Recently laid electricity and water services, together with skyrocketing land prices, have raised the spectre of development at rural Wardija. Over the past weeks, one of the rural lanes in Wied Safsafa has been dug up, water and electricity connecti...

The government has a lot to answer for after Malta was greylisted by the Financial Action Task Force, but the solution requires a national effort, PN spokesperson for Finance Mario de Marco said.The MP was answering a question about the Nationalist P...

As English language schools were forced to close last Wednesday and with most of them switching to online teaching, parents of children who are learning in Malta feel that they are being “scammed”, one parent told The Malta Independent. L...

It was a night to remember.For the winners, and the losers too.The Italians will remember it as the night when they won their second European championship, 53 years after their first.The English will remember it as the night when their dreams of winn...

Malta is planning repatriation flights for 250 Italians who are being held in quarantine after testing positive to Covid-19 or having been in touch with an infected person, Italian news agency Ansa reports.Apart from Italian nationals, a number of Ge...

The past two weeks have been truly chaotic with regard to Covid-19 and travel, with the scenario changing so fast and often that it was hard, if not impossible to keep up.The rapid changes did not only leave us scratching our heads but also gave Malt...

Over 100,000 people protested across France on Saturday against the government’s latest measures to push people to get vaccinated and curb rising infections by the delta variant of the coronavirus.In Paris, separate protest marches by the far-r...

Rescue workers labored to deal with damage laid bare by receding water Saturday as the death toll from disastrous flooding in Western Europe rose above 160 and thoughts turned to the lengthy job of rebuilding communities devastated in minutes.The dea...

In 2020, the MFSA issued a Discussion Paper proposing a comprehensive, enforceable cross-sectoral Corporate Governance Code for listed entities and persons authorised by the Authority. The Authority put forward several proposals regarding the scope a...

The Labour government has buried the country in the same problems that it was facing 30 years ago, and the time has come for it to re-emerge with stronger foundations under a Nationalist administration, PN leader Bernard Grech said Satuday.Closing th...

Two hundred and six new Covid-19 cases were recorded on Saturday, with five patients who have recovered, health authorities said.The sharp rise in the number of active cases continues to reach 1,642, when just two weeks ago the number was only 23.In ...

The Health and Tourism Authorities are proceeding with technical arrangements for the verification of the United States CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card.As from Monday 19th July 2021, Malta will recognise the United States CDC COVID-19 Vaccinatio...

A man was seriously injured in a traffic accident in Attard on Friday afternoon, the police said.The accident took place in Mdina Road at 4.30pm.It involved a Subaru Sambar driven by a 41-year-old man of Marsascala and a Seat Arona driven by a 28-yea...

Mark Anthony Sammut has been confirmed as president of the Nationalist Party general council.He was confirmed with 79% of the votes cast.The PN also elected its executive committee members:Paula Mifsud Bonnici – 845 votes Julie Zahra – 82...

European nations are scrambling to ramp up vaccination drives, using a carrot-and-stick approach to persuade the reluctant to get their shots as the more transmissible delta variant drives a surge in infections.Greece became the latest to enact new r...

The Italy-England Euro 2020 final is still grabbing headlines and a meme used by the Malta police force may lead to some controversy on the social media.To warn against strong winds this weekend, the Malta Police uploaded a meme showing Italian defen...

The Office of the President said that Mrs Miriam Vella, the wife of the President of the Republic, was discharged from Mater Dei Hospital this afternoon after she was admitted to hospital for observation last Tuesday. Tests showed she was suffering f...

A €500,000 regeneration project in Santa Luċija has been announced by Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Sustainable Development Miriam Dalli.Addressing a press conference at an unused part of the Garden of Serenity, Minister Miriam Dalli ...

The U.K. recorded more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases for the first time in six months Friday amid a warning from the British government’s top medical adviser that the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 could hit “quite scary&...

What makes humans unique? Scientists have taken another step toward solving an enduring mystery with a new tool that may allow for more precise comparisons between the DNA of modern humans and that of our extinct ancestors.Just 7% of our genome is un...

