The government’s decision to introduce travel restrictions a few weeks ago, in addition to other issues, have led to a number of locals cancelling their trips abroad, the Federated Association of Travel and Tourism Agents (FATTA) said, while th...

Two men from Somalia were injured in a fight that took place in Paola on Monday evening, the police said.At 10.30pm, a 30-year-old man from Somalia went to the police station to report a fight that broke out in a residence in Triq tal-Borg.The other ...

The compilation of evidence against the man alleged to have masterminded the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder, Yorgen Fenech, continues this morning.The evidence against Fenech primarily rests on the testimony of Melvin Theuma, the middleman in the murd...

A boat carrying African migrants capsized off Libya's coast Monday, leaving at least 57 people presumed dead, a U.N. migration official said. It was the latest disaster in the Mediterranean Sea involving migrants seeking a better life in Europe.The v...

Australia’s second-most populous city Melbourne will end its fifth lockdown on Tuesday with the Victoria state government declaring it had beaten an outbreak of the highly contagious COVID-19 delta variant for a second time.The five-day lockdow...

Temperatures are set to soar again later this week, reaching a feel like of 41 degrees Celsius, according to a forecast by the Met Office.Malta has already experienced a lengthy heat wave in the last 10 days of June and, after a "normal" three weeks,...

The United States served notice Monday that it will keep existing COVID-19 restrictions on international travel in place for now due to concerns about the surging infection rate because of the delta variant.It was the latest sign that the W...

The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:___MEDAL ALERTYang Haoran and Yang Qian have given China a sweep in the first two mixed team shooting eve...

Former St Andrew’s, Rangers and Scotland defender Ally Dawson has died aged 63 after a long illness, his family have said.Dawson, capped five times by his country, spent 12 years at Ibrox before joining Blackburn in 1987, the BBC reports. He al...

The Gozo Tourism Association told The Malta Independent that the domestic tourism market can never fully compensate for the lack of foreign tourists.Malta’s tourism market took another hit this summer, when the government had to change the trav...

94 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Monday, as 126 people recovered.This means that the number of active cases has dropped slightly, and currently stands at 2,262.So far, 744,521 vaccine doses have been administered. Of these, 393,062 were first...

Moviment Graffitti activist Andre Callus has confirmed that the appeal against the Planning Authority’s (PA) decision to approve the db Group project in Pembroke will be filed in the coming days.On 10 June, the Planning Authority approved the c...

The Gozo Tourism Association’s (GTA) CEO Joe Muscat said that he does not believe Gozo will return to a state of closure, “because we have the vaccine as a weapon against Covid-19.”Over the past year, tourism was among the sectors m...

A new initiative to enable small businesses like local grocery stores to reduce their water and energy consumption − and thus, their bills − was announced in a press conference on Monday by the Ministry for Energy, Enterprise and Sustaina...

France's parliament approved a law early Monday requiring special virus passes for all restaurants and domestic travel and mandating vaccinations for all health workers.Both measures have prompted protests and political tensions. President Emmanuel M...

In 2020, the total number of inbound and domestic tourists who visited the Gozo and Comino region amounted to 388,213, statistics issued by the National Statistics Office (NSO) show."Domestic tourists accounted for 89.8% of total tourism demand withi...

Three Maltese companies who operate Bolt have demanded that the plaintiff in a commercial case against the mobility operator publish a retraction of its claims or face court action, saying the other party “knew full well” that they were s...

A jilted lover has been charged with harassing his ex-partner and circulating sexually explicit photos of her which then went viral.Msida resident Jaysal Kuyil Kandam, a 31-year-old delivery driver from India, was accused of harassing and reproducing...

A cardinal who allegedly induced an underling to lie to prosecutors. Brokers and lawyers who pulled a fast one over the Vatican No. 2 to get him to approve a disastrous real estate deal. A self-styled intelligence analyst who bought Prada and Louis V...

