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More cars will cancel out Central Link project benefits
Reductions in travel time and vehicle emissions as a result of the planned Central Link road upgrade project will be largely cancelled out by increases in the number of cars in the coming decades,...
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Magistrate plays song before delivering his judgment
Magistrate Joe Mifsud played a song of a popular Maltese singer before delivering his final judgment in a criminal case to the amusement of legal operators, police officers and members of the public...
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Father-of-12 denies pushing wife down the stairs
A father-of-12 was granted bail on Thursday after pleading not guilty to slightly injuring his wife in the course of one of the couple’s reportedly frequent quarrels. The man, 46, whose identity is...
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Left at the mercy of nature - Marsalforn breakwater still awaits rebuilding
Pledges of a rebuilding of the Marsalforn breakwater are being taken with a pinch of salt as successive governments fail to deliver. This sentiment was palpable a few days ago when restaurant owners...
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Racist comments on Facebook provokes landmark judgment
A man who had been acquitted of charges of incitement to racial hatred, after targeting a Maltese Muslim girl through a foul-mouthed post has been handed a suspended sentence by the court of criminal...
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PN's Delia debate: a leader's denial, followed by 'a show of hands'
A unanimous declaration of support for Nationalist Party leader Adrian Delia by the administrative council followed a show of hands by the members, Times of Malta has learnt. Sources said the...
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Watch: Bird shot down after junior minister shoots picture
A dead protected duck was picked up from a nature reserve on Friday morning, "probably" forming part of a flock photographed earlier by the Parliamentary Secretary who is responsible for their...
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Court redress over requisitioned property in Malta ‘effective in theory, not...
Although constitutional redress proceedings were an effective remedy in theory, they were not so in practice, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in two cases involving requisitioned properties...
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Sea Watch heads to save migrants from sinking vessel
Updated 9.45pm Rescue NGO Sea Watch has dispatched a vessel to a rubber dinghy believed to be sinking to the south of Malta, saying that there were already people floundering in the water, while the...
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Officials leave firm as mafia gambling links are probed
Three top executives at Italy’s second largest online gambling company, Malta-registered SKS365, left suddenly, the Times of Malta is informed. As the Italian police and judiciary continue to probe...
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Db group project: minister learned of private jet jaunt ‘from Newsbook’
Planning Minister Ian Borg told Parliament this week that he only found out a Planning Authority board member had been flown in to vote on the controversial Db Group development in St George’s Bay...
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House prices in Malta up 3.1% in third quarter of the year
House prices in Malta increased by 3.1% in the third quarter of 2018, compared with the previous quarter, Eurostat said. In a release on house prices, the EU’s statistical arm said that house prices,...
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Suspicious symbols marked on homes may be linked to burglars
Police are investigating the reappearance of suspicious symbols marked on the facades of homes that they believe may be linked to an organised gang of burglars, the Times of Malta has learnt. Police...
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Influenza, swine flu outbreak packs Mater Dei hospital
Mater Dei Hospital is operating “very close to full capacity”, the government has confirmed as the hospital deals with a swine flu outbreak and an influx of patients with the seasonal influenza. On...
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Order to publish CEO’s, Neville Gafà’s contracts defied
The Foundation for Medical Services, which falls under the direct responsibility of Health Minister Chris Fearne, is refusing to adhere to an order by the Information and Data Protection Commissioner...
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Delia drops libel action against LovinMalta
Opposition leader Adrian Delia has dropped a libel action against media house LovinMalta after the claims were dropped. Lovin Malta had published an article saying that Dr Delia was going around with...
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Venus and Jupiter light up Malta's skies
The sky was clear enough on Saturday at dawn to enable reader Klaus Farrugia capture Venus above Jupiter. The pair will at their closest on Tuesday at dawn. Both planets are in motion as they orbit...
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Probe all backbenchers, commissioner is told
Democratic Party leader Godfrey Farrugia has written to Commissioner of Public Standards George Hyzler requesting an investigation of all parliamentary backbenchers. In a statement on Friday, PD said...
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No more enforcement action on Siġġiewi ‘illegal’ road... after 12 years
The Planning Authority has confirmed that it will no longer be insisting on enforcement action against the asphalting of an ‘illegal’ road in an environmentally sensitive area in Wied Qirda, limits of...
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Minister justifies FIAU budget ‘explosion’ to €10.6m
Finance Minister Edward Scicluna has justified what PN MP Chris Said dubbed as an “explosion” in the FIAU 2018 budget, which mushroomed from the original approved amount of €1.6 million to €10.6...
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