In February 1931, Progress Press moved from Strada Reale to 341, St Paul Street, Valletta, until recently the site of Allied Newspapers Limited, also known as Strickland House.

The first issue of The Times of Malta was published in full co-operation with the British MI5 on 7 August 1935 under menacing war clouds as Italy planned the invasion of Abyssinia, which began in October of that year.

The paper gained a reputation for objective reporting whilst upholding its own strongly held editorial opinion.

Nevertheless, none of the newspapers forming part of the Group ever missed an issue, in spite of continuous bombing and many shortages in the siege years between 1940 and 1943.

Under the editorship of Charles Grech Orr, The Times kept up the tradition of never missing an issue when twice hit by industrial action in 1973 and when political arsonists burned the building down on 15 October 1979.

In March 2021, Adrian Hillman, the former director of the Allied Group and Vince Buhagiar, the former chairman of Progress Press were charged in court with various fraud and money-laundering offences.

It is alleged that Hillman and Buhagiar conspired with Keith Schembri, former chief of staff to Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, to defraud Progress Press of around €5.5 million by inflating the prices of machinery purchased from Schembri's company Kasco and sharing the profits between themselves.

The project is part of the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) and aims to develop tools to identify fake news in Malta, Greece, and Cyprus.

[7] In early 2024, the Times of Malta was accused of spreading fake news after publishing articles alleging Papaya Ltd’s involvement in money laundering and ties to Russian organized crime.