The works on the quay next to the Marfa Breakwater will stop on 14 June and resume after the summer season, Infrastructure Malta told the Malta Independent.Infrastructure Malta spokesman Brian Meli explained that in preparation for this project, a sm...

A planning application that proposes the embellishment of the Spinola Garden and Paceville street is set to be decided on Thursday.“The site is located within the development zone boundary of St Julian’s, and incorporates Paceville Street...

The compilation of evidence against Adrian Agius, his brother Robert Agius, and their associates Jamie Vella and George Degiorgio continues this morning.The Aguis brothers are facing charges of involvement in two murders, including that of Daphne Car...

MaltaPost has warned its customers to be careful about fradulent messages and scams tricking customers into giving out bank and personal information. Lately we have received multiple reports from customers involving delivery and online shopping scams...

A woman was grievously injured after she was hit by a car in Gzira on Sunday afternoon.The police said the accident took place in Sliema Road at 6pm.The woman, aged 33 and a resident in Gzira, was hit by a Mazda Demio driven by a 24-year-old man of M...

An image emerged on Saturday of Exiles beach covered in litter. The spot is popular for gatherings during the summer months. It must be noted that public gatherings of over four people are currently prohibited, and one hopes that people continue to a...

France may introduce stricter coronavirus restrictions for British visitors when tourism reopens this summer to prevent the spread of a worrying virus variant first detected in India and causing concern in Britain, authorities sai...

India crossed another grim milestone Monday of more than 300,000 people lost to the coronavirus as a devastating surge of infections appeared to be easing in big cities but was swamping the poorer countryside.The milestone, as recorded by India's hea...

President George Vella is set to approve the nomination of four new magistrates this week. He has received a shortlist of the names from the Judicial Appointments Committee, Times of Malta reports.As from this year, members of the judiciary are appoi...

The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision which found that HSBC passed on unauthorised information of one of its employees to the Malta Union of Bank employees.The person in question had filed a complaint with the Data Protection Commissioner, who fo...

The Italian glam rock band that won the Eurovision Song Contest returned home Sunday to the adulation of fans, congratulations from the government and so much speculation that the lead singer had snorted cocaine during the show that he vowed to take ...

Political tribalism has set this country back, and it’s time to completely shake it off, PN MP and Spokesperson for Political Renewal, Research and Innovation Claudio Grech told The Malta Independent on Sunday. Recently, the PN announced a new ...

Talks between the government, Air Malta and the European Commission on the airline’s request for state aid could last several more weeks, The Malta Independent has learnt. Finance Minister Clyde Caruana travelled to Brussels this week to contin...

British health officials expressed optimism Sunday that the coronavirus restrictions remaining in England can be lifted in June after an official study found that the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines offer effective protection against the variant firs...

Family lawyer and former chair of the pro-divorce movement Deborah Schembri said that the introduction of divorce in Malta has not resulted in any negative effects over the last 10 years since the referendum in 2011. On the contrary, the situation ha...

It has been 10 years since a referendum paved the way for the introduction of divorce legislation in Malta.Until then, only legal separation had been acknowledged by Maltese Civil Courts, which meant that couples could not free themselves of each oth...

A cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of some of northern Italy's most picturesque lakes plummeted to the ground Sunday and then tumbled down the slope, killing 14 people. The lone survivor, a young child, was hospitalized in serious cond...

Even though the Premier League finale produced oscillating fortunes in the chase for the Champions League, a chaotic season ended fairly predictably on Sunday.Liverpool and Chelsea squeezed out Leicester to secure top-four finishes that seemed out of...

Seven-time European champion AC Milan is back in the Champions League after an eight-year break. And Juventus also narrowly qualified on the final night of Serie A on Sunday.Two penalties from Franck Kessie helped Milan to a 2-0 win at Atalanta, whic...

Five new Covid-19 cases were registered on Sunday, as eight people recovered.The number of active cases now stands at 81. No new deaths were registered, with the total standing at 417.468,829 doses of the Covid-19 vaccines have been administered thus...

Prime Minister Robert Abela stressed the importance of reopening Malta slowly, so as to avoid any situations which would require the country to backtrack on restrictive measures that have been eased.Lately, there have been calls from the entertainmen...

