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WasteServ has released footage of a fire, which spread within seconds at one of its plants in Magħtab on Wednesday, warning people to dispose of batteries safely. On Wednesday , the Civil Protection Department urged residents in the area of the landfill facility to keep their doors and windows shut after a fire broke out after 11.30am. On Thursday,

World capitals and markets are awaiting Tehran's response to Washington's latest proposed deal to end the war in the Middle East and to reopen the key shipping lane out of the Gulf. Asian stocks soared, and oil prices fell after US President Donald Trump said once again that an agreement could be near after positive talks, and Iran said it would pass

The Labour Party is doubling down on its claims that the PN built its offshore fuel hub proposal around a suggestion from a fuel smuggler. The election campaign is in full swing, and Times of Malta is covering all the biggest moments as they happen. Refresh this page for the latest updates 8.55am Robert Abela made, and repeated, an explosive claim

British voters cast ballots Thursday in midterm local and regional elections that could shake up the country's politics and deliver a heavy blow to embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Starmer's center-left Labour Party is bracing for big losses in polls that will choose about 5,000 local councilors and a handful of mayors across England, as well

The European Commission is “assessing” the government’s response to a judgment that found it in breach of EU bird trapping rules, with European Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall “confident” a solution will be found. Roswall was speaking to Times of Malta during a two-day visit to Malta last week. In Malta, Roswall toured a barn owl conservation

With a general election called for May 30, Malta’s two main parties are putting their cards on the table. One of the Labour Party’s opening proposals is a €5,000 birth bonus for every child born in Malta, a significant increase from the current system, which pays between €1,000 and €2,000 depending on birth order. It is a bold and welcome commitment

Welcome to the Election Desk. This is where we round up the major headlines of the last 24 hours, together with some of the more light-hearted and funnier sides of the campaign trail. Malta gets a Polymarket Gambling addicts, rejoice! You can now bet your hard-earned cash online on who you think is going to be Malta’s next prime minister. The odds

The PL is copying several of the Opposition’s proposals that it had criticised in the past, simply because there is an upcoming election, the PN told the media on Monday. Shadow environment minister Rebekah Borg told a press conference that among such proposals, the PN last year suggested setting up a Child Trust Fund that would allocate €5,000 to

Italian prosecutors have opened an unlawful detention investigation following a raid by Israeli forces on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, Italian media reported on Monday. The probe was opened following complaints received over the detention last week of Spanish citizen Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian Thiago Avila, who were on an Italian-flagged vessel. An

European leaders talked up independence on defence and closer ties with Canada Monday, as they gathered in Armenia for a summit clouded by US threats to cut military support. US President Donald Trump loomed large over the meeting of the European Political Community (EPC) in Yerevan, which was for the first time attended by a non-European leader: Canada's

A Maltese space company is joining an international mission to send a hard drive to the Moon, and it believes the technology developed along the way could help doctors, emergency responders and scientists back home. Spaceomix, founded by Prof Joseph Borg, is teaming up with Belgian space company Space Applications Services to place a solid-state data