The government’s wage supplement support scheme will continue until the end of 2021, with the government continuing to provide monetary support to the businesses which are worst hit by the pandemic, Enterprises Minister Miriam Dalli announced o...

The compilation of evidence against Adrian Agius, his brother Robert Agius, and their associates Jamie Vella and George Degiorgio on Tuesday. In the previous sitting magistrate, Nadine Lia withdrew from hearing the compilation for...

Malta has the lowest share of women in the national parliament in Europe, Eurostat has said.According to the statistics, only 13% of MPs in Malta were women in 2020. Hungary also shares this figure, and is therefore tied with Malta for the lowest sha...

A Legal Notice regulating the use of face masks will be amended to allow people to take their mask off while eating and drinking, a Health Ministry spokesperson has told Lovin Malta.There was confusion over the weekend as several people were fined af...

The number of Maltese women in management positions remains low, with 28% of all people employed in management positions being women in the third quarter of 2020, a Eurostat statistic showed.This is noticeably behind the EU average of 34%. The EU ave...

Prince Harry and Meghan’s explosive TV interview divided people around the world on Monday, rocking an institution that is struggling to modernize with claims of racism and callousness toward a woman struggling with suicidal thoughts.During the...

201 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by authorities on Monday as 345 people recovered from the virus.No new Covid-19 related deaths were reported during the last 24 hours, meaning that the total death count remains at 334.The number of active case...

The Union of Professional Educators (UPE) has called for schools to shift online because of the increase in Covid-19 cases and the circulation of the new UK variant, which has been seen to be more transmissible in children.“We need to go online...

A European Commission proposal for pay transparency will mean that companies will have to publish what their gender pay gaps are, and it is only for objective reasons such as those related to productivity that they can pay men and women differently, ...

Over 700 people were fined for not wearing a face mask over the past seven days, accounting for 90% of Covid-19-related fines issued during that period.In total, 5,768 inspections were carried out by the police, the Malta Tourism Authority, the Envir...

Only a few supporters did not abide by the health directives being issued, a statement by Ħamrun Spartans Football Club read.This comes after a number of Hamrun Spartans fans breached Covid-19 laws to celebrate after winning a match against Hibe...

Prime Minister Robert Abela has defended current Malta Tourism Authority CEO Johann Buttigieg after his close links with alleged Caruana Galizia murder mastermind Yorgen Fenech were revealed.Questioned on Monday morning, a day after the Times of Malt...

The contact tracing team gets in touch with people who test positive for Covid-19 within 24 hours, Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne told Parliament on Monday.Fearne was replying to a Parliamentary Question by PN MP Kevin Cutajar, who asked what the...

Prime Minister Robert Abela has said he will wait his turn for the vaccine instead of getting any precedence over others.The issue was raised during parliament this evening, where Speaker of the House Anglu Farrugia made an appeal that Members of Par...

The case against two Gozitan priests who are charged with sexually abusing an altar boy will continue to be heard behind closed doors, a court ruled on Monday.Magistrate Bridgette Sultana barred the press from reporting on the alleged crimes and said...

James Caterers breached parliamentary privilege when it threatened to take legal action against the National Audit Office, Speaker Anglu Farrugia has ruled.Last week, Auditor General Charles Deguara accused the catering company of trying to intimidat...

Civil society NGO Repubblika has warned the Prime Minister that it will report his “abuse” to foreign embassies and international organisations unless he “withdraws his threats.”Repubblika said it was convinced that Robert Abe...

The Curia has announced additional Covid-19 directives for Good Friday and Easter.It said that Church organisations will not be holding any exhibitions during Holy Week and the washing of feet ceremony will not be held.Also cancelled are the traditio...

The Government is trying to impede and remove a citizen’s right to a fair hearing by amending laws which enable persons of trust to impose a fine, the PN said in a press conference. “This new law that they are trying to introduce – ...

Virtu Ferries has applied to Transport Malta for a license to operate the Malta-Gozo fast ferry route.In a statement, the company welcomed the announcement by Minister Ian Borg, and Minister Clint Camilleri, on the liberalisation of the High-Speed Pa...

