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Online apps help you calculate your pension
If you are more than 50 years old, you can now log online and calculate your monthly pension, or estimate how much cash you would have in hand if you choose to retire at a home for the elderly.Two...
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Works on Paola square continue as town celebrates its feast
The Paola square regeneration project is far from complete, to the chagrin of the residents who will celebrate the feast of Christ the King this weekend, this newspaper has learnt. Works on Antoine de...
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Baby boy seriously hurt as car crashes into parked bus
A one-year-old boy was rushed to hospital this morning after he was seriously injured in a traffic accident in Żabbar. The accident happened at around 8.20am when a 20-year-old Birżebbuġa resident...
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Tributes pour in for MP's kidney donation
Tributes are streaming in for Nationalist MP Ivan Bartolo as the former Mosta mayor prepares to donate one of his kidneys - a gesture made all the more altruistic as the organ will go to a stranger....
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Man, 71, forced wife to watch porn while sexually assaulting her
A 71-year-old man who forced his wife to watch porn while inserting objects into her private parts will be spending the next year behind bars. In an arraignment which verged on the surreal, the...
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Watch: Savage attack by Paceville bouncers caught on camera
Paceville bouncers have been caught on camera beating up two men in an apparently unprovoked attack that happened two months ago.The attack, which dates back to the early hours of a Sunday morning in...
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Magistrate accepts Busuttil’s request to investigate Muscat, Schembri, Mizzi
Updated 1.45pm - Added video A magistrate has upheld Opposition leader Simon Busuttil's request for an investigation on whether Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri, among others, broke money laundering...
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Planning Authority mulling over future of Verdala Hotel
An old sign at the main entrance still promises that the extensive refurbishing and upgrading programme at the Grand Hotel Verdala will soon be completed, but the date of the reopening – 1999 – has...
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Bird trapping 'breaches EU law' - ECJ prosecution
Updated 5.50pm Current trapping arrangements of seven species of wild finches do not respect Malta's obligations under EU law, according to an Opinion issued today by the Advocate General at the...
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Several roads to close for fireworks display on Saturday
Several arterial roads will be closed between 9.30 and 11.30pm on Saturday for a fireworks display on the occasion of the feast of Sta Venera. The closed roads will be:• The Mrieħel bypass towards...
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New film claims John Dalli unsuccessfully tried to obtain info about alleged...
Former European commissioner John Dalli unsuccessfully tried to obtain information about an alleged conspiracy against him that led to his sacking, according to a documentary made by two Danish...
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Mother tells court how she watched her son die
One heartbroken mother testified about the final moments before her son died after he was stabbed in a violent scuffle which broke out in Giovanni Barbara Street, Ħamrun on a Sunday evening last...
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Who cares? Trucks, cars block promenades, pavements...
Updated 10.45am with more pictures The driver of a soft drinks truck found a novel way to deliver his crates without disrupting the traffic: he parked across the pavement on one of Malta's busiest...
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Pickpocket caught discarding stolen wallet
Weeping and hugging a shawl closely around her shoulders, a woman entered a courtroom early this afternoon after being arrested yesterday in St Julian's as the prime suspect behind a case of...
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Woman fined €5,000 for improper use of mobile phone
A woman who used her mobile phone to tarnish the reputation of a lawyer through an SMS was today made to answer criminally for the message sent on March 30. Francine Cini, 31, from Żebbuġ, Gozo, sent...
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Traveller's undeclared €12,990 confiscated
A Sicilian passenger travelling to Malta on the catamaran last Monday was today fined and forced to forfeit almost €13,000 in favour of the public coffers after being found in possession of a...
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Imam laughs off talk of Muslim political party
Imam Mohammad Elsadi denied speculation that he is testing the waters on the possibility of setting up an Islamic party with the aim of having the first Muslim MP in five years’ time. The head of the...
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Man dies after falling from balcony
A 64-year-old man from Qala died when he fell from the balcony of his house after balustrades gave way. The police said the accident happened in Triq l-Imġarr, Qala at around 5.10pm. The victim was...
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Watch: Transplanted kidney 'functioning well', relieved Bartolo says
Being told that a kidney he donated to a stranger was functioning well was like being told that he had “just had a child”, Nationalist MP Ivan Bartolo told this newspaper yesterday. On Wednesday, the...
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Malta-Italy gas pipeline to be operational by 2024
The €322 million Malta-Italy gas pipeline which will replace the permanently-moored gas tanker supplying the Delimara power plant is targeted to be operational by 2024. Energy Minister Joe Mizzi this...
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