A retired chief justice who formed part of a public inquiry into the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has revealed he found the experience “traumatic”. Joseph Said Pullicino gave a rare glimpse of the personal toll on ...

A solo exhibition by artist Jeni Caruana has just opened at Gallery 23 in Balzan. Titled Skin, the collection shows her fascination with the human form and the “human condition”. “I have loved figure drawing since my first enco...

Belarus tennis star Aliaksandra Sasnovich may be banned from Wimbledon but she insisted Wednesday that she opposed the ongoing war in Ukraine and supports players from the embattled country “100%”. Belarusian players such as Sasn...

Career criminal Alfred Bugeja, known as il-Porporina, has denied a newspaper report that he was strapped to a so-called “torture chair”. Testifying in court, he also lavishly praised former prisons director Alex Dalli.   The g...

1982-83 was by far the worst season in the history of Sliema Wanderers. The Premier League that season was one of the most uncertain in the history of Maltese football.  Events took place that upset the way things were always done i...

Olena Chaplytska cannot speak to her mother. Although they are both Ukrainian, her own mother does not believe Olena when she talks about the war in their country. The mother, who lives in Crimea, was pleased when she heard Russia ha...

A collision between a motorcycle and a car just outside the Sta Venera tunnels caused another traffic nightmare on Thursday morning. Scant details of the accident were available, but an ambulance was on the scene. The accident happen...

Jose Mourinho said that he and Roma had made history after winning the Europa Conference League on Wednesday, the club’s first-ever major European trophy. Portuguese coaching icon Mourinho tried and failed to hold back the tears af...

A large apartment block earmarked for Balzan should be considered by the main board of the Planning Authority, in view of its size, and not the Environment Planning Commission, an environmental NGO has said. In a statement, Flimkien ...

Real Madrid remain Europe’s most valuable football club despite the ever-increasing dominance of the English Premier League, according to a report published Thursday by analysts Football Benchmark. The report ranks Europe’s 32 mo...

Renewed worries that a recession is imminent triggered another sharp sell-off across major international equity markets last week. The benchmark S&P 500 share index in the US slumped briefly into bear market territory on Friday as it...

The following are the top stories making the newspapers. Times of Malta, The Malta Independent and In-Nazzjon lead with the findings of a delegation of MEPs about rule of law in Malta. Times of Malta says the MEPs found the reform pr...

Grief at the massacre of 19 small children at an elementary school in Texas spilled into confrontation Wednesday, as angry questions mounted over gun control -- and whether this latest tragedy could have been prevented. The tight-kni...

The domestic violence commissioner has welcomed the suggestion to set up a register that provides women or men with information about their partner’s history of abuse. She, however, cautioned that having a register would not solve ...

A retired chief justice has issued a stinging rebuke to university students, saying they need to wake up from their lethargy and challenge the abuse of power and corruption. Joseph Said Pullicino said that students who do not have th...

In Memoriam DEMAJO – MIRIAM. On the 40th anniversary of her death. Fondly remembered by her family. FORMOSA. In ever loving and cherished memories of our dearest mother MINNIE on the 17th anniversary of her passing away. Her childr...

Unbelievable. There’s good cause to review Malta’s neutrality but, since the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine, the reasons shouted off the rooftops are the bad ones. We’re told that to be neutral is to pander to the powerful....

During our three years living as retirees here, we note that traffic problems and solutions, and all thoughts on the subject, have been woven into the fabric of the Times of Malta on a daily basis. Without let-up, everyone has an opi...

Inappropriate behaviour and attire at Ta’ Pinu Whenever my wife and I go for a break to Gozo, we always pay a visit to the Ta’ Pinu Shrine to pray for our family’s needs and for those who ask us to pray for them. Both the drive...

After 119 years, the corridors of the Creche run by the Ursuline Sisters in Sliema have fallen silent. However, they won’t remain quiet for long. The nuns are already seeking to repurpose their space into a child day-centre run on ...