The University of Malta has embarked on a capital investment project of €38M, €30M of which have been funded through the European Regional Development Fund 2014-2020, to set up a Transdisciplinary Research and Knowledge Exchange (TRAKE) com...

“The PN’s goal must be to win the general election.” This was a statement made by the president of the party’s General Council, Mark Anthony Sammut.Realistically speaking, the odds of the PN winning are very, very slim. The su...

A number of illegal development cases carried out in ODZ areas in Malta and Gozo have been closed off during the past weeks, the Planning Authority said.This, after officers working within the Planning Authority’s Compliance & Enforcement D...

The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:MEDAL ALERTThe team representing the Russian Olympic Committee rode remarkable performances by Artur Dala...

Air Malta has received 15,000 booking cancellations for travel during the month of July since Malta introduced restrictions on travel earlier this month.In June, Malta actively opened up for tourism, allowing both fully vaccinated and unvaccinated to...

Sammut’s appointment to the post of President of the General Council is part of a number of changes in top party positions that have been announced, having replaced Ċensu Galea. Another PN Stalwart who will be stepping aside is Franci...

The financial services watchdog will be led by a non-Maltese CEO for the first time since it was set up in 2002, The Malta Independent on Sunday can reveal. A new CEO has been chosen and will be announced in the coming days, sources have confirmed wi...

A motorcyclist was seriously injured on Sunday afternoon in a crash in Luqa, the police said.The accident took place in Hal Farrug Street at 4.30pm.The biker, a 67-year-old man from Siggiewi, was taken to hospital with serious injuries.Magistrate Nat...

The Labour Party has recently presented a list of what it described were 100 ideas that were based on the principles of the past with a view to the future.The document is divided into 10 sections which deal with wealth, a just society, the environmen...

The fast ferry service which operates between Valletta’s Grand Harbour and the Mġarr Port in Gozo has had a “significant” impact on the Gozo Channel service since it started operating, Gozo Channel Chairperson Joe Cordina told ...

Maltese athlete Eleonor Bezzina was eliminated from the 10m Air Pistol competition at the Tokyo Olympic Games after finishing 26th overall in the qualifying phase with a score of 570.The best eight shooters from 53 qualified for the final.Bezzina wil...

German politicians were deeply divided Sunday over a warning by Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief of staff that restrictions for unvaccinated people may be necessary if COVID-19 infection numbers reach new heights in the coming months.Chief of staff H...

Site works for the Luqa Junction Project will begin shortly after having been approved by The Planning Authority, a spokesperson for roads agency Infrastructure Malta told The Malta Independent on Sunday. The project is expected to reduce travel time...

The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:___MEDAL ALERTUlugbek Rashitov won Uzbekistan’s first Olympic taekwondo gold medal in dramatic fash...

127 new cases of Covid-19 were registered on Sunday, as 109 people recovered from the virus.No new deaths were registered.The number of active cases currently stands at 2,294.In total, 743,712 vaccine doses have been administered. 392,994 of these we...

A 14-year-old Chinese youth who resides in Sliema was seriously injured after falling onto rocks, the police said in a statement.The accident occurred at 10pm on Saturday, in the Tignè area in Sliema.The youth was taken to Mater Dei Hospital. ...

Since Malta was added to the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) grey list, some people might face added scrutiny by financial auditors, but everyone should not suffer for the government's inaction on financial crimes, Opposition and PN leader Berna...

Malta cannot rest on what it has achieved so far, as doing so would endanger all of it, Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Sunday about the Covid-19 pandemic situation.The Prime Minister spoke about a report by the International Monetary Fund which,...

Despite the challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, SR Technics' new aircraft hangar is set to be complete in the coming months.World-leading MRO service provider SR Technics is set to complete its €44 million project investment in th...

MEP candidate and EU expert Peter Agius is expected to lead PN efforts to reach out to a wider electorate.He is expected to be appointed as the PN's Chief Spokesperson in charge of coordinating the PN message to effectively reach out to sectors of in...

