Economy Minister Silvio Schembri said Saturday that the use of government Covid-19 vouchers has been extended to the end of October.Speaking this morning, Schembri said that one fourth of the vouchers are still to be used. They were due to expire on ...

Two men injured each other in a fight in Zabbar on Friday afternoon, the police said.The incident took place in Sanctuary Street at 5.30pm.The two men, aged 27 and 70, and both of Zabbar, were taken to a health centre and later Mater Dei Hospital for...

Former Parliamentary Secretary Rosianne Cutajar has been given a second and final chance to appear before the Council of Europe to answer questions on alleged breach of MPs’ ethics.Cutajar had already been summoned to appear before the CoE&rsqu...

A man was grievously hurt on Friday evening after he was hit by a car, the police said.The accident took place in Ferrovija Street, Santa Venera, at 8.30pm.The 56-year-old pedestrian was hit by a Toyota Ractis driven by a 61-year-old man of Balzan.He...

Malta’s tourism sector this summer has been “relatively satisfactory”, Minister for Tourism, Clayton Bartolo told The Malta Independent on Friday.According to Bartolo, this August, Malta welcomed around 200,000 tourists; equivalent ...

In the ghastly rubble of ground zero's fallen towers 20 years ago, Hour Zero arrived, a chance to start anew.World affairs reordered abruptly on that morning of blue skies, black ash, fire and death.In Iran, chants of “death to America” q...

Several members of a troop of western lowland gorillas at Zoo Atlanta have tested positive for the coronavirus after handlers noticed many of the great apes were showing signs of mild coughing, runny noses and a small loss of appetite, the zoo said F...

Twenty years ago, the 11th of September dawned as just a date. By midnight, it was 9/11, the staggering starting point for a new era of terror, war, politics, patriotism and tragedy.The U.S. marks the milestone anniversary Saturday under the pall of ...

Standing events were allowed again as of this week, and ‘test’ events are to be held to determine the way forward when it comes to mass events in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. That the authorities have moved on this matter and the...

Dennis Vella Baldacchino has been nominated as the new commissioner for mental health.He replaces John Cachia who has held this position since 2012.Vella Baldacchino will take over on 1 October and be officially in place on 1 December.He already hold...

24-year-old Ryan Sultana of Iklin has been charged with shooting and grievously injuring a 55-year-old man, in a dispute thought to revolve around fraud. The victim, Vincent Xuereb, known by his nickname of “Ċensu 'L-Oranġjo,” w...

The United Kingdom has returned to the top of Malta’s tourist market, as travelling picked up again throughout August, the Malta International Airport said in a statement.407,435 passengers travelled through Malta International Airport in Augus...

An agreement which will see the eventual restarting of flights between Malta and Libya has been signed by the Transport Ministries of the two countries, it was announced on Friday.The announcement was made by the Prime Minister of the State of Libya ...

The Tumas group has disassociated itself from money laundering allegations involving its former director Yorgen Fenech.In a statement, the group said it wants to disassociate itself from the wrongdoing alleged in this case, “and to repeat previ...

Thirty-eight new cases of Covid-19 were registered by the heakth authorities as 43 patients recovered, details released today show.There are 28 patients in hospital, with two of them in intensive care.The number of cases registered in Malta is now 33...

The Maltese are by and large satisfied with the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic but two out of every five persons interviewed believes that Malta is going in the wrong direction on other matters.A Eurobarometer survey shows that ...

The NGO Repubblika is planning to adopt the title of an “anti-mafia” organisation in a similar vein to justice groups in Italy.In a statement, the NGO said that it had drafted changes to its statute which would add the “mission of a...

Industrial action ordered by the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses is affecting surgical interventions at Mater Dei Hospital, the government said Friday.The industrial action was ordered in the department that sterilises medical instruments used in ...

The police have appealed for more information about a woman who died after she was hit by a motorbike in Gzira on Thursday.The woman is believed to be Tinka Ivanova, the police said.They appealed for anyone with information about the woman to co...

Artist Patrick Dalli has posted an image of the official portrait of former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat at the Auberge de Castille.It is customary for the Prime Minister to have his portrait hung in Castille, but an image of it was never released by...