The death toll from disastrous flooding in western Europe rose above 150 on Saturday as rescue workers toiled to clear up the devastation and prevent further damage.Police said that more than 90 people are now known to have died in western Germany's ...

A post on Facebook advertising free lessons has angered the Union of Professional Educators.The post was uploaded by Audrey Demicoli, a Labour Party candidate."What does it take to become a professional teacher? Not much, according to Audrey Demicoli...

A man was seriously injured in a traffic accident in Attard on Friday afternoon, the police said.The accident took place in Mdina Road at 4.30pm.It involved a Subaru Sambar driven by a 41-year-old man of Marsascala and a Seat Arona driven by a 28-yea...

Max Verstappen out-dragged Lewis Hamilton at the start of Formula One's experimental first sprint qualifying race to take the pole for the British Grand Prix and spoil the homecoming of the seven-time champion.Hamilton initially seemed fine with the ...

The Malta Chamber’s Sustainable Mobility committee agreed on a pathway towards the electrification of the vehicle fleet, the chamber said in a statement.In view of the proposed national cut-off date for Malta to phase out fossil fuel vehicles, ...

Many interesting and relevant points were raised on Thursday during a public consultation conference organised by MIMCOL on the country’s economic vision for the next ten years. The vision, unveiled some weeks back, aims to boost Malta’s ...

One cannot tolerate public discrimination and hate speech in the EU against LGBTI citizens and other minorities and it is even more unacceptable that such discrimination and injustice is being set into a national law, as in Hungary, Alfred Sant state...

The European Parliamentary Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, ITRE, voted in favour of a report based on public private partnerships at European level in order to allow the European Union and member countries to engage in private partnership...

Festivals Malta has announced the dates of the second edition of ‘Mużika Mużika’, which will take place on 24, 25 and 26 March 2022.The follows the much-awaited return of the Festival Kanzunetta Maltija with the first ...

Minister for Social Accommodation Roderick Galdes announced the first intergenerational housing project in Malta.This project, established by a Memorandum of Understanding signed by the Housing Authority and Salesians Don Bosco, will start in a few w...

In one flooded German town, the ground collapsed under family homes. In another, floodwaters swept through an assisted living center, killing 12.Rescue workers across Germany and Belgium rushed Friday to prevent more deaths from some of the Continent...

235 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported by health authorities, while new details have been given about the cases reported on Thursday.6 people have recovered, while no new deaths were – for another day – recorded in the last 24 hours...

The AMP Lost & Found festival has been postponed for another year as organisers blame uncertainty on travel international and an unclear past to hosting mass events for the decision.The festival, which takes place at Café del Mar in St. Pa...

A 46-year-old man has been reprimanded by the court after it ruled that he insulted and threatened Nationalist MP Jason Azzopardi.John Borg, a loyalist to former Nationalist Party leader Adrian Delia, had been outside party headquarters waiting for t...

Brothers Robert and Adrian Agius, known as Tal-Maksar, and their associate Jamie Vella have been denied bail by the court.In a ruling delivered today, Magistrate Caroline Farrugia Frendo turned down their bail requests. She insisted bail is not an au...

Thursday’s newly recorded cases saw 56 Maltese Nationals test positive for Covid-19, while more than 50% of the cases were tourists, the Health Ministry informed The Malta Independent.Malta is continuing to see a surge in new Covid-19 cases. Mo...

Virtu Ferries have issued a set of guidelines for travellers to Sicily after the regional president ordered mandatory testing for Covid-19.Sicily region president Nello Musimeci signed the decree on Wednesday, Italian news agency Ansa reports.The sam...

A young British man died while swimming in a pool in St Paul’s Bay on Thursday evening, the police said.In a statement, the police said it was informed at 7.45pm about a person who found himself in difficulty while swimming in a pool in Triq it...

The government has announced a €1 million investment project that is set to see the installation of the latest technology LED lighting in the fortified city of Mdina. This investment is part of a larger €3 million project aimed to beautify ...

