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Italian former football player Roberto Baggio at a match in Argentina last year. Photo: AFP

Ex-Italy star Baggio injured in burglary as he watched match

He was watching his national team play in the Euros at home when five people broke into his home

June 21, 2024| AFP
Photo (AFP) by the Guarda Costiera shows a sailboat off the coast of Calabria. According to Coast Guards 12 people from the sailboat adrift near the dividing line between Italian and Greek waters.

Search for dozens feared missing after deadly migrant shipwrecks off Italy

Another two shipwrecks left at least 11 people dead

June 17, 2024| AFP
Over 40,000 people attended the inauguration on May 31.

Sicilia Outlet Village inaugurates 30 new stores, expansion

The Village is now one of the largest shopping centres in Italy

June 16, 2024| Press Release
The power of persuasion replaced by the power of fists in the Italian lower house.

Watch: Punch-up in Italy's parliament sparks furore   

A free-for-all involving some 20 men.

June 13, 2024| AFP
Muscat was spotted sitting next a celebrity watch maker who was jailed for lying to investigators in 2008. Graphic: Karl Andrew Micallef.

'I was a guest': Joseph Muscat responds to 'billionaire' club advert

Ex-PM spotted dining with US celebrity watchmaker who was sentenced for falsifying records

June 10, 2024| James Cummings
Georgia Meloni's government hoped to have the project up and running before the EU elections. Photo: AFP

Italy's Meloni to visit Albania to discuss migrants: media

Albania has agreed to take in asylum seekers plucked from the seas off Italy

June 3, 2024| AFP
Still taken from the multichannel video installation of the US pavilion.

Foreigners Everywhere: everyone is welcome

The Venice Biennale is taking place until November 24

June 2, 2024| Emma Mattei
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni greets supporters at the end of a campaign meeting of Italian far-right party "Fratelli d'Italia" for the upcoming European elections. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP

EU vote a 'referendum on opposing visions' of Europe: Italy PM

Meloni wants right-winged politics to trump left-winged in the upcoming EU MEP election

June 1, 2024| AFP
The city of Palermo. Photo: Shutterstock.com

Watch: Sicily: Italy's island under the sun (ARTE)

It is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea

May 30, 2024| ARTE
From left: Rabat primary assistant heads Josette Sultana and Nadine Grech, Maria Paola Vecchione, Silvia Marini, Ambra Coccia, Gigliola Pieroni and Francesca Nicolai, assistant head Helga Vella and head of school Lelio Spiteri. Photo: Charles Spiteri

Italian teachers visit Gozo College Rabat primary

Opportunity proved to be an exciting glimpse into the Maltese education system

May 30, 2024| Times of Malta
Photo: KM Malta Airlines

KM Malta Airlines cancels Tuesday Milan Linate flights due to strike

Passengers transferred to flight the following day

May 27, 2024| Times of Malta
Raids targeted individuals involved in setting up an association with terrorist purposes and committing terrorist attacks. File photo.

Italy says it has disrupted Turkish armed group, arrests major boss

Raids in Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Turkey

May 22, 2024| AFP
Gerard Depardieu. Photo: Shutterstock.com

French actor Depardieu in ‘violent’ scuffle with photographer

Rino Barillari claims that the actor punched him three times in the face

May 22, 2024| AFP
Members of SOS Mediterranee rescuing the 35 migrants stranded in Maltese Search and Rescue Zone on Monday. Photo: SOS Mediterranee/X

Group rescued eight hours from Malta to be taken to port 'two days away'

Survivors spent three nights at sea and suffered from hypothermia, rescuer say

May 21, 2024| Giulia Magri
Apartment buildings near the "solfatara" at the Campi Flegrei (Phlegraean Fields) a volcanic region close to Naples.