Opposition Leader Bernard Grech has said that Prime Minister Robert Abela's position on Minister Carmelo Abela "is weak".He was referring to the PM's position on the investigations into the failed 2010 HSBC heist and alleged links to Minister Carmelo...

Garry Eaton, a 57-year-old English man was reported missing to the Police.He was last seen near his residence in Mellieha. Anyone with information is asked to pass it on to the police, even confidentially, by calling  21 224001 / 119.

Max Verstappen took the lead in the Formula One championship race for the first time in his career with a dominating victory Sunday at the Monaco Grand Prix, his first win on the vaunted circuit.Verstappen took control of the race right at the start ...

There were at least 300 divorces every year between 2013 and 2019, while the number of marriages remained significantly higher.It was 10 years ago this week that a referendum on the introduction of divorce was held in Malta, with the majority voting ...

A 25-year-old motorbike rider from Birkirkara was grievously injured after falling off his bike.The accident occurred at 10.30am in the area of Hemsija, Attard. He was taken to Mater Dei Hospital.Police are investigating the case.

A disappointing televoting result led to Destiny finishing in 7th place in the Eurovision Song Contest Final.Destiny, with her song Je me casse, had started out the competition as one of the hot favourites to win, but a scintillatingly strong perform...

A four-piece band of Italian rockers won the Eurovision Song Contest in the early hours of Sunday, giving one of the countries hit hardest in Europe by the coronavirus pandemic reason to cheer.Maneskin’s win was only Italy’s third victory...

Malta is set to open its 2021 summer tourism season in the coming days, in hopes of reviving this sector which has been decimated by the Covid-19 pandemic. For weeks, the Government has said that it wants to promote Malta as the ideal country where t...

Walking around the streets of our capital city, one cannot help constantly coming across several reminders of food, almost around every corner. No, I am not talking about the large number of restaurants that are to be found in Valletta, but memories ...

Speculation over the quality and quantity of rehabilitation programmes available for prisoners in Malta has been the at the centre of many debates. The Malta Independent on Sunday contacted the Ministry for Home Affairs to get to the bottom of things...

World football was put on notice by FIFA president Gianni Infantino to imagine — and maybe expect — big changes to its international competitions in the coming years.FIFA agreed to study whether the men’s and women’s World Cup...

The r-factor for Covid-19 stands at around 0.28, which is one of the lowest since the start of the pandemic, statistician Vince Marmara said.In the past week, we have seen a decrease in the number of active cases concerning Covid-19. We also had only...

Former Allied Newspapers Managing Director Adrian Hillman “always intended to come to Malta voluntarily”, his lawyer is quoted as saying.MaltaToday reports a statement issued by Hillman’s lawyer Stefano Filletti saying that Hillman ...

Floriana: Vilhena Pharmacy, 3, St Anne Street; Ħamrun: Cosmed Pharmacy, Soccors, 7 St Franciscans Street in Villambrosa Street; Qormi: Drugshop Dispensary, Vjal De La Cruz; Birkirkara: St Jude Pharmacy, 213, Valley Road; Msida: Deby's Pharmacy, ...

Two new Covid-19 cases were registered on Saturday, with the number of active cases dipping to 84.For the 15th day running, no deaths were recorded, for the total to remain at 417.In all, there have been 30,449 cases in Malta, with 29,998 patients re...

Some 30,000 people downloaded the consumer vouchers offered by the government as part of an economic recovery campaign.Economy Minister Silvio Schembri said on Facebook that 30,000 had downloaded the vouchers in the first 24 hours since the campaign ...

A motorcyclist was grievously injured in a traffic accident in Luqa on Saturday afternoon, the police said.The accident took place in Giuseppe Garibaldi Street at 1.35pm.The biker, a 51-year-old man of Naxxar, was riding a Peugeot Tweet which was inv...

Two men drowned after finding themselves in difficulty while swimming at St Paul’s Bay early this morning, the police said.The two, both of Nigerian nationality, were swimming in the area known as Dawret il-Gzejjer just after midnight.The polic...

