European Union ministers were expected Tuesday to approve a plan to jointly reduce their use of gas this winter, to counter Russia's manipulation of supplies as an economic weapon. Czech industry minister Jozef Sikela, whose country ...

A Labour councillor has filed a judicial protest against Gżira mayor Conrad Borg Manché, accusing him of breaking the law by failing to answer his questions about the council’s work. Alexander Calleja Zammit, who hails from the s...

Organisers of the 2024 Paris Olympics unveiled “Games Wide Open” as their official slogan on Monday and announced prices for tickets fans can start to apply for from December. The slogan was released alongside a video promising...

French and British satellite operators Eutelsat and OneWeb announced Tuesday plans to merge and create a "global champion" in broadband internet, rivalling US giants such as Elon Musk's Starlink. Eutelsat and OneWeb said in a joint s...

Firefighters were battling California's largest wildfire of the summer on Monday, a blaze near famed Yosemite National Park that has forced thousands of people to evacuate, officials said. The Oak Fire in central California broke out...

Malta Under-21 midfielder Michele Sansone announced he was taking a break from competitive football on Monday just a year after joining Valletta FC. In an open letter on his socials, the 24-year-old said he would be focusing on his c...

On July 21, in line with the European Central Bank Governing Council’s strong commitment to its price stability mandate, the Governing Council took further key steps to make sure inflation returns to its two per cent target over th...

MUSIC Joseph Calleja’s 25th anniversary concert Joseph Calleja is celebrating his 25th anniversary concert with special guest Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo at Fort Manoel this evening. The programme will see the MPO, led by Sergey...

Japan on Tuesday executed a man convicted of killing seven people in a truck ramming and stabbing rampage in Tokyo's popular Akihabara electronics district in 2008, the justice ministry said. Justice Minister Yoshihisa Furukawa said ...

When Wallace Falzon first drew up designs for a sculpture that would commemorate the impact the pandemic had on the elderly, he depicted a vulnerable old lady with a cane. But the artist quickly scrapped that idea, deciding instead t...

Sannat celebrated the feast of Santa Margerita on Sunday. On Saturday, archpriest Michael Curmi led a concelebrated Mass during which the Te Deum was sung. Women carrying babies in their wombs were blessed, while babies and children ...

The following are the main stories in Tuesday’s newspapers. Times of Malta says a court heard on Monday how a 28-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing another man in Marsa on Sunday evening was held by bystanders until the polic...

Despite hosting asylum seekers and refugees for over 40 years, Malta continues to resist developing an effective, robust and fair policy on asylum seekers, refugees and migrants.   The country continues to ignore or deny many of th...

Way up in the snowy Alps, the border between Switzerland and Italy has shifted due to a melting glacier, putting the location of an Italian mountain lodge in dispute. The borderline runs along a drainage divide - the point at which m...

The second edition of the Annual Malta Residential Rental Study provides an in-depth analysis of the second year since the introduction of the rent reform in 2020. This reform was intended to provide a regulatory framework reflective...

It’s decision time for the planning tribunal on a proposed San Lawrenz development threatening the village skyline and the scheduled Monsarrat farmhouse. In 2019, the Planning Authority took a sensible decision to unanimously refus...

A fiscal watchdog emphasised the need to maintain “discipline” to reach the planned reductions in the fiscal balance. According to projections analysed by the Malta Fiscal Advisory Council, an independent body, public debt is s...

Obituary COLEIRO. On July 21, at her residence in Xemxija, MARY née Grima, widow of Joseph G. Coleiro, aged 94, passed away peacefully. She leaves to mourn her loss, her beloved children and their respective spouses Janika and David...

Haphazard roadworks Infrastructure Minister Aaron Farrugia must be living on the moon. How can he say that works take between three and four weeks?  If he were to come to Triq is-Sidra, Swieqi he would recognise the moonscape immedi...

David Trimble, Northern Ireland's Nobel peace prize-winning former first minister, has died at the age of 77, his Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) said on Monday. Trimble helped forge the landmark 1998 peace deal in the troubled UK provin...