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Celtic claimed their first Champions League Group C point with a thrilling 3-3 draw against Manchester City in Glasgow. Arsenal were comfortable 2-0 winners at home to Swiss side Basel. Barcelona came from a goal down to beat Borussia M'Gladbach. Athletico Madrid were 2-1 winners against German champions Bayern Munich.
17 countries are set to compete in the 14th edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The contest, which is taking place in Valletta for the second time in 3 years on 20th November, will be hosted by Maltese public broadcaster PBS at the Mediterranean Conference Centre. In changes to the format of the contest, the event will take place on...
A Nigerian man has been sentenced to seven years in prison after he was found guilty of having trafficked 588 grams of cocaine into Malta from Brussels, three years ago.  When he was arrested in August 2013, Eddy Favour Imeh was found to have swallowed 46 capsules of the drugs before boarding his flight from Brussels.
The latest bitter political attack on a $100 million American investment which will create 300 productive, quality jobs, is nothing but another desperate attempt to foil quality jobs from coming to Malta. As a commercial entity Crane Currency, which works with some 60 governments including the US Government, chooses its own suppliers according to its commercial needs. Since equipment related...
Malta will be commemorating World Maritime Dayduring the week of 3rd to 6th October, when the first ever Malta Maritime Summit will be held in Malta. The summit will bring to Malta many key shipping Ministers, policy makers and executives with the aim to discuss in detail the future of the shipping industry and the role it will continue to...
Ryanair has announced it will be retaining new routes, announced back in April, throughout 2017. Brussels, Catania, Nuremberg, Toulouse, Valencia and Vilnius - will be retained year round, the airline said. The airline said it will operate the flights to Brussels and Catania daily, and to Nuremberg, Toulouse, Valencia and Vilnius twice weekly. It will also be increasing flight frequency to Dublin...
Former Israeli president Shimon Peres has died at the age of 93, two weeks after suffering a stroke. Born in Poland in 1923, Mr Peres emigrated to what was then British mandatory Palestine when he was 11. Shimon Peres, who was one of the last of a generation of Israeli politicians present at the new nation's birth in 1948, served twice...
Sam Allardyce has left his post as England manager by mutual agreement with the Football Association after one match and 67 days in charge. It follows a newspaper investigation claiming he offered advice on how to "get around" rules on player transfers. Gareth Southgate will take charge of England for their upcoming World Cup qualifier against Malta on October 8th.
The Football Association hierarchy are holding a series of emergency meetings at Wembley to determine the future of the England manager, Sam Allardyce, after allegations he offered advice on how to get around transfer regulations. The FA’s recently appointed chairman, Greg Clarke, is speaking with the chief executive, Martin Glenn, to discuss the comments made by Allardyce to undercover reporters...
Seven Air Malta flights will be delayed today due to technical reasons on one of the airline’s aircraft. The aircraft is currently being serviced in Malta by the airline’s engineers. Air Malta is doing its utmost to minimise these delays and inconveniencies to its passengers and is offering its affected clients the required assistance. The following flights are affected as follows: KM612/3(Malta-Rome-Malta) will...