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Updated: PN raises further questions on €360 million State guarantee for...
(Adds PL's reply) The Nationalist Party this morning raised a number of questions about the €360 million State guarantee for a new gas power plant. The guarantee, announced on Wednesday, is 80 per...
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25-year-old's condition improves
The 25-year-old critically injured in a traffic accident in Mellieha yesterday has shown signs of improvement and is no longer in danger of losing his life, the police said. The man was driving a...
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21 arrested after drug finds
A total of 21 persons aged between 22 and 36 were arrested by the Drug Squad last night. They were found in possession of cocaine, cannabis and ecstasy. The police said the arrests were made during...
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Blue shark encounter
Three men on a fishing trip were treated to the sight of their life earlier this month when a blue shark circled their boat giving them ample time to film it. Jonathan Cassar, who filmed the shark...
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Illegally imported protected birds seized in Gozo
Fifty-two illegally imported juvenile songbirds were confiscated in Gozo but hundreds more are believed to be on the market because of the lack of rigorous checks by government officials. The police...
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Abandoned fishing boat catches fire in Marsa
An abandoned fishing at Moll il-Braken in Marsa caught fire at around 6pm. No one was injured. The fire was put out by firemen from the Civil Protection Department's Corradino Fire Station and its...
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Santa Marija horse racing times ‘should be shifted’
The centuries-old horse races held annually in Victoria on Santa Marija should take place in the early morning or late evening, according to the Animal Welfare Director. “While recognising that this...
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Fireworks: from awe to obsession
Josef Camilleri might have no O levels to his name but his knowledge of chemistry puts the majority of the island to shame. The 58-year-old is the licensee of the St Mary Fireworks Factory in Mqabba...
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Bus lane: thousands of euros lost in fines
Thousands of euros in fines have been lost because wardens were under the impression that the Sliema-Gżira bus lane was illegal and so they only issued warnings. The Times of Malta report carried...
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Former health minister hospitalised
Former health minister Godfrey Farrugia has been hospitalised for tests. His partner Marlene said on Facebook today that his condition had improved. Dr Farrugia has been visited by Speaker Anglu...
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Prime Minister defends State guarantee to Electrogas as Opposition leader...
The controversial €360 million State guarantee to Electrogas was the main subject of this morning's political interventions by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and Opposition leader Simon Busuttil. Prime...
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Rescues on the high seas and celebrating feasts - Times of Malta photos of...
Times of Malta presents a selection of its photographers' choice of their best photos over the past days.
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Malta and Gozo celebrate feast of Santa Marija
Malta and Gozo today celebrate the feast of Santa Marija, the Assumption of Our Lady. The parishes of Ghaxaq, Gudja, Mosta, Mqabba, Qrendi, and Attard will hold a variety of activities, including...
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Trojan horse erected at City Gate in protest against EU-US trade agreement
An eight-metre high Trojan horse model has been erected at City Gate in Valletta today to protest against “the dangerous impacts of the secret EU-US trade agreement”, known as the Trans-Atlantic Trade...
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Mepa’s golden handshake to its chief lawyer is ‘unprecedented’
The planning authority paid its chief lawyer Anthony Degaetano more than €250,000 as part of a golden handshake, The Sunday Times of Malta has learnt. Asked to confirm the information, a Mepa...
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‘Minorities are at risk from new porn law’
The government’s proposed law on ‘extreme pornography’ risks criminalising sexual minorities and make it illegal for adults to watch depictions of legal sex acts, activists have warned. “We know of...
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Forget Frozen and sing Hallelujah by Handel
Children should not be pushed to sing Let It Go while dancing to the music with “ugly” gyrating moves and, instead, be encouraged to join choirs, according to a choral conductor. Marouska Attard, 30,...
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Ex-Carmelite prior signed off property to his brother
The Carmelite Province has mounted a legal challenge against a long-term lease agreement signed by a former prior granting a section of the Order’s Balluta garden to his brother who in turn filed a...
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Malta firm denies any knowledge of US scam
A Maltese financial services company at the centre of a US investigation into a $100 million insider trading scandal is insisting it has no knowledge of the alleged scam. On Monday, the US Security...
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At least 40 migrants die in Mediterranean - Italian navy
At least 40 migrants died after apparently getting trapped and suffocating in the water-logged hold of a fishing boat in the Mediterranean, the Italian navy said. The victims are thought to have...
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