While Air Malta's headcount has already gone down over recent years, the airline could operate with even fewer people, the airline's new Executive Chairman, David Curmi, said on Indepth.Curmi, who hails from an insurance and financial services backgr...

The first line of a mass transportation system would take 8-10 years to complete, if the country decides to implement such a project, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Ian Borg told The Malta Independent on Sunday during an intervi...

It took Bernard Grech more than 100 days to line up his shadow cabinet but, at the end of the day, he left many portfolios as they had been established by his predecessor.But what is more significant is that some of his attempts to shift responsibili...

Contrary to popular belief, it is very rare that children and adolescents go missing purely as attention seeking behaviour. The Malta Independent on Sunday delved deeper into the subject of disappering children after what seemed to be a surge in miss...

Malta’s Covid-19 reproduction rate – also referred to as the r-factor – now stands at 1.25, statistician Vincent Marmara told The Malta Independent on Sunday in his weekly video blog.The reproduction number of the virus is...

The British government said Saturday that it does not expect any disruptions to its orders for coronavirus vaccines after the European Union emphasized it would not trigger an emergency provision of the Brexit deal as part of its strategy to monitor ...

A motorcyclist was rushed to hospital after he was seriously injured in an early morning crash on the Coast Road on Sunday, police said.Police said that they were informed of the incident at 5:40am, and preliminary investigations showed that a man &n...

Malta registered 136 new Covid-19 cases, while 149 patients have recovered, fuigures released by the health authorities show.Another person has died with the virus. He is an 85-year-old man who died at Mater Dei Hospital.So far, 25,822 vaccination do...

Opposition Leader Bernard Grech insisted on Saturday that party media should not take advantage on certain situations when reporting, as it does not matter who the person or what their occupation is.Speaking during a radio interview on 103 Malta&rsqu...

Three Slovakian men were arrested in connection with the kidnapping of a fellow countryman earlier this week.The police said the 30-year-old victim was approached by the three men in Salib Street, Mellieha, last Wednesday.They forced him into a car a...

Eight persons were arrested by the police in separate drug raids in Marsa, Zabbar and Marsascala, the police said.On Friday morning, members of the Rapid Intervention Unit arrested two men, a Somali aged 23 and a Gambian aged 27, who were in possessi...

Floriana: Floriana  Dispensary, 29, Vincenzo Dimech Street; Ħamrun: St Gaetan Pharmacy, Kappillan Mifsud Street; Santa Venera: Lantern Pharmacy, Misraħ il-Kebbies; Swatar: Collis Williams – St Mark's Pharmacy, P. Borg Olivier Str...

The Government and Opposition held differing views regarding a report from the office of The Commissioner for Standards in Public Life citing concerns with Bill 159 which is currently before parliament. This comes after The Malta Independent asked qu...

A motorcyclist was seriously injured this afternoon after losing control of the bike he was riding and crashed, falling one storey onto the rocks, the police said.The accident took place on the Coast, Road, direction St Julian’s, at 12.30pm.The...

Melita Marine has invested five million eors in top quality maritime and engineering services.“As a government, we are committed to promote a Malta which is renowned as a centre of excellence in the maritime sector, a sector which is increasing...

A new green initiative grant scheme to turn ‘grey’ built-up residential areas into healthier ‘green’ places to live in has been rolled out. This was announced by Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning Aaron ...

A last-minute consolation and a bundled effort from a long throw-in are the only goals Manchester City has conceded in nine games across all competitions in 2021.Pep Guardiola, one of the most attack-minded coaches in soccer history, has constructed ...

Zlatan Ibrahimović missed a penalty but AC Milan won 2-1 at Bologna on Saturday to bounce back from a disappointing week and remain top of Serie A.Ante Rebić fired home the rebound after Ibrahimović’s penalty kick was saved and F...

In the first match played at the National Stadium on Saturday afternoon Sirens came from a goal down to beat Floriana by the odd goal in three. The goal which proved to be the winner by the St Paul’s Bay outfit materialized in the last seven mi...

The European Union introduced tighter rules Friday on exports of COVID-19 vaccines that could hit shipments to nations like the United Kingdom, deepening a dispute with London over scarce supplies of potentially lifesaving shots.But amid an outcry in...