A man who was accused of killing his own son has died in hospital, Net News and Newsbook report.Salvu Dalli, 68, was receiving treatment in hospital after being released on bail last February.In August 2020, Dalli had been accused of killing his son ...

A nationwide testing system installed underground on agricultural land is set to study, monitor, and improve the quality of groundwater in a project which sets to decrease chemical pollution for water.This is the first national project of its kind in...

The warmer weather is attracting people to the beach, some of them also ignoring restrictions in place to combat the spread of Covid-19.But there is another “virus” which we seem to find impossible to overcome, and this is the urge to lit...

A hundred and fifty trees and shrubs were planted around the area of the Ta’ Qali National Stadium on the occasion of World Biodiversity Day.Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning Aaron Farrugia and Parliamentary Secretary fo...

After more than a week of rehearsals, two semifinals and 53,000 COVID-19 tests for fans, staff and performers, the Eurovision Song Contest that was canceled last year because of the pandemic goes live Saturday in front of 3,500 fans and a global tele...

When the final whistle blew, Diego Simeone broke out into a broad smile, laughed and breathed a sigh of relief. A few moments later, Luis Suárez was sitting on the field weeping profusely while on a video call.After a seven-year wait — a...

Parma finished bottom of Serie A after losing 3-0 at Sampdoria in the final round on Saturday in what was home coach Claudio Ranieri’s last match in charge.Sampdoria veteran Fabio Quagliarella marked his 500th Serie A appearance with his 177th ...

A man and a woman were grievously hurt after they were hit by a car in separate accidents in Pieta and Siggiewi.A man was grievously hurt after he was hit by a car in Pieta on Friday evening, the police said.The man, who resides in Siggiewi, was hit ...

The police have mounted a search for a car involved in a hit and run accident, which would lead them to its owner.The car, the police said in a Facebook post, is a silver or grey Mitsubishi ASX model or Outlander with a missing left side view mirror....

Three packages containing cannabis were intercepted by the Customs Department this week, the department said in a statement.This week in fact, Customs officials, at the postal office, flagged three packages containing narcotics.The first derived from...

Population has always been a very central theme to policy in Malta.It is a fact that Malta is too over populated to be self-sustainable.  This has been the case for a long time – hundreds of years in fact.  The Knights of St John had ...

Well known DJ Joven Grech – known better by his stage name Tenishia – is leading a parliamentary petition which is calling for a reopening plan for mass events following the Covid-19 pandemic.The petition is based of off a disappointment ...

Charles Leclerc won the first pole for Ferrari since 2019 despite crashing with 18 seconds remaining to end Saturday qualifying at the Monaco Grand Prix.Leclerc held the top spot at his home track until his Ferrari grazed a barrier to break a suspens...

The Pfizer vaccine is expected to be given to adolescents between 12 to 15 year olds before the next scholastic year in September of this year, Superintendent of Health Charmaine Gauci said.Gauci was asked by the press on Friday, during her weekly he...

Six new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Friday, 10 people have recovered, while no new deaths were recorded the last 14 days, health authorities said. The number of active cases currently stands at just 96.2,018 swab tests were carried out on...

Forty-six per cent of businesses noted that issues of mental health and detachment amongst employees increased compared to pre-Covid times, a survey carried out by the Chamber of SMEs shows.The study, which observed the continued effects of the Covid...

Malta has gone two weeks – and counting – without deaths related to the Covid-19 pandemic.The death count has stood at 417 since a 95-year-old woman passed away on 7 May while positive for Covid-19.The good news comes as the number of act...

Over 510 tonnes of waste has been collected so far from Malta’s roads as the national clean-up campaign continues, the office of the principal permanent secretary said in a statement.The ‘Insebbħu Pajjiżna’ campaign has no...

The National Endangered Species Day, celebrated on the 21 May comes only one day before the International Biodiversity Day.  These days are there to highlight important needs to safeguard species and biodiversity in the face of the sixth mass ex...

Once a year, Europeans come together in a flurry of flags, spangles and disco beats to compete for the continent’s pop crown at the Eurovision Song Contest.The coronavirus pandemic canceled the contest in 2020 for the first time in six decades....

An aggrieved family on the verge of homelessness has been left feeling “highly discriminated” against, after attempts to get help from the Housing Authority were ignored, The Malta Independent was told. The mother of two children told thi...

