This is the fifth in a series of autobiographical short stories by author Rita Antoinette Borg, collectively titled A Funny Thing Happened to Me…. A funny thing happened to me two weeks ago while writing about rats. More stories b...

Valletta FC are set to complete their second major signing of the summer transfer window as they have agreed personal terms with Argentine defender Enzo Ruiz. Last season, the veteran defender was on the books of Birkirkara FC but hi...

France votes Sunday in parliamentary elections with allies of President Emmanuel Macron seeking to retain a majority in the face of an increasingly competitive challenge from a new left-wing coalition. Elections for the 577 seats in ...

Ħamrun Spartans have agreed terms to sign Argentine defender Rodrigo Callegari, the Times of Malta can reveal. The 2021 Malta champions are looking to rejuvenate their squad as they look to mount a stronger challenge for the major h...

Uber officially launched in Malta on Thursday.  The US behemoth said that as of today it is available on the island, with users able to summon drivers for its different ride-hailing services.  In April, Times of Malta first reporte...

Malta national teams head coach Devis Mangia has played down suggestions that tonight’s UEFA Nations League clash against Estonia could prove decisive in the race for promotion to League C and has urged his players to just focus on...

The United Nations votes today for the appointment of new non-permanent members of its Security Council, with Malta among five candidate countries. The two-year mandate would see Malta join nine other non-permanent members at the UNâ...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Thursday. Times of Malta reports that the courthouse in Gozo is to be in line with health and safety recommendations by the end of the month. It had previously reported that ...

Malta’s first-ever opera-film, Blat: The Island Fortress, is premiering in local cinemas on June 24. Produced by the Mikiel Anton Vassalli College, Malta’s national college for the performing and visual arts, the film is set in M...

Simonds Farsons Cisk plc published its 2021/2022 Annual Report and Financial Statements on May 25 and held an online presentation for financial analysts last Friday, June 3, to provide further details on last year’s financial perfo...

The Gozo courthouse will be brought in line with Occupational Health and Safety Authority (OHSA) recommendations by the end of the month, according to the Justice Ministry. The ministry said the remaining four recommendations, from a...

A gaming company has flown in music stars, including ex-Oasis singer Noel Gallagher and British songwriter George Ezra, to perform in front of just 800 people for an event its organisers say sold for €7,500-a-ticket. The performers...

Obituaries DE TRAFFORD – GABRIELLE, formerly of Valletta, died peacefully at home in Upper Slaughter, UK, on June 1. Dearly loved wife of the late Anthony, loving sister of Michael, Peter and Nicholas Boone and beloved aunt. Funer...

To compare the historian Joseph M. Pirotta to Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot is, in a sense, unfair to both men. Poirot has a magnificent moustache; Pirotta’s is more like Commissioner Jim Gordon, as played by Gary Oldman. Poir...

PBS is there to serve you and me – the public – but is it? In an answer to a Freedom of Information request by The Shift News and a decision by the data commissioner, PBS said that, since the members of the editorial board “per...

Malta’s political system is characterised by the dominance of two parties that alternate in power. Whichever party wins an election has a free hand to appoint party loyalists to almost every position of power. This system reinforce...

Gozo fast ferry service One of the reasons that the fast ferry services have not reached their target (June 2) is the fact that the service is cancelled virtually every time there is even a moderately strong wind. One, therefore, jus...

Viktor Tsygankov lifted Ukraine’s spirits after their painful failure to qualify for the World Cup as the midfielder clinched a 1-0 Nations League victory over the Republic of Ireland on Wednesday. Tsygankov struck with a fine free...

Wout Weghorst ended Wales’ World Cup party and shattered their 19-match unbeaten home record in dramatic fashion as the Netherlands won 2-1 in Wednesday’s Nations League clash in Cardiff. Wales will head to Qatar in November for ...

In Wednesday’s BOV Preliminary Round programme, Sirens registered the biggest win so far in the competition when they overwhelmed Otters 25-6, while Sliema overcame Marsaskala 14-7 in what eventually turned out to be a cantering vi...