Regulators authorized AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine for use in adults throughout the European Union on Friday, amid criticism the bloc is not moving fast enough to vaccinate its population.The European Medicines Agency licensed the vaccine to be ...

Photos of a metal gate blocking public access to the picturesque Fomm ir-Rih bay let to feelings of anger and consternation this week, not only among environmentalists but also by many members of the public who often frequent the area. Access to Fomm...

A planning application proposing, among other things, a looped cycling and jogging track has been filed with the Planning Authority.The proposal seeks to upgrade existing car parks at Ta' Qali, the formation of a camping site with ancillary facilitie...

The Mental Health Commissioner has spoken out over the MUMN's decision, where the union ordered its members to refuse admission to illegal immigrants at Mount Carmel Hospital."Under Maltese law, mental health services must respect individual qua...

185 new cases of Covid-19 were found overnight and another three patients have died, the health authorities said on Friday.More details about today’s cases were given by Health Superintendent Charmaine Gauci in her weekly briefing.The patients ...

By the start of this year, 90% of Gozitans who lost their job at the start of the pandemic found employment again, Prime Minister Robert Abela said.He was speaking during a business breakfast organised by the Gozo Regional Development Authority(GRDA)...

EU Commissioner Helena Dalli's son being jailed over drug trafficking charges is 'a private family matter,' a spokesperson from the EU Commission told The Malta Independent, thus indicating that she will not be resigning over the matter.The younger s...

A recent photo on social media has sparked a great interest among the general public regarding the story of more than a century old water reservoir built by the British at Luqa.In a press conference yesterday, Sustainable Development Minister, Miriam...

A man was grievously injured after falling off a wall in the St Julian's valley, the police said in a statement.The incident occurred at 4pm on Triq Birkirkara. The man, a Serb, was taken to Mater Dei Hospital. Investigations are ongoing

Balzan registered an important win and gained three precious points coming from a goal down to turn the score in their favour. It was a deserved win for Balzan who had Duric and Andrejic combining well in an offensive set up which reaped the desired ...

The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses has ordered its members to refuse admission to illegal immigrants at Mount Carmel Hospital.MUMN cannot tolerate that nurses and patients are put at high risk for their safety due to flagrant “abuse” ...

A gate that blocked access to Fomm ir-Rih Bay has been removed, the planning ministry said.Environmentalists fumed on Thursday after photos of the new gate were posted on social media.The gate is plastered with signs which say that the area is privat...

With demand for COVID-19 vaccines outpacing the world’s supplies, a frustrated public and policymakers want to know: How can we get more? A lot more. Right away.The problem: “It’s not like adding more water to the soup,” said ...

Infrastructure Malta will on Saturday introduce the first phase of an upgrade of the junctions of Tal-Barrani Road, limits of Santa Lucija and Zejtun, to gradually eliminate traffic lights and replace them with uninterrupted lanes and safer junctions...

The Planning Ministry has said that the Intelligent Planning Consultative Forum (IPCF) has entered its second phase, as it will be focusing on three key areas this year: the SPED review, a new aesthetics policy for our buildings, and the 2-Speed Appl...

Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit's into the Hamrun building collapse leading to Miriam Pace's death is a crushing indictment of the state of the Maltese construction industry over the last 20 years, Flimkien Ghal Albjent Ahjar has said."Since 2018, ...

The Malta Refugee Council said Friday it was shocked by the “lack of sensitivity” shown by the nurses’ union and urged it to withdraw instructions it had issued earlier in the day.The MUMN earlier instructed nurses to refuse admitti...

Former Labour Minister Joe Micallef Stafrace has passed away, the Labour Party said. He was 88.In a statement, the PL said that Micallef Stafrace was "a politicians and journalist of great skills". His death deprives the country of a true patriot who...

The Public Broadcasting Services today defended a journalist’s right to ask tough questions, saying that a complaint filed by the Nationalist Party against it was an attempt to stop journalists from doing their duty.The Nationalist Party filed ...

