Malta Basketball Association president Paul Sultana expressed his delight following the appointment of Alan Walls as head coach of men’s national basketball team. Walls, an American FIBA licensed international basketball coach an...

A superyacht owned by a Russian multi-millionaire with Maltese citizenship sailed into the Grand Harbour on Friday morning, as the international community presses sanctions on allies of Vladimir Putin. The 70-metre Polaris is owned b...

Two US congressmen from opposing political parties have presented a bill that seeks to ban countries that sell citizenship by investment from the country’s Visa Waiver Program.  Republican Burgess Owens and Democrat Steve Cohen ha...

Napoli and AC Milan face off on Sunday night as another instalment of a thrilling Serie A title race unfolds on the bay of Naples. Chasing a first league crown since the days of Diego Maradona, a sold-out stadium which bears their he...

Senior US senator Lindsey Graham called for "somebody in Russia" to assassinate President Vladimir Putin after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in a televised interview Thursday evening. "How does this end? Somebody in Russia has to step...

Tensions in the athlete villages, threats of competition boycotts and an eleventh-hour reversal to ban Russian athletes have marred the lead-up to Friday’s opening of the Beijing Winter Paralympics. Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine s...

It's day 12 of the electoral campaign, and we expect both main parties and other electoral candidates to hold events to detail further pledges ahead of the March 26 general election.   Please refresh for constant updates. Read the ...

An Argentine judge on Thursday threw out a lawsuit brought by a Cuban ex-girlfriend of the late football icon Diego Maradona over alleged people trafficking. The case was opened in September after an Argentine NGO filed a complaint i...

Any economic policymaker is faced with two fundamental options when formulating fiscal policy. One is aimed at growing the economy in the short term, while the other is aimed at long-term economic growth. The former is aimed at boost...

Updated 10.50am A 34-year-old man has admitted to setting a car on fire in Msida six days ago. Mustafa Ozturk, a Turkish national who lives at Luqa, pleaded guilty to setting the BMW vehicle on fire when there was nobody inside it. P...

Malta's government could be doing more to help people in Ukraine and should immediately remove the war-torn country from its dark red travel list, the Ukrainian Honorary Consulate has said.  "There it's hell... it's war... and you a...

The Malta women’s national team will make a return to the European Championship qualifiers for the first time after five years when they take on group favourites France at the National Pool on Friday evening. This is the first tim...

Nadur Youngsters moved a step closer of being mathematically crowned as Gozitan champions when they crushed Kerċem Ajax 5-0 to open a 13-point lead at the top of the GFA Division One. For this match, Kerċem had a number of regular...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Friday. Times of Malta leads its front page with an article on how concerns about rising prices have shot up over the past six months. In a separate piece, it refers to Ukra...

OBITUARIES ALDEN. On March 2, GEORGE, aged 93, was called to eternal life, comforted by the rites of Holy Church. He leaves behind to mourn his loss his wife Eileen, née Storace, his sons Stephen and his wife Francesca, Alan and his...

Everton avoided one of the all-time FA Cup upsets by seeing off non-league Boreham Wood 2-0 thanks to a Salomon Rondon double to reach the quarter-finals on Thursday. The Toffees were captained by Ukrainian international Vitalii Myko...

Updated 10am Russian forces seized control of Europe's largest nuclear power plant on Friday after a battle with Ukrainian troops that caused a fire and fears of a catastrophic accident. The Ukrainian nuclear regulator said that the ...

There is one big advantage to looking only at the future: you can act as if the past never existed, especially if explanations are being demanded about some issue that have the potential for embarrassment. “All we are seeing is mor...

The electoral proposal of a €700 million investment in green spaces announc­ed by Prime Minister Robert Abela confirms the Labour Party’s vision to deliver a healthier environment for one and all to enjoy. The plan is ambitious,...

Concerns about rising prices have shot up over the past six months, according to a survey commissioned by Times of Malta.  A quarter of respondents (25.2%) cited the cost of living as one of the country’s biggest issues, up from ...