All open-air cultural activities that were planned for the summer have been called off for the second year running, Jason Micallef, who runs the Valletta Cultural Agency, noted on the social media.In a bitter post, Micallef said that he had been info...

Major Maurice Agius, one of Malta’s last remaining World War 2 veterans, has turned 100.His birthday was celebrated with a traditional Maltese dinner at the Simblija care home, where Major Agius now resides.Major Agius was interviewed by The Ma...

Private investors seeking to invest in renewable energy will soon be able to submit their bidding offers for projects with a total energy generation of 31MW. The investment to be generated is of €50 million over 20 years, corresponding to t...

European Union citizens can start packing for summer vacations in the bloc's 27 nations without having to worry about quarantines: they soon should be able to travel freely across the EU.European Union legislators and member countries found a comprom...

A man was grievously injured after the car he was driving was involved in a collision in Zejtun on Thursday evening.The accident took place in Toni Zahra Street at 6.45pm.The man, aged 38 of Mosta, was driving a Chevrolet Aveo which was involved in a...

Valletta Cultural Agency chairman Jason Micallef lamented on Wednesday that, while the Netherlands had allowed a mass gathering for the Eurovision Song Contest, Malta does not allow cultural activities with a minimal crowd. We understand that Micalle...

The remains of an old chapel probably dating back to late medieval times has been found underneath the Madonna tal-Hniena church in Qrendi.The remains were found during the first phase of an archaeological investigation by the Superintendence of Cult...

Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire Thursday, halting a bruising 11-day war that caused widespread destruction in the Gaza Strip, brought life in much of Israel to a standstill and left more than 200 people dead.At 2 a.m. local time, just as the ...

A German man fell victim to a violent mugging in Gzira on Thursday night, the police said.The case took place at Ġnien tal-Gżira at around midnight.The man, 46, was assaulted by two men. He tried to escape but the assault continued, and the...

A woman was hospitalised with serious injuries on Friday morning after she was hit by a car in Fgura.The accident took place in Triq San Tumas at around 8am, the police said.The casualty, 54, from Tarxien, was hit by a Toyota Vitz driven by a 31-year...

People can apply to digitally download their stimulus vouchers from today, with the vouchers themselves becoming available as planned from 7 June, the government announced on Thursday.With the scheme – which is the second round of stimulus vouc...

The number of active cases of Covid-19 has decreased to exactly 100, after two new cases were reported by authorities on Thursday.22 people have recovered from the virus, while for yet another day, no new deaths were reported.It means that the number...

The Prime Minister will “take the necessary steps” if any form of proof against OPM minister Carmelo Abela emerges.This comes after the minister was accused of being allegedly involved in the HSBC money heist a few years back.Abela has be...

Long-serving Labour media journalist Felxi Agius has passed away, the Labour Party said in a statement.Born on 21 March, 1948, Agius obtained a diploma in journalism from the Berlin Institute of Journalism and started his career some 50 years ago, jo...

Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa and Minister for Home Affairs Byron Camilleri announced that the Police Force will start using body cams."The effectiveness of police work all lies in the respect and trust they have within the community", Gafa said du...

Magistrate Joe Mifsud has abstained from hearing the compilation of evidence against Aleksandar Stojanovic, who has been charged with the murder of an Egyptian man in Gharb, Gozo, in 2018.The Magistrate said he was abstaining because he had been invo...

BirdLife Malta has put together a video documenting the illegalities witnessed during the spring hunting season which it will present to the EU Commission. “This year, due to COVID-19 restrictions, we could not welcome international volunteers ...

“Over the last year, there has been a rise in fake Covid Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), such as swab tests and even ventilators passing through the borders,” Joseph Chetcuti, Customs Director- General told the Malta Business Weekly....

Between 2019 and 2050, Malta is expected to see a 35.4% increase in overall urban population, the highest among European Union countries, Eurostat statistics show. Populations are projected to grow in almost three out of five urban regions of the Eur...

89.7 Bay hosted a 30-hour marathon last month during which they raised €10,517 to donate to local animal sanctuaries Radio presenters Daniel and Ylenia hosted the marathon which was supported by Dr. Lydia Abela. It ran for 30 hours straight from...

