Israeli museum removing 'McJesus' after Christian protests
An art exhibit depicting a fast-food clown nailed to a cross is to be taken off display at an Israeli art museum following protests and demands for its removal by Christians. The mayor of the northern...
View ArticleVolunteers donate non-perishable goods to Foodbank
Deloitte Malta volunteers pulled together throughout December 2018 to help the less fortunate, by supporting the Foodbank Lifeline Foundation’s Reverse Advent Calendar initiative. Over 75 boxes of...
View ArticleToday's front pages - January 18, 2019
These are the main stories in Friday’s newspapers. Times of Malta says an outbreak of swine flu has been reported at Mater Dei Hospital and St Vincent de Paul Residence. In another story, it says a...
View ArticleMan in critical condition after car accident
A 63-year-old man from Marsascala is in a critical condition after he was hit by a car in Għaxaq on Friday morning as he was crossing the road. The police said the accident happened in Triq Dawret...
View ArticleOnline payment services solution
Secure Trading Group has added its acquiring platform (Acquiring.com) to the existing global gateway solutions provided to the Weston Hotel, a Victorian hotel on the North Yorkshire coast. Secure...
View ArticleWhat happened on... January 18
10 years ago - The Sunday Times Sunday, January 18, 2009 IVF laboratory at Mater Dei has everything but patients Mater Dei Hospital has a fully-equipped IVF laboratory, The Sunday Times has learnt....
View ArticleMarketing Kingdom brings world leading experts to Malta
Some of the world’s leading marketers from Facebook, Twitter, Airbus, Hotels.com, SAP and Bacardi are scheduled to present at Marketing Kingdom Malta, on March 1 at the InterContinental Hotel, St...
View ArticleGozitan artist’s research on light and colour
Mark Sagona’s latest exhibition The Painted Psyche and Other Narratives 2000-2018 is on display at Palazzo de la Salle in Valletta until tomorrow. The collection of paintings focuses on the concept of...
View ArticleMore cars will cancel out Central Link project benefits
Reductions in travel time and vehicle emissions as a result of the planned Central Link road upgrade project will be largely cancelled out by increases in the number of cars in the coming decades,...
View ArticleWatch: Gżira coach Abdilla wary of Spartans
Gżira United coach Darren Abdilla is expecting a tough test this evening when they take on Ħamrun Spartans at the National Stadium (kick-off: 19.00). After last week’s disappointing draw against...
View Article'I said nothing extraordinary': Jason Azzopardi insists there's no problem...
Nationalist Party MP Jason Azzopardi has downplayed tensions between himself and party leader Adrian Delia, saying people were “making a fuss when I said nothing extraordinary”. Dr Delia spoke...
View ArticleIsrael demolishes home of accused Palestinian killer
Israeli forces demolished the West Bank home on Friday of a Palestinian accused of the fatal September stabbing of an Israeli-American, witnesses told AFP. Residents of the town of Yata, near the...
View ArticleA stronger role for the euro
One of the strengths of the United States is its currency – the dollar. The strength lies in the fact that a number of commodities are priced and traded exclusively in the US dollar. Examples include...
View ArticleProbe all backbenchers, commissioner is told
Democratic Party leader Godfrey Farrugia has written to Commissioner of Public Standards George Hyzler requesting an investigation of all parliamentary backbenchers. In a statement on Friday, PD said...
View ArticleShared Mediterranean challenges required shared solutions - Mogherini
The shared challenges in the Mediterranean region required shared solutions, EU High Representative Federica Mogherini said on Friday morning. Speaking during the opening of the 5+5 meeting being held...
View ArticleHighlights from the Valletta International Baroque Festival
Tomorrow Noon: Olivier Spilmont, director and the Ensemble Alia Mens perform during the Musica Poetica – Bach Cantata and Concertos at the Manoel Theatre, Valletta. 4pm: Lucile Boulanger, viola da...
View ArticleEconomic activity being driven in wrong direction
Economic growth is a direct function of productivity which measures the amount of leverage an economy can generate from its two primary inputs, labour and capital. Without productivity, an economy is...
View ArticleHospital close to full capacity – government
Mater Dei Hospital is operating “very close to full capacity”, the government has confirmed as the hospital deals with a swine flu outbreak and an influx of patients with the seasonal influenza. On...
View ArticleFree public transport is great news for the environment but it's no silver...
When Luxembourg announced recently that all public transport in the country will be free from next year, this radical move was received with astonishment. After all, most nations would surely shy away...
View ArticleIn a flap
A colony of seagulls flies over the Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq shoreline earlier this week.
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