The former Sacra Infermeria in Valletta is very much linked with the origins of medical teaching in Malta. This is because it was in this place that in 1676, the School of Anatomy and Surgery was founded by the Spanish Grand Master Nicolás Cot...

Malta’s reputation and the future of our financial services sector have taken another severe blow after the UK placed Malta on its high-risk list for money laundering and terrorist financing. The move comes hot on the heels of Malta’s gre...

With all British schools now closed for the summer, airports and airlines were looking a tad more normal on Saturday, although the number of families heading off for warmer climes remains way down from before the coronavirus pandemic.This weekend tra...

171 cases of Covid-19 were found overnight and an elderly woman died in hospital while positive for the virus, the health authorities said.The woman who died was 73 years old.This was the first Covid death in over a month, with the last one reported ...

This Voxpop was conducted over two days in mid-July at Bizazza Street, Sliema and Republic Street, Valletta. Several females in their 20s stated that even though vaccinated, they believe one should continue to wear a mask outside − even when al...

The European Medicines Agency on Friday recommended authorizing Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 12 to 17, the first time the shot has been authorized for people under 18.The EU drug regulator said research in more than 3,700 childr...

Earlier this week, Justice Minister Edward Zammit Lewis announced that certain petty crimes will be dealt with by the Justice Commissioners, rather than the Court of Magistrates. The move aims to increase efficiency at the Courts of Law by easing the...

Both the Attorney General as well as two architects have appealed a court judgment in which the two men were found guilty of the involuntary homicide of Miriam Pace when her house in Hamrun collapsed next to an excavation site.Last month Perit Roderi...

Floriana: Floriana Dispensary,29, Vincenzo Dimech Street; Ħamrun: Lister Pharmacy, 678, St Joseph High Road; Qormi: Anici Pharmacy, Anici Street; Birkirkara: Brown's Pharmacy, 32, Fleur-de-Lys Road; Ġżira: Tony's Pharmacy, 100, Sir Pat...

Tens of people gathered in Valletta this morning to protest against vaccination and other measures implemented to combat the spread of Covid-19.The protestors, many of whom did not wear masks, walked from Castille Square to the Parliament building, c...

The British government has sought to ease food supply pressures in England by exempting more than 10,000 workers from quarantine rules that led to staff shortages and empty shelves and fears of panic-buying.However, it has come under criticism Friday...

The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:Beach volleyball player Phil Dalhausser has had a rough start to the Tokyo Games.The four-time Olympian a...

A motorcyclist was grievously injured after he lost control of the bike he was riding and crashed, the police said.The accident took place in Valleya Road, Iklin, at 6.15pm on Friday.The biker, a 25-year-old man resident in Iklin, was taken to hospit...

It is a shame that the tourism industry is expecting special treatment, taking advantage of the Covuid-19 pandemic, ADPD The Green Party said. At a press conference in Floriana today, Deputy Secretary General Sandra Gauci noted that it is a shame tha...

Voluntary organisations have benefited from a quarter of a million euro investment thanks to two schemes issued by the government to enable them to install photovoltaic systems on their property for free.Through the second call issued by the Ministry...

The quarantine period for fully vaccinated people who come into contact with Covid-positive persons will soon go from 14 days down to 5.The announcement was made by Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne during an interview with Times of Malta. Fearne sa...

Following the rehabilitation works of the main façade of the Archbishop’s Curia in Floriana, a new lighting system was inaugurated. This coincided with the feast of St Calcedonius, which is being celebrated today (24th July), whose remai...

Prime Minister Robert Abela took aim at the opposition during his closing speech of the PL's General Council, calling the PN amateurish and criticising the PN's actions during the pandemic."Less than two months after I took over, the pandemic hit," h...

The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry, and the General Workers’ Union signed a framework agreement on active ageing and intergenerational approach to ensure a healthy, safe, and productive working environment to enable workers ...

A search and rescue operation continued into the night Friday off the coast of the Greek island of Crete for several people believed missing a day after a sailboat carrying dozens of migrants sank in high winds.Greece’s coast guard said 37 peop...

