The husband of the late Miriam Pace said that his life will never be normal again, as he feels like a body without a soul, Carmel Pace said in a Facebook post.Miriam Pace, a 54 year old mother of two, was found dead under the rubble of her own house ...

A senior World Health Organization official said Monday it was “premature” and “unrealistic” to think the pandemic might be stopped by the end of the year, but that the recent arrival of effective vaccines could at least help ...

Former economy minister Chris Cardona was questioned by police after recent allegations that he was linked to the murders of Daphne Caruana Galizia and lawyer Carmel Chircop, Times of Malta reports.Cardona confirmed with the newspaper that he was tak...

The court will be delivering a decree on the testimony of Vince Muscat, known as il-Koħħu, in the case against the Degiorgio brothers.The compilation of evidence against George Degiorgio and Alfred Degiorgio accused of planting and tri...

An application on a site overlooking the Ġgantija temples in Xaghra, Gozo, proposes the construction of an apartment complex on five levels.The site is located on Triq il-Parsott, Xaghra. It forms part of the Area of Archaeological importance, a...

A man and a woman were grievously injured in separate accidents in Qormi and Zabbar on Monday afternoon, the police said.In the first accident, at 4.30pm in Mdina Road, Qormi, a Toyota Vitz driven by a 37-year-old woman of Zebbug Gozo and a Kia Rio d...

Today marks one year since the tragic death of Miriam Pace.A wife, a mother, a daughter, she was an innocent, inside her home as her life was stolen away. We all like to think of our homes as a safe space, but that day changed so much for so many.54-...

The alleged organiser of an illegal rave held on Friday night will be charged by police and by commercial authorities over the party, a police spokesperson told The Malta Independent on Monday afternoon.This newsroom reported on Monday morning o...

Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne said in court today that Steward Healthcare was holding parallel talks with Konrad Mizzi as well as with the Office of the Prime Minister without his knowledge, while he was also holding negotiations with them. ...

Civil society NGOs Repubblika and Occupy Justice held a protest in front of Parliament on Monday, saying they want to “cut off the tentacles that have taken hold of our institutions.”The protest was held after reports about the alleged in...

Vince Muscat will be testifying against Daphne murder suspects George and Alfred Degiorgio, a court heard today.Muscat had been charged over the murder together with the Degiorgios, but he was sentenced to 15 years last week in a plea-bargaining agre...

175 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Monday as one more person died while positive for the virus.Authorities said that an 89-year-old woman passed away during the last 24 hours at St. Thomas Hospital. 316 people have now died in Malta while pos...

Standards Czar George Hyzler went beyond his legal remit when he investigated a complaint about the 2019 journalist lock-up at Castille, two government MPs have claimed.During a meeting of Parliament’s standards committee, ministers Byron Camil...

An illegal rave party which was in clear breach of the country’s mass event and social distancing rules took place at the White Rocks complex in Pembroke, The Malta Independent can confirm.Two videos were shared to the social media platform Ins...

The European Commission has taken legal action to minimise the finch trapping derogation in Malta, environmental NGO BirdLife said in a statement released this afternoon.The European Commission claimed that Malta has “no justification” fo...

The newest patrol boat of the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) has taken to the water for the first time as works on it continue.The €48.5 million ship, co-financed by the EU as part of the Internal Security Fund, will be used for surveillance operat...

Ġorġ Agius, better known as Ġorġ tal-Mużew, has died aged 94.Agius, a member of the Maltese Society for Christian Doctrine (M.U.E.U.M), has for the past 67 years spent days in hospital visiting patients, particularly those wh...

A Paris court on Monday found French former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling and sentenced him to one year in prison and a two-year suspended sentence.The 66-year-old politician, who was president from 2007 to 201...

Prime Minister Robert Abela said Monday that he will not remain passive before people’s suffering, hence why the waiting time for divorce will be slashed and, in some cases removed.He was speaking in Parliament in the debate on a Bill that will...

The PN agrees that divorce waiting times should be shortened, but the Bill presented by the government leads to discrimination and the possibility of abuse, Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said Monday.He was speaking in Parliament in the debate on a ...

