Despite the recent overloaded demand for electricity across the island, the uptake of electric cars and thus the ensuing further increased electricity demand has been “taken into consideration”, a spokesperson for the Ministry for Energy,...

The Taliban swept into Afghanistan's capital Sunday after the government collapsed and the embattled president joined an exodus of his fellow citizens and foreigners, signaling the end of a costly two-decade U.S. campaign to remake the country.Heavil...

Hibernians have filed a protest at European footballing body UEFA calling for an investigation into the refereeing team in their Conference League fixture against FC Riga last Thursday.The Maltese team was eliminated from the UEFA Conference League i...

While Malta has reached a herd immunity level of just under 90%, many countries are still way off the mark, and the world may never manage to reach herd immunity. As a result, Covid might turn from a pandemic into something endemic, which means that ...

51 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Sunday, as the number of new recoveries continued to outweigh the number of new cases being found.In fact, 100 new recoveries were reported on Sunday – meaning that the number of a...

Transport Malta’s proposed Marsascala yacht marina concession could have a value of around €183 million across 50 years, The Malta Independent on Sunday can reveal.Calculations and research by Transport Malta placed the estimated procureme...

It was bound to happen, and it did.And each time it does, it exposes a Nationalist Party that is in despair and trying to cling to the last straws of relevance.Leader Bernard Grech fell into the trap when he addressed the PN general council’s m...

The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti climbed to 1,297 on Sunday, a day after the powerful temblor turned thousands of structures into rubble and set off franctic rescue efforts ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching storm....

Before Malta considers passing legislation on euthanasia, there needs to be an improvement in palliative care, Professor of Family Medicine and Bioethics Pierre Mallia told The Malta Independent on Sunday.  “It would be tragic to introduce...

Two men were remanded in custody on Sunday after they were caught with what was allegedly cocaine on Saturday.The duo, a 41-year-old and a 58-year-old who both live in Mellieha, were arrested in Valletta after surveillance by the police’s anti-...

It is a decisive decade for planet Earth, but we are not too late to tackle climate change, the President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen said. In an interview on the European Green Deal, Von der Leyen speaks of a green transition tha...

Transport Malta has responded to criticism for its proposal for a yacht marina in Marsascala Bay after severe backlash to plans which emerged on Friday.In a statement responding to public statements about the pre-qualification questionnaire for a con...

Roger Federer is going to miss the U.S. Open and be sidelined for months because he needs a third operation on his right knee, a procedure he said will leave him with “a glimmer of hope” that he can return to competition.Federer announced...

The Nationalist Party is calling for the withdrawal of the Marsascala marina project which it described as “disproportionate and hasty”.On Friday, Transport Malta released a call for tenders for the construction of a yacht marina sprawlin...

A kitchen fire in a restaurant in Gozo left two people in hospital with significant injuries, police said on Sunday.Police said that at around 11am on Sunday they were informed of an incident at a restaurant in Triq Giorgio Borg Olivier in Rabat, Goz...

Afghanistan’s embattled president left the country Sunday, joining thousands of his fellow citizens and foreigners in a stampede fleeing the advancing Taliban and signaling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking the country.T...

Gerd Müller, the Bayern Munich and former West Germany forward who scored 566 goals for the club and still holds the record for the most goals scored in the Bundesliga with 365, has died. He was 75.The Bavarian club announced his death on Sunday...

If this was a first taste of life without Harry Kane for Tottenham, maybe that prospect isn't so terrifying after all.At least not while Son Heung-min is still at the club.Son netted a second-half winner Sunday as Tottenham opened the Premier League ...

The death toll from a powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti climbed sharply on Sunday, with at least 724 dead and a minimum of 2,800 injured.The updated figures from Haiti’s Office of Civil Protection follow a previous count of 304 dead. T...

Italian actor Ginafranco D’Angelo has died, a few days short of his 85th birthday, Italian media report.D’Angelo died in Rome after a short illness, his press agency said.He took part in several films, theatre productions and television s...

Summer used to be a relatively quiet time in terms of news. Journalists used to jokingly refer to the Santa Marija period in August as the ‘silly season’ because nothing much would happen during that time – Parliament would be in re...

