Newly-promoted Marsaxlokk have reached an agreement to sign experienced striker Tiago Fonseca. “We are delighted to announce that Brazilian striker Fonseca signed a new 1 year contract with the blues,” the newly-promoted side sai...

Andy Murray faces a race against time to be fit for Wimbledon next week, but believes he is in a better position than he was ahead of the championships last year. The three-time Grand Slam champion was forced to pull out of last wee...

A man who was reported missing last week has been found dead in Għajn Tuffieħa, the police said. "Although at this stage foul play has been ruled out, a magisterial inquiry has been appointed," the police said. Nicholas Camilleri, ...

The tourism authority says its massive €20 million overspend is due to the coronavirus pandemic but it has not provided any figures to substantiate its claim. Times of Malta last week reported the Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) was ...

Malta women’s coach Angela Adamoli has confirmed her final 12-player squad ahead of the FIBA Small Countries Games in Nicosia, Cyprus at the end of the month. The roster, cut down from 19 players sees a mix of youth and experience ...

A motorcyclist fell off his bike, which then crashed into a car late on Monday, the police said. The accident happened in Mqabba at about 8pm. The police said the Honda motorcycle was being driven by a 39-year-old man from Birkirkara...

The Maltese Olympic Committee hosted its Olympic Day events on Sunday. In what was a move away from tradition, wherein Olympic Day was celebrated by means of only the Olympic Day Run, a festival of sport was hosted at the MYER Centre...

Jewish leaders and Israel’s embassy to Germany on Monday voiced “disgust” over anti-Semitic images on display at Documenta, one of the world’s biggest art fairs. Documenta had been clouded in controversy for months over its i...

Paris Saint-Germain denied reports on Monday that Nice coach Christophe Galtier will be named the Parisian club’s new coach. Newspaper L’Equipe and radio station FranceInfo claimed the Frenchman had agreed to replace Mauricio Poc...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Tuesday. Times of Malta reports how a co-owner of More Supermarket found that €2.4 million were unaccounted for in the company books. It also reports that former prime mini...

ECB decisions On June 15, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) met to exchange views on the current market situation. Since the gradual process of policy normalisation was initiated in December 2021, the Governing...

Two Americans captured in Ukraine while fighting with Kyiv's military were "endangering" Russian soldiers and should be "held accountable for those crimes," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview released by NBC News on...

Trees around Malta and Gozo continue to be pruned in spring and summer despite guidelines recommending against such timing “due to effects on the health of the tree”, a biologist has warned. Alfred Baldacchino, a former assistant...

Ryan Giggs resigned from his role as manager of Wales on Monday as the former Manchester United great awaits trial on an accusation of domestic violence. Giggs has been on leave since November 2020 when he was arrested. The 48-year-o...

Some 4,000 nurses across Malta’s health services and homes for the elderly are wearing black T-shirts as a sign of mourning after their union was taken to court over directives to address the severe shortage of staff. They are wear...

The association of Malta’s judiciary has refused to comment on a magistrate’s outburst in a courtroom where she compared a lawyer to a “whore” after the lawyer greeted her cousin with a hug and a kiss on the cheek. The commen...

Obituaries CINI. On June 19, DORIS née Falzon, of Sliema, aged 83, passed away peacefully, in the presence of her beloved children and comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to mourn her irreparable loss her beloved husba...

Not all COVID measures were unnecessary I read Jean Karl Soler’s opinion piece ‘From COVID-19 to monkeypox: avoid repeating the mistakes’ (June 18) with interest. I am no doctor or medical practitioner but I am taken aback by...

Malta has secured a place as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for the next two years. Thus, Malta will now sit with nine other non-permanent members and five permanent members at one of the UN’s most im...

I refer to the editorial entitled ‘Smell of dead cat at opera house’ (June 14). The Arts Council Malta feels duty bound to clarify a fair number of inaccuracies in the editorial.   The editorial stated that the government “su...