A Malta-flagged oil tanker is among two vessels to be attacked by Iran on Thursday while sailing close to Iraq. The Greek-owned Malta-flagged oil tanker Zefyros was attacked as it was preparing to enter the port of Khor Al-Zoubair. The Zefyros was due to have taken on board an additional 30,000 tons of liquid naphtha — primarily used in petrochemicals
KM Malta Airlines has announced a new service between Malta and the Sicilian city of Palermo, which will run three times a week from the end of May. In a statement Thursday, the airline said the new service would start operating from May 30 and continue throughout the summer. The new service is KM’s second Sicily connection, with the airline already
Enrica Bonaccorti, the versatile host, actress, and lyricist who defined eras of Italian broadcasting, passed away Thursday at the age of 76, Italian media report. Her death follows a public battle with pancreatic cancer, a diagnosis she first shared with fans in September 2025. Born in Savona on November 18, 1949, Bonaccorti's journey in the spotlight
As Artificial Intelligence continues to reshape the global landscape, ensuring that national strategy is grounded in both scientific evidence and practical policy has never been more critical. This was the central theme of the recent Science Meets Policy event, co-organised by Xjenza Malta and the Malta Digital Innovation Authority (MDIA). The event
We often view the skin as the most conspicuous mirror of the ageing process, and evidence confirms that due to the gut-skin axis, the skin reflects what is happening in our gut. Just as we have a nervous system, the skin is a system in its own right. It consists of hair follicles, hair, nails, sebaceous oil glands and sweat glands. Interestingly, if
Malta's cruise-liner industry has long been an integral part of the country's tourism ecosystem. The latest figures from the Valletta Cruise Port confirm that the sector is not merely stable but expanding in strategic and increasingly sophisticated ways. With 962,966 passengers and 385 port calls recorded last year, and a projected rise to 420 calls
Claim: A new legal notice exempts all pensioners’ income, including non-pension income, from tax. Verdict: The new legal notice only applies to income from pensions, not from other income sources. However, other measures exempt pensioners' additional income from tax, albeit to a slightly lesser extent. A budget promise to double the threshold under
During a visit to De La Salle College, Prime Minister Robert Abela had an inspiring conversation with one of the students who wants to follow in his footsteps. Abela visited De La Salle Senior School earlier today, where he met with students and educators during an activity focused on education and their future career aspirations. The student asked
Health Minister Jo Etienne Abela announced to the Parliament of Malta that “in the coming weeks,” two brand new wards – with a combined capacity of 46 patients – will be opened in place of the current administration block inside Mater Dei Hospital. This space will provide a “sizeable area” for more patients to be cared for at the national hospital
The Parliament of Malta unanimously voted in favour of re-establishing the Commercial Court as its own court, separate from the First Hall of the Civil Court, with the jurisdiction to hear cases of a commercial nature. During Wednesday's plenary session in the Maltese Parliament, both parliamentary groups voted in favour of Bill 133 to re-introduce
