Antonio Banderas' raw talent caught the eye of director Pedro Almodóvar. The inspiration the director has drawn from the actor fuelled a close partnership that has produced eight films. While Almodóvar is undeniably a woman's direc...

The government together with the Chamber of Commerce, the Family Business Office and Malta Enterprise have launched training courses aimed at family businesses. Launching the initiative, Minister for Enterprise Miriam Dalli urged fam...

Rodolfo Soares made a surprising return to champions Hibernians after he was announced as the latest signing of the Premier League club. Soares enjoyed a fruitful stay at the Paola club since his arrival to Maltese football in 2011...

Athletics Malta are set for a prestigious appointment this afternoon when it will host the European Championship for Small States at the Matthew Micallef St John athletics track in Marsa. Today, Malta will be up against 16 other coun...

The man convicted of killing businessman Hugo Chetcuti has been hospitalised after a suicide attempt in prison.  Sources said Serb national Bojan Cmelik was found bleeding in Division 5 around 7pm on Friday. He was admitted to Mater...

Ħamrun Spartans have announced that Stefan Sultana will be handed a new position at the club next season after he was given key roles in the club’s football academy. For the past two seasons, the former Spartans and Malta striker...

Moviment Graffitti activists dismantled deckchairs and umbrellas set up in Blue Lagoon early on Saturday morning in protests against operators encroaching onto the public bay. With chants of "ix-xatt ta' Kemmuna ta' kullhadd" (Comin...

Unforced errors, technical mistakes, and a declining physical condition cost Malta a crucial point in the promotion race for League C in the UEFA Nations League. Adding insult to injury is the way in which Malta handed opponents Esto...

Tourists visiting Comino recently for what they thought would be a blissful day in the sun were shocked when they arrived at the Blue Lagoon to find a sea of umbrellas and incessant noise from nearby kiosks. Upon arrival, tourists we...

Ecuador kept their place in the Qatar World Cup after football governing body FIFA on Friday closed an inquiry sought by non-qualifying Chile into the eligibility of a key player.  The FIFA disciplinary committee said in a statement...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country's forces were "doing everything" to stop the Russian offensive, with fierce battles in the east and the south. Kyiv said Friday it had launched new air strikes in the captured s...

Labour’s third consecutive landslide general election victory has gone to the head of some cabinet members who are considering themselves above criticism and no longer subject to the rule of decent behaviour. Hardly had the current...

Fewer than 10 of around 350 Air Malta ground handling staff have been transferred to new jobs in the public sector as a relocation deadline nears, according to the General Workers Union. General secretary Josef Bugeja confirmed the f...

Obituary GAUCI. On June 1, PAUL (Pawlu ċ-Ċorma), who passed away peacefully and unexpectedly whilst on holiday in Malta. His memory shall always be cherished by his loving wife Lilian, his beloved sons Jesmond and his wife Anne, Da...

The encroachment of tables and chairs onto public spaces was somewhat of a welcome respite when it was encouraged as part of the strategy to cope with COVID. Fresh air was rightly prized, especially in the first wave of the pandemic....

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Cars with fewer kilometres on the clock are worth more than high-kilometre cars. This simple commercial reality has motivated some rogue used car dealers over the years to resort to odometer wind-back – a practice in which odometer...

Neutrality – humbug Possibly inspired by the Russian invasion of Ukraine,  much has been recently written about our constitutionally entrenched neutrality (plus “positive neutrality” and “non alignment”); about its legal a...

Kylian Mbappe came off the bench to score a late equaliser as France settled for a 1-1 draw with Austria in their Nations League encounter in Vienna on Friday. Mbappe appeared as a second-half replacement for Antoine Griezmann at the...

Sliema, Neptunes and Marsaskala picked up the points at the expense of Exiles, Otters and Marsaxlokk respectively as the preliminary round resumed on Friday. Sliema inflicted a first defeat on neighbours Exiles. Beto Fernandez’s ...