Spain set a new provisional heat record of 47.2 degrees Celsius (116.96 Fahrenheit) on Saturday as Southern Europe sweltered under a relentless summer sun. Italy put 16 cities on red alert for health risks and Portugal warned 75% of its regions that ...

Heavy rains have flooded broad areas in southern Russia, forcing the evacuation of more than 1,,500 people, officials said Saturday.Authorities in the Krasnodar region said more than 1,400 houses have been flooded following storms and heavy rains tha...

The Taliban on Sunday seized the last major city outside of Kabul held by the country's increasingly isolated central government, cutting off the capital to the east and tightening their grip on the nation as tens of thousands fled their rapid advanc...

 Valletta: Chemimart City Gate Pharmacy, City Gate; Ħamrun: Remedies Pharmacy, 678, St Joseph High Road; Santa Venera: Lantern Pharmacy, Misraħ il-Kebbies; Swatar: Collis Williams – St Mark's Pharmacy, P. Borg Olivier Street c/w&...

The number of Covid-19 cases stood at 94 on Saturday, while an elderly woman became the latest victim of the virus, health authorities said.The woman who died was 85 years old, and she became the 430th person to die with Covid-19 in Malta.There were ...

Matsec O Level, A Level and Intermediate exam results were published on Friday for thousands of students, but results show that hundreds again failed their Maltese, English and maths exams.A breakdown of figures provided by the Education Ministry sho...

A fight that broke out between a driver and a Gozo Channel employee at Mgarr Harbour on Friday in being investigated by the police.A video sent to The Malta Independent shows the two of them having a verbal exchange as the driver is about to board th...

The Nationalist Party said Saturday that large scale projects, like the one planned by Transport Malta for a Marsascala yacht marina, need to start with a proper impact assessment and consultation of residents.On Friday, Transport Malta issued a call...

A man who was hit by a glass bottle was treated for injuries while his aggressor was arrested, the police said.The incident took place, ironically, in Peace Square, Zabbar, at 12.30am Saturday morning.The police said a 27-year-old man from Zabbar was...

Birkirkara started their campaign with a bang when in their first task they beat Mosta by three goals to nil. It was a well deserved win for the Stripes who were the better team all throughout.Both teams were involved in the Uefa Conference League wi...

 A powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake added to the misery in Haiti, killing at least 304 people, injuring a minimum of 1,800 others and destroying hundreds of homes. People in the Caribbean island nation rushed into the streets to seek safety and...

Two drivers were injured on Friday evening in an accident involving a bus and a car which led to a huge traffic chaos in the Mellieha area.Malta Public Transport said in a statement that a bus operated by Malta Public Transport was involved in a traf...

A maximum air temperature of 38°C reached on the last day of July brought the hotter-than-average and completely dry summer month to a close, the Met Office said in a statement..The air temperature on 20 days in July, in fact, surpassed the clima...

The return of near-capacity crowds fueled a barrage of goals and a bunch of home wins on the first Saturday of the English Premier League season.Fans at Old Trafford particularly enjoyed themselves.More than 72,000 spectators — Britain’s ...

The Taliban seized a province just south of Afghanistan's capital and launched a multi-pronged assault early Saturday on a major city in the north defended by powerful former warlords, Afghan officials said.The insurgents have captured much of northe...

A new project on the Għallis landfill will see its capacity maximised through vertical expansion without increasing its footprint or taking up more land. Visiting the site, Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning Aaron Far...

Malta’s first space balloon, the Stratos-1, was let off into the skies to capture never-seen-before aerial and space photos of the islands that will enable scientists to carry out studies of the Mediterranean stratosphere, the government said.A...

On the occasion of the 79th anniversary of Operation Pedestal, a memorial wreath-laying service was held at the Grand Harbour on Friday evening to remember those lost at sea during World War II in a bid to save Malta. During the ceremony, which ...

Earth sizzled in July and became the hottest month in 142 years of recordkeeping, U.S. weather officials announced.As extreme heat waves struck parts of the United States and Europe, the globe averaged 62.07 degrees (16.73 degrees Cels...