Media personality Peppi Azzopardi has written to Archbishop Charles Scicluna requesting that the Pope visits prisoners when he comes to Malta.In a letter he uploaded on Facebook, the former Xarabank presenter said that "it seems" that Pope Francis wi...

St Paul’s Bay is set to see a regeneration plan aiming to lift the locality out of the 70s and 80s national touristic model it was based on, Tourism Minister, Clayton Bartolo said on Friday.The project is set to tackle the “connotations a...

A Nationalist government would set up a €40 million national fund in order to assist local businesses and industries deal with the “constantly rising export expenses.”The fund, together with 4 other proposals aimed at improving the l...

Now that September has started, Robert Abela and Bernard Grech are once again behind microphones on Sunday mornings, sharing their wisdom and ideas with those who bother to listen in.With surveys dishing out numbers on their popularity and trust rati...

Two men have been remanded in custody after they were charged with setting a shop on fire in August.Officers from the Arsons Unit within Major Crimes arrested the two men and arraigned them before magistrate Victor Axiaq this morning.Police said the ...

Valletta Football Club and the VBL Group have released a sneak peek of their ambitious project of regenerating the Salinos Grounds into the Valletta Sports Club.The project, located right at the entrance of the City, is focused around what the Vallet...

A man was seriously injured after falling one storey from a balcony, the police said.The accident took place in Gebel Hanxun Street, Marsascala, on Thursday at 9.15pm.The man, aged 59 of Paola, was taken to hospital with serious injuries.Magistrate N...

World Suicide Prevention Day is a day in which we, as a worldwide community, have the opportunity to create awareness around suicide, reduce stigma and encourage action which can reduce deaths. According to figures from the World Health Organisation ...

A man has been taken to hospital after he was shot in the chest in Iklin.A police spokesperson told The Malta Independent on site said that police were first informed of a collision between two vehicles, but that a Rapid Intervention Unit t...

A public consultation has been launched on a document that proposes how Malta will invest another tranche of the record £2.27 billion in European Union Funds allocated to Malta for the 2021-2027 programming period. After a period of consultatio...

The Nationalist Party would, if elected, create a national fund to assist local industry, entrepreneurs and SMEs reduce the difficulties they face and excess expenses caused by the country’s insularity, sources within the party told The Malta I...

Malta became the feature of a stunning night shot taken by French astronaut currently orbiting in space.Thomas Pesquet shared the image to his Facebook page on Wednesday night showing how Malta looked from the space ship he was on board at night.&ldq...

30 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities as the number of people who are receiving treatment in intensive care increased.28 people have recovered, meaning that the number of active cases stands at 745.The number of people receivin...

A man was seriously injured after falling from a one-storey height while working on a construction site in St Paul's Bay.The accident occurred at 10.45am on Sqaq tax-Xema.The 46-year-old man from the Ivory Coast, who lives in Marsa, was taken to Mate...

A woman has been charged with grievous bodily harm after a court heard how she slashed her partner’s chest with a knife. The woman, 46, from Hamrun, was also charged with slight bodily harm, threatening the man with a knife, threatening and ins...

Three people were left in hospital, one of whom is seriously injured, after a three car pile-up in Gozo on Thursday morning.Police said that the accident occurred at around 8:30am in Triq l-Imgarr in Rabat, Gozo.Preliminary investigations on site fou...

The Planning Authority Board is expected to decide on a planning application that proposes the extension of an already approved hostel in Gzira, which would see 30 guest rooms added to the development today.The full development application proposes t...

A woman whose identity is still unknown died this morning when she was hit by a motorbike in Gzira, the police said.The accident took place at 2.15am in the Strand.The woman was hit by a motorbike, a Kymco.She was taken to hospital where she was cert...

Businesses can benefit from a maximum loan of €1 million to implement projects that contribute to the post-pandemic recovery, under a Soft Loan scheme announced on Thursday.The scheme was announced by Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Sustaina...

Four French students on holiday in Malta have been sentenced after pleading guilty to damaging a historic gunpost at Majjistral Park when they set up camp there.Fanny Florence Marie Thibault, aged 21, Margaux Camille Averseng, 21, Lea Mathide Pages, ...