Malta's current plan is to keep vaccinating and reach herd immunity in order for the country to become a viable tourism destination option, the minister responsible for the sector Clayton Bartolo told The Malta Independent.British Prime Minister Bori...

Plans to redevelop a disused explosives factory into a tourism development on land located outside the development zone in Dingli have resurfaced, The Malta Independent can reveal.The Pulvic Explosives Factory, located on Triq il-Qaws in Dingli, has ...

A Melita FC player was subjected to racist abuse after the conclusion of a key title match over the weekend, the club said in a statement on Monday. A statement issued by Luqa St. Andrew's - the other club involved in the matter - however states...

The Nationalist Party has launched a plan of action and consultation to encourage more women to pursue careers in politics.The plan of action titled ‘Political Empowerment for the Inclusive Growth of a Nation’ was launched on Women’...

The former Malta Gaming Authority CEO Heathcliff Farrugia has been charged after a trading in influence investigation regarding Yorgen Fenech, The Times of Malta reports.The newspaper said that he was charged last January, but that it was kept under ...

Loneliness is the subjective feeling that you are lacking social connections; the feelings of closeness, affection and trust from friends, close ones and a community.The past year has seen a surge in individuals experiencing loneliness. A study carri...

Hate speech cannot be tolerated under any circumstances. Some people never seem to learn that what is written on social media has consequences.It is not ok to promote violence against people just because you do not agree with something.Maltese societ...

It has been just over one year since Malta had its first case of Covid-19 and the world as we knew it ground to a halt in 2020. This situation has had a drastic impact on everyone's lives, including those working within the performing arts sector. Th...

Two were seriously injured in a traffic accident which happened in Zejtun on Sunday evening, police said on Monday.The accident took place at Triq Bir id-Deheb at around 6pm.Preliminary investigations showed that there was a crash between a Honda mot...

It is a matter of weeks before Malta can start to reduce its defences against Covid-19, Health Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne told The Malta Independent on Sunday in an interview – something which is down to the country’s...

In a wide-ranging interview aired Sunday, Harry and Meghan described painful palace discussions about the colour of their son’s skin, losing royal protection and the intense pressures that led the Duchess of Sussex to contemplate suicide.The in...

Around 60 people, the majority elderly, were found playing Tombla in a Hamrun hall, TVM reports.The Transport Malta enforcement section, together with the health authorities and the police, went on site to the large hall slightly after 3pm, where ten...

Since the beginning of the pandemic there were a lot of uncertainties - no one knew how things would pan out and what the repercussions would be."We immediately started being very cautious. We started to prepare the ITU because everyone knew that, ev...

It's now been a year since the start of the pandemic, how has it changed your life both personally and professionally?As you rightly said, it’s been a year since the start of the pandemic. In my position as Superintendent of Public Health as we...

Moviment Graffitti has called for an independent investigation into Johann Buttigieg's conduct at the Planning Authority.This follows an article which appeared in The Sunday Times of Malta, which read that former Planning Authority chairman Johann Bu...

The Covid-19 r-factor has climbed to 1.39 as daily cases continue to increase, 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 key figur...

This time last year, Malta had its first case of Covid-19. We had been expecting it, for other countries across the world were already well into their pandemic experience, but nothing could have prepared us for what was to follow. We certainly did no...

Prime Minister Robert Abela On Sunday announced that the government is working on a reform related to agricultural rents.During a political event on the occasion of Women's Day, the Prime Minister revealed a new reform that the government is working ...

The parliamentary gender reform was raised alongside other issues during 'INDAQS': a special program on NET TV in celebration of Women's Day, Monday 8th March. The programme aimed to raise awareness of problems that women are facing today in Malta, e...

182 new covid-19 cases were registered on Sunday, while five patients died while positive for the virus.One woman aged 63 and three men aged 95, 78 and 50 died at Mater Dei Hospital. Another man aged 51 died in his private residence. The total number...

A 28-year-old man was arrested over armed robbery, the police said in a statement.The man was arrested in Ta' Xbiex. Investigation into the robbery of two women that took place between Wednesday and Thursday night continued after the arrest was made....