It was a splendid moment, one that showed that the country can be apolitical if it wants to.We’re referring to the time when Health Minister Chris Fearne and his Opposition counterpart Stephen Spiteri turned up together to receive the Covid-19 ...

Steward Health Care Malta announced that it has completed an “extensive” upgrade project of the emergency and outpatients departments at the Gozo General Hospital.This was done as part its ongoing investment programme in its hospitals, it...

There was little effort to mask the gloating, just one month after Britain's full — and, at times, tempestuous — divorce from the European Union.In big bold type, the vaccination table produced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservati...

A deal has been reached between the European Parliament’s Rapporteur David Casa and the Portuguese Presidency of the Council on the almost €90 billion European Social Fund Plus – the European Union’s main tool to support employ...

A metal gate blocking a path down to the picturesque Fomm ir-Rih bay has prompted angry reactions from environmentalists.The discovery was made by environmentalist Raniero Borg, who is well-known for the organisation of clean-ups across the island, w...

208 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Thursday, while three more patients have passed away while positive for the virus.Authorities said that an 87-year-old man and a 69-year-old man passed away during the last 24 hours at ...

2020 was not a good year for small and medium enterprises, and if they don’t receive the help they need, a good number of them will end up shutting up shop, the Malta Chamber of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) warned.Only one third of the b...

The compilation of evidence against the man alleged to have masterminded the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder, Yorgen Fenech, continued this morning. Inspector Keith Arnaud revealed that police had been informed of 'escape preparations' by Yorgen F...

The younger son of European Commissioner Helena Dalli was jailed three months after he was found guilty of trafficking ecstasy at a party in Paola in 2013.Jean-Luc Dalli, 25, was caught handing over six ecstasy pills to another man outside a party ve...

A number of Sliema Wanderers FC full-time football players are literally struggling to feed themselves and their families after not receiving salaries for months, the Malta Football Players Association (MFPA) has said in a statement.The MFPA said tha...

The police are investigating spontaneous celebrations that erupted in the streets of Ħamrun as well as a club after they won a key match against Valletta FC which took place at the Hibs Stadium. On Wednesday evening, videos of spontaneous g...

Roberto Firmino ended Liverpool's 483-minute goal drought in the Premier League to set the champions on their way to a 3-1 win over Tottenham on Thursday and revive their faltering title defense.Trent Alexander-Arnold and Sadio Mane also netted as Li...

Former PBS head Reno Bugeja will lead a new Media Literacy Development Board, with veteran TV presenter Peppi Azzopardi and personality Ben Camille also on the board.The establishment of the Media Literacy Development Board was announced by Minister ...

With a score of 53, Malta is considered to be a ‘significant decliner’ in the 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), dropping seven points since 2015 and hitting ‘a new all-time low,’ Transparency International has said.The ...

PL MEP Cyrus Engerer is calling for all MEPs within the European Parliament to support the Maltese government's call for proactivity on a possible Covid-19 vaccine booster shot, in addition to the two that are currently being administered.This week, ...

The Early Childhood Development Association of Malta (ECDAM) has renewed its call for the professionalisation of the early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce, saying that their role cannot be compared to that of a babysitter any longer.&nb...

The Building Construction Authority will serve as a one-stop-shop that people can use for anything they need to know in relation to the construction industry including construction site procedures, their rights in this regard and much more. This...

Floriana was not built as the garden for Valletta as was claimed in a particular opinion article. In fact, following the foundation of Valletta just after the Great Siege, the area known as Floriana was barren land. I am writing with reference to the...

Independent human rights experts who work with the United Nations say Italy failed to protect the “right to life” of over 200 migrants who died when the boat they were on sank in the Mediterranean Sea over seven years ago,The Human Rights...

Infrastructure Malta has completed the new 110-metre Qrejten Breakwater, a €4 million EU-funded investment to shelter the Marsaxlokk fishing port and surrounding coastal areas. For many years, Marsaxlokk fishers have been calling for a new ...

"Justice delayed is justice denied" is an oft-heard legal maxim. It means that if legal redress or equitable relief to an injured party is available, but is not forthcoming in a timely fashion, it is effectively the same as having no remedy at all.It...

