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Finance Ministry defends €880,000 direct order
A controversial €880,000 direct order the Auditor General has been asked to investigate was approved by the Finance Ministry, a spokesman confirmed. The direct order was given to Infinite Fusion...
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White Rocks development talks 'progressing'
Talks on the redevelopment of the White Rocks are progressing, the Economy Ministry said today. It denied a report in MaltaToday that the project had 'hit the rocks’. "The ministry can confirm that,...
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Woman, 73 injured as car crashes into roundabout
A 73-year-old woman was injured this afternoon when she lost control of her car and crashed into a roundabout in Marsa. The crash happened at about 4pm in Aldo Moro Road. The police said her injuries...
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Moas ship finally assisted after being overwhelmed by rescue work
Updated 10pm -Forty-one hours after being overwhelmed with the number of migrants who needed to be rescued from the central Mediterranean, the Moas ship Phoenix has been given assistance by a SeaEye...
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MPs rack up €4,600 in fines for missing parliamentary sittings
MPs have been fined a total of €4,600 for skipping Parliament in a move that has bolstered attendance, Speaker of the House Anġlu Farrugia has told this newspaper. New rules governing parliamentary...
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How the Panama Papers were unwrapped - Matthew Caruana Galizia and Frederik...
The global Panama Papers investigation led by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists last week won a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting. The ICIJ’s Maltese data engineer...
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Muscat stresses importance of Maltese ties to Azerbaijan
Criticism thrown at Malta over its relationship with Azerbaijan was not necessarily a bad thing, Azeri Foreign Affairs Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told Prime Minister Joseph Muscat this evening.The two...
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The Sunday Times of Malta retracts article linking vaccine to autism
Updated 5.55pm - Added Superintendent of Public Health statement The Sunday Times of Malta has retracted an article that appeared in its last edition, titled 'MMR vaccine and autism -- the movie 'they...
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Elderly man expected to be charged with defilement of girl, 14
An elderly man is expected to be charged with the defilement of a 14-year-old girl in St Paul's Bay last Saturday. The man, an Italian national who lives in St Paul's Bay, is being accused of taking...
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Azerbaijan foreign minister, Socar vice-president visiting Malta
The Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov, will arrive in Malta today for talks with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and Foreign Minister George Vella. He will be accompanied on the three-day...
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Discover Valletta's underground cisterns during upcoming Green Festival
Centuries-old underground cisterns located underneath the Archbishop's Palace in Valletta will be opened up to the public for one weekend at the end of the month. The cisterns, which house fresh...
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Cabin crew action delays flights at Air Malta
Several Air Malta flights were delayed yesterday following industrial action ordered by the cabin crew union which instructed its members to board the planes at the departure time. The directives were...
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Army of spokespersons costs taxpayers over €1m a year
Taxpayers are forking out more than €1 million a year to cover the salaries and perks enjoyed by more than 30 spokespersons employed by the government – which for this newspaper has a poor reputation...
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No candidates so far for two vacant PN councillors' posts
No candidates came forward no the first day of nominations for a casual election in two localities following the resignation of two Nationalist Party councillors, the Electoral Commission said today....
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Italians make up almost quarter of EU workers in Malta
There are almost 6,000 Italians working in Malta, making them the largest group of EU nationals earning a living here, official figures show. Italians made up almost a quarter of the 24,483 workers...
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Marlene Farrugia denies co-option claims
Independent MP Marlene Farrugia has denied claims that in coalition talks with the Nationalist Party, she is demanding co-option to parliament if she fails to be elected. The claims were made on the...
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Watch: Rescuers dive in to save struggling men during Mediterranean rescue
People across Europe and the Mediterranean should support humanitarian efforts to save the lives of people risking their lives to cross the sea, President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca said today....
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Party-goers tricked into buying diuretic pills instead of drugs
A young Italian waitress tricked party-goers into thinking they were buying drugs when she was, in fact, giving them diuretic pills instead. Emanuela Garofalo, 25, Neapolitan-born and living in Italy...
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Tritons fountain was on the verge of 'being lost' - minister
The Tritons Fountain would have been lost forever had restoration works not started immediately, Infrastructure Minister Joe Mizzi said today. “The fountain was in a lamentable state, and had been...
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Man dies as car falls off Mellieħa cliff
Updated 2.10pm A man died today when his car fell off the cliffs at l-Aħrax tal-Mellieħa this morning. Rescuers from the Civil Protection Department and the police were deployed to L-Aħrax...
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