A woman suffered grievous injuries when she was hit by a car in Pieta last night.The police said that the accident took place in Triq ix-Xatt at around midnight.The woman, aged 61 of St Julian’s, was hit by a Peugeot driven by a 53-year-old man...

Public Health Superintendent Charmaine Gauci has in many ways been the face of Malta’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.With tireless work and a no-doubt packed schedule, for many months when the pandemic first hit Malta she faced the public...

More than 60 people have died and dozens were missing Thursday as severe flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.Among those killed were nine residents of an a...

Italian lawmakers approved renewed funding to train the Libyan coast guard as a human rights group released a report Thursday outlining fresh accusations that the coast guard returns the migrants it rescues at sea to horrific detention camps in the N...

222 cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Thursday, with no details being given on where these cases have emerged from.With 10 recoveries and no new deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, the number of active cases currently stands ...

The public inquiry board into the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has drafted its report.The board, made up of retired judge Michael Mallia along with former chief justice Joseph Said Pullicino and Madam Justice Abigail Lofaro, sai...

In the presentation of the strategy ‘A Future Proof Malta’, Minister for Economy and Industry, Silvio Schembri, said that the Government is willing to listen to all stakeholders to ensure a sustainable economy for Malta, but given its siz...

The compilation of evidence against Adrian Hillman continued on Thursday, with senior Malta Enterprise official George Francalanza reappearing before the court to further explain the investment aid given to Progress Press for the purchasing of printi...

Peter R. de Vries, the renowned Dutch crime reporter shot last week in a brazen attack in Amsterdam, has died, Dutch media reported Thursday citing a statement from his family.RTL, the Dutch network De Vries regularly worked for, cited the family sta...

Travellers arriving in Sicily from Malta will have to undergo a Covid-19 test, Italian media report.Sicily region president Nello Musimeci signed the decree on Wednesday, Italian news agency Ansa reports.The same measure is also obligatory for people...

After 120 years of fuel storage and activity, the 31st of March fuel plant will be closing down. On Thursday, the last fuel truck made its exit from the current plant, as now journey and filling up fuel will be made at Ħas-Saptan. This...

Of the 218 positive cases reported on Wednesday, 44 are Maltese citizens, 21 are foreign residents in Malta and 153 are tourists, the health ministry confirmed with The Malta Independent.“Close to 90% of these are unvaccinated,” a spokesp...

Maltese residents returning to Malta without a recognised Covid vaccination certificate will need permission to carry out their mandatory quarantine in a location other than a hotel.The hotel stay would cost a minimum of €1,400.The Superintenden...

Malta has increased the list of recognised vaccination certificates to now include those from Turkey and Dubai.Until recently, Malta was only accepting the Maltese, EU, UK and Swiss vaccination certificates from travellers, meaning that they would no...

Maltese health authorities will accept AstraZeneca vaccines even if they have been manufactured in India under amended travel guidelines, Britain’s transport secretary Grant Shapps said on Wednesday.The news has also been confirmed by Malta's H...

Education Minister Justyne Caruana was non-committal on any form of timeline for the reopening – even for limited demographics – of English language schools, despite worries by the sector that their closure might leave over 2,000 at risk ...

Public service workers will be allowed to work remotely as from October under a newly launched policy for remote working, which was launched on Wednesday.The policy follows a pilot project which started in 2019 and ran throughout the Covid-19 outbrea...

At least 19 people have died and dozens of people are missing in Germany after heavy flooding turned streams and streets into raging torrents, sweeping away cars and causing some buildings to collapse.Authorities in the western county of Euskirchen s...

COVID-19 deaths and cases are on the rise again globally in a dispiriting setback that is triggering another round of restrictions and dampening hopes for a return to normal life.The World Health Organization reported Wednesday that deaths climbed la...

Malta has backed off a new rule that would have allowed only people with proof of having been vaccinated against the coronavirus to enter the country after the European Commission raised concerns that it might impede the right to free movement within...

Over the past years, Malta has made significant efforts and improvements in its financial crime risk compliance, explained Rudolph Psaila, Chairman of FinanceMalta. Speaking to Dayna Camilleri Clarke, Psaila said he is confident that, with all stakeh...

