Times Talk by Times of Malta

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A Times of Malta podcast that takes a closer look at the stories shaping Malta today. Hosted by award-winning journalist and assistant editor Mark Laurence Zammit.

  1. 1 day ago

    Times Talk: What happened when the trial went silent

    When the live blogs from the trial of Yorgen Fenech went silent on Friday, social media was flooded with people asking why no journalist would tell them what was going on. In this special episode of Times Talk, court reporter Clara Farrugia and Mark Laurence Zammit unpack all that happened when Yorgen Fenech, the judge, witnesses and all jurors, lawyers and journalists visited the sites connected to the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia in a convoy of vans and armoured vehicles amid high security police escorts and army surveillance.

    Times Talk: What happened when the trial went silent

  2. 4 days ago

    Melvin takes the stand against Yorgen Fenech

    The taxi driver who says Yorgen Fenech paid him €150,000 to have Daphne Caruana Galizia spent five gruelling days on the witness stand this week, answering questions from prosecutors and defence lawyers. Melvin Theuma - the pardoned middleman who is the prosecution's star witness in the case - had a lot to say. Mark Laurence Zammit and Clara Farrugia unpack a week's worth of blistering testimony in one of the most important criminal trials in Malta's history.

    Melvin takes the stand against Yorgen Fenech

  3. 8 Aug

    Unpacking week 6 of the Yorgen Fenech trial

    From WhatsApp chats and an infamous video to a huge Electrogas investigation, a lot happened this week A week is a long time in politics, they say, and so it seems in the trial of Yorgen Fenech as well. A lot has happened in court this week, and Times Talk unpacks it all in the latest episode about the murder trial. Court reporter Clara Farrugia and journalist Mark Laurence Zammit go over the heartbreaking testimony of Daphne Caruana Galizia’s son, Matthew, who described the day of his mother's murder and what the two were doing at home just before. He also shed light on a major Electrogas investigation they were both working on.

    Unpacking week 6 of the Yorgen Fenech trial

  4. 2 Aug

    A sex abuse victim and the priest who told her to move on

    In June 2025, a retired Maltese bishop caused a stir when he said on TV that abuse victims should first be encouraged to forgive their abusers before going to the police. As backlash grew, George Frendo apologised, saying he had not meant that forgiveness should substitute reporting such crimes to authorities. But the bishop’s initial statement left its mark on one woman. They were the same words Frendo had told her years ago, when as a child she was abused by a man they both knew. In this Times Talk episode, the woman speaks out about her years of abuse at the hands of a relative, the damage Frendo’s advice did to her and why she has decided to go public now. We also speak to Frendo, who explains why he felt it was not his place to report the abuse at the time, and what he wishes he had done differently.

    A sex abuse victim and the priest who told her to move on

  5. 1 Aug

    Inside week 5 in the trial of Yorgen Fenech | Times Talk

    The latest episode of Times Talk unpacks the last two days of Keith Schembri's testimony during the trial of Yorgen Fenech earlier this week. In the 30-minute episode, court reporter Clara Farrugia and Mark Laurence Zammit take a deep dive into some of the toughest questions the former OPM chief of staff faced from Yorgen Fenech lawyer Giannella de Marco. How did police find Schembri and Fenech when they arrested them? What was the two men's reaction as they were being detained? How did Schembri learn when his name was raised during police investigations into the murder, and what is the deal with the alleged naked lawyer at Castille? This week Schembri also revealed some new details about that time he claims Yorgen Fenech hinted to him that he had been involved in the murder and how the pistol of one of Joseph Muscat's security staff went off by mistake inside Muscat's own home. Catch the latest episode on Times of Malta, YouTube, Spotify, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

    Inside week 5 in the trial of Yorgen Fenech | Times Talk

  6. 30 Jul

    Times Talk: Why we're breaking our usual schedule to bring you this episode

    Times Talk on the trial of Yorgen Fenech usually comes out on the weekend and includes a run-down of all that happened that week. But as former OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri took the witness stand on Tuesday, things got heated and prompted this mid-week episode about what happened before and during his testimony. How is Yorgen Fenech reacting to all of this in the courtroom, and what is the atmosphere like in the room at this stage? Times Talk unpacks what all of this means and why it matters, as more details continue to emerge in the trial that has got the country glued to its screens.

    Times Talk: Why we're breaking our usual schedule to bring you this episode

  7. 25 Jul

    The trial of Yorgen Fenech - Week 4

    It was a week of claims, counterclaims and secret recordings as the fourth week of the Yorgen Fenech trial drew to a close. Times of Malta court reporter Clara Farrugia and editor-in-chief Herman Grech sat down for a new episode of Times Talk to unpack the latest courtroom drama gripping the country. At the centre of the week’s proceedings was Johann Cremona, a business associate of Fenech, who spent four days on the witness stand before his testimony ended in a tense exchange with the defence team. The episode also examines the testimony of former police commissioner Lawrence Cutajar and Edgar Brincat, known as il-Ġojja, who had links to murder middleman Melvin Theuma. Hours of complex testimony, distilled into a 20-minute episode of Times Talk, with one key question in the end: what happens when other people are being implicated in the crime? Watch the full episode on Times of Malta or YouTube, or listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

    The trial of Yorgen Fenech - Week 4

  8. 18 Jul

    The trial of Yorgen Fenech - Week 3

    As the third week of Yorgen Fenech's trial comes to a close, Times of Malta court reporter Clara Farrugia and editor-in-chief Herman Grech sat down for a new Times Talk episode to unpack the details of the courtroom drama that is gripping the country. Among the most chilling moments in Hall 22 this week was the testimony of Alfred and George Degiorgio, two of the three convicted hitmen, who linked Keith Schembri and Chris Cardona to the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia. The episode also explains the role of the other witnesses who testified this week, including Vince Muscat, il-Koħħu.

    The trial of Yorgen Fenech - Week 3
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