Intense heat baking Italy pushed northward towards the popular tourist destination of Florence Friday while wildfires charred the country's south, and Spain appeared headed for an all-time record high temperature as a heat wave kept southern Europe i...

The farming industry is, in many ways, one of the oldest industries on the planet.Agriculture has helped the world develop – from the early days of cultivation thousands of years ago, which enabled a shift from a nomadic, hunting-based society ...

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday, with the epicenter about 125 kilometers (78 miles) west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, the U.S. Geological Survey said.Haiti’s new prime minister, Ariel Henry, said on Twitter that the &Pr...

Gino Strada, an Italian surgeon who co-founded the humanitarian group Emergency to provide medical care for civilian victims of war and poverty in many countries, and was a fierce critic of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, has died. He was 73.Hi...

A young man who killed five people, including his mother, and then took his own life in Britain’s first mass shooting in over a decade had complained online about difficulties meeting women and being “beaten down” by life.Police sai...

One of the much anticipated matches of the entire season, the clash between rivals Ħamrun Spartans and Valletta was one of the matches of the first day calendar season 2021/22. So it was a baptism of fire for both sides. And it was the Citizens ...

Brentford started its first topflight campaign since 1947 by stunning Arsenal 2-0 Friday in the opening game of the Premier League season.Sergi Canos put Brentford ahead in the 22nd minute and Christian Noergaard headed in the second in the 73rd afte...

Transport Malta has released a call for a tender for the construction of a massive yacht marina sprawling across Marsascala Bay.The 52-page tender document presents a preliminary design for the marina which sprawls across the whole of the bay and cat...

Despite being notoriously dubbed a ‘concrete jungle’ due to its growing built-up areas and sparse green spaces, Malta experiences well over 500 grassfires every year. Between 1 June and 10 August, the Civil Protection Department in Malta ...

The Malta College of Family Doctors said it is disheartening that Malta cannot set a target of herd immunity, made up of the combined vaccinees and those with natural immunity from prior COVID-19 infection, as the official statistics for the populati...

101 new Covid-19 cases were reported by health authorities on Friday, the first time in 13 days that over 100 cases of the virus have been reported in a single day.119 people meanwhile have recovered, while no new deaths were registered from the viru...

The annual Pride march has, for a second year, been cancelled due to restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic.Allied Rainbow Communities, which coordinates Malta Pride, announced that the march, which was scheduled to take place on September 18 ...

MATSEC O-Level, A-Level and Intermediate exam results were published for 9,175 students across Malta and Gozo on Friday.It’s no doubt a tense wait for students as they find out whether they’ve achieved the results they need to enroll at t...

A man was grievously hurt on Thursday evening when he fell off scaffolding, the police said.The accident took place at 6.30pm in Dun Xard Street, Dingli.The 58-year-old man, who lives in Dingli, was taken to hospital with grievous injuries.

Twenty-seven people aboard a Carnival cruise tested positive for COVID-19 just before the ship made a stop in Belize City this week, according to the Belize Tourism Board.The positive cases were among 26 crew members and one passenger on the Carnival...

A woman was grievously injured this morning after she fell off a wall, the police said.The accident took place in Triq il-Korsa l-Antika, Marsa, at 7.30am.The woman, aged 53 of St Paul’s Bay, was taken to hospital with grievous injuries.

Stifling heat kept its grip on much of Southern Europe on Thursday, driving people indoors at midday, spoiling crops, triggering drinking water restrictions, turning public libraries into cooling “climate shelters” and complicating the al...

This Maltese summer has heralded three separate heat waves, with temperatures rising above the 40 degrees Celsius mark becoming more and more of a frequent occurrence.Many have found it difficult to cope with the heat, preferring to seek refuge in th...

The Malta Airport Foundation together with Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna today officially inaugurated the fully restored Combined Operations Room and ancillary rooms which are part of a warren of tunnels and chambers found underneath the Upper Barrakka in V...