A man was grievously injured in a construction site accident in Hamrun on Thursday.The accident took place in Triq Villambrosa, at around 10am, the police said.The worker, a 30-year-old Syrian who lives in Hamrun, fell down from a height of one store...

The government is in denial about the increased cost of living the Maltese people have to contend with, the Nationalist Party said on Thursday.The government must immediately address the reality on the ground that people are struggling to make ends m...

What is the mu variant?It's a version of the coronavirus that was first identified in Colombia in January and has since caused isolated outbreaks in South America, Europe and the United States.The World Health Organization last month listed it as a &...

Much has been written about the agricultural sector as of late, with the common underlying notion being that farming, in the most general sense, is facing a challenging period – particularly when it comes to leases.As things stand, many fields ...

England's perfect record in World Cup qualifying vanished after conceding a stoppage-time equalizer in Poland, while Italy, Germany, Spain and Belgium all won on Wednesday to build big leads in their groups on the road to Qatar.Harry Kane's 41st goal...

Britain’s interior minister was meeting her French counterpart on Wednesday as the U.K. pressed France to do more to stop a surge of migrants trying to cross the English Channel in small boats.Dozens of women, men and children, wrapped up in bl...

The greatest enemy to Maltese society lies inside the people themselves, Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna declared during yesterday’s homily celebrating the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Senglea. He stated that greed has poisoned ...

A 77-year-old man became the country’s 446th victim of Covid-19 between Tuesday and Wednesday, health authorities reported on Wednesday.The man passed away while positive for Covid-19, authorities said.53 new cases meanwhile were reported by he...

A man and a woman were seriously injured in a traffic accident in Msida on Wednesday afternoon, the police said.The accident took place in Valley Road at 1pm.It involved a Ford Ka, driven by a 58-year-old man of Birkirkara, and a Renault Megane, driv...

PN MEP Roberta Metsola has been touted as a potential candidate for the post of European Parliament President, Politico reported on Wednesday.The news comes after European People’s Party (EPP) president Manfred Weber announced he would not run ...

Former Speaker Myriam Spiteri Debono paid a tribute to assassinated journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in her Victory Day speech at a wreath-laying ceremony in Valletta, and called on the nation to stop being distracted by “gossip”, &ldquo...

Belgium and the Netherlands are at the very centre of cocaine trafficking in Europe, according to the latest report issued by the EU’s law enforcement agency Europol.The Brussels Times reported that Europol’s Cocaine Insights Report, comp...

Nationalist Party deputy leader Robert Arrigo is receiving treatment in Mater Dei Hospital’s Intensive Therapy Unit after he developed an infection on Saturday.Arrigo’s family confirmed on Facebook that the PN deputy leader was admitted t...

The trial of 20 men accused in a series of coordinated attacks on Paris in 2015 that spread fear across Europe and transformed France opened Wednesday in a custom-built complex embedded within a 13th-century courthouse.Nine Islamic State group gunmen...

A giant cheque of €200,000 signed by Yorgen Fenech was left outside the Labour headquarters today by Team Start, the PN’s youngest branch. The stunt was intended to highlight a story published last Sunday by Times of Malta which found that...

The police today issued a call for public assistance in locating a man wanted by order of a magistrate to appear in court.The man wanted is Robert Iosif Galambos, and the police published a photo of him.The police did not give further details.Anyone ...

Suicide prevention messages are appearing on digital billboards across the island as world suicide prevention week kicks off.The initiative is being run by Crisis Resolution Malta (CRM) and is being supported by Transport Malta who manage the use of ...

Revered Maltese naturalist Guido Lanfranco has passed away at the age of 90. Born in Sliema on 18 October 1930, he was educated at Stella Maris College and St. Michaels College of Education. He pursued other courses at the University of Malta and Dal...

The 13% growth of the Maltese economy that the Labour Party has announced for the second quarter of this year is an “insult to the intelligence of the Maltese people,” said Nationalist Party finance spokesperson Mario de Marco in a statem...

