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Sat, 30 Jul 2022 10:14:00 +0200
Gozo Cathedral Museum: the island’s heritage saving grace
Bishop Anton Teuma will today officially inaugurate the revamped Gozo Cathedral Museum. During the last three years, it has been completely renovated in line with modern museum standards and guidelines. A century-old story The museum...

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 10:04:00 +0200
Vettel tips Schumacher to succeed him at Aston Martin
Sebastian Vettel on Friday tipped his friend and protege Mick Schumacher to be his successor at Aston Martin next season. The retirement-bound four-time world champion, who is close friends with his 23-year-old fellow-German, said he...

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 10:00:00 +0200
Agent Charlie: Mission Report #2
Editor’s Note: I told Charlie not to let his birthday go to his head: ‘Drop the car keys, no more beer, you're only a month old.’ The next day, I found an unusual message in my computer. Turns out Charlie can touch type... Wea...

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 09:37:00 +0200
AUM to waive tuition fees for Maltese nationals
The American University of Malta is to waive tuition fees for Maltese nationals, the academic institution said on Saturday. Maltese students who opt to study at the Cospicua-based institution will only pay registration and admission ...

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 09:00:00 +0200
Eight win of the year for Gigant Well in Premier final
Driven by Charles Degiorgio, Dutch Gigant Well won Friday night’s major event at the Marsa Racetrack. This was a final reserved for class Premier trotters on a short distance of 2140m and formed part of the 41st meeting of the seas...

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 08:45:00 +0200
MIA issues encouraging results
The MSE Equity Total Return Index (MSE) closed lower by 0.4% at 7,750.833 points. Out of 26 active equities, 12 headed north, while another 11 closed in the red. During the week, turnover more than doubled to €0.7m, up from €0.3m...

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 08:40:00 +0200
Libyan strongman Haftar ordered to compensate victims' families by US judge
A US judge Friday ordered the military chief of eastern Libya, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, to compensate Libyan plaintiffs who allege he ordered the torture and extrajudicial killings of their family members. The federal judge in t...

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 08:10:00 +0200
Ronaldo says he will play in Man. Utd friendly against Rayo Vallecano
Cristiano Ronaldo has indicated he will feature in Manchester United’s friendly with Rayo Vallecano at Old Trafford on Sunday amid ongoing speculation over his future with the English giants. The 37-year-old Portugal forward, who m...

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 08:00:00 +0200
What’s on – July 30
THEATRE Il-Kbir Għadu Ġej The smash-hit jukebox musical is returning to the Mediterranean Conference Centre today, promising a bigger and better spectacle than the original show staged in 2019.  Created and directed by Sean Buhagi...

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 07:49:00 +0200
Today's front pages - July 30, 2022
These are the leading stories in local newspapers this Saturday. Times of Malta reports on the growing anger among food delivery drivers about low pay and poor working conditions, as several of them strike in protest. The newspaper a...

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 07:34:00 +0200
Aviation fuel tax would increase cost of flying to Malta, says airport CEO
An across-the-board tax on aviation fuel, currently being discussed at EU level, would eventually raise the cost of flying to Malta, airport CEO Alan Borg has acknowledged. The tax, which is part of the EU’s climate change measures...

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 07:19:00 +0200
Elon Musk fires back at Twitter in court battle
Elon Musk on Friday filed claims against Twitter as he fights back against the tech firm's lawsuit demanding he be held to his $44 billion buyout deal. Musk's counter-suit was submitted along with a legal defence against Twitter's cl...

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 07:13:00 +0200
Malta risks becoming a wasteland – Kevin Cassar
April is the cruellest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.” These are the opening lines of T.S. Elliott’s famous poem, The Wasteland. Written in 1922, after...

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 07:10:00 +0200
Editorial: Release the wind farm report
Elected officials are supposed to be prudent stewards of public funds. This stewardship requirement applies to day-to-day budgetary operations and long-term use of the taxpayers’ euros. Exposing the truth about alleged abuse of pub...

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 07:10:00 +0200
Argentina's latest shot at fixing its economic crisis: a 'super minister'
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez is looking for a political solution to the country's economic crisis with his appointment of a long-term politician as a new "super minister," analysts say. The South American country has suffere...

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 07:00:00 +0200
Letters to the editor – Saturday, July 30, 2022
Evidence of work I refer to the editorial ‘Vitals and the politics of sleaze’ (July 16). I take no exception to Times of Malta’s consistently dim political judgement of me and anything remotely Labour or non-Conservative. I wou...

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 06:50:00 +0200
A faculty on the front line – Andrew Azzopardi
The rector has, on a number of occasions, stated that the university is an Università ta’ Malta (a university ‘of’ and ‘for’ Malta). It is there to serve our communities and react not only through scholarship and the endle...

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 06:37:00 +0200
'€2.10 per delivery, it's slavery:' food delivery drivers speak out
ManyFor some Bolt drivers, the strike is pointless. Video: Karl Andrew Micalleffood couriers living and working in Malta say they are only paid €2.10 per delivery and only manage to make around 10 deliveries per day, working 11-hou...

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 06:30:00 +0200
Announcements – July 30, 2022
Obituaries COPPINI. On July 26, HENRY, aged 94, beloved husband of Vanna née Vella, passed away peacefully. He leaves to mourn his irreparable loss his two beloved daughters Corinne and her husband Joe Gerada, and Carol and her husb...

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 23:14:00 +0200
Dortmund cruise into German Cup second round
Borussia Dortmund kicked off their season Friday with a 3-0 victory over third-division 1860 Munich in the first round of the German Cup. Karim Adeyemi scored a debut goal following his move from Red Bull Salzburg to add to first-hal...



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