Several fines were issued yesterday during the Hamrun celebrations, the Police Force said in a post on Facebook.On Saturday, Hamrun Spartans fans celebrated their team's win against Hibernians with an illegal street party.Footage uploaded on social m...

A magisterial inquiry has recommended that former OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri and ex-Allied Group managing director Adrian Hillman be charged, The Times of Malta reported.According to the newspaper, the two could be charged in court "in a few w...

The patients at the Sir Anthony Mamo Oncology Centre must be protected from the Covid-19 virus, Fr Mario Attard told The Malta Independent on Sunday.Fr Mario has worked as a hospital chaplain since 2004. He had started at St Luke’s Hospital, an...

You were one of the first persons to go to ITU because of Covid-19. How did you realise you had the virus?On the 13 March 2020, I had a high temperature, and at once thought I had Covid-19. In fact, I stayed at home and I told my partner to stay ther...

A man was grievously injured on Saturday after falling at Xrobb l-Għaġin.The accident took place at around 5.30pm, the police said.An Armed Forces of Malta helicopter and patrol boat assisted in the rescue operation. The man, a 58-year-old ...

“I ended 2019 by making a promise to myself, that 2020 was going to be a record year for us. The irony is not lost on me,” Nathan Brimmer, co-owner of The Pub and the Grokk Cafe in Valletta told The Malta Independent on Sunday.2020 was a ...

“Being a teacher after 12 March 2020 was not easy at all for those with a genuine conscience and a sense of duty towards their students,” said John*, an educator who has been teaching in state schools since 1996.Over the past year, teache...

345 new cases of Covid-19 were found on Saturday, and one patient has died, the health authorities said.The number of active cases now stands at 3,403.The total number of cases so far is 24,216.The patient who died was an 88-year-old female. She pass...

Labour media chairman Jason Micallef has asked Standards Czar George Hyzler to investigate Jason Azzopardi’s tax filings.The Labour Party this week said the PN MP had not filed a tax return for his 2018 income. One News published the report aft...

Hamrun Spartans fans celebrated their team’s win against Hibernians with an illegal street party on Saturday afternoon.Footage uploaded on social media shows a large crowd celebrating in the streets as police officers look on helplessly.Mass ev...

Civil society group Repubblika has been accused of breaching NGO laws by “instigating political progaganda” by the Commission of Voluntary Organisations.The group has hit back, accusing the Commission of trying to silence it and warning i...

Opposition Leader Bernard Grech on Saturday said that the government must be transparent and provide all information on the Covid-19 vaccination programme.During an interview on NET FM, the Nationalist Party’s radio station, Grech referred to t...

People aged 60 and over will over the coming days start receiving their vaccination letter, Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne said on Saturday.The appointment letters will be sent gradualy over the coming weeks, he added.People aged between 71 and 7...

The Malta Developers Association (MDA) welcomes the latest results of property sales registered in February. The data shows that last month a total number of1,600 promises of sales with a total sales value of over €350 million were registered la...

A cyclist was grievously injured on Saturday after he was hit by a car in Rabat, the police said.The accident took place in Triq il-Buqana, at around 7.30am.The cyclist, a 54-year-old man from Rabat, was involved in a collision with a Toyota Aygo dri...

The Gozo Bishop Anton Teuma has asked for forgiveness for the Churh from all victims and their families, for any kind of abuse perpetrated within the context of the Church, in an Open Letter.Recently, two priests were charged with raping an altar boy...

A 30-year-old Frenchman was grievously injured on Saturday afternoon in a quadbike accident in Xaghra, Gozo.The accident took place in Triq il-Marga at around 3.30pm, the police said.The man lost control of a quadbike and fell. His injuries were late...

Journalists have again been the targets of hate speech and threats on social media, the Institute of Maltese Journalists (IGM) said in a statement, after the pertinent questions that were asked during a press conference called by the Prime Minister l...

Magistrate Nadine Lia has withdrawn from hearing the compilation of evidence against Adrian Agius, his brother Robert Agius, and their associates Jamie Vella and George Degiorgio.The men are facing charges of involvement in two murders, inc...

