Psychiatrists are expected to testify on whether the man accused of murdering Polish student Paulina Dembska is mentally fit to stand trial. Abner Aquilina stands charged with raping and murdering the 29-year-old, whose body was foun...

Ferries connecting Valletta to Sliema and Cottonera will continue to operate through the evening until midnight throughout summer.  The new night ferry service adds six extra trips between Valletta and Sliema and five additional tri...

With riders like Maurice Formosa, who this year remains unbeaten, Stefan Scerri, Jason Vella and Mark Bonnici, it was inevitable that the winner of the elite male category would not be decided in the first lap on Sunday’s Cisk 0.0 ...

Ryanair will fly between Malta and Stockholm Arlanda on Tuesdays and Saturdays this coming winter, the low-cost airline said on Friday. The new route will begin on November 2 and will be, to date, the only route connecting Malta to t...

The Malta Police Union has added pressure on authorities to order an independent probe into the police's failure to arrest a man wanted in Germany.  Iosif Galea was allowed to leave Malta multiple times despite being subject to a Eu...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a congratulatory message to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as London kicked off celebrations to mark her 70 years on the throne, Pyongyang's foreign ministry said. London and Pyongyang established d...

Cameras installed in road tunnels are not being used to issue fines, the transport authority has confirmed after claims to the contrary spread on social media.    Transport Malta said the “security cameras” recently installed ...

A number of schoolchildren met First Lady Miriam Vella and Ernest Agius, chief operations officer at Bank of Valletta, at the president’s Kitchen Garden as they drew and submitted paintings for a competition related to the design o...

The Għaqda Armar Diċembru 13 of Nadur is celebrating its 25th anniversary of its formation. To kick off celebrations in honour of St Peter and St Paul, the society is holding an evening of entertainment in front of its vault (premi...

Coco Gauff became the youngest Grand Slam finalist in 18 years at the French Open on Thursday and used her landmark performance to demand action on mass shootings in the United States by writing “peace, end gun violence” on a cou...

Messy Fingers is the title of artist Madeleine Vella Satariano’s current exhibition. Her choice of title arises from the finger-painting technique in which she uses her own fingers to act as paintbrushes, thus resulting in a more i...

While the European Union scrambles to isolate Russia and reduce energy imports from the country, EU candidate Serbia is tightening its bond with Moscow through a new gas supply deal. Belgrade has condemned the Russian invasion of Ukr...

FinanceMalta has been very active in the last months promoting Malta as an international financial services centre through its participation in a series of events in Europe and the Middle East. Following the easing of the pandemic re...

The Malta U21 team face Slovakia in the penultimate Group C match on Friday evening (kick-off: 6.30pm). The Maltese youngsters are third in the standings following Russia’s exclusion from the competition due to the country’s inv...

The following are the main stories in Friday’s newspapers. Times of Malta says the police have issued criminal charges against two senior government officials over their failure to ensure minimum health and safety standards at the ...

Telecommunications company GO has insisted that it has not increased its tariffs, after the consumer protection ministry referred it and other telecoms providers to the competition office.  GO said that its tariff changes were in l...

Wanted gaming consultant Iosif Galea lost out on his authorisation to operate in the sector earlier this year and will be stripped of his directorships in gaming companies and other related businesses. Sources told Times of Malta tha...

Al Horford led an electrifying fourth-quarter comeback as the Boston Celtics stunned the Golden State Warriors 120-108 to draw first blood in their best-of-seven NBA Finals series on Thursday. Celtics veteran Horford scored 26 points...

The world celebrates World Environment Day on Sunday. The theme that has been chosen for the day is ‘Only one Earth’. This same theme was used at the first global environment gathering way back in 1972. The relevance of this them...

News stories detailing the way catering establishments are taking over pavements in Marsascala is but the latest in a long series. Nowhere is sacred, and far less safe: similar stories have emerged from Sliema, Gżira, Valletta and G...