• Qatar USA Malta

    Fake news prompts Foreign Affairs Ministry denial

    An online article claiming Saudi Arabia had cut off ties with Malta over its friendship with Qatar was false, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said this afternoon.  In a brief statement, the ministry made reference to an article titled 'Saudi Arabia ends ties with Malta for sympathising with Qatar' and said that contrary ...

  • Malta

    Archbishop denounces ‘hate speech’ after Zarb’s comments

    Character assassination and attempts at intimidation have no place in a democracy, Archbishop Charles Scicluna said yesterday in reaction to the invective aimed at three MEPs by former General Workers’ Union secretary general Tony Zarb. “Hate speech, wherever it comes from, is unbecoming of grownups debating issues of national importance. Democracy ...

  • Malta

    Medieval mellowness

    With some 1,500 medieval buildings, the picturesque southeast German city of Regensburg is home to the largest Middle Ages town north of the Alps. Veronica Stivala explored its gothic architecture and picturesque river banks, and savoured its delectable food. Idyllic scenes of lovers idling, children playing and sunseekers basking along grassy ...

  • Malta

    Vanity Fair Governors

    The pair of historical articles on these pages mark the start of a short series of five articles by Christopher Grech that will feature the British Governors of Malta who enjoyed the (sometimes dubious) honour of being caricaturised by Vanity Fair maga­zine’s resident artist. The Governors to be featured are ...

  • USA Austria

    Father's Day creator was Renaissance woman, descendant says

    This Father's Day, Betsy Roddy will write two cards: one to her dad, and the other to her late great-grandmother, Sonora Smart Dodd.The second card is a century-old family tradition honoring the Mother of Father's Day.Sunday is the 107th Father's Day celebrated in the U.S. since Dodd created the holiday ...

  • USA

    Bill Cosby judge declares mistrial as jury deadlocks again

    Bill Cosby's trial on sexual assault charges ended in a mistrial Saturday after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision in a case that helped destroy the 79-year-old comedian's image as "America's Dad."Jurors deliberated more than 52 hours over six days before telling a judge they couldn't agree on whether "The Cosby Show" star ...

  • Australia Malta

    Sliema residents dismayed by ongoing excavation works despite ‘summer break’

    Sliema residents in the vicinity of Triq Sant’ Antnin and Tigne Seafront are fuming after disruptive excavation works related to a development project continue despite a summer break thta supposedly came into force.Through the strength of legal notice 295 of 2007, demolition and excavation works in designated tourist zones must ...

  • Qatar USA Malta

    Foreign Affairs Ministry categorically denies media report on Saudi Arabia cutting ties with Malta

    A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion has categorically denied a media report stating that Saudi Arabia has severed all ties with Malta over alleged remarks made by the Minister on Gulf countries’ decision to cut ties with Qatar.Some weeks ago Gulf countries took a decision ...

  • USA Malta

    Watch: Authorities need to take action on traffic blind spots – dead biker's father

    After the tragic death of 28-year-old motorcyclist Christopher Paul Abela (below, with his wife) last week after being involved in a road accident, Christopher’s father, Paul, is appealing to the public be more attentive on the roads in order to prevent such accidents reoccurring on our streets. “In incidents like ...

  • USA Malta

    Tonio Fenech calls for return to Christian values in resignation letter to PN

    Former Minister Tonio Fenech called on political parties to return to Christian values, claiming that he had been the target of “mud-slinging”, and said that he had entered politics to make a difference and “not for the money”, in his resignation letter to the Nationalist Party, The Malta Independent on ...