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Prime Minister Robert Abela on Thursday pledged continued investment in Malta's festa culture and voluntary sector, promising less bureaucracy, more financial assistance and stronger support structures if the Labour Party is re-elected. Speaking during a press conference in Marsaskala as part of the Labour Party's electoral campaign, Abela said the

An autonomous bus has arrived in Malta, marking the start of a testing phase expected to last at least six months across routes in both Malta and Gozo. The trial is being carried out by Malta Public Transport, the Ministry for Transport, Infrastructure and Public Works, and the University of Malta. It forms part of the metaCCAZE project, a Horizon

Love Island Malta islander Melina is already serving iconic one liners before even entering the villa. Describing her dating life as “very, very plain like a piece of bread”, Melina admitted she’s hoping Love Island Malta finally brings some excitement into her love life. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lovin Malta (@lovinmalta) She also

A Nationalist Party government will set up a ‘population authority’ that will publish labour market studies and a national capacity plan, party leader Alex Borg has pledged. During a news conference on Thursday about overpopulation, Borg unveiled a list of policy measures that the PN would take if elected into government. Among the measures is a population

The Labour Party first criticised PN ideas, then went on to copy them Nationalist Party leader Alex Borg told a crowd in Valletta on Monday. Borg went into details of the proposals the party announced in recent days, measures, he said, which would ill address workers, families, and the elderly. He said a PN government would give health services a priority

The Nationalist Party has proposed a pension supplement of up to €2,000 annually for grandparents caring for children under three years old while the parents work. The payment would apply for each child being cared for. PN said the proposal aims to support families while recognising the role grandparents play in childcare. •

A court has overturned the Attorney General’s decision not to prosecute a care worker accused of raping a former patient, ruling that “silence is not consent”. Mr Justice Mark Simiana ordered the case to be sent back for reconsideration after rejecting the argument that the alleged victim’s silence could be interpreted as consent as reported by Times

Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation has refused to reopen a SLAPP defamation case filed by the co-owner of the shuttered Satabank against Times of Malta. Bulgaria's highest court upheld earlier rulings rejecting Hristo Georgiev's claim against Allied Newspapers Limited over a January 2019 article titled 'Billions of euros in transactions at Satabank

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Monday pushed back on Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal for ex-German leader Gerhard Schroeder to act as mediator on the war in Ukraine. "If we give the right to Russia to appoint a negotiator on our behalf, you know, that would not be very wise," Kallas told reporters at foreign ministers' talks in

The Beatles’ first official London museum is set to open next year in the Mayfair building where the band recorded its final album and played its last gig, Paul McCartney announced on Monday. The attraction − The Beatles at 3 Savile Row − will feature seven floors of never-seen-before archive material and a recreated basement studio where the Fab Four