Watch: Flurry of tremors detected at caldera in southern Italy

Panic among residents but no major damage

May 21, 2024| AFP
Allegri storming out of the pitch on Tuesday. Photo: AFP

Juventus sack Allegri two days after raging incident, despite winning cup

Italian giants dismiss coach because of 'behaviour'

May 17, 2024| AFP
Gianluca Caruso (insert) was hauled to court on Friday as the Italian authorities seek to extradite him to serve a pending prison sentence. Credit: Times of Malta/newsicilia

Sicilian man living in Malta wanted in Italy to serve drug trafficking sentence

Court postpones decision on extradition

May 17, 2024| Jessica Arena
Some of the exercises carried out. Photo: Transport Malta

Transport Malta in training exercises with AFM, Italian coast guard

Officials were trained on how to respond to marine pollution

May 10, 2024| Times of Malta
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attends Italian National TV show "Porta a Porta" in Rome on April 4, 2024. AFP

Italy public TV journalists strike for 'freedom'   

'We prefer to lose one or more days of pay than to lose our freedom'

May 6, 2024| AFP
The Bruno Gregoretti, one of two Italian coastguard vessels to enter the Grand Harbour on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Italian coastguard vessels to enter Grand Harbour for AFM-led exercise

Barracuda 2024 to prepare stakeholders for crisis emergency response situations

May 5, 2024| Times of Malta
The statue known as "Victorious Youth" is displayed at the Getty Villa in 2018. Photo: Mario Tama /Getty Images North America/ AFP

European court upholds Italy's claim to Greek bronze

The statue known as 'Victorious Youth' vanished in the 60's before it was purchased by the Getty Museum in 1977

May 2, 2024| AFP
Italy's Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni gestures on stage during the campaign meeting of the far-right party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) ahead of the European Elections, on April 28, 2024 in Pescara. Photo: AFP

Italian PM Meloni says will stand in EU Parliament elections

Brothers of Italy party came top in Italy's 2022 general election with 26 per cent of the vote

April 28, 2024| Times of Malta
Pope Francis (C) is seen on a boat on April 28, 2024 in Venice. Pope Francis visits Venice today, his first trip outside Rome in seven months, which will be closely watched amid concerns over the 87-year-old's fragile health. Photo: AFP

Pope meets women prisoners in Venice, first trip in months

One-day trip closely watched amid concerns over the fragile health of Francis

April 28, 2024| AFP
An employee of the Municipality of Venice stands next to an information board for entering the city, in front of the Santa Lucia railway station in Venice.

Venice launches five-euro entry fee

Venice is one of the world's top tourist destinations -- but is drowning under the weight of the crowds

April 25, 2024| AFP
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni addresses the press during the European Council summit at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on April 18. Photo: AFP

Italy marks fascist defeat amid TV censorship row

Critics have dubbed public broadcaster RAI 'Telemeloni'

April 24, 2024| AFP
A mural by artist Maurizio Cattelan is seen outside Giudecca Women’s Prison hosting the Holy See pavilion. Photos: Gabriel Bouys/AFP

Venice’s 60th Biennale opens on humanity and the fragile planet

The Biennale Arte 2024 runs until November 24

April 22, 2024| AFP
Malta’s highway code should be updated to curb illegalities, says Insurance Association Malta director general Adrian Galea.

Insurers want Malta's highway code to follow Italy's lead

Malta Insurance Association says updates will curb illegalities and boost road safety

April 20, 2024| Matthew Xuereb
A report by Europol said Malta was one of five EU countries heavily targeted by organised crime gangs. Photo: Shutterstock

Malta key target for burglaries by 'most threatening' organised crime gangs

Croatians, Georgians, Italians and Romanians comprise majority of gangs - Europol

April 18, 2024| James Cummings
The Italian students and their teachers, along with Rabat primary head of school Lelio Spiteri, get together for a commemorative photo at the school. Photo: Charles Spiteri

Italian students visit Rabat primary

A great opportunity to foster cultural exchange and friendship

April 18, 2024| Times of Malta
A Juventus supporter (R), wearing the jersey of Juventus' Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo prior to the start of an Italian Serie A football match. AFP file photo.

Juventus ordered to pay Ronaldo €9.7m in back salary

Ronaldo spent three seasons in Italy with Juventus

April 17, 2024| AFP