Calleja ...

Judges will be encouraged to mete out a life sentence to those found guilty of murder with “femicidal circumstances”, according to a reform being unveiled on Wednesday.   A draft law will be tabled in parliament which introduces...

A pedestrian and a motorcyclist were injured in separate accidents on Tuesday-Wednesday night. The police said the pedestrian was a 47-year-old Filipino who was hit by a car while crossing St Augustine Street, Paceville. The accident...

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...

Young winger Facundo Pellistri stole the show on only his second appearance for Uruguay as the twice former World Cup winners boosted their hopes of reaching Qatar 2022 with a 4-1 win over Venezuela on Tuesday. Chile also gave themse...

Tonga has gone into Covid-19 lockdown after the virus was detected in a fresh blow to the Pacific kingdom as it struggles to recover from last month's devastating volcanic eruption, officials said. The remote island nation had been v...

Mġarr United women’s team’s title credentials will be tested when they take on joint-leaders Birkirkara at the Centenary Stadium, tonight (kick-off: 8.30pm). The Greens have improved last year’s form to stage a firm challenge ...

The authorities have so far refused to issue a permit for the procession on the feast of St Paul's Shipwreck on February 10, the organisers have said. In a Facebook update, the parish chapter and the Għaqda tal-Pawlini said that sit...

A series of online reflections weaving art and faith is being organised by the Centre for Ignatian Spirituality. The reflections are inspired by Christ’s own experience of anger which led him to expel the money changers out of the ...

It is not always easy for the business community to determine whether the conduct of a company enjoying a dominant position on the market is abusive in terms of competition law. The criteria set out by Advocate General (AG) Athanasio...

Obituaries BROWN. On January 30, at Mater Dei Hospital, CARMEN, of Birkirkara, aged 75, went to meet the Risen Lord and her beloved son Alan, comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to mourn her loss her husband Vince, her ...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Wednesday. Times of Mata leads with remarks by the European Commissioner for Health that Malta’s decision to introduce vaccine certificate rules that differ from those laid...

A “drastic” decision by Bank of Valletta to close a student’s accounts on compliance grounds has been reversed by the financial arbiter. The MCAST student, who had been a BOV client since 2015, ran into trouble with the bank af...

Malta’s decision to introduce vaccine certificate rules that differ from those laid out by the European Commission could lead to “fragmentation which weakens a common response to the crisis”, according to European Health Commis...

From the online comments board Robert Abela’s PA retainer doubled over six years “Very long hours of work ‘extended also to the weekends’.” At the Marina di Ragusa – Michael Cauchi This is a conflict of interest. There’...

Like a frightened pupil hiding behind his teacher in the schoolyard, Konrad Mizzi sought the speaker’s protection when he felt cornered before parliament’s public accounts committee. He refused to reply to questions – those he ...

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As a promotional exercise to lure more foreign production to Malta, the Malta Film Awards were magnificent. Whether they worked or not depends on how well the exercise was seen by foreign producers, studio execs and those planning fu...

In 2017, Shanna Swan and her research team made an alarming discovery: western men have experienced a 50 per cent decline in sperm counts over the past 40 years. Shaw is an environmental and reproductive epidemiologist at Mount Sina...