Mask-wearing will be required on London's transport network even after the legal obligation to wear them in England is lifted on July 19, the city's mayor said Wednesday, as coronavirus cases across the whole of the U.K. rose above the 40,000 mark fo...

The European Union unveiled sweeping new legislation Wednesday to help meet its pledge to cut emissions of the gases that cause global warming by 55% over this decade, including a controversial plan to tax foreign companies for the pollution they cau...

Last week, the government announced that patients who suffer from Cystic Fibrosis will be getting their medicine free of charge.The uncommon disorder damages the lungs, the digestive system and other organs of the body, which also affecting cells tha...

Nine passengers who returned to Pescara from Malta on Tuesday tested positive to Covid-19, Italian news agency Ansa reports.All 70 passengers on board the plane, including those having a green pass, have been placed in quarantine for 14 days because ...

Unvaccinated travellers entering Malta must pay a minimum of €1,400 for a hotel room to observe a mandatory quarantine period upon arrival in the country, the Malta Tourism Authority said.The news comes after legal notices issued on Tuesday repe...

218 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Wednesday, taking the number of active cases up to exactly 1,000.No recoveries or deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.The last time Malta had over 1,000 active cases was on 29 March, when Malta had 1,1...

A constitutional amendment to regulate administrative penalties of a financial nature and to reduce the discrepancy between the right to a fair trial, failed to garner the required two-thirds majority in Parliament on Wednesday after the Opposition v...

The regulatory authorities need to have enough trust and effectiveness when it comes to sanctioning to "not only bark, but bite where needs be", Minister for Justice Edward Zammit Lewis said. Currently, parliament is discussing an amendment to introd...

Chris Cardona and Carmelo Abela were present when Alfred Degiorgio was given robbery plans and a set of false keys a few days before the botched HSBC heist in 2010, PN MP Jason Azzopardi has claimed. He was testifying in a libel suit filed against hi...

While the abrupt, forced closure of the sector has set the Language Schools into complete panic and disarray, FELTOM insisted that it is the jobs of the approximate 2,000 direct employees that must take priority without delay.It was reacting to the c...

Lawyer Jonathan Attard has been co-opted to Parliament on Wednesday to replace Manuel Mallia. The Labour party said that it’s parliamentary group and national executive had unanimously agreed on Attard’s co-option. In his maiden...

The government is losing control of the Covid-19 situation, the Nationalist Party has claimed in a statement.This, after the government took a number of “immature” decisions that “lacked vision,” the opposition said.“The...

Speaker Anglu Farrugia said he walked out of an ethics committee meeting on Tuesday as a result of disorder and shouting by its members.Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, Farrugia said he will be in contact with both government and Opposition membe...

Two men of foreign nationality are in hospital with grievous injuries after being hit by a car in separate accidents on Tuesday afternoon.In the first accident, a 22-year-old Sudanese man who resides in Birzebbuga was hit by a car in Main Street, Mel...

The Armed Forces of Malta saved 81 migrants who were in distress on a boat in Malta’s search and rescue zone, the government said.Three other migrants were found dead on the same boat, the statement added.The rescued migrants included five wome...

The court has heard submissions on bail by Robert and Adrian Agius's defence lawyer when the compilation of evidence against them continued on Wednesday.Brothers Robert and Adrian Agius, known as Tal-Maksar, and their associates Jamie Vella and ...

A British couple have been turned away from travelling to see their son in Malta after they were unknowingly given an Indian-made version of the AstraZeneca vaccine, the Daily Mail reports.Steve and Glenda Hardy, who received doses of the vaccine in ...

The number of migrants and refugees who died while attempting to reach Europe on dangerous sea crossings more than doubled so far this year compared to the first six months of 2020, the U.N. migration agency said Wednesday in a new report.At least 1,...

The Lisa Maria Foundation has said that the sex offenders register is too cumbersome to be effective, insisting that all institutions employing people who have a duty of care towards children, are given easier access to the Sex Offenders Register.The...

