FIFA will allow countries to select up to 26 players for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, increasing the maximum squad size by three for the November 21-December 18 tournament. “The number of players to be included on the final list ha...

National Lottery plc, a subsidiary of the IZI Group, has selected Melita Business to provide the communications infrastructure required to run the national lottery of Malta. Taking over from Maltco Lotteries from July 5, 2022, Nation...

The 14th summit of BRICS, an emerging-market group that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, will be held this week in virtual format under the theme of “Foster High-quality BRICS Partnership, Usher in a New Era ...

Former Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard said Friday she had withdrawn from the Championships because the lack of world rankings points doesn’t fit with her plans to manage her return from injury. “I have decided to withdraw fr...

Swieqi United have announced the contract extension of experienced player Emma Xuereb. Xuereb, 30, has renewed her stay at The Owls for another two years. Continue reading this article on Sports Desk. 

A freedom of information request for MPs’ internet searches during parliamentary sittings has been rejected despite the same data having previously been provided.  Parliament turned down the request saying it would cost €1,475 t...

A Russian military cargo plane crashed in the city of Ryazan southeast of Moscow on Friday, killing four people and injuring five others, authorities said. The aircraft was on a training flight without cargo when the crew decided to ...

Gynaecologists have insisted that they have always prioritised the mother’s safety when deciding how to deal with a problematic pregnancy.   In a statement on Thursday evening, the Malta College of obstetricians and gynaecologists...

England boss Sarina Wiegman has played down her side’s role as leading contenders to win next month’s Women’s European Championship, insisting the race to lift the trophy will be wide open. The Lionesses face the Netherlands in...

Experienced defender Ian Azzopardi has committed his future with Challenge League side St Andrews after putting pen to paper on a new one-year contract, the club announced. “St  Andrews FC Malta is happy to announce that stalwart...

These are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Friday.  Times of Malta leads with a report about a US woman, whose request to terminate her non-viable pregnancy has been turned down by Maltese health authorities, is to be airli...

A recent appeal by the President of the Republic for better and higher protection of our environment triggered my memory and spurred me to share publicly for the first time a proposal I had made, after months of meticulous research, ...

Banks thrive on trust, which must be built on full transparency in the communication of relevant information by the custodians of clients’ money. When a bank fails to explain why it cannot take on new customers, there is a risk tha...

Wrong stick? Once again, a group of ladies (and some gents) felt they should protest outside our law courts.  (Has this, plus in front of police HQ, now become Malta’s formal protest square?) This time, the target was the availabi...

Education in Malta, as elsewhere, is suffering because of COVID, the climate crisis and conflicts around the world. Children’s lives and learning have been disrupted by the pandemic. How will they recover what they have lost? Have ...

One of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic has been a disruption in supply chains. This has happened for two main reasons. First, manufacturers had either stopped production or reduced it significantly because of a lack of employ...

European champions Real Madrid will kick off the defence of their La Liga title away to promoted Almeria in August, while Barcelona start the 2022-23 campaign at home to Rayo Vallecano. The Spanish top-flight season begins the weeken...

A 27-year-old Turkish woman had to be taken to hospital in the early hours of Friday morning after she fell off her e-scooter.  In a statement, the police said the woman, a Sliema resident, had toppled over on St George Street, St J...

The hunting lobby plans to send a 2014 petition to a parliamentary committee in an attempt to make it harder to call an abrogative referendum.  The administrative consultant of the hunters’ federation (FKNK), Joe Perici Calascione...

Obituary TABONE ADAMI. On June 22, Rev. Fr FRANK TABONE ADAMI, aged 83, passed away peacefully in his hometown of Cambira, Parana, Brazil. He leaves to mourn his sad loss his brother Joe and his wife Maryann, Georgina and her husband...