A local film company is being chased to pay a €35,000 hotel bill and crew wages after filming a production last year. Lumisfar Film Malta Ltd is being threatened with court action by the owners of Qawra hotel DB San Antonio over an...

The restart of the events industry bears the mark of IEC, International Event Certification, the new certification expressly conceived for meeting professionals and wedding planners. This is the only one certified by the AJA Europe G...

Airlines and airports called on Friday for an end to pandemic measures for European domestic flights as most countries in the region begin to relax requirements to present proof of vaccination and wear masks. “COVID-19, and specifi...

Asian markets mostly fell on Friday as traders resumed their Ukraine-fuelled selling after the previous day’s bounce, with data showing US inflation at a 40-year high adding pressure on the Federal Reserve to ramp up interest rates...

Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk lashed out Thursday at the tennis world’s response to the Russian invasion of her homeland, saying anti-war platitudes weren’t enough for a country plunged into turmoil and fear. Kostyuk saved two match ...

Suzuki is expanding its electrified range with a new hybrid version of its Vitara crossover. TED WELFORD sees if it’s worth checking out. You might not think of Suzuki as being at the cutting edge of electrification, but this is a ...

Thomas Tuchel has vowed Chelsea will not be destroyed by the sanctions on Blues owner Roman Abramovich that plunged the European champions into turmoil before their 3-1 win at Norwich on Thursday. Abramovich was one of seven more oli...

Special voting arrangements are being put in place for people who are COVID-19 positive or in mandatory quarantine between March 12 and 25, the Electoral Commission said. These people, it said, will only be able to vote at one of a n...

This is the 18th day of the electoral campaign. As we have been doing in the past days, we will continue to bring you a rundown of events as they happen. Read past blogs: Day one | day two | day three | day four | day five | day eigh...

Political leaders sparred at the university on Thursday in the first debate during this electoral campaign featuring both Prime Minister Robert Abela and Opposition leader Bernard Grech. The debate also featured ADPD chairman Carmel ...

Floriana and Hibernians will be battling for supremacy ahead of the third and final round of the 2021-22 BOV Premier League as the two title rivals go head to head at the National Stadium on Saturday (kick-off: 6pm). At present, Flo...

The balustrades on the front terrace of a 19th century protected villa in St Julian’s have been removed, with residents seeing this as evidence of works taking place at the property despite an appeal lodged against a permit to turn...

Għajnsielem were in rampant form last weekend when they surged past Nadur Youngsters 5-3 to hand the runaway leaders with their first defeat of the season.  Nadur were seen as favourites to extend their positive run in the champion...

Obituaries ABELA. On March 8, at Mater Dei Hospital, LORETO, former Warrant Officer AFM, of Luqa, aged 87, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. He leaves to mourn his loss his beloved wife Cettina, his sons N...

However much make-up the justice minister and other key players on the official side try to apply to the justice system through “important measures” to combat domestic and gender-based violence, the situation on the ground remain...

Russian troops edged closer to Kyiv on Friday, as officials said the Ukrainian capital was being transformed into a "fortress" and President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of again targeting humanitarian corridors. Hundreds of tho...

The general election campaign is now well under way. It has been touted since the very first days of Robert Abela’s tenure, however, the national interest dictated otherwise. Lives and livelihoods had to be saved when a global pand...

Nearly half of all the government events held since the election was called have been addressed by ministers in districts they are contesting. The government held 30 events between February 21 – the day after Prime Minister Robert ...

From one general election to another, Malta’s main leading political parties, together with a few other minor parties, not to mention the negligible number of independent ones, field a good number of candidates.  It is thus that t...

It is a given, across all ages and across all strata in Maltese society, that, presently, one of the two main headaches and causes of heartburn is the trenchant cost of living, the other being corruption. Surveys show it. Thousands o...