Times Of Malta
Sat, 04 Jun 2022 10:00:00 +0200The world’s largest nature photography competition is coming to Malta
A nature photography competition that has added more than one million photos to the public domain is coming to Malta.
Photographers, hobbyists and members of the general public will as of Sunday be able to submit photos taken at any ...
Sat, 04 Jun 2022 10:00:00 +0200Real Madrid’s Benzema drops appeal over ‘sex tape’ sentence
Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema has dropped an appeal against a one-year suspended sentence for complicity in a bid to blackmail former France teammate Mathieu Valbuena with a sex tape, his lawyer said Saturday.
Benzema was sen...
Sat, 04 Jun 2022 09:11:00 +0200Keith Gouder named senior team coach at Hibernians women
Hibernians women’s team have announced that their senior team’s coach will be Keith Gouder.
Gouder has put pen to paper on a two-year contract at Hibernians as the Paolites will make their return to senior football after droppin...
Sat, 04 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +0200MSE Index gains ground
The MSE Equity Total Return Index (MSE) gained 2.2% to end the week at 7,969.143 points. A total of 17 equities were active, six of which headed north while another six closed in the opposite direction.
Weekly turnover increased by ...
Sat, 04 Jun 2022 08:30:00 +0200‘I was misdiagnosed, survived breast cancer and have lived with MS for 32 years'
When Joanna La Rosa was first diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, she felt relieved.
At the age of 24, she began to experience dizziness and loss of balance, something she never faced before.
After a series of doctors’ appointments ...
Sat, 04 Jun 2022 08:05:00 +0200Malta women to tip off 3×3 Euro qualifiers
Malta has sent its newly formed women’s basketball 3×3 team over to Cyprus Friday to take part in this year’s European Cup qualifiers. The side will be led by coach Angela Adamoli, who has vast experience in the sport due to her...
Sat, 04 Jun 2022 08:00:00 +0200Bomb kills two peacekeepers in Mali: UN
Two UN peacekeepers were killed and one wounded on Friday after an improvised bomb exploded in central Mali, a spokesperson for the MINUSMA mission tweeted.
They were just the latest deaths in the centre of the country, which has sin...
Sat, 04 Jun 2022 07:32:00 +0200Man grievously injured in Valletta gas cylinder explosion
A man was grievously injured in a gas cylinder explosion in Valletta late on Friday.
The police said in a statement on Saturday morning that the explosion took place in the kitchen of an establishment on Ordinance Street.
Civil Prote...
Sat, 04 Jun 2022 07:25:00 +0200Today's front pages - June 4, 2022
The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Saturday.
All four main newspapers lead with news that Abner Aquilina, the man accused of brutally raping and killing Polish student Paulina Dembska has been found insane at...
Sat, 04 Jun 2022 07:00:00 +0200Valletta Pageant of the Seas returns for its fourth edition
The Valletta Pageant of the Seas will return to Grand Harbour on June 25 with a varied show paying homage to the 80th anniversary of the Santa Marija Convoy’s arrival on August 15, 1942.
For the first time since the pandemic, the p...
Sat, 04 Jun 2022 07:00:00 +0200Industrial heritage in focus at Din l-Art Ħelwa awards
The Valletta Design Cluster project, the old Farsons brewery in Ħamrun and the reinforced concrete water tower at the Public Abattoir in Marsa are among the winning projects of the 16th edition of the Din l-Art Ħelwa Awards for Arc...
Sat, 04 Jun 2022 07:00:00 +0200Royal superfan, 22, celebrates Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
As Britain marks Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, one 22-year-old man is following along with the celebrations.
Andrew Debono Cauchi has been fascinated with the monarch since he was a child and has amassed a collection relat...
Sat, 04 Jun 2022 07:00:00 +0200Blessed Carlo Acutis reliquary in Għajnsielem
The reliquary of Blessed Carlo Acutis was exposed for public veneration at the Franciscan church in Għajnsielem as part of the celebrations marking the feast St Anthony of Padua on May 30.
The relic was ceremoniously placed at the p...
Sat, 04 Jun 2022 07:00:00 +0200The Platinum Queen – André DeBattista
On April 21, 1947, the then-Princess Elizabeth was celebrating her 21st birthday in Cape Town together with her father, King George VI, her mother, Queen Elizabeth, and her sister, Princess Margaret.
Sitting in Cape Town’s Governme...
Sat, 04 Jun 2022 06:50:00 +0200Editorial: The eternal shabbiness of Malta
The urban sprawl of the last several decades has made large parts of this country look like one big conurbation with scarce rural greenery and far rarer urban green patches.
The all too familiar web of cables hanging over private res...
Sat, 04 Jun 2022 06:45:00 +0200The very word for which I was looking – Revel Barker
Every so often you (or, at least I) you come across a word and think “that’s exactly the one I was looking for”. Of course, if you’re a pedant, like I, you should be thinking “that’s the word for which I was looking”.
I...
Sat, 04 Jun 2022 06:43:00 +0200Ukraine claims Russian forces pushed back in east in fierce fighting
Russian artillery slammed Ukraine's eastern Donbas region with fierce fighting over the city of Severodonetsk, but the local governor said there was some progress in pushing back invading forces.
More than 100 days since President Vl...
Sat, 04 Jun 2022 06:37:00 +0200Żepp - June 4, 2022
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Sat, 04 Jun 2022 06:30:00 +0200Announcements – June 4, 2022
In Memoriam
ANASTASI – JOE. Treasured memories of a dear father, grandfather and great-grandfather, especially today the 33rd anniversary of his demise. Fondly remembered by his family. Lord, grant him eternal rest.
ARRIGO AZZOPARD...
Sat, 04 Jun 2022 06:30:00 +0200Noise, dust and inaccessible pavements: Qawra hotel works rumble on
Residents and tourists in Qawra are having to deal with incessant noise and plumes of dust from construction works on a major hotel and lido on the seaside town’s main road.
Times of Malta paid a visit to the AX Seashells Resort at...