The Planning Authortity has validated an application for a 113-room hotel in the Townsquare project in Sliema. The hotel is planned for a building which was previously earmarked as office space adjacent to the already approved main tower.  ...

The implementation of a new system for the issuance of masons’ licenses is in full swing, Planning Minister Aaron Farrugia and Construction Parliamentary Secretary Chris Agius said on Monday.They were speaking during a visit to a construction s...

The Nationalist Party is hoping that the rent reform announced by the government last Saturday is not an exercise to gain votes.Spokesperson for Social and Affordable Accommodation Ivan Bartolo and candidate for the First District Darren Carabott sai...

An elderly woman dies Monday morning after she was hit by a car in Qrendi, the police said.The accident took place in Tempesta Street at around 8am.The woman, aged 81 of Qrendi, was hit by a Volkswagen driven by a 30-year-old woman of Mqabba.Police s...

NGO Din L-Art Helwa (DLH) has raised concerns that proposed works at Gnejna Bay could encourage part of the area to continue being "illegally used for vehicular parking."A planning application has proposed coastal protection works, the construction o...

Health officials in Britain have identified six cases of a highly contagious coronavirus strain first identified in the Brazilian city of Manaus -- including one in a person who has not been traced.Scientists say the variant is more transmissible and...

Two teenagers were injured on Sunday evening after a car overturned in Rabat, the police said.The accident took place in Buqana Street just before midnight.The driver, a 19-year-old man of St Paul’s Bay, lost control of the Suzuki Samurai he wa...

Germany announced Sunday that travelers from France’s northeastern Moselle region will face additional restrictions because of the high rate of variant coronavirus cases there.Germany's disease control agency, the Robert Koch Institute, said it...

Provisional estimates indicate that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2020 amounted to €12,823.8 million, registering a decrease of €768.4 million, or 5.7%, when compared to 2019.Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is an estimate of the value o...

There were a couple of major developments regarding Covid-19 over the past week, one which is quite worrying and the other which raises hope.The latter refers to the announcement that protocols and directives for relatives of people who are in elderl...

Prince Harry says the process of separating from royal life has been very difficult for him and his wife, Meghan.In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Harry invoked the memory of his late mother, Princess Diana, who had to find her way alone after she ...

The current debate over whether betting companies – ranging from the established to the obscure – should be allowed to be kit sponsors on the shirts of English football teams has a Maltese connection to it, The Malta Independent on Sunday...

A record 263 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Sunday, the highest ever number of single day cases.In their daily update, the health authorities said that two more people died while positive for the virus on Sunday. Both were men, aged 76 and 57,...

The developers behind plans to build 71 apartments over pristine agricultural land in Nadur do not own part of the site that they are planning to build on, three objectors to the project have claimed.In representations filed with the Planning Authori...

The fact that the PL has taken energy proposals from the PN shows that the PN “is setting the agenda for the country”, PN MP Ryan Callus said on this week’s edition of Indepth.  The PN’s spokesman on energy was inter...

Currently, a voluntary registry is run by the Malta Developers’ Association, however Agius explained that a mandatory registry will be introduced. Both this mandatory registry as well as the licensing of contractors will be handled by the Build...

A fire had broken out at the former ITS site in Pembroke, the police confirmed with The Malta Independent.The police were informed about the situation at 7.10pm. CPD officials and police officers went on site and the fire was brought under control.No...

It is too early to say whether Malta could lose out on UK tourism if the country still has high Covid-19 numbers when Britain eases restrictions in June, MHRA President Tony Zahra told The Malta Independent on Sunday. This newsroom spoke with Zahra a...

Prime Minister Robert Abela described Rosianne Cutajar's decision to resign from her post as a Parliamentary Secretary pending the outcome of an investigation by the Standards Commissioner as a "mature" one.Cutajar has been under fire ever since it e...

Prime Minister Robert Abela is trying to wash his hands of the previous government, but he himself was an integral part of it, Opposition and PN leader Bernard Grech said in a political meeting in Haz-Zabbar."This was a particular week, where we were...