The Environment and Resources Authority has approved the Environmental Impact Assessment for the construction of a Malta-Sicily gas pipeline.The authority held a public meeting on the proposal, which consists of the construction of a new access road,...

A group of Marsaskala residents have written to Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo, expressing their concerns about the Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) Design Contest and its ‘regeneration plans.’ The letter was also sent to Prime Minister Ro...

8,323 vaccines were administered at walk-in clinics this past week, Health Minister Chris Fearne has said.Hundreds of people turned up for vaccination against Covid-19 in a walk-in temporary clinic in Spinola Bay, St Julian's today.This is the third ...

Roselyn Borg Knight has submitted her nomination for the post of the PN's International Secretary.She currently holds the post, and thus if chosen, she will retain it.In a post on Facebook, Borg Knight said that she submitted her nomination after hol...

A man has been charged with sexually molesting a young girl with the court hearing how she suffered severe psychological trauma from three alleged incidents.The 42-year-old from Żurrieq, who cannot be named by court order, was arraigned this aft...

One hundred and seventy two new Covid-19 cases were registered on Thursday, health authorities said.In all, the number of cases have edged closer to 3,000 - 2,497 to be precise - as the patients who recovered totalled 65.Since the first case was regi...

The ICT sector in Malta is expected to require an increase in nearly 22 per cent employment opportunities in the next 10 years, it was announced today.Whether the number of people required will be supplied for the expected increase however remains to...

A major emergency drill was held at Delimara Power Station (DPS) today.This drill simulated a fuel leakage in a tank while maintenance works were taking place. Civil Protection personnel together with Enemalta's emergency response team were called on...

Belated and beleaguered, the virus-delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics finally opened Friday night with cascading fireworks and made-for-TV choreography that unfolded in a near-empty stadium, a colorful but strangely subdued ceremony that set a striking to...

Prime Minister Robert Abela’s way of leading as if everything is “business as usual” is not working, Opposition and PN leader Bernard Grech said.On Thursday, Malta was placed on the high-risk list in the UK for money laundering and ...

On Wednesday, the St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation inaugurated the completion of the restorative works in the oratory and the opening of the Caravaggio Wing, at St John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta.The ambitious oratory restoration and con...

Malta has been placed on the UK’s high-risk countries for money laundering and terrorist financing.This blow to Malta’s reputation comes weeks after Malta was placed on the grey list by the Financial Action Task Force.Ghana has been taken...

Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said he does not like it when people say that the Maltese people get the government they deserve.When he closed the Nationalist Party’s general council meeting on Saturday, Grech said that if one were to endorse ...

The Malta Chamber today urged the health authorities to rethink the existing quarantine measures which should be focused on a risk-based approach for fully vaccinated people.As over 81% of the adult population in Malta is fully vaccinated against COV...

Diabetes was a fatal disease before insulin was discovered on July 27, 1921. A century ago, people diagnosed with this metabolic disorder usually survived only a few years. Physicians had no way to treat their diabetic patients' dangerously high bloo...

“Whilst we need to work hard for a better and carbon-free environment, we cannot ignore the social impact this transaction will have,” MEP Josianne Cutajar said.Whilst intervening during the last meeting of the Committee on Industry, Rese...

The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:___Tennis star Naomi Osaka has lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Games, ending the fl...

The 166 new Covid-19 patients registered today have taken the tally of active cases to nearly 2,500, health authorities said.The total number of cases registered in malta has now climbed to 33,198, with 30,291 people who have recovered and 420 people...

Some €16 million in vouchers have been spent in the first six weeks since the second scheme was introduced, while 37,851 people are still to collect them from their respective post branches, Minister for Economy and Industry, Silvio Schembri, sa...

The Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) has issued a call to find a second quarantine hotel as the one currently in use is nearing full capacity. Currently, the Corinthia Marina in St Julian’s is being used as a Covid-19 quarantine for tourists. Sour...

The Malta Tourism Authority plans to continue flying Covid-positive English language students back to their home countries, a spokesperson for the authority told The Malta Independent.The first flight is scheduled for today, where around 100 positive...

