Old lady takes 'noisy' sister to court
An elderly couple have been cleared of harassing their relatives who live in an underlying apartment after being accused of waking them up in the early hours of the morning with loud footsteps. The...
View ArticleTwo injured in crash
Two people were hospitalised following a traffic accident in Dawret il-Gudja, Gudja this afternoon. The man was slightly injured but the woman's condition is not yet known. She is not critical. The...
View ArticleZaren tal-Ajkla keeps commuters entertained on Gozo Channel ferry
Commuters returning from Gozo on the 7.30pm ferry this afternoon were in for a treat. Because the one and only Zaren tal-Ajkla was also on board and he made sure people in the cafeteria were kept...
View ArticleChief nurse at Mater Dei is replaced again
A new nursing head will take over at Mater Dei Hospital this week, just a year after the acrimonious transfer of Charmaine Attard. Dr Victoria Sultana, a University lecturer who spent some years...
View Article‘Malta-China agreement sparking foreign interest’
Malta will be the first EU country to sign a medium-term cooperation agreement with China when the Prime Minister flies to Beijing on Tuesday. According to the government, the five-year memorandum of...
View ArticleOwner sees pet cat ripped apart by Rottweiler
A woman who witnessed her beloved pet cat being ripped apart by a Rottweiler is calling for large dogs to be muzzled when taken out by their owners. Marcelle Migneco, 63, was in the garden of her...
View ArticleSkola Sajf, Klabb 3-16 postponed due to possible strike action
Skola Sajf and Klabb 3-16 have been postponed by a week due to possible strike action over a shortfall in staff numbers. In a statement this evening, the Education Ministry said that a situation could...
View ArticleCannabis smokers won’t be criminals
Smoking cannabis will be downgraded in the eyes of the law if provisions in a White Paper on drug reform are adopted by Parliament, with users facing a traffic-style tribunal rather than court. The...
View ArticleGozitan urban legend comes to life in false alarm
When she was last seen, Modestina Cefai was wearing a pink dress, gold earrings and a faldetta, a traditional women’s head dress that has long gone out of fashion. According to the original police...
View ArticleLuckiest man in the world has exciting plans for our capital
British entrepreneur Mark Weingard had three near-misses – in New York’s 9/11, the Bali bombing and Thailand’s 2004 tsunami – but fate had other plans. He speaks to The Sunday Times of Malta about how...
View ArticleKate Middleton expected in Malta
The Duchess of Cambridge is expected to visit Malta in connection with the 50th anniversary of Malta’s Independence. The Sunday Times of Malta in informed that Kate Middleton is expected to be the...
View ArticleAncestors’ litter yields clues to ancient puzzle
A team of archaeologists led by Caroline Malone from Queen’s University, Belfast, is sifting through litter dumped thousands of years ago in what is thought to be Gozo’s first village at Taċ-Ċawla....
View ArticleFormer Enemalta chairman 'should apologise to the people' - former...
Former Enemalta Chairman Alex Tranter and the Risk Management Committee he chaired should apologise to the Maltese people for the way they had handled oil procurement, dealing in up to $1.5 billion...
View ArticleWoman sues financial company after losing her savings
A woman who lost all her life savings when she invested money into funds which failed, is accusing a financial services company of mis-selling the products and of tricking her into signing. Veneranda...
View ArticlePictures: John Dalli court case starts
The court case instituted by former European Commissioner John Dalli against Commissioner President Jose' Manuel Barroso has started in Luxembourg. Mr Dalli is claiming he was improperly pushed out of...
View ArticleReturned to his former self
The statue of St Gregory in Sliema has been restored to its original state after a communication breakdown between the Church and the restorer led to a complete makeover of the saint. John Seychell...
View Article‘Change of rules hits IVF success’
The in-vitro fertilisation success rate almost halved after new rules limited to two the number of eggs that could be fertilised, Times of Malta has learnt. In 2013, the first full year the sector was...
View ArticleCritical report on Olaf's Dalli investigation officially published
Corporate Europe Observatory, an influential transparency NGO has published a copy of a critical report by the EU Anti fraud agency Olaf which questioned the legality of the investigation that led to...
View ArticleUpdated video - Barroso says that in repeat of Dalli case, he would act in...
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said this evening that were the John Dalli case to come up again, he would act in the same manner as he did in 2012. Former EU Health Commissioner...
View ArticleBarroso: I would have sacked John Dalli had he not resigned
European Commission President Jose’ Manuel Barroso told a court in Luxembourg today that former Health Commissioner John Dalli had accepted that it was imprudent of him to have had meetings with...
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