Malta’s reproduction number has climbed to 1.21 after a record week of Covid-19 cases, statistician Vincent Marmara said in his weekly exclusive video blog with The Malta Independent on Sunday.The reproduction factor of the virus is one of the ...

Prime Minister Robert Abela held not one, but two press conferences over the past week to tell us that the justice system and rule of law work just fine in Malta.He said this after one of the three men who had been accused of executing the murder of ...

A man has been charged with uttering threats and causing a disturbance after barging onto the grounds of Cyprus’ public broadcaster to protest what he said was the country’s “blasphemous” entry into this year’s Eurovisio...

Government's proposal to carry out a root and branch reform of the remaining pre-1995 tenancies is "a responsible and courageous political move," ADPD said in a statement."This government is shouldering the shortcomings of all its predecessors, which...

The Malta Chamber of Commerce has welcomed the Government's announced reform which is set to absorb up to €10,000 in rent for the pre-1995 residential rental agreements.On Saturday, Prime Minister Robert Abela announced reforms to the laws gover...

One of the most intriguing buildings in Valletta is surely that now housing the Ministry for Health, located on Merchants Street. This palace, formerly the seat of the Magna Curia Castellania - which presided over the civil and criminal courts during...

Two men were grievously injured in separate accidents in Mriehel and St Paul’s Bay, the police said.In the first accident (photo), on Saturday at 6.30pm, a Frenchman was hit by a car in St Paul’ Street, St Paul#s Bay.The 27-year-old was h...

The police are mulling taking action against Nexia BT, MaltaToday reports.The newspaper says that the former Managing Partner of the company, Brian Tonna, will post police bail on Monday and that charges over the financial operations of the audit fir...

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Another 237 Covid-19 cases were registered on Saturday, taking the total number of active cases to 2,651.The health authorities said that no new deaths were reported, so the total number of victims remains 313.In all, there have been 22,219 cases rec...

The President of the Republic George Vella has pledged to continue the process of achieving national unity, saying that one must start with small steps but with a determination to get to achieving one’s aims.President Vella was speaking at the ...

As part of a major reform centred on pre-1995 rents, Prime Minister Robert Abela announced that landlords of properties bound under pre-1995 rents will be able to claim up to 2% of the property’s market value in rent. This reform means that pro...

Half a million euro are being invested in the Family Park in Marsaskala. The work, which will be carried out through Parks Malta, was announced by Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Sustainable Development Miriam Dalli.The minister paid a visit to t...

Valletta: Chemimart Pharmacy, 20/21, Republic Street; Ħamrun: Brown's Pharmacy, 706, St Joseph High Road; Qormi: Anici Pharmacy, Anici Street; Birkirkara: Pharmaplus, Ganu Street; Ta' Xbiex: Remedies Chemists, Marina Court, 49A, Abate Rigord Str...

The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry highlighted the need for greater discipline and enforcement to curb this latest trend in virus spikes without having to resort to lockdowns as other countries have been forced to do.In recent wee...

The reforms to pre-1995 rents announced by the government on Saturday are too little and too late to put tenants’ minds at rest and respect owners’ rights, the Nationalist Party said on Saturday.In a statement reacting to the new reforms,...

Protocols and directives for relatives of people who are in elderly homes will be released by 4 March since all elderly care homes would have received the recommended 90% vaccination, Minister for Senior Citizens and Active Ageing Michael Farrug...

Hamrun Spartans gave an impeccable display yesterday against title challengers Gzira United to stay strong at the top of the standings, and oust the Maroons from the title race.Trailing Hamrun by seven points, Darren Abdilla’s side is now out o...

Manchester City keeps on winning in its surge to the title. Brighton keeps on finding creative ways to lose in its plunge toward the relegation zone.The English Premier League followed a familiar script on Saturday, complete with its latest episode o...

Injury-hit Juventus was held at Hellas Verona to 1-1 as its hopes of a record-extending 10th successive Serie A title took a blow on Saturday.Cristiano Ronaldo broke the deadlock early in the second half but Antonín Barák leveled for Ve...

