Times of Malta

The Times of Malta is the leading media outlet in Malta. Established in 1935 by Lord and Lady Strickland along with their daughter Mabel, it holds the title of the oldest daily newspaper still operating in the country. Known for having the highest circulation, it is regarded as the go-to daily publication for the Maltese press. Both the newspaper and its widely-used website, timesofmalta.com, are considered the most influential media platforms in Malta. The organization is independent and owned by the Strickland Foundation. The widely-read Sunday edition places a strong focus on Malta's social and cultural scene. In terms of local traffic, Timesofmalta.com is the most visited website across Malta.

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Chris Bonett tells Times Talk how he imagines mass transport in future

1 week ago | timesofmalta.com | Mark Laurence Zammit

The metro remains the best mass transportation system for Malta and it would be worth the cost, according to Transport Minister Chris Bonett, but the country might not be able to afford it. The long-term “dream” for mass transportation in Malta would be an integrated system that includes several means of transport – perhaps underground, rail and ferries – all complementing each other, he said during a Times Talk episode that is being released on Wednesday (today).
Packed cultural programme for traditional San Girgor feast

1 week ago | timesofmalta.com | Matthew Bonanno

The culture ministry has announced a varied cultural programme for the traditional feast of San Girgor on the Wednesday after Easter, featuring music, history, and community participation. The programme will include historical re-enactments, folk singing, guided tours, and a flower carpet on the parvis of the Church of St Gregory in Zejtun.
Man jailed three years for shooting cat and mutilating a puppy

1 week ago | timesofmalta.com | Matthew Bonanno

A 25-year-old man from Għaxaq has been sentenced to three years in prison for shooting and killing a cat, and cropping the ears of a dog in his care, among other charges. Clyde Mallia was convicted by Magistrate Marse-Ann Farrugia of 12 out of 13 charges, including illegal possession of a firearm, animal cruelty, driving without a licence and insurance, and breaching previous bail conditions.
Malta history books to be updated, education minister confirms

1 week ago | timesofmalta.com | Mark Laurence Zammit

Students’ history curriculum and textbooks in schools will have to be updated now that a significant archaeological discovery pushed back Maltese history by at least 1,000 years, Education Minister Clifton Grima confirmed. Grima said he looks forward to updating the curriculum as further discoveries on the origins of the Maltese people are unearthed and confirmed in the near future. RELATED STORIESTimes Talk: The first Maltese people in history, unearthed“I’m emotional, truly emotional about this.
PN denies pressuring Għargħur councillor who quit party

1 week ago | timesofmalta.com | Matthew Bonanno

The Nationalist Party has denied it ever exerted any form of pressure on Għargħur local councillor Francesca Attard, who resigned unexpectedly from the party on Friday. Attard will now serve as an independent, depriving PN of its majority in the five-seat council as a result. Writing on social media, she said she wanted to work “free from political pressure”. In a statement, PN said it was surprised by Attard’s resignation announcement.
Ian Borg suggests halting development of one and two-star hotels

1 week ago | timesofmalta.com | Matthew Bonanno

Tourism minister Ian Borg has mooted the possibility of no longer allowing the development of one and two-star hotels in an effort to increase the quality of Malta’s tourist accommodation “from the bottom up.” Borg made the comments on the latest episode of Jon Mallia’s discussion show Il-Każin fuq Tokis.
Kick Israel out of Eurovision, Maltese MEP Alex Agius Saliba asks EBU

2 weeks ago | timesofmalta.com | Matthew Bonanno

Labour MEP Alex Agius Saliba on Thursday penned a letter to the European Broadcasting Union demanding the expulsion of Israel from the Eurovision Song Contest. The letter was co-written by Agius Saliba and Slovenian MEPS Mattias Nemec and Irena Joveva as Israel continues its siege on Gaza.
The first Maltese people in history unearthed

2 weeks ago | timesofmalta.com | Mark Laurence Zammit

A special episode of Times Talk is revealing an exclusive, first look into a groundbreaking discovery led by two Maltese archaeologists, which has altered the history of Malta and the Mediterranean. In this episode, professors Eleanor Scerri and Nicholas Vella sit down with Times of Malta to explain how their team unearthed 8,500-year old remains from a cave in Mellieħa that confirmed there were humans in Malta at least a thousand years before the first farmers were thought to have arrived.
Human life on Malta began at least 1,000 years before first believed

2 weeks ago | timesofmalta.com | Mark Laurence Zammit

Mellieħa cave reveals Malta's first people were hunter-gatherers Discovery hailed as equivalent to Sir Temi Zammit's megalithic finds School textbooks and museums must now be updated, scientists say Times Talk to provide exclusive first look at discovery on Thursday A groundbreaking discovery has revealed that Malta's human history is at least 1,000 years older than previously thought, and that the first people to ever descend on the islands were hunter-gatherers, not the farmers described in...
Adolescence director ‘terrified’ of daughter growing up in ‘social media world’

2 weeks ago | timesofmalta.com | Matthew Bonanno

The director of the hit TV series Adolescence says he is terrified by the prospect of his young daughter eventually using social media. Philip Barantini believes the show’s universal themes of online bullying and toxic masculinity are among the reasons why Adolescence has been propelled as the most talked-about series of 2025.