On 29 January 2021, MaltaPost will issue a set of  three stamps  paying  tribute to Malta’s healthcare workers.The issue is in appreciation of the sterling work performed during the Covid-19 pandemic by the carers, nurses, doctor...

The Nationalist Party has filed a complaint with the Broadcasting Authority, claiming that an interview with Bernard Grech last week was “guided by the government and PL’s political narrative.”Grech was interviewed on TVM’s In...

Prime Minister Robert Abela has announced the extension of several measures and some new measures for the month of February, a lot of which target an expected influx of people going to Gozo over the carnival period.Amongst the new measures, Abela sai...

193 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Wednesday, while three more patients have died while positive for the virus.During the last 24 hours, an 83-year-old man and a 68-year-old man passed away at Mater Dei Hospital while a 86-year-old woman pass...

Two priests today pleaded not guilty to charges of sexually abusing an altar boy in Gozo several years ago.According to a statement issued by the police on Tuesday, they are facing charges of rape and sexual abuse.In separate proceedings in the Gozo ...

A controversial application for a drive-in cinema on outside development zone land in Marsascala has been withdrawn by the applicant.The plans have been riddled with controversy since they were first reported on last October.The land proposed to be u...

The Malta Union of Teachers (MUT) and Union of Professional Educators - Voice of The Workers (UPE) have turned down suggestions by the Prime Minister to postpone the mid-term holidays to a later date.“The MUT noted the restrictions that have ju...

The “critical success factor” to beat the Covid-19 pandemic does not rest in how many social and economic restrictive measures are implemented, but rather in how effective and efficient enforcement measures are, the Malta Hotels and Resta...

Rigs which are currently sitting in Palumbo Shipyards representing an eyesore on the Grand Harbour landscape are set to be removed from the country by April this year, Transport Minister Ian Borg announced on Wednesday. These rigs have been subj...

Hamrun outclassed rivals Valletta in a one sided affair, beating the Citizens 3-0, with striker Franklin Sasere scoring all the goals.This was a much awaited match between two teams who dominated the 80s and 90s creating a rivalry which is still aliv...

Through an agreement signed by the Energy and Water Agency (EWA), the Environment and Resources Authority (ERA), and Nature Trust Malta, the eNGO Nature Trust Malta has been given the responsibility of managing Wied il-Qlejgħa, more commonly kno...

Just when Manchester United's players were starting to have the look of potential champions, they threw in their sloppiest performance of the season to lose to the Premier League's worst team.A 2-1 home loss to last-place Sheffield United not only pr...

The police have announced the arrest of five people in Żejtun which were in possession of substances which were allegedly cocaine and heroin. The arrests came after two operations in Zejtun.The first operation took place last Sunday, when police...

A man suffered serious injuries on Tuesday night after he was stabbed in the neck, the police said.The aggressor made off, and the police have mounted a search for him.The injured man is a Syrian who lives in Zebbug.The incident took place in a garag...

AstraZeneca has pulled out of meeting with the European Union to discuss delayed vaccine commitments to the bloc, an EU official said.The official, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the talks, said the EU would “insis...

Juventus eased past second-division team Spal 4-0 Wednesday to reach the Italian Cup semifinals despite resting regulars like Cristiano Ronaldo and Paulo Dybala.Alvaro Morata and Gianluca Frabotta scored first-half goals for Juventus while Dejan Kulu...

A man was seriously injured after falling off bastions in Mdina, the police said.The accident took place in Gharreqin Street at 7pm on Tuesday.The police said it was informed about a “man who was crying out for help” as he lay in a field....

President Joe Biden on Monday reinstated COVID-19 travel restrictions on most non-U.S. travelers from Brazil, Ireland, the United Kingdom and 26 other European countries that allow travel across open borders. He also added South Africa to the list.Wh...

Britain's official death toll in the coronavirus pandemic passed 100,000 on Tuesday, a dreaded milestone reached as the government considered imposing hotel quarantines on international travelers to stop new virus variants reaching the country.The go...

Maybe the Prime Minister is an optimistic man who always sees the glass as being half full. Maybe he wants to instil confidence in the country as it seeks to overcome the crisis brought about by the pandemic. Or maybe he is denial and has not yet gra...