The European Union took a step toward relaxing travel rules for tourists from outside the 27-nation bloc Wednesday when EU ambassadors agreed on measures to allow in fully vaccinated visitors.The ambassadors also agreed to ease the criteria needed fo...

The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry welcomed the announcement on the second round of €100 stimulus vouchers "which will inject a much-needed impetus into the economy.""The vouchers come at a very critical time for businesses, ...

Malta has the highest employment rate for persons born in other European Union (EU) Member States, with a total of 89.8% recorded in 2020, Eurostat has reported.In a study observing migrant integration in 2020, Malta is among one of the 13 EU Member ...

Nationalist MEP candidate Peter Agius has filed a formal complaint with the European Commission, claiming abuse of taxpayers’ money in a direct order for a €247 million project at St Vincent de Paul home for the elderly.Last month, the Nat...

The European Commission on Thursday signed a third contract with the pharmaceutical companies BioNTech and Pfizer, hence reserving an additional 1.8 billion vaccine doses on behalf of all EU Member States, between the end of 2021 to 2023. It will all...

De Mondion Restaurant, Under Grain, ION – The Harbour, Bahia Restaurant and Noni Restaurant yesterday received the prestigious Michelin Star Award, after being included in the 2021 Michelin Guide for Malta, which is now in its second edition.Ad...

Iceland’s popular Eurovision Song Contest entrant, Dadi og Gagnamagnid, will not perform live at the event after a member of the group tested positive for coronavirus, organizers announced Wednesday.“Dadi og Gagnamagnid have taken the dif...

Prime Minister Robert Abela has promised to answer questions relating to Carmelo Abela at a press call later today.Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister Carmelo Abela was called in for police questioning over allegations made by Alfred Deg...

A biker was injured this morning after he lost control of the bike he was riding and crashed into a wall.The accident took place in Marfa Road, Mellieha, at 6.30am, the police said.The 36-year-old man, from Marsascala, was taken to hospital with grie...

A Serbian national was arraigned on Wednesday evening in connection with the 2018 murder of an Egyptian man in Gozo.Aleksander Stojanovic, 43, pleaded not guilty to the murder of Walid Salah Abdel Motaleb Mohammed, in Gharb.The victim, also 43, ...

Last week, the Nationalist Party announced that the police have closed the case against one of its MPs, Toni Bezzina.The fifth district candidate was under the spotlight of the police’s financial crimes unit for allegedly using government worke...

Infrastructure Malta has installed a new public artwork to embellish the roundabout of the Santa Lucija Underpass Project, completed earlier this year between Santa Lucija, Tarxien and Paola. N(h)ar is a four-metre high steel artwork created by ...

The printing arm of Allied Group, Progress Press Company Limited, has filed judicial protests in Court against former chief of staff to the Prime Minister Keith Schembri and two of its former managing directors after discovering from criminal proceed...

OPM minister Carmelo Abela has been called in for police questioning over allegations made by Alfred Degiorgio, one of the suspects in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia.Abela confirmed this in a Facebook post. He said that, after he had filed lega...

Although he had met Joseph Muscat “three to four times”, Electrogas shareholder Paul Apap Bologna vehemently denied having discussed the project at any point in time with the former PM. He also remarked that he had never met either Keith ...

The Maltese government paid for pushbacks by the Dar Es Salaam 1 “three to four times”, the vessel’s owner has told a judge this afternoon.Mr Justice Lawrence Mintoff is hearing the case against Prime Minister Robert Abela, National...

The Finance Ministry has shot down a report that construction magnate Charles Polidano  got a major discount on his tax bill.Times of Malta reported on Wednesday that ‘ic-Caqnu’had managed to get his tax dues – some of which ha...

Three new Covid-19 cases were found in the last day as the number of active cases dropped to 120, the health authorities said.No deaths were again reported, and the number of victims remains at 417.In all, 30,489 cases were found in Malta, with 29,95...

Whether or not Malta makes the UK’s travel green list anytime soon rests on each and every person’s shoulders, Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo said.Malta is set to open for tourism on 1 June, and the country was surprised to learn that i...