Marsaxlokk parish priest Fr Luke Seguna is accused of swindling hundreds of thousands of euro given to him by parishioners over a decade — but many of his flock are standing by him.  Every single person who spoke to Times of Malta...

Ħamrun Spartans are one round away from qualifying for the group stages of the UEFA Europa Conference League. That would be an unthinkable moment for Maltese football fans who are now hooked on the Spartans’ adventure in this com...

The Nationalist Party insisted on Thursday that Culture Minister Owen Bonnici must explain why a particular caterer had been selected to manage a restaurant at Palazzo Vilhena, Mdina, without a call for tenders. In a reaction to a He...

A motorcyclist was seriously injured in a collision with a car on Paola Hill late on Wednesday. The police said the crash, at 10.30pm, involved a Renault Megane driven by a 30-year-old man from Santa Luċija and a Kymco Agility motor...

Colombian Nairo Quintana on Wednesday denied taking a banned pain medication after he was retrospectively disqualified from this year’s Tour de France over a positive tramadol test result. Former two-time runner-up Quintana, 32, f...

Half of the companies that have their shares listed on the regulated market of the Malta Stock Exchange and a December financial year-end have already published their interim financial statements. The various announcements published ...

Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori, who cracked the elite world of Parisian haute couture, has died at her home in Tokyo aged 96, Japanese media reported Thursday. Nicknamed “Madame Butterfly” for her signature winged motif, ov...

As the authorities prepare to clamp down on road safety violations by e-scooter riders, Times of Malta looks at their pros and cons and how other countries tried to strike the right balance.    Scooter-sharing systems have sprung ...

FILM A Chiara Spazju Kreattiv is today showing for one last time the 2021 gritty neoralist drama A Chiara by award-winning film-maker Jonas Carpignano. The film explores the true meaning of family through a coming-of-age story of a t...

Borna Coric spoiled the return of Rafael Nadal after a five-year absence from the ATP and WTA Cincinnati Masters on Wednesday with a 7-6 (11/9), 4-6, 6-3 upset victory in the second round. The 36-year-old Spaniard, who won the Cinci...

Ħamrun Spartans face FK Partizan in Belgrade on Thursday (9pm) in the first of the two-legged tie of the UEFA Europa Conference League play-off stage. Having ousted Alashkert from Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Velez Mostar and Bu...

Human remains found in suitcases in New Zealand earlier this week were two as yet unidentified primary school-age children, police said on Thursday. Detective Inspector Tofilau Faamanuia Vaaelua said the bodies were likely to have be...

The following are the top stories in the Maltese newspapers. Times of Malta leads with court testimony that Marsaxlokk parish priest Luke Seguna had six-figure bank accounts. He has been accused of money laundering. The newspaper als...

A special activity for children – ‘DB Celebration’ – was held at the Don Bosco Oratory to commemorate the birthday of St John Bosco, patron saint of children on Wednesday. Bishop Anton Teuma celebrated Mass for around 170 chi...

The New Jersey man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie told the New York Post in an interview published Wednesday that he was "surprised" the author had survived the attack. "When I heard he survived, I was surprised, I guess," Hadi M...

Obituary ABELA. On August 13, KEVIN, aged 43, passed away peacefully. He leaves to mourn his loss his wife Anabel née Darmanin, his son Neil Anthony, his parents Maria and Peter Paul, his brother Roderick and his wife Charlene, his ...

As Sir Salman Rushdie embarks on a long painful road to recovery, after the near-fatal assassination attempt last week, we should pay homage to the voice that was nearly silenced. While his fiction needs to be read whole, what Rushdi...

Fast rising inflation is undoubtedly the most severe economic challenge facing most businesses and households right now. Rising prices often fuel demands for higher wages. Higher wages, in turn, push prices even higher. The onset of ...

Odious comparisons I completely agree with all that John Vassallo wrote (August 13) in reply to the Chinese ambassador’s letter in the Times of Malta. I felt like doing so myself but Vassallo is eminently more qualified and more le...

Weak DNA samples taken from the body of a man found in an advanced state of decomposition in a field in Birżebbuġa more than a month ago have stalled the identification process, according to sources close to the case. Forensic expe...