Kitschy trash or misunderstood genius? Italo disco was the euro sound of the 1980s that many loved and many hated. This documentary looks at how big names of the genre like Sabrina Salerno and duo Righeira conquered the charts.   ...

Yaroslava Mahuchikh used to be not just fierce rivals with Russia’s Mariya Lasitskene, but also friends in the tight-knit world of elite women’s high jumping. But that all changed, according to the Ukrainian, when Russia invaded...

Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Mario Grech to a congregation that vets the appointment of new bishops worldwide.  The Vatican News reported that the Pope also nominated three women to the Dicastery for Bishops: Sr Raffaella Pe...

The Planning Authority has been inundated with objections to a proposed office block replacing one of a row of terraced houses on the road opposite San Anton Palace, Attard. Apart from doubling the height from the present two-storey ...

Dogs and cats must put their rivalry aside to save a village – and offer audiences a lesson in inclusion and diversity – in the new animated film Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank. The film, out in US theatres on Friday, features ...

Gżira United and Floriana will be bidding to join Hibernians in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Conference League when they face Atletic d’Escaldes, of Andorra, and Moldova’s Petrocub in the first qualifying round, secon...

The government has announced that the EU Work-Life Balance Directive will come into force on August 2, essentially extending paternity leave, introducing paid parental leave and granting parents the right to request flexible hours. C...

A 67-year-old man was grievously injured on Wednesday while working with a chaser at a Dingli construction site. The police said in a statement the accident - on a farm in Sqaq il-Kalkara - was reported at around 1.30pm. He was rushe...

A 16-year-old was grievously injured late on Wednesday when he was hit by a car in Triq Manwel Dimech in Qormi. The police said the accident happened at around 10.30pm. A 71-year-old man, also from Qormi, was behind the wheel of the ...

As French President Emmanuel Macron pointed out at the last European Council under the French Presidency, “Europe in June 2022 is very different from Europe in January 2022.” Different because the war waged by Russia against Ukra...

In recent weeks, numerous companies with a December year-end and whose bonds are listed on the regulated main market of the Malta Stock Exchange were obliged to publish a financial analysis summary detailing their financial forecasts...

ARTS FESTIVALS Malta Summer Festival The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) is reimainging opera in the first edition of the Malta Summer Festival, being held until July 21. The programme continues today with a chamber concert titled...

An important night looms for Ħamrun Spartans as they seek to progress in the UEFA Europa Conference League when they host Armenia’s Alashkert at the Centenary Stadium on Thursday (kick-off: 8pm). Three decades after their last ap...

A file of a randomly selected patient during an audit of Mater Dei Hospital remained “untraced”, a report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned. The case of the missing file was highlighted during a follow-up audit into t...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Thursday. Times of Malta leads with news that the European Commission has urged the island to reduce the time it takes to conduct high-level corruption investigations and co...

The local Salesian Sisters communities commemorated their special 150th anniversary of the foundation of their institute on July 7 at Ta’ Pinu Sanctuary. The thanksgiving concelebration was led by Cardinal Mario Grech along with  ...

The heatwave sweeping across southwestern Europe is expected to peak Thursday in Spain, with blistering temperatures already fueling wildfires across the Iberian Peninsula and France.  The warming phenomenon - the region's second th...

Almost five months after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, we still cannot be certain about why key events have unfolded the way they did and how things will go. Malta’s strategic thinking will, therefore, need to factor radi...

On the evening of July 15, 2016, the Fethullahist Terrorist Organisation (FETO) launched a bloody coup attempt against the people and the government of my country. Their aim was to establish a radical, fundamentalist regime, loyal on...

The family of an 83-year-old man who went missing from St Vincent de Paul Residence more than two weeks ago have lambasted the police for what they say is their failure to dedicate enough resources to conduct an effective and uninter...