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Malta facing hefty cut in EU funding
Malta risks losing hundreds of millions of euros in EU funds after 2020 if fresh proposals by Brussels for the upcoming seven-year budget materialise, the Times of Malta is informed. EU leaders,...
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Thai traffic victim flown back for burial
The body of Alfred Balzan, who was killed in a traffic collision in Thailand, arrived back in Malta on Thursday. The 78-year-old man was riding a Honda Wave motorbike in the northern town of...
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Entry to 30 homes in Pembroke blocked after works stopped abruptly
Extensive flooding in common parts, after maintenance work at a Pembroke complex stopped abruptly, barred over 30 families from accessing their apartments through the main doors. Venting their anger...
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Blood samples at centre of drink-driving involuntary homicide cast in doubt
Blood samples taken from a young driver who stands accused of the involuntary homicide of his 22-year old friend in a drunk-driving accident three years ago in Nadur have been cast in doubt by the...
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Għarb residents face 'attempted suicide' following PA fireworks factory...
A Planning Authority decision to pave the way for a new fireworks factory in Għarb rides roughshod over locals' wishes and leaves them facing "attempted suicide", the town's local council has said....
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Malta's credit rating upgraded to 'high'
Malta's credit rating has been upgraded to 'high' and the trend on all the country's ratings has been changed from positive to stable by DBRS. On the same day, Moody’s revised its rating from ‘A3...
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Malta’s unique built heritage being 'lost at alarming rate'
The president of the Chamber of Architects and Civil Engineers expressed serious concern about the alarming rate at which Malta’s unique built heritage was being lost to new development. Addressing...
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Thai police were 'uncooperative' after Maltese man was killed in Thailand...
Thai police were not at all cooperative when the daughter of a Maltese man who died in a road accident went there to recover the body. Alfred Balzan, 78, died after he was run over by an Isuzu SUV...
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'The country has lost the PN,' outgoing party councillor says
Updated Saturday 10am The biggest problem is that the country has "lost" the Nationalist Party, an outgoing PN councillor said on Saturday. Charlot Cassar clarified the reason for his decision to step...
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Three admit to child pornography charges
Three men admitted to child pornography charges in court on Friday, pleading guilty just before courtroom proceedings were set to get underway. The men were among seven arraigned last Tuesday after...
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Proposals to regularise spiralling rental market
A rental registry, tax incentives for long lets, and price hike brackets tied to cost of living adjustments are among the rent regulation proposals put forward by a coalition of 17 NGOs. “Malta has...
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Government wants more time to show Vitals guarantee
Projects Malta is not yet in a position to provide Times of Malta with a copy of the €9 million performance guarantee Vitals Global Healthcare had to make within 30 days from signing a 30-year...
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Heroin, cocaine and weapons found in Qormi
Cocaine, heroin and weapons were among the illegal items police found when they raided a Qormi house and garage on Saturday. Drug Squad members who burst into the property also found cannabis and...
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17th century church remains could be under land earmarked for development
The remains of a church dating back to the 1600s may lie under the proposed extension to the Bulebel Industrial Estate, Wirt iż-Żejtun is warning. The NGO found papers referring to the church in...
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Two motorcyclists skid along the Coast Road
Updated 6.05pm - Man badly hurt Two motorcyclists skidded while riding their bikes along the Coast Road on Saturday afternoon. The two men, both in their 50s, were riding in the Buġibba/Naxxar...
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Assaulted assistant head: MUT are out to damage me
Updated 7pm - Added MUT statement An assistant head who was assaulted at Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary yesterday filed a judicial protest against the Malta Union of Teachers holding it responsible...
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Changes in Marsa traffic lanes as junction project drives into second phase
Drivers are being alerted to a number of changes as the second phase of the €70-million Marsa junction project takes shape. Transport Malta's project team is introducing new provisional lanes and...
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Disqualified firm owned by former Labour MP gets job through direct order
An architectural firm owned by former Labour MP Charles Buhagiar got a €600,000 contract through a direct order after it was disqualified from a competitive tender for the same job, Times of Malta is...
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Sort out St Paul's Bay council mess, Justice Minister orders
Justice Minister Owen Bonnici has stepped in to try and resolve chaos within St Paul's Bay local council, ordering the locality's most senior councillor to assume the mayorship. In a statement issued...
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Pembroke residents to have access to homes ‘by next week’
The 30 families forced to get to their apartments through garages in recent weeks should have direct access to their homes by next week, the government has confirmed. According to a spokeswoman for...
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