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Today's front pages - April 18, 2022
The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Monday. Times of Malta leads with a report on how an inquiry into the hospitals’ deal has been handed a “dossier” detailing alleged...
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Food inflation is eating your income – Melvyn Mangion
Rising consumer prices are a growing problem around the world, making it more difficult for people to afford everything from groceries to their utility bills. On a global scale, the recent increase in...
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10 Ukrainian refugee families settle into offices-turned-apartments
Ten Ukrainian refugee families who fled their war-torn country last month have found food, solace and shelter in Kalkara, inside the premises of an international foundation that has turned its offices...
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Game of Thrones Maltese-born actor arrested in LA
Maltese-born actor Joseph Gatt, best known for his role in the popular HBO series Game of Thrones, has been arrested in Los Angeles for sexual and inappropriate communication with a minor earlier this...
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Airstrip in Ħal Far to be relocated to area four times its size
The agreement drawn up by state authorities for the relocation of a Ħal Far model plane airstrip to a site off Wied Żnuber acknowledges the new area’s “close proximity to the Natura 2000 site”....
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Gżira United eye FA Trophy semi-final berth at the expense of Sta Lucia
Gżira United will not take anything for granted when they face Sta Lucia in the IZIBET FA Trophy quarter-final at the Tony Bezzina Stadium on Monday (kick-off: 7pm). Led by the only Maltese coach in...
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Birkirkara, Floriana keen to stay on course for Cup glory
Floriana and Birkirkara will be desperate to stay in the hunt for FA Trophy glory this season when they face each other at the National Stadium on Monday (kick-off: 7pm). Undoubtedly, the direct...
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Asian markets slide, China growth behind target
Asian stocks opened lower on Monday in cautious trade, as China posted higher-than-expected economic growth but officials still warned of “significant challenges ahead”. Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225...
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Youths arraigned on Easter Sunday over theft of copper cables
Two young men arraigned on Easter Sunday were granted bail after pleading not guilty to stealing copper cables from the Casino de Venezia site at Vittoriosa. Gareth Chlach, 23 and Jean Claude Fava,...
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Four teams book a place in the futsal final play-offs
Luxol St Andrews, Valletta, Ta’ Xbiex and University of Malta confirmed their place in the Enemed Futsal Premier League play-offs to be played in the coming days at the National Sports School...
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Ukraine says five 'powerful' missile strikes hit Lviv
Five "powerful" Russian missiles hit Lviv on Monday, a city in the west of the Ukraine that has so far been spared much of the fighting since Russia invaded its pro-Western neighbour nearly two months...
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Is a sprint into parliament what women really needed? Or did the quota backfire?
When parliament convenes next month, 22 of the 79 members will be women, nearly a third of MPs and a historically huge proportion. But more than half secured their seats through a gender quota...
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Ajax doing everything to try and keep United-bound Ten Hag
Ajax’s technical manager Gerry Hamstra has said they are doing everything they can to convince Manchester United managerial target Erik ten Hag to stay at the club Ten Hag is close to finalising a...
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Kahn condemns ‘cowardly’ death threats against Nagelsmann
Bayern Munich CEO Oliver Kahn on Sunday slammed the “cowardly” social media attacks on head coach Julian Nagelsmann, who received 450 death threats via Instagram following their Champions League exit....
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Applicants file fresh appeal on rejected Mġarr solar farm
Applicants for the development of a massive solar farm in Mġarr, which was unanimously rejected by the Planning Authority last month, have filed an appeal. The proposal is for a solar farm on an area...
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Art at the Marsa Junction
Artwork by students and their tutors has been set up along the principal walking and cycling track and bus lay-by of the Marsa Junction. The 'outdoor art gallery', set up in collaboration with...
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Frank Psaila, Alessia Psaila Zammit resign from PN
Frank Psaila and his wife Alessia Psaila Zammit, two members of the Nationalist Party’s executive committee, resigned on Monday. Psaila Zammit has also resigned as a PN councillor of the Siggiewi...
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Malta invites Ukrainian President Zelensky to address parliament
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has been invited to address Malta’s parliament when it reconvenes in May, Foreign Affairs Minister Ian Borg said on Monday. Malta’s parliament will open on May...
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199 new COVID cases, two deaths reported
The number of known new COVID cases continued to decrease on Monday, with a total of 199 new COVID cases reported overnight, according to data published online by the health authorities. The...
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Frankfurt fans made Barca feel ‘robbed in our own home’, says Xavi
Xavi Hernandez said Barcelona felt like they had been “robbed in their own home” after the Camp Nou was packed with Eintracht Frankfurt supporters in their Europa League defeat by the German side on...
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