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Live: Caruana Galizia murder suspects face court
The three men accused of murdering Daphne Caruana Galizia are back in court this morning, as the compilation of evidence against them continues. 11.24am: Court expert Alfred Cardona says he was...
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Children should be taught using 'gender neutral communication'
Teachers should use gender neutral communication when they speak to children, the government proposed. The proposal is part of a working document on guidelines to increase and retain women in the ICT...
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Mr Justice Joseph Azzopardi to be new Chief Justice
Mr Justice Joseph Azzopardi, 63, is to become the new Chief Justice, the government announced on Tuesday. He will succeed Chief Justice Silvio Camilleri, who turns 65 later this month. Prime Minister...
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Light aircraft has landing mishap
A light aircraft skidded off the runway upon landing and ended up on the grass at Malta International Airport on Wednesday afternoon. No one was injured. Fire tenders were on the scene and the runway...
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Former notary ordered to refund €12,805 to clients
Pierre Falzon, a 57-year old former notary from Qawra, has been condemned by a court to a two-year jail term suspended for four years and ordered to refund €12,805 to clients, whose trust he violated....
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Pilatus whistleblower will not be extradited to Malta, Greek court rules
Pilatus Bank whistleblower Maria Efimova will not be extradited to Malta, an Athens court ruled on Thursday. The decision follows appeals by MEPs who had warned about her safety should she be brought...
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Relief for Ramla beachgoers after tender awarded
The government has awareded a €150,000 tender for the reconstruction of the road from Xagħra to Ramla Bay. MP Chris Said had asked in a parliamentary question what was being done to improve the...
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Watch: 40% of Maltese hear Mass every Sunday, 74% go once a month
Forty per cent of the Maltese attend Sunday Mass regularly, but around three fourths go to church at least once a month, according to a study commissioned by the Curia. A fifth of those who miss Mass...
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Shoddy Kirkop tunnel roadworks costing motorists dear
Ongoing resurfacing works along the Kirkop tunnels cost a motorist dear as he ended up with a hefty repair bill for his vehicle. The incident has prompted Transport Malta, which is carrying out the...
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Malta Enterprise approves large site for cannabis farming in south
In a significant policy change, the government has decided to allow large-scale cultivation of cannabis plants, including the selling of flowers (buds), the Times of Malta has learnt. Prime Minister...
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Dummy of arrested Pilatus boss placed outside FIAU offices
Pressure group Reżistenza asked three questions amid a stunt involving a dummy of the Pilatus Bank boss outside the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit. The action came three days before the six...
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Branches and cables over the roads make trips ‘an obstacle course’ for...
Double-decker bus drivers and tour operators have long been worried about low-hanging tree branches and electricity cables, saying that avoiding them can feel like “driving an obstacle course”. “This...
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High-end data centre set up in tunnels below former power station
Enemalta and Streamcast Technologies has inaugurated a €5 million high-end global data center which will be used by Streamcast customers worldwide. The centre is housed deep in cavernous tunnels below...
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22 judgments removed from court’s online database
Twenty-two judgments have been removed from the court’s online public database since Justice Minister Owen Bonnici privately gave his go-ahead. However, it could not be established which judgments...
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Malta posts only rise in road fatalities in EU
Malta was the only country within the European Union to report an increase in road fatalities in the period between 2010 and 2017, figures released in Brussels show. According to the data published by...
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Back in jail just hours after serving a 10-year jail term
A Nigerian man ended up back behind bars hours after serving a 10-year jail term over drug trafficking. Joseph Feilazoo, a 42-year old, who last Tuesday expected to walk out of jail a free man after...
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Joseph Cuschieri is new MFSA CEO
Malta Gaming Authority head Joseph Cuschieri has been approved as the new chief executive officer of the Malta Financial Services Authority, The Times of Malta is informed. The MFSA's board of...
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Spanish double-decker crash victim was due to fly home that same day
The Spanish woman who died in Monday's horrific sightseeing bus crash was due to travel home just hours after the fateful tour, relatives revealed to Times of Malta. Elisaveta Avdala, 37, died on the...
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FIAU director silent on Konrad Mizzi report
The director of the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit, Kenneth Farrugia, declined to say if a report on Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi was given to the police, insisting he could not comment on...
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‘Listening to my husband saved our lives’ - passenger on fatal bus ride
Two people died and 50 people were injured when a sightseeing bus hit a low-branch on the Żurrieq road. One of the passengers spoke about the ordeal. In the end, it all came down to suntan lotion....
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