A project to provide type 1 diabetes patients with free continuous blood glucose monitors will be extended to patients aged up to 21 as of next week, Chris Fearne said on Saturday. The monitors were already being given out to childre...

Bayern Munich plan to take out the frustrations of their Champions League defeat against Villarreal on Bavarian derby rivals Augsburg on Saturday. A 1-0 loss in Spain on Wednesday in the Champions League quarter-final, first leg leav...

Napoli have a first Serie A title since the days of Diego Maradona in their sights and the chance to exorcise a ghost when Fiorentina come to town on Sunday. A point off the summit going into the weekend, southern Italy’s biggest c...

Pietà Hotspurs youth player Kian Leonardi is set for a prestigious trial at Serie A club Sassuolo, next week. Leonardi, age 17, will travel to Italy where he will be joining the U-17’s side in their training sessions and with the ...

The number of new patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 at the end of March was the highest since November 2020. Health sources, however, insist that most patients show no symptoms and only test positive during routine checks w...

China is battling its biggest spike in coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, with millions under lockdown and the healthcare system feeling the pressure. One of the last countries sticking to a zero-COVID strategy, China...

These are the leading stories in local newspapers today. Times of Malta writes that importers are in talks with the government as rising costs risk impacting the vast majority of imported goods. The newspaper also gives prominence to...

Jurgen Klopp says he is preparing to face “the best team in the world” when Liverpool and Manchester City lock horns in a fixture that could decide the destination of the Premier League title. Sunday’s enticing encounter at the...

The MSE Equity Total Return Index posted a 0.3% decline as it extended its negative streak to six straight weeks, albeit larger capitalised companies registered gains. The index ended the week at 7,575.78. Six out of the 18 active eq...

The 2021-22 Premier League title race could take a decisive twist this weekend when leaders Hibernians take on nearest rivals Floriana at the National Stadium on Saturday (kick-off: 4pm). At present, Hibernians are enjoying a two-poi...

Almost 40 years ago, St Pope John Paul II, an outstanding defender of human rights, described the refugee problem as “a truly shameful wound of our time”. The Holy Father pronounced himself to this effect on June 25, 1982, while ...

The feast of Our Lady of Sorrows tomorrow will kick-start Holy Week celebrations at St Anthony of Padua church in Għajnsielem. Masses will be said at 6am, 6.30 and 11. The Way of the Cross will be held at 6.30pm, followed the celebr...

Holy Week functions at the Gozo Cathedral in Victoria will start tomorrow, Palm Sunday. The congregation will meet outside the Citadel Visitors Centre at 9.45am where Bishop Anton Teuma will bless palm fronds and olive branches, foll...

How many times have we heard that “it’s not what you know but who you know that counts here”? Our culture is ingrained with beliefs that corruption and clientelism are just part of the way things are,  because we are a small c...

McLaren’s Lando Norris upstaged Ferrari and Red Bull to clock the fastest time in a scrappy third and final practice on Saturday for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix. In a session in which Sebastian Vettel slammed into a wall,...

Two US tech companies, Block and Blockstream, are preparing to launch a fully solar-powered Bitcoin creation centre, or mine, in June, in a new effort to make cryptocurrencies less expensive and more environmentally friendly. The dig...

The government appears to have changed its public communication strategy with regard to COVID-19. Until just before the election, the local health authorities used to publish COVID figures every day on Facebook. These included new an...

The EU blacklisted Russian President Vladimir Putin's two adult daughters and more than 200 other people as part of its latest sanctions package over Moscow's war in Ukraine, according to an official list published late Friday. Those...

Obituary VELLA FITENI. On April 7, at Zammit Clapp Hospital, INEZ of Sliema, widow of Joseph M., at the venerable age of 101, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family and comforted by the rites of the Holy Church. She leaves t...

A massive sports complex that would cover an area the size of 29 football pitches is being proposed around the site of the former Flower Power garden centre, outside the development zone in Ta’ Qali. The total area, stretching from...