Police in southwest England said six people were killed, including the suspected shooter, in the city of Plymouth Thursday in a “serious firearms incident” that wasn't terror-related.Devon and Cornwall Police said in a statement on Twitte...

The compact surroundings of the recently built, 17,250-seat Brentford Community Stadium will usher in another Premier League campaign on Friday.In reality, though, a season that will be marked by the return of capacity crowds for the first time in 17...

Afghanistan’s rapidly-advancing Taliban insurgents entered a western provincial capital, an official said Friday, hours after they captured the country’s second and third largest cities in a lightning advance just weeks before America is ...

Romelu Lukaku sealed a return to Chelsea on Thursday by moving from Inter Milan for a reported $135 million, a record transfer fee for the European champions that made the Belgium striker the seventh most expensive player of all time.Lukaku is back a...

Matthew Caruana Galizia showered Keith Arnaud, the main investigator in his mother’s murder, with praise when testifying in court on Thursday.“For me Keith Arnaud is a hero,” Caruana Galizia said under cross-examination by the lawye...

Kenneth Camilleri, a former police officer detailed as a security with then Prime Minister Joseph Muscat refused to answer questions in court on Daphne Caruana Galizia murder middleman Melvin Theuma on Thursday.The prosecution informed the court that...

Mark Camilleri will from Thursday no longer serve as the Executive Chairman of the National Book Council after his contract with the entity was not renewed.Posting on his personal Facebook profile, Camilleri said that his contract had expired and tha...

A woman fell off a Gozo Channel vessel on Thursday evening as the ship was crossing between the two islands, the police said.The accident happened at around 7.15pmThe woman, whose personal details are unknown, was picked up from the sea by a Transpor...

The Malta Union of Midwives & Nurses has temporarily suspended industrial directives which were going to hit the primary health care sector, The Malta Independent is informed.This newspaper understands that Primary Health Care (PHC) has acknowled...

The appointment of a former member of the Prison Board of Governors to an inquiry board looking into the state in Malta’s prisons is not a conflict of interest, the Home Affairs Ministry told The Malta Independent.Replying to questions on the a...

The actions of PN party members which detract from the party’s work or confuse its message have been described as “inherently problematic” by the party’s chief spokesperson Peter Agius.Agius was writing on Facebook after a spa...

51 new cases of Covid-19 were registered by health authorities on Thursday.118 people have recovered in the last 24 hours, and with no new deaths reported the number of active cases has dipped to 741.42 Covid positive patients are currently being tre...

As from this November, Ryanair subsidiary Malta Air will commence its first-ever direct connection between Malta and Israel by launching direct flights to Tel Aviv International airport.The news was described as a big win for the recuperation of Malt...

The government has received almost 70 applications for a €3.6 million scheme to help the construction industry can invest in more sustainable and clean energy machinery.Details about the uptake for the scheme, which was launched in 2020, were gi...

NGO Repubblika has spoken about a “fascist” attack against civil society after a Nationalist Party candidate lashed out at an idea that the PN could be replaced by a new party.Repubblika chief Robert Aquilina said that he is all for dialo...

Increase in foot passengers in Gozo, an additional 50 daily trips that together with the Gozo Channel schedule covers over 120 trips per 24-hour period and a reduction in traffic, are just some of the benefits of the new Fast Ferry service bestowed u...

The arts and culture ministry, together with the Malta Entertainment Industry & Arts Association (MEIA) is “considering other means” besides the current financial schemes set to ease the hardship of Malta’s creative sector, Mini...

As Britain enjoyed a summertime lull in COVID-19 cases, the nation’s attention turned to the end of pandemic-related restrictions and holidays in the sun.But scientists are warning the public not to be complacent, saying high levels of infectio...

Two fires have been reported within a space of a few minutes in St Julian’s, the police told The Malta Independent.Fire engines and medical personnel, as well as police officers, rushed to Lapsi Street and St Augustine Street.The latter fire is...

The process for creating “balanced” nation-wide regulations for caravan sites across the island have been initiated by the government, Minister for the National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government, José Herrera told The Ma...

The Maltese government will continue to implement planned measures and step up as necessary towards the fight to climate change, Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning Aaron Farrugia has told The Malta Independent. He was replying ...

