The Gozo Film Festival 2025: Maltese talent and a cat take centre stage

A new energy Malta: Wind, solar, and green maritime fuels

Malta’s energy story must change. For decades, we have been dependent on imported fossil fuels, leaving our energy system exposed to rising costs, supply risks, and carbon emissions. But the future will belong to those who invest in clean,...

‘Forecasting Malta’s weather is like aiming for a bullseye,’ weather forecaster says

Malta's unique geographical position makes accurate weather forecasting a challenge, but despite the complexity, weather forecaster Brian Micallef said that the Meteorology (Met) Office has continued to work on its forecasting accuracy. Micallef...

WATCH | Brothers reunite after 50 years: A tale of migration between Malta and Australia

Two Maltese brothers spent 50 years apart but last April, they finally reunited in Malta in what was an emotional rollercoaster. Richie and Sonny Borg were forced to emigrate in the 1960s by their mother. They left for Australia at a time of mass...

Farmland reform seeks to protect Malta’s food production potential

Landowners of agricultural land are still able to use their field for hunting and weekend barbecues but new rules oblige them to plough the land once a year. The new regulations introduced recently are intended to protect agricultural land from...

Delia can do it

Many people in Malta, mostly politicians, have long been saying that we need ‘a new kind of politics’. In the daily noise of Maltese politics – the press conferences, the party rallies, the endless exchange of accusations – one theme is quietly...

Editorial: Time for action, not a slimy excuse

Read this introduction from a Times of Malta story dated September 2016: “The operators of four tuna fish farms were served with an emergency enforcement order this morning, hours after it emerged that more than half of the fish farm cages are...

Malta sends 40 CPD officers to help Portugal manage wildfires

A group of officers from the Civil Protection Department (CPD) has been sent to Portugal to assist in managing widespread wildfires currently affecting the country. The fires have been made worse by an ongoing heatwave, drought conditions, and...

Dismantling Malta’s environment and democracy: Full steam ahead

Conveniently, in the midst of the summer lull, Planning Minister Clint Camilleri deemed it timely and appropriate to present Bill Number 143 to amend the Development Planning Act, while Minister Jonathan Attard presented Bill 144 to overhaul the...

Today's front pages - August 20, 2025

The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Wednesday. Times of Malta leads with details of how two tourists claimed the notorious owner of a kiosk at St Peter's Pool pointed a firearim at their face after they found the tyres of...

Tourists claim notorious kiosk owner pointed gun at them

Two tourists claimed the notorious owner of a kiosk at St Peter’s Pool pointed a firearm at their face after they found the tyres of their rental car slashed. The terrified pair, who spoke to Times of Malta on condition of anonymity, identified...

Lyndsay Pace nominated for a World Entertainment Award in Hollywood

Lyndsay Pace is a Maltese singer/songwriter whose passion for music was evident from a very young age. With natural presence and self-confidence she boasts not only a professional aura, but stamina, attitude and pure energy too. Read the full...

Letters to the editor – August 20, 2025

Use of supply teachers Colin Calleja, dean, Faculty of Education, University of Malta writes: A supply teacher’s recent legal challenge has brought to light a significant and complex issue within our education system. While it is easy to...

Cardinal Grech warns Malta needs 'collective awakening' from apathy

Malta needs a “collective awakening” from apathy that has rendered us “ like the three monkeys of history – seeing nothing, hearing nothing, and saying nothing”, Cardinal Mario Grech said on Friday. Delivering his sermon during the celebration of...

Momentum calls for urgent environmental enforcement reforms in Malta and Gozo

Momentum has warned that Malta’s natural heritage is “under increasing threat from illegal activities, weak enforcement, and legislative loopholes that continue to undermine environmental protection.” In a statement on Saturday, the Party...

TMID Editorial: Malta’s paradox with age and responsibility

Age is but a number. Or so it is said. As it happens, age is a lot more than just a number, particularly when considering whether one is classed as an adult or as a minor. That may seem cut and dry on paper - but in Malta, it is anything but. This...

Report: 77% of the 202 students at Malta Elementary School not on "college track" in 2023-24 school year

Of the 202 students at Malta Elementary School in New Boston, 155 (77%) weren’t on track for college in the 2023-24 school year, according to Upper East Texas News' analysis of STAAR scores from the Texas Education Agency (TEA). The TEA considers...

Parts of Malta drenched in rain after freak hailstorm

Parts of Malta became drenched in rain and hail on Saturday afternoon as the yearly għarajjex made its way to the island. Despite days of hot and sunny weather, a bout heavy rainfall on Saturday swept over the island. Earlier this week, a...

Watch: Freak hail storm hits parts of Malta

After months of hot, dry weather, Malta got a much longed for soaking with hail reported in certain localities on Saturday afternoon. Videos and photos shared by readers show hail coating Iklin and Għargħur while others living in Sliema reported a...

Greece’s Attica Bank Emerges as Preferred Buyer for HSBC Malta

HSBC Bank in Malta. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Continental Europe CC BY SA 4.0 HSBC Malta is set to change hands after its parent company confirmed on Friday that CrediaBank, formerly known as Attica Bank, has been selected as the preferred bidder....