Cern findings on particle accelerator technology presented at Malta conference
Recent findings on the state-of-the art particle accelerator technology were this morning presented by the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, Cern, at the Valletta University Campus. Opening...
View ArticleMalta dead last for EU gender employment gap
Malta remains the EU country with the biggest gap in the percentage of working men and women, new Eurostat figures show.While 81.4 per cent of men in Malta aged 20-64 are employed, a mere 53.6 per...
View Article400-year-old Valletta gardens to open for public during green festival
Two 400-year-old gardens in Valletta will be opening their doors for the public for the first time during the Valletta Green Festival, being held between May 6 and 8. The Festival is a Valletta 2018...
View ArticleMediterranean crossings claim 1,200 lives in first four months of 2016
More than 1,200 people have drowned while seeking a new life in the Mediterranean in the first four months of 2016, International Office of Migration statistics show.The IOM reckons that an estimated...
View ArticleSusan Boyle involved in Heathrow Airport incident with police
Singer Susan Boyle is on her way home to Scotland after an incident with police at Heathrow Airport. The former Britain's Got Talent star, 55, was led away by officers after the disturbance in an...
View ArticleGay couple win custody battle against Thai surrogate mother
A same-sex American-Spanish couple have won a high-profile custody fight against a Thai surrogate mother who decided she wanted to keep the baby when she found out they were gay. Bangkok's Juvenile...
View Article10 illegal bird callers removed from countryside
A total of 10 illegal bird callers were this afternoon removed from the vicinity of Mtaħleb, Lippija, Mosta, Magħtab, Siġġiewi and Dingli by members of the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) and...
View ArticleRoad works to start in Valletta Road, Mosta, tomorrow
Road works in connection with the laying of water mains will start in Valletta Road, Mosta tomorrow. The Water Services Corporation said the works will take place between 8pm to 5am and traffic...
View ArticleNew tallinja app offers live bus tracking system
The days of frustrated commuters waiting at bus stops with no idea when the next bus will come will hopefully end soon through the use of a new app, launched by Malta Public Transport this morning....
View ArticlePolice failings led to "unlawful killing" of fans in UK's Hillsborough soccer...
Police failures were to blame for the deaths of 96 Liverpool soccer fans in the 1989 Hillsborough stadium crush, a jury concluded today after two years of hearings into Britain's worst sporting...
View ArticlePrime Minister urged to take stronger position in favour of bird protection
Birdlife has complained to the prime minister that the Wild Birds Regulation Unit (WBRU) is taking a position in favour of hunting, despite it being a government entity. It also pointed out in a...
View ArticleOpposition hands power station documents to Attorney General
Update 14:55 with PL reaction The Opposition leader has passed on to the Auditor General a letter and documents the party had received before the last election containing a proposal for the building...
View Article'Dentist of horror' gets 8 years
A Dutchman dubbed the "dentist of horror" has been sentenced to eight years in jail and banned from ever practicing again for mutilating patients' mouths and defrauding social security services....
View ArticleHousewife charged with defrauding 89-year-old of €90,000
A housewife has been placed under house arrest after being accused of defrauding an 89-year-old woman of €90,000 by issuing cheque payments to herself. Michelina Grech, 55, from Rabat, pleaded not...
View Article"Alarming" indifference to the suffering of vulnerable - President
Newspapers and social media feeds are awash with stories of inequality, but this hasn’t led people to care any further about other people’s problems, President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca said this...
View Article'We're not insolvent', Daniel's shopping complex insists
The shareholders and directors of Daniels Shopping Complex have appealed a court order which declared the company insolvent, claiming a breach of their right to a fair hearing and their right not to...
View ArticleMalta's best FIFA player hopes to turn pro
Playing video games for a living is the kind of job the average young man would kill to have.But Kurt Fenech, 21, is no average gamer. Having already ranked fourth in a European FIFA 16 tournament, he...
View ArticleRestaurant owner acquitted of €45,000 theft of electricity because charges...
A court has acquitted a restaurant owner of stealing €45,600 worth of electricity because the police were too late in filing the charges. The owner of Chez Gaetano Restaurant in Bugibba Square,...
View ArticleRussia supplying S-300 missiles to Iran ahead of schedule
Russia is supplying its S-300 air defence missile systems to Iran ahead of schedule and is now in talks with the Islamic Republic on deliveries of other military equipment, the head of Russia's...
View ArticleMonetary policy: to buy or not to buy?
Investors’ attention this week shifts to the awaited policy meetings by the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan, to be held respectively between today and tomorrow. Chances of a further US...
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