18-year-old Francesca Curmi has become the first Maltese player to reach a final of a Futures event after beating Slovakian player Victoria Morvayova in Tunisia.Curmi will now face Pole Weronika Falkowska in the final of the ITF tournament in Monasti...

A Brazilian footballer has been handed a suspended sentence after admitted to using a face Covid-19 test result to leave Malta.The footballer - Carlos Vilmar Da Silva Rodrigues - appeared before Magistrate Gabriella Vella on Saturday morning, accused...

Moviment Graffitti said today that the setting up of a Building and Construction Authority (BCA) is a “positive initiative”, but that the Bill fails to address certain key concerns faced by residents around Malta.The proposed Bill “...

Magistrate Marse-Ann Farrugia has recused herself from hearing the compilation of evidence against the tal-Maksar brothers Adrian and Robert Agius, Jamie Vella and George Degiorgio, on the grounds that she had also been presiding the inquiries relati...

Zurrieq FC and Birzebbuga St. Peters FC have blasted commentator Josef Galdes for suggesting that a player involved in a match between the two clubs had fixed the game after a close range miss.Galdes – a football commentator and journalist who ...

Rosianne Cutajar has finally done the honourable thing and resigned.The parliamentary secretary for reforms had been under pressure for weeks, after it had been reported that she had allegedly pocketed thousands of euros from a failed property deal i...

Five people have pleaded not guilty to charges relating to a horrific sightseeing tour bus accident which saw two passengers die after the bus’s top deck struck a tree branch.Bus driver Charles D’Amato and company directors Kim Degabriele...

Lady Gaga's two French bulldogs, which were stolen by thieves who shot and wounded the dog walker, were recovered unharmed Friday, Los Angeles police said.A woman brought the dogs to the LAPD's Olympic Community Police Station, just northwe...

1. How does the Johnson & Johnson vaccine work?The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is what’s called a viral vector vaccine.To create this vaccine, the Johnson & Johnson team took a harmless adenovirus – the viral vect...

1. Does vaccination completely prevent infection?The short answer is no. You can still get infected after you’ve been vaccinated. But your chances of getting seriously ill are almost zero.Many people think vaccines work like a shield, blocking ...

A record 258 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Friday, making it the highest number of daily new cases registered on the island.The daily statistics issued by the health authorities show that 182 people recovered from Covid-19, meaning that there...

Former Labour Minister Chris Cardona has been named by Vince Muscat known as il-Kohhu as being implicated in an aborted attempt to kill Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2015.The plot, according to Times of Malta, had fallen through. Cardona has described th...

A group of migrant families, mainly women and children, have been relocated to Germany in line with the commitment of other EU member states to relocate migrants from Malta, the government announced.The number of migrants relocated was not given.The ...

Around 2/3rds of social housing applicants are single parents, a study has found.For the first time, Malta has a clear picture of social housing applicants, thanks to a study entitled 'Profiling social housing applicants - Individuals applying for an...

A man was grievously injured when scaffolding he was standing on collapsed, the police said in a statement.The accident took place at noon, in Birgu.The man, who is 41-years-old, was working while on the scaffolding. He was taken to Mater Dei Hospita...

European Union leaders vowed Thursday to accelerate the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and pressed pharmaceutical companies to respect their delivery commitments, as concern mounts about the spread of new variants of the virus.However, the leaders coul...

HSBC Malta has announced that its branch in Victoria, Gozo, has temporarily closed, with immediate effect, after positive testing for Covid-19. The Bank announced that the branch will remain closed at least until 12 March 2021.The Bank said that its ...

A Pakistani pedestrian was grievously injured during a three-vehicle car crash, the police said in a statement.At 7.45 am, a traffic accident occurred on Mdina road, Zebbug. Three vehicles collided: An Isuzu Elf driven by a 36-year-old man from Qormi...

In dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, more attention needs to be given to the elderly and vulnerable individuals over the economy, the Nationalist Party said in a press conference held this morning.With Covid cases on the rise, the party’s spo...

Tarxien Rainbows continued with their winning streak under the guidance of Steve D’Amato when in the first match played at the Centenary Stadium they beat fellow strugglers Gudja United by two late goals.It was a good match with both teams play...