Over 450 courses across 72 different subjects will make up the Lifelong Learning programme for the upcoming scholastic year, the Education Ministry announced on Wednesday.In a press conference at Valletta’s National Archaeology Museum, details ...

Through the pens and pencils of children, England is fighting back against racism.After Marcus Rashford and two other Black players missed penalty kicks in the final moments of the national soccer team's European Championship loss to Italy, bigots de...

The COVID-19 curve in the U.S. is rising again after months of decline, with the number of new cases per day doubling over the past three weeks, driven by the fast-spreading delta variant, lagging vaccination rates and Fourth of July gatherings.Confi...

Inbound tourists for the first five months of 2021 amounted to 69,387, a decrease of 81.3% over the same period in 2020.The National Statistics Office said that total nights spent by inbound tourists decreased by 59%, totalling 917,196 nights.  ...

Coronavirus infections in the Netherlands skyrocketed by more than 500% over the last week, the country's public health institute reported Tuesday. The surge follows the scrapping of almost all remaining lockdown restrictions and the reopening of nig...

After several weeks in which the number of new Covid-19 cases were negligible, we have once again moved into three figures.We had days with zero cases, and we were happy about that. We had days with single digit cases, and we were happy about that to...

Labour MP Manuel Mallia resigned from Parliament on Tuesday, with the lawyer set to be appointed as Malta’s High Commissioner to London.First elected in 2013, Mallia initially served as Home Affairs Minister – a role he was forced to step...

Manuel Mallia's parliamentary seat will need to be filled through a co-option procedure and not through a casual election.Mallia resigned from Parliament on Tuesday as he is set to be appointed as Malta's High Commissioner to London.The reason no cas...

Lovin Malta founder at CEO Christian Peregin will be leaving the media organisation to join the Nationalist Party. Peregin, 33 and a former journalist of Times of Malta, said he will “exit Lovin Malta completely” and start working wi...

A 5-year-old girl who died over the weekend may have had Covid-19 and the health authorities are investigating, Health Minister Chris Fearne said on Tuesday.The young girl developed a fever on Friday, before being admitted to Mater Dei Hospital on Sa...

The government has published the legal notice regarding travel to Malta, which comes into force on 14th July, slightly amending their original position.Originally, the government said that from Wednesday only people with a recognised vaccine certific...

The vast majority of Malta's recent Covid-19 cases remain individuals who are unvaccinated, but the Delta variant is now more prevalent at a community level in the country, Health Minister Chris Fearne said.In a press conference where Fearne also ann...

 Speaker Anglu Farrugia called for further investigation into PL MP Rosianne Cutajar's conduct over her involvement in an Mdina property deal, before a decision is taken on whether or not to adopt the report by Standards Commissioner George Hyzl...

Charles Farrugia will need to pay nearly €40,000 according to an amended income tax return for the year 2019 after declaring the earnings from the Mdina property deal.On Tuesday afternoon, Speaker Anglu Farrugia said, during a Standards Committe...

Malta has presented its recovery plan to tackle the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and create a supporting platform for green and digital transitions in a short and medium time frame. Malta hopes to benefit from a €345 million budget which wil...

154 new Covid-19 cases were reported by health authorities on Tuesday, as Malta’s latest pandemic spike persists.Six people have recovered, while no new deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours, leaving Malta’s active cases at 782.The nu...

UEFA asked an investigator on Tuesday to study violence by England fans at the European Championship final including at least hundreds who got into Wembley Stadium without tickets.The English Football Association was separately charged with mult...

Persons who have not yet taken the Covid-19 jab can do so without an appointment as from Monday, the health ministry said. They can do so at the University of Malta’s Gateway Hall and at Gozo’s Conference and Expo Centre from Monday to Fr...

GO today announced an investment of €25 million in a 3rd submarine cable, which has been named as ‘LaValette’. This forms part of the global PEACE System (Pakistan East Africa Connecting Europe) project - a multi-million-euro connect...

A list of vehicles and boats owned by Nexia BT officials, who are accused of money laundering was presented in court this morning by a Transport Malta employee.The compilation of evidence against the accused continued on Tuesday in front of Magistrat...