Dutch to probe Feyenoord-Ajax violenceTrouble erupted during the...
The Dutch government pledged a top-level investigation on Thursday after Ajax's Dutch Cup semi-final at Feyenoord was halted when a player was injured by an object thrown from the stands. The game was...
View ArticleBoaters protest jetty works as barklori remain without landing siteA boatman...
A group of boatmen gathered at their landing site in Valletta on Thursday to protest the start of planned jetty works they say could destroy the Maltese harbour boat tradition. The protesters gathered...
View ArticleVelotto and Molina to play for Exiles in 2023 National ChampionshipExiles...
Exiles president Andrew Paris confirmed that former Italian internationals Alessandro Velotto and Guillermo Molina Rios are the club‘s chosen foreign players for the forthcoming summer. The...
View ArticleMan scuffles with police after fighting with his partnerA man accused of...
A violent argument between a couple spilled over into a scuffle with police officers when the man tried to approach his injured partner in hospital, ignoring police orders to step away, a court was...
View ArticleWhy homeowners and developers should use verified tradespeopleThe homeowner...
In Malta, one of the largest local economic drivers within this century has been tradespeople within the construction industry. Within this industry, tradespeople have consistently made considerable...
View ArticlePolice urged to investigate reported heritage discoveries during Gozo worksA...
An environmental NGO has accused the authorities of failing to protect archaeology in Gozo after excavation work started at a construction site close to the scheduled Santa Verna Temple buffer zone...
View ArticleSilvio Berlusconi has leukaemia, doctors saySilvio Berlusconi acknowledges...
Italian former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, 86, has leukaemia and a lung infection, doctors said Thursday, a day after he was rushed into intensive care due to respiratory difficulties....
View ArticleFrank Lampard returns to Chelsea as caretaker bossFrank Lampard is back in...
Frank Lampard made a surprise return to Chelsea as caretaker manager until the end of the season on Thursday, just over two years after he was sacked by the Premier League club. Lampard, Chelsea’s...
View ArticleMan suffers electric shock, fallA magisterial inquiry was appointed after a...
A 40-year-old man was hospitalised on Thursday morning after suffering an electric shock. The police said the man was working in a warehouse in Triq L-Iskultur, Qormi, when the accident happened at...
View ArticleCompany director acquitted of breaching sanctions against RussiaA...
A non-executive director of a shipping company which chartered a ship used to transport gunshot cartridges from St Petersburg to Morocco has been cleared of breaching EU sanctions against Russia. Karl...
View ArticleFrench army fears overstretch at 2024 Paris OlympicsSoldiers will be used to...
Like past Olympic host nations France plans to deploy soldiers for securing the 2024 summer games in Paris, but army and government sources have told AFP that they fear the forces being overloaded....
View ArticleMalta drop five places in men’s FIFA RankingsTeddy Teuma (left) in action for...
Malta has dropped five places in the men’s FIFA Rankings following the latest positions released by football’s world governing body on Thursday. Michele Marcolini’s side is now sitting in the 172nd...
View ArticleMIA, HSBC and BMIT drag the MSE Equity Price Index lowerThe Malta Stock...
The MSE Equity Price Index fell by a further 0.2% to a three-month low of 3,523.650 points on Thursday as declines in MIA, HSBC and BMIT outweighed the gains in IHI and MaltaPost. Meanwhile, BOV,...
View ArticleDutch to probe Feyenoord-Ajax violencePhoto: AFP
The Dutch government pledged a top-level investigation on Thursday after Ajax’s Dutch Cup semi-final at Feyenoord was halted when a player was injured by an object thrown from the stands. The game was...
View ArticleMacron says he's counting on Xi to 'bring Russia to its senses'...
French President Emmanuel Macron called on his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping Thursday to "bring Russia to its senses" over Ukraine and urged him not to deliver weapons to Moscow. The French...
View ArticleThe man on a mission to visit every modernist building in MaltaPatrick van...
After living in Malta for six months, Patrick van Schaik felt like he had seen all there was to see. It was then, on his daily commute from his Birkirkara home, that the Dutch national noticed...
View ArticleFarmers in south worried about drop in supply of treated waterIn 2022, Ta’...
Farmers in the south of Malta are worried that the supply of reclaimed water is not enough to keep their crops sufficiently watered. A group of farmers who till fields in the Xgħajra area told Times...
View Article15-year-old leads police on car chase after suspected theftsA 15-year-old...
A 15-year-old unlicensed motorist led police on a chase along several streets of Cottonera after they tried to arrest him in connection with thefts from boats in Marsaxlokk on Thursday. The police...
View ArticleNGOs savage government's animal welfare recordAnton Refalo has come in for...
A number of animal welfare NGOs have reacted sharply to comments by Agriculture and Animal Welfare Anton Refalo, listing a long line of unkept promises and accusing him of complete detachment from...
View ArticleHoly Week: Of faith and folklore, pomp and pageantryPenitents in the Mosta...
“I peeped into Mosta’s celebrations and saw the immense domed space filled with 10,000 people swarming around their Passion statues’’ ‒ Robin Bryans in Malta and Gozo guidebook (Faber and Faber,...
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