"The principle that women and men should receive equal pay for the same work or work of equal value has been enshrined in the European Treaties since 1957. Nonetheless, despite the adoption of a body of gender equality legislation since then, gender ...

A man spent an extra four months in a prison ward and the authorities do not seem to be batting an eyelid over the incident.Fingers have been pointed in all directions and the parties involved have tried to shed the blame, but the unfortunate fact is...

Magistrates and judges have been instructed to defer any non-urgent cases until after April 11 as Covid-19 cases in Malta continue to increase.Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti decreed that the court must help stop the spread and must act to protect those ...

Despite a new measure banning the mixing of more than four households at private events, no mixing is recommended during this phase of the pandemic, Health Superintendent Charmaine Gauci said on Friday.On Thursday, the government announced new rules,...

The government will grant €1,000 to each eatery establishment affected by the measures announced on Thursday, Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo announced.As part of the government's plan to reduce the spread of Covid-19, it introduced new restric...

Residency permits for third country nationals employed in the public health sector will be valid for three years as opposed to just one year under a new agreement which was reached between the government and the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses (MU...

The vaccination process in elderly care homes concluded earlier than predicted, Minister for the Elderly Michael Farrugia announced todayHe said that the process has concluded in 39 elderly care homes. "More than 3,700 residents and 2,800 staff have ...

Tax Commissioner Marvin Gaerty has told a panel of three judges that he never accepted gifts or invitations to dine with Yorgen Fenech, as the public inquiry into the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia continued this morning.He was replying to que...

Restaurants, kiosks and snack bars will only be allowed to provide a take-away service between tomorrow and 11 April, Prime Minister Robert Abela has announced.The PM, together with Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne and Health Superintendent Charmai...

The Archdiocese has suspended all physical group meetings, including catechism lessons for children due to Covid-19.While appreciating that a number of meetings are taking place online, the Archdiocese urged for such initiatives to, where possible, t...

65 new Police Constables were recruited on Friday, the Police Force said. 54 of the 65 are men and 11 are women. Their training within the academy lasted four months, and included both physical and academic training.Home Affairs Minister Byron Camill...

A man was seriously injured in Xghajra at 3.30pm, the police said.The man, 54 from Birkirkara, was hit by a concrete bucket while on a construction site on Triq il-Fortizza tal-Grazzja. The man was taken to Mater Dei Hospital.A Magisterial inquiry wa...

Speaker Anglu Farrugia has published legal advice rebutting claims that he exceeded his powers when he ruled that Standards Czar George Hyzler should not have investigated the 2019 lock-up of journalists at Castille.The Speaker ruled last w...

A teenage activist has dropped court proceedings against two men related to hate speech, after she received an apology from them, she wrote on Facebook.Back in 2019, Eve Borg Bonello - who was a 16-year-old student and activist - delivered a speech a...

Sorrow has befallen a school in Pembroke, as a young girl tragically passed away.In a Facebook message, the St Clare College Secondary School wrote how one of their own, Mariam Bodokia, an 8.5 student, passed away."Our students have reacted different...

There was a slight increase in the number of people seeking treatment for drugs in 2019 when compared to 2018, with 1,943 entrants recorded in 2019 compared to 1,898 entrants in 2018, the National Report on the Drugs Situation in Malta showed.This re...

Further afforestation initiatives are underway in Natura 2000 sites, as another 500 indigenous trees were planted at Majjistral Park, a government statement read. This was announced by Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning Aa...

The PN General Council has been postponed indefinitely in view of the current Covid-19 situation, the party said.Secretary General Francis Zammit Dimech said this was being done with respect towards the directives and recommendations issued by the he...

Having produced just 7.8mm of precipitation, rather than the expected 56.9mm, last February did not live up to its reputation of being a wet month, the Met Office said in a statement."The month went down on record as the sixth driest February since 1...

The Nationalist Party has said that it is expecting the country’s institutions to act decisively and with determination over a magisterial inquiry report which was presented to the Attorney General some days ago.The inquiry was the one requeste...

If the new Covid-19 measures are not properly enforced, the situation may get more serious, the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association has warned.On Thursday, the government announced new restrictive measures, including the closure of restaurants u...

