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Konrad Mizzi drops attempt to block Panama Papers inquiry
Minister Konrad Mizzi has formally dropped the constitutional case filed on December 7 claiming that his fundamental rights had been breached in the judicial process sparked off by a request for a...
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Doctor remembers 'huge amounts of blood' as Hugo Chetcuti lay on operating table
Updated at 2.20pm A doctor who assisted a surgeon as he operated on Paceville kingpin Hugo Chetcuti on Wednesday recalled "huge amounts of blood" as medics raced to stabilise their patient. Mr...
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Income tax saga comes back to haunt Adrian Delia
Fresh doubts have emerged on the Nationalist Party leader’s position with the taxman as a leaked e-mail shows that, apart from an €81,000 bill he reportedly settled last year, Adrian Delia still owed...
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Man dies after he was swept to sea, two hospitalised
Updated at 6pm A man died and another two were hospitalised with slight injuries on Wednesday after an ordeal at sea just outside Exiles in Sliema. The police said one of the three men, a 26-year-old...
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PA private jet was 'unwarranted influence', Ombudsman says
The Ombudsman’s office has criticised the hiring of a private jet for a Planning Authority board member to attend a hearing on the db Group’s controversial 37-storey St George’s Bay tower.Environment...
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Court expert cleared to appear in Daphne Caruana Galizia case
Court expert Martin Bajada can remain assigned to both the magisterial inquiry and the compliation of evidence in the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder case, a judge ruled on Tuesday. In an urgent...
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Woman hit with a bottle as she resisted muggers
A German woman is in hospital after being assaulted when two men tried to steal her bag late on Wednesday. The police said the incident happened just before midnight in Testaferrata Street, Gzira. The...
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Stop making unfounded claims, Malta tells Salvini
The Maltese government has urged Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini to check his facts before accusing Malta of failing to fulfil voluntary migrant reallocation pledges. In a statement, the...
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Minister’s swimming pool permit frozen pending appeal
A controversial permit allowing Transport Minister Ian Borg to transform agricultural land in a rural hamlet into a swimming pool and outside dining area near to his home has been put on hold pending...
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Estate agency lobby groups attack each other
Malta’s two estate agency lobby groups have taken digs at one another as infighting in the industry reaches boiling point. Members of one of the two groups, the Estate Agents Section (EAS) within the...
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PN councillors 'pressured' to pledge loyalty to Delia
Local committees and members of the Nationalist Party’s general council are being pressured by senior party officials close to the leadership to publicly declare, in writing, their loyalty to...
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Italy's Evangelical Church to take migrants from Malta as Salvini fumes
Italy's populist coalition has reached agreement on the fate of 10 migrants the country agreed to take from Malta despite the fury of far-right anti-immigrant Interior Minister Matteo Salvini....
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Actor Davide Tucci files police report over 'fake news' Bitcoin schemes
Actor Davide Tucci intends to file a police report over several fake news stories linking him to a Bitcoin get-rich-quick scheme in social media adverts, posts and articles.Sponsored posts have...
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'I know nothing,' Konrad Mizzi denies links with secret company during court...
Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi on Thursday faced a cross-examination in a number of libel cases revolving around allegations stemming from the Panama Papers scandal, among others. Highlights from...
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Watch: The moment stranded migrants were told their ordeal is over
It was a euphoric moment for the 32 migrants on the NGO vessel Sea Watch 3, as soon as they were told by the crew they would be landing at Malta after an 18-day ordeal. The migrants, together with...
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Watch: Police did not speak to me on 17 Black – Mizzi
Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi said on Tuesday that the police had not contacted him in the course of their investigations into the Dubai company 17 Black. Replying to questions by the Times of Malta,...
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PA private jet was 'unwarranted influence', Ombudsman says
The Ombudsman’s office has criticised the hiring of a private jet for a Planning Authority board member to attend a hearing on the db Group’s controversial 37-storey St George’s Bay tower.Environment...
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Busuttil assessing options after request for inquiry turned down
Former Opposition leader Simon Busuttil is assessing his options after his request for a magisterial inquiry into the Panama Papers was turned down. The Criminal Court on Tuesday said that Dr...
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Sliema’s Villino Zammit to be turned into boutique hotel
The Planning Authority has approved plans to convert the scheduled Villino Zammit on Sliema’s High Street into a boutique hotel, including additional floors on part of the building. The proposal was...
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Operator ordered to pay €34,730 to man thrown off inflatable water sausage
A water sports operator and his employee has been ordered to pay €34,730 to a man who suffered facial injuries when he was thrown off an inflatable water sausage towed by a speedboat in Għadira Bay....
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