The transition in women’s clothes from Victorian taste to what prevailed up to World War I was surely noticeable enough though not all that dramatic. It is what the war brought about in fashion that would qualify as revolutionary.�...

A 32-year-old man from Attard was seriously injured early on Monday when part of a balcony collapsed and he fell onto Triq l-Imrejkba, St Paul's Bay. The police said the incident took place at 2am but were unable to immediately give ...

A man and a woman were seriously injured when an argument turned into a fight in Birkirkara on Sunday afternoon. The police said the incident happened at 5.15pm in an establishment in Sanctuary Street, involving a group of people. Th...

Iran on Monday "categorically" denied any link with the attacker who last week stabbed British writer Salman Rushdie, author of "The Satanic Verses". "We categorically deny" any link with the attack and "no one has the right to accus...

Manchester United sit bottom of the Premier League for the first time in 30 years after the second weekend of the season saw tempers flare and temperatures soar. United could not stand the heat as they conceded four times inside 35 ...

MUSIC SummerDaze Malta The first main event of Malta's largest music festival is being held today in collaboration with BBC Radio 1 Dance Live and Creamfields. The headliners are international stars Anne-Marie, Bastille, Elderbrook, ...

The Malta government should offer Hindus a subsidy to enable them to cremate their dead loved ones abroad, or allow them to cremate the deceased on traditional open pyres, an international association representing Hindus said on Mond...

The frst music and arts centre for children and young adults with disability has reached full capacity, less than a year since its opening. Marquis Di Villa Bianca Centre for Music and Arts opened its doors in November 2021 but expan...

Just as summer was reaching its peak, Arts Council Malta published its latest paper: Strategy 2025 Care, Create, Flourish. It is a rather strange beast. To begin with, it is unusual in that it focuses on a period of less than two-and...

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Oh, to become the next Joseph Portelli seems to be any fledgling contractor cum developer cum speculator’s utopia. Employ the services of the same architect and adopt his same arrogant attitude towards development laws and regulati...

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Monday. Times of Malta reports that the cost of living wage adjustment due to be announced in the October budget is projected to be around €10 a week, by far the highest in...

Somebody once described a torch as “a metal tube in which dead batteries are stored”. Before everybody had a torch as part of their mobile phone, that was a fairly fair statement. You would search in the odds’n’sods drawer in...

Malta’ s ordeal in World War II was a continuous struggle for survival as the island was besieged by the Axis forces. Food, ammunition and fuel were severely rationed due to the convoys failing to reach the island. In August 1942, ...

A scourge stalking Malta At first glance, this electric free-for-all seems like good news for the environment, the people of Malta and the sharing economy. But it cannot last. They jostle for space not only with old-fashioned bicycle...

Last year, many were hoping for a return to normality after several months of health restrictions. Few anticipated the next storm that society would face as economic disruption has brought back the spectre of high inflation that many...

Taliban fighters chanted victory slogans next to the US embassy in Kabul Monday as they marked the first anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan following a turbulent year that saw women's rights crushed and a humanitaria...

When the surviving vessels of Operation Pedestal made it into the Grand Harbour exactly 80 years ago, just before Malta’s planned surrender, another operation involving 3,000 army personnel kicked off to unload the supplies. But th...

Diamond wedding Mr Albert G. Dimech and Miss Mabel Farrugia The marriage took place on August 15, 1962, at St Ignatius Chapel, Sliema. Congratulations and very best wishes on your 60th wedding anniversary from your children, Kenneth ...

The police force has spent €7.5 million in the last five years to revamp its stations, which are among the 100 properties it administers, according to Police Commissioner Angelo Gafà. Reacting to photos of police stations in such ...