An appeal from chef to other chefs for restaurants not to throw away their excess food but to instead donate it to the Victory Kitchen charity which feeds families in need has been launched.In a Facebook which has now been shared over 200 times, Rafe...

The Superintendence of Cultural Heritage and the Xaghra local council have raised serious concerns over the proposed development of an apartment block close by to the Ġgantija temples.The site is located on Triq il-Parsott, Xaghra. The applicati...

A new record 362 cases of Covid-19 was registered today, as the number of new cases also climbed to a new high of 3,162, health authorities said.The previous record was 336, which was recorded only last Tuesday while the number of active cases had re...

Itma’ u Libbes is the 2021 Lenten campaign organised by the Archdiocese of Malta through the Caritas Parish Diaconia Network, together with Newsbook.com.mt and 103 Malta’s Heart, aimed at alleviating those struggling in strained circumsta...

Opposition Leader Bernard Grech has called for an inquiry to be launched into rumours that people are skipping the vaccine queue."I informed the Health Minister about rumours we received that, in Attard, there might have been people who received the ...

Health Minister Chris Fearne was correct to say, in Parliament last Tuesday, that one of the main reasons for the recent spike in the number of Covid-19 cases is a result of people taking more risks to exposing themselves to the virus.Last Tuesday, M...

Pope Francis arrived in Iraq on Friday to urge the country’s dwindling number of Christians to stay put and help rebuild the country after years of war and persecution, brushing aside the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns to make his f...

MEP Josianne Cutajar, member of the European Parliament's Transport and Tourism Committee, and of its Tourism Task Force, has become a signatory of the Future of Tourism Coalition. The Coalition establishes a vision for the tourism sector, setting th...

Malta has acquired new PCR swab testing kits which will be able to identify whether a patient is positive for Covid-19 and, if so, with what variant of the virus the patient is positive with, Minister of Health Chris Fearne said during a press confer...

Prime Minister Robert Abela forcefully defended Public Health Superintendent Charmaine Gauci after fielding questions which put her position under question on Thursday, saying that it was she and her team who had stopped Malta from facing catastrophi...

COVID-19 cases rose 9% last week over a 53-country region of Europe, snapping a six-week run of declines, the World Health Organization said Thursday as its European chief insisted that countries need to get “back to the basics.”Dr. Hans ...

A ruling given by Speaker Anglu Farrugia in which he declared that the Standards Commissioner had gone beyond his legal remit was itself ultra vires and based on an incorrect premise, George Hyzler said.The Speaker’s ruling concerned a report b...

The Nationalist party has filed a Parliamentary motion calling for the review of a ruling delivered by the Speaker earlier this week.In his ruling, Anglu Farrugia declared that Standards Czar George Hyzler should not have investigated the 2019 lock-u...

Slow off the blocks in the race to immunize its citizens against COVID-19, Germany faces an unfamiliar problem: a glut of vaccines and not enough arms to inject them into.Like other countries in the European Union, its national vaccine campaign lags ...

Five straight home losses for the first time in the club’s 128-year history. More than 10 hours since a goal from open play at Anfield.The stadium that was once a fortress for Liverpool is the now the scene of a scarcely believable implosion by...

The police have arrested a 41-year-old man in connection with a hold-up that took place in San Gwann on Wednesday evening.A man armed with a firearm entered the shop in Naxxar Road and demanded money from the cashier, a 25-year-old Polish woman who l...

Alexis Sánchez scored twice to help Inter Milan win 2-1 at relegation-threatened Parma on Thursday to open up a six-point gap at the top of Serie A.Romelu Lukaku had a hand in both Inter goals in the second half before Hernani pulled one back ...

A 74-year-old woman was grievously injured on Thursday after she was hit by a car in Marsaxlokk.The accident took place in Triq l-Arznell at around noon, the police said.The victim was hit but a Toyota Auris driven by a 42-year-old woman. Both women ...

Two men were arrested by the police in connection with thefts, the police said today.The men, from Serbia and North Macedonia, were arrested in connection with a robbery which took place in a shop in Constitution Street, Mosta, on 11 December.The Ser...