Minister for Research, Innovation and the Co-ordination of post covid-19 strategy Owen Bonnici launched the first edition of the National STEM Awards, which will be hosted at the Esplora Interactive Science Centre.The aim of this Award scheme is...

Tova Friedman hid among corpses at Auschwitz amid the chaos of the extermination camp's final days.Just 6 years old at the time, the Poland-born Friedman was instructed by her mother to lie absolutely still in a bed at a camp hospital, next to the bo...

Gavin Gulia said that he was 'hurt' by the Standard Commissioner's comments about him in the report regarding Konrad Mizzi's MTA consultancy job.He was speaking during a session of the Parliamentary Public Appointments Committee, in which he was reap...

Standards Commissioner George Hyzler told Economy Minister Silvio Schembri that there is no need to make a story out of a complaint over his use of the Department of Information for a political statement, Silvio Schembri told this newsroom. Sche...

80,000 more doses of the Moderna vaccine were purchased yesterday, Prime Minister Robert Abela announced in parliament.“A decision in cabinet was made to invest €2 million to get more doses of the vaccine. We managed to obtain 80,000 more ...

Two priests, Dun Joseph Sultana and Dun Joseph Cini, are set to be charged with raping an altar boy in Gozo.The abuse allegedly took place a number of years ago, the police said.In a statement, the police said the Vice-Squad had obtained enough evide...

138 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Tuesday as another two patients died while positive for the virus. An 80-year-old woman and an 88-year-old man both passed away while positive for Covid-19 at Mater Dei Hospital in the last 24 hours, he...

New measures targeting the carnival weekend will be announced tomorrow, Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Tuesday. He did not give details on what the measures may consist of, but ruled out a total lockdown or a curfew on open establishments.T...

HSBC Malta’s customer account fee does not constitute as an unfair commercial practice under the Consumer Affairs Act according to the Director General within the Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority (MCCAA), Consumer Protection Mni...

Health Minister Chris Fearne and Opposition spokesperson for health Stephen Spiteri are next in line to receive the Covid-19 vaccine.The vaccination campaign kicked off almost a month ago, on 27 December last year.  Healthcare workers were first...

The best and worst of Zlatan Ibrahimović was on show Tuesday as he scored and later was sent off in AC Milan's 2-1 loss at city rival Inter Milan in the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup.Ibrahimović clashed with former teammate Romelu Lukaku...

Fueled by a sparkling attacking display, Manchester City's players powered to the top of the Premier League for the first time this season — and even the opposition are stopping to admire their work.In a comical exhibit for VAR's ever-lengtheni...

In a press statement given on Tuesday afternoon, NGO Moviment Graffitti proposed that instead of having a quota for reserved seats in parliament, a quota on the amount of people from the under-represented sex to contest the elections should be implem...

The government has launched an information service system, provided by the Malta Communication Authority (MCA), through which the public can monitor and compare local telecommunication tariff plans and bundled services in order to choose what is best...

In the first week of December, Portugal’s prime minister gave his pandemic-weary people an early Christmas gift: restrictions on gatherings and travel due to COVID-19 would be lifted from Dec. 23-26 so they could spend the holiday season with f...

Carl Brincat has been appointed as the CEO of the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) after a public call, the Economy Ministry announced on Tuesday.In a statement, Minister for the Economy and Industry Silvio Schembri welcomed Brincat’s appointment.B...

The unemployment rate for December 2020 stood at 4.5%, at par with the previous month and 0.9 percentage points more than December 2019, the NSO said. During December 2020, the number of unemployed persons was 12,490 with the unemployed males and the...

The European Union on Tuesday warned pharmaceutical giants that develop coronavirus vaccines to honour their contractual obligations after slow deliveries of shots from two companies hampered the bloc's vaunted vaccine rollout in several nations.The ...

Following an overwhelming vote in favour of the Report on Europe's Strategy for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises that she spearheaded on behalf of the Socialists and Democrats group in the European Parliament, Maltese MEP Josianne Cutajar is now fo...

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte went to the presidential palace Tuesday to offer his resignation after a key coalition ally pulled his party’s support over Conte’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.Conte is hoping to get President Sergi...