A man was grievously injured on Wednesday in a traffic accident in St Julian's. The police said the accident happened in Triq Birkirkara at 7am. The 26-year-old victim, who lives in Naxxar, was riding a Benelli motorbike that was inv...

People with disabilities may soon have their own personal assistant to support them live an independent life, according to Aġenzija Sapport CEO Oliver Scicluna. Unlike a home carer, the personal assistant’s recruitment and trainin...

A petition against plans to move a petrol station to a public garden has been launched by the Gżira local council. The garden, known as Ġnien il-Kunsill tal-Ewropa, has been the subject of five legal battles initiated by the Gżira...

Fifty years after the last Apollo mission, the Artemis program is poised to take up the baton of lunar exploration with a test launch on Monday of NASA's most powerful rocket ever. The goal is to return humans to the Moon for the fir...

FILM Documentary on Italo disco legacy Spazju Kreattiv is this evening showing a documentary on Italo disco music, its past and future, through the stories of the original 1980s protagonists and cult DJs, and the voice of a new gener...

A noticeable change in the study of economics over the past 20 years has been the rise of the ‘Happiness Movement’ – a fusion of economic thinking with sociological and psychological wisdom, as well as public health, to advoca...

At this year's 26th International Lace Festival, which will be held in Lepoglava, Croatia, from September 9 to 11, beautiful examples of lace from all Croatian lace centres, as well as lace from seven different European countries wil...

Two people were grievously injured on Monday evening in an accident at San Lawrenz. The police said the accident happened in Triq il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral at 5.45pm. A 37-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman, both Italian, were riding ...

Malta Under 16 national team coach Anthony Farrugia has heaped praise on his players’ application ahead of Wednesday's Last 16 tie against Turkey that could put the team among the top eight sides at the World Championships in Volos...

Germany on Wednesday will inaugurate a railway line powered entirely by hydrogen, a "world first" and a major step forward for green train transport despite nagging supply challenges. A fleet of 14 trains provided by French industria...

Benfica cruised into the group stage of the Champions League after overrunning Dynamo Kyiv 3-0 in the second leg of their playoff on Tuesday thanks to David Neres’ assist and goal. The two-time European champions from Portugal will...

The number of security officers guarding entrances and exits at the St Vincent de Paul home for the elderly has tripled since the disappearance of a resident in June. Active Ageing Minister Jo Etienne Abela said almost 40 security of...

Fulham suffered an embarrassing League Cup exit as the Premier League side were beaten 2-0 by Crawley in a second round shock on Tuesday. Marco Silva’s side are 83 places above League Two Crawley and beat Brentford 3-2 in the Prem...

Heritage Malta ended 2021 with a deficit of over €1.4 million, €900,000 more than was originally estimated. It is, of course, only logical and reasonable to expect this since the pandemic severely reduced income from site and mus...

The following are the main stories in Wednesday’s newspapers. Times of Malta quotes the Finance Minister saying that Malta is buying electricity from the European grid for more than five times the price it used to before the Ukrain...

Younes Ajil turns on the tap in his home but nothing comes out: dozens of villages are without running water in drought-hit Iraq, surviving on sporadic tanker-truck deliveries and salty wells. For everything from drinking to bathing ...

Ukraine, a country under attack by Russia since 2014, has now withstood half a year of massive bombings, sieges of cities and atrocities against its people. Ukraine is fighting to defend not only its democracy but its very survival a...

The Church will appear as an injured party in the case against a parish priest accused of misappropriating hundreds of thousands of euros in donations.  The Curia has submitted a request to appear as parte civile in the case against...

When foreigners are involved in fights like the recent free-for-all in Ħamrun, the first reaction from many is to call for disproportionate punishment way beyond the nature of the crime. It is the usual knee-jerk, short-term retort ...

Obituaries GALEA. On August 22, ORADE, known as Laura, née Farrugia, passed away peacefully at her home in Kappara. She leaves to mourn her loss her loving husband Anthony, her children Joseph and his partner Sylvana, David and his...