The Superintendence of Cultural Heritage intervened on works being carried out by Infrastructure Malta in the vicinity of Wignacourt Aqueduct in Attard."The Superintendence has instructed the contractor to halt works until a site visit could be carri...

More than 500 of the 2,300 cases of Covid-19 students are students in Malta to learn English, while the first 58 Italian students have been repatriated, describing their return home as the end of a nightmare.Italian news agency Ansa reports that some...

A court has rejected a bid by four environmental NGOs and a number of landowners to challenge a decision exempting the release of large parcels of land for development, from a strategic environmental assessment.Flimkien Għal Ambjent Aħjar, ...

The International Monetary Fund has raised gross domestic product projections for Malta this year from 4.7% to 5.8%, a government statement said.As for next year, the growth is expected to be 6%, more than half a percentage point larger than the prev...

Reports of athletes, lawmakers and others getting the coronavirus despite vaccination may sound alarming but top health experts point to overwhelming evidence that the shots are doing exactly what they are supposed to: dramatically reducing severe il...

What is a COVID-19 vaccine “breakthrough” case?It’s when a fully vaccinated person gets infected with the coronavirus. A small number of such cases are expected and health officials say they're not a cause for alarm.COVID-19 va...

The Planning Authority Board has approved a new development in the area next to the former Trade Fair grounds in Naxxar.The site consists of an existing vacant plot at il-Gwejdja, partly facing Pjazza Celsi and is just off Triq il-Markiz Scicluna, wi...

The Corradino Correctional Facility has admitted that it had blocked a landline and mobile number of a journalist so that prisoners would not be able to call him, the Institute of Malta Journalists (IGM) said on Thursday.In reply to a complaint filed...

Malta stands out as a country with exceptionally fertile soil for the development of most forms of gambling, and the industry poses as one of the biggest contributors to its GDP. In fact, Malta was the first European country to come up with a legisla...

The Bank of Valletta branches of Balluta and Mqabba were closed today after an employee in each branch tested positive for Covid-19, BOV said.BOV said that the branches will be disinfected according to guidelines issued by the Health Authorities. It ...

Former Chamber of Commerce president David Xuereb has been appointed chairman of the Occupational Health and Safety Authority, the government said.An architect by profession, Xuereb has worked for years in sustainable design and green industry.He was...

Church bells rang out across Norway on Thursday, marking 10 years since the country’s worst ever peacetime slaughter as commemoration ceremonies took place throughout the day.On July 22, 2011, right wing extremist Anders Breivik set off a bomb ...

The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:A third athlete from the Czech Republic has tested positive for COVID-19 at the Tokyo Games.The Czech tea...

COVID-19 cases nearly tripled in the U.S. over two weeks amid an onslaught of vaccine misinformation that is straining hospitals, exhausting doctors and pushing clergy into the fray.“Our staff, they are frustrated," said Chad Neilsen, director ...

It’s the second summer which we are facing under the ever-present eye of the Covid-19 pandemic, and it’s the second summer where Malta has managed to bungle its tourism strategy.Two different ministers – Julia Farrugia Portelli last...

The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee fired the director of the opening ceremony on Thursday because of a Holocaust joke he made during a comedy show in 1998.Organizing committee president Seiko Hashimoto said a day ahead of the opening ceremony tha...

Libya's coast guard intercepted Wednesday four boats in the Mediterranean Sea carrying migrants trying to reach Europe, a U.N. official said. According to the migrants, 20 people from one of the vessels had gone overboard earlier in the day and were ...

Despite both government and Opposition MPs saying they are available to resume a meeting of the standards committee to discuss a report on Rosianne Cutajar, no date has been set yet for the next meeting. Parliament’s ethics committee is current...

Prime Minister Robert Abela has said that he is “heartened” by the positive reviews given to Malta’s fiscal and economic status by rating agencies, as he also vowed efforts will be “redoubled” so that Malta gets out of t...