Motorist who caused friend's death in traffic accident ordered to do...
A man who accidentally killed a friend and work colleague in a traffic accident just over two years ago has been ordered by a court to do 450-hours of community service after a magistrate heard how...
View ArticleBirkirkara townhouse to offer Gozitans a bed for the night
A dilapidated Birkirkara townhouse is being transformed into State accommodation for Gozitan students and relatives of patients who will be able to spend the night when the need arises, Gozo Minister...
View ArticleIcon and trailblazer: community mourns transgender pioneer Katya
The LGBTIQ community is mourning the death of “trailblazer and icon” Katya, a pioneering Maltese transgender model and performer.Katya, who died aged 63, was well known as a cabaret performer in clubs...
View ArticleNumber of marriage separations outnumber Church weddings in 2018
Marriage separation proceedings kickstarted last year outnumbered the number of weddings at the altar, information given in parliament shows. And the number of civil weddings also continued to gain in...
View ArticleBank employee pleads not guilty to misappropriating confidential data
A local bank employee, targeted by police investigations over the past three months, was granted bail after pleading not guilty to misappropriating confidential data of the bank. The 36-year old...
View ArticleMaximilian Ciantar jailed over road rage incident
Maximilian Ciantar, who in 2010 ran over twin girls at a zebra crossing at Attard, has landed another jail term after being found guilty of crashing into a woman’s car and threatening to run over the...
View ArticleMalta-based online gambling firm under scrutiny over Panama Papers
A Malta-based online gambling firm that employs more than 80 employees is being subjected to rigorous scrutiny for its operations in Belgium following an investigation connected to the Panama Papers....
View ArticleMalta tumbles to record low on corruption index
Malta has plummeted five spots on Transparency International’s annual corruption perception index, placing at a record low of 51st on the annual graft indicator. This year’s ranking, to be released...
View Article‘I wish migrants would rape your wife’ - Peppi Azzopardi's regular dose of...
Xarabank host Peppi Azzopardi was the first Maltese personality to share snippets of the hate speech he regularly receives as part of a new Times of Malta #stophate campaign. The campaign is aimed at...
View ArticleData Commissioner has right to access contracts of government consultants -...
Economy Minister Chris Cardona has lost his legal attempt to stop the Data Protection Commissioner from accessing details of his consultants’ contracts and was ordered to submit all the documentation...
View ArticleBusuttil and Casa's bid to reignite Mizzi and Schembri inquiry case rejected...
A legal bid by Simon Busuttil and David Casa to reignite a bid for an inquiry into Minister Konrad Mizzi and OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri has been flatly denied by the courts. “Contrary to what...
View ArticleDoctors meet minister over online medical courses fears
Concerns over a Malta-based online medical school were flagged during a recent meeting between Education Minister Evarist Bartolo and the doctors’ lobby, the Times of Malta has learnt. Sources said...
View ArticleRare sight
A man was spotted with his horse and cart in Lunzjata Valley, limits of Kerċem, Gozo, which is not a common sight nowadays. Photo: Leander I. Thomas
View ArticleMalta's Swede politician promises to remain among the people
“All politicians are of the people, but I will remain among the people,” says Camilla Appelgren, making her pitch to a question about what makes her different from other politicians contesting the...
View ArticleAirport could be Brexit bottleneck for Customs
The infrastructure at the airport arrivals lounge is the most worrying aspect of Brexit for the director general of the Customs Department, with most of the other bases already well covered. The...
View ArticleFour arrested after car chase
Three men and a woman are being questioned by the police after being seen fleeing the scene as the police responded to a report of a car on fire. The incident happened at about 11pm on Monday. The...
View ArticleBank employee pleads not guilty to misappropriating confidential data
A local bank employee, targeted by police investigations over the past three months, was granted bail after pleading not guilty to misappropriating confidential data of the bank. The 36-year old...
View ArticleMarsa-Ħamrun bypass to be linked to Cannon Road, Sta Venera
Cannon Road in Sta Venera is to be linked to the Marsa Ħamrun bypass to facilitate the flow of traffic from Birkirkara, Sta Venera and Ħamrun to the south of Malta, Infrastructure Minister Ian Borg...
View ArticleNo outright calls to quit made as Delia faces ‘onslaught’ by MPs
Opposition leader Adrian Delia faced an ‘onslaught’ during a “fiery” parliamentary group meeting on Monday evening but none of those present openly called for his resignation, Times of Malta was told....
View ArticleLate Soho king ‘Big Frank’ loses case against Malta
‘Big Frank’, who ran a vice syndicate in London’s red light district in the 1960s and 1970s, lost a case he took to the European Court of Human Rights after being forced to submit to a paternity test...
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