Malta and Italy baked in sweltering temperatures, with Spain and Portugal bracing for the arrival of a dangerous heat wave that has grilled southeastern Europe and is starting to push west toward the Iberian peninsula.A heat wave fed by hot air from ...

It was exactly a month ago, on 11 July, that we had written a leader decrying the situation at the Corradino Correctional Facility.That leader was written following the death of a 29-year-old inmate three weeks after a suicide attempt. She had been i...

New Zealand, which has completely stamped out the coronavirus, plans to cautiously reopen its borders to international travelers early next year, the government said Thursday.Officials also said they would delay second shots of the Pfizer vaccine in ...

Thomas Tuchel made the bold call, and Kepa Arrizabalaga made the big saves.Brought on as a substitute with seconds remaining in extra time, Kepa kept out two spot kicks as Chelsea beat Villarreal 6-5 in a penalty shootout to win the UEFA Super Cup on...

Medical Association of Malta (MAM) President Martin Balzan has urged all doctors, nurses and health care professionals to work together in light of the recent streaming problems at health centres across Malta and Gozo. Up until a few weeks ago, ...

18 organisations representing those in the agricultural sector have called on the government to find an “immediate” solution to the unprecedented threat of farmers losing their fields owing to court action.It comes after a landmark judgem...

Malta will start accepting Australian Covid-19 vaccine certificates as from Friday, Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne has announced.The move will be welcomed by many Maltese who have relatives living in Australia.Malta currently accepts vaccine cert...

Former PN leader Adrian Delia has filed a libel suit against Lovin Malta over a story which read that Delia had been in contact with alleged murder mastermind Yorgen Fenech during a parliamentary debate on 17 Black.Delia said that the allegations pub...

A short-term solution to fix the damages on the distribution network is being put into motion given the heat wave, Minister for Energy Miriam Dalli told The Malta Independent yesterday.During the recent spate of power cuts, numerous localities such a...

A 79-year-old woman has passed away as 87 new Covid-19 cases were reported on Wednesday by health authorities.The elderly woman passed away in the last 24 hours at Mater Dei Hospital while positive for Covid-19, becoming Malta’s 429th victim fr...

Two men suffered grievous injuries in two separate traffic accidents, police said in statements on Wednesday afternoon.The first accident happened at Triq San Gorg in Qormi at 7am, with preliminary investigations showing that a 31-year-old man from Q...

Wednesday could be the hottest day so far this summer, as the temperature is set to rise to 42 degrees Celsius.The Met Office had initially set the forecast at 41 degrees (see below), but later changed it to 42 degrees.The feel like temperature is 43...

A 21-year-old Frenchwoman was seriously injured after crashing a quadbike into a parked vehicle.The accident took place in Triq in-Nadur, in Rabat, Gozo, at around 5:30pm.The woman was riding a PEDA quadbike that lost control and crashed into a parke...

Lionel Messi said he's “in the right place” to win another Champions League trophy and cited a reunion with Neymar as a key factor in his decision to sign with Paris Saint-Germain.The 34-year-old Argentina star spoke at his introductory n...

People complaining about smells that still emanate from the Maghtab landfill will have to wait for another two decades for their wish to have an odourless complex to be fulfilled.This is because it will take another 20 years for the stink coming from...

The field which once belonged to the infamous Ċikku Fenech will be turned into an open green space as part of a national urban greening project, the government announced on Wednesday.The field in Mosta, which has since been abandoned, measures o...

In brief, the pertinent facts of the case are as follows.BackgroundVia sworn application tabled on the 23 December 2020, the plaintiff established that she had engaged the defendants' services to carry out a number of dental interventions consisting ...

The president of the Labour Party, Ramona Attard, told The Malta Independent on Sunday in an interview that the State which was under investigation in the inquiry into the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia is not the State we have today.She&rsq...

The Malta Police Union has lamented the decision to stop extra ‘traffic management’ duties, which helped officers boost their income. The MPU said the decision was taken without any form of consultation.The MPU’s Executive Committee...