From 1 June 2021, shipping operators will be able to provide their service by fast ferry to Mgarr, Gozo, the government has announced.At a press conference where more plans for the maritime sector were discussed, Ministers Ian Borg and Clint Camiller...

Vince Farrugia, the former director-general of the Chamber for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, died today aged 77. Farrugia was for long the director of the GRTU.Tributes poured in as new of his death spread. Mario Debono, who heads the...

A judge has temporarily suspended industrial action ordered by a union, after an application for an injunction was filed by the Health Ministry.Over 1,300 workers were taking part in industrial action ordered by UHM - Voice of the Workers. The union ...

It will be the first time in Maltese political history that the two main political parties will be facing the next election with a new leader.Robert Abela took over the reins of the Labour Party, and of the government, in January last year, with Bern...

People who suffer from dementia should not be locked indoors but should be integrated within the community, Minister for Senior Citizens and Active Ageing Michael Farrugia said as a memorandum of understanding for a day-night dementia care centr...

Italy’s northern Lombardy region, where Europe's coronavirus outbreak erupted last year, asked the national government Thursday for more vaccines to help stem a surge of new COVID-19 cases that are taxing the health system in the province of Br...

Developers will have to pay for neighbours' architects to review condition reports and method statements on their excavation and demolition projects, Environment Minister Aaron Farrugia announced on Friday.Farrugia explained that new regulations, whi...

Former European champions Manchester United and AC Milan will meet in the round of 16 of the Europa League.Friday's draw sends Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimovic back to the English club where he played for two years, including the 2016-17 season when Uni...

Rosianne Cutajar has resigned from the post of Parliamentary Secretary pending the conclusion of an investigation by the Standards Commissioner.In a statement, the government said that Prime Minister Robert Abela had accepted the resignation, pending...

The construction company involved in the death of Hamrun house collapse victim Miriam Pace had been involved in a number of other alarming incidents, a court has heard. This emerged in court as Magistrate Joe Mifsud presided over the compilation of e...

192 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by authorities on Thursday as a 30-year-old woman became Malta’s youngest person to succumb to the virus.Three people died while positive for the virus in the last 24 hours: an 83-year-old woman who passe...

Dar tal-Providenza resident Christine Said has sadly become Malta’s youngest Covid-19 victim after passing away yesterday at the age of 30.In a Facebook post, Dar tal-Providenza – which is pictured above – said: “It is with de...

Mater Dei Hospital’s intensive care and medical wards will soon be unable to cope with caseloads, the Medical Association of Malta (MAM) said on Thursday, warning that the last additional ITU unit may need to be opened today.  The associat...

The country is where it is today in terms of the Daphne Caruana Galizia case as a result of the pressure placed by the Nationalist Party and civil society groups, PN leader Bernard Grech said on Thursday. Grech was addressing a press conference ...

The latest developments in the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder case show that the rule of law in Malta is working as it should be, Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Thursday.Abela was addressing a press conference hours after the arraignment of four ...

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored late to steer Arsenal into the last 16 of the Europa League with a 3-2 win over Benfica on Thursday, while Napoli and both German teams were knocked out.Arsenal had to come from behind to advance 4-3 on aggregate, whi...

The European Courts of Justice has dismissed an appeal filed by former European Commissioner John Dalli, relating to, among other things, the conduct of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF).John Dalli had been made to resign from his European Commis...

Towards the end of 2020, two Subsidiary Legislations governing the operation of Charity Shops and Public Collection activities were introduced. In view of this, the Office of the Commissioner for Voluntary Organisations (OCVO) continued to offer its ...

The Broadcasting Authority has found state broadcaster TVM guilty of a lack of impartiality over its failure to carry a report about the testimony of former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat in the court case against the sale of three public hospitals.In ...

PBS presenter and journalist Keith Demicoli has resigned from his post. Demicoli, 39, presented his resignation letter to the Board of Directors, yesterday.The broadcasting veteran had been part of the National Broadcasting Services since 2008 and wa...