He was presented as a rising star.Before the 2013 election, Konrad Mizzi was put on the frontline of a Labour Party – sorry, movement – that was sure of an overwhelming electoral victory.It eventually arrived, and Mizzi was immediately en...

The Nationalist Party has promised to hold a referendum on the Gozo tunnel, purchase two new ferries, and expand Mgarr harbour if it is elected into government.In a press conference on Wednesday, the PN said that it will invest in increased connectiv...

In a statement, the party – a merger between the green party AD and the Democratic Party – announced familiar names such as party leader Carmel Cacopardo, long-time AD councillor Ralph Cassar and former PD leader Anthony Buttigieg as cand...

With an area of around 1,500sqm, Independence Garden in Birzebbuga will be regenerated to provide adequate access to persons with disabilities and will ensure efficient use of resources like water and electricity amongst others.The garden will be fur...

A total of 71 Turtles have hatched at Ramla l-Ħamra. This was ascertained yesterday evening after the Environment and Resources Authority (ERA), together with Nature Trust – FEE Malta (NTM) and volunteers opened the nest to document the re...

A new publication offering broad analysis on reforms and changes that have taken place in the Public Service since 2013 was launched by Maltese academics.The research was placed in a historical context of other previous reforms with a scientific...

Despite playing another brilliant match, David Mangia’s men return empty handed to Malta after a brave display in Moscow against Russia. A gift goal early in the match and a penalty close to full-time were enough for the hosts to bag another im...

Standing outside the rundown public hospital in Bulgaria's northern town of Veliko Tarnovo, the vaccination unit's chief nurse voices a sad reality about her fellow citizens: “They don’t believe in vaccines.”Bulgaria has one of the ...

On the 20 May 2021, in the case of ‘Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale di Catania vs. Assessorato della Salute della Regione Siciliane’, the Court of Justice of the European Union ( CJEU) delivered its preliminary ruling whereby it clarified t...

The way Antoine Griezmann and Karim Benzema linked up together for France on Tuesday, the injured Kylian Mbappé was hardly missed.Griezmann scored twice and was set up by Benzema both times in a 2-0 win over Finland that put the defending Worl...

Students will have to continue to wear face masks in class, irrespective of whether they are vaccinated or not, under the newly released protocols for the return to schools later this month, Education Minister Justyne Caruana said on Tuesday.She said...

41 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Tuesday as health authorities shifted their daily bulletin into a new information format which will emphasise more on hospitalisations rather than cases.The news of the shift was announced by Health Minister ...

Another proposed development involving greenhouses and a solar farm has been proposed, this time in the limits of Burmarrad on ODZ land.The site is mostly empty plot of land, currently not being used, with a few existing structures. The surrounding a...

The court has found sufficient prima facie evidence to place Yorgen Fenech under a bill of indictment, formalising the money laundering charges against him.Fenech is accused of laundering and misappropriating funds from a company that he owns with hi...

Valletta: Royal Pharmacy, 271, Republic Street; Ħamrun: St Gaetan Pharmacy, Parish Priest Mifsud; Qormi: Tal-Ħlas Pharmacy, Freedom Street; Birkirkara: St Jude Pharmacy, 213, Valley Road; Msida: Brown's Pharmacy, Shop 10, Yacht Marina Apart...

Crime novelist Mark Camilleri has been appointed as the new Executive Chairperson of the National Book Council.He will replace his namesake – outspoken Mark Camilleri – whose contract as the chair of the council was not renewed by the Edu...

The Nationalist Party has asked Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa to investigate the Labour Party over a draft deal that would have seen a company linked to it receive €200,000 from Yorgen Fenech.In a press conference held on Tuesday morning, PN g...

Salina National Park will be given an upgrade through a number of interventions, mainly to improve the state of the park and increase accessibility.Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning Aaron Farrugia said this €250,000 inves...

Libyan authorities on Sunday released one of Muammar Gadhafi’s sons after more than seven years of detention in the capital of Tripoli following his extradition from neighbouring Niger, the country's interim leader said.Prime Minister-designate...

A man was grievously injured after he was trapped between a trailer and machinery in Birkirkara on Tuesday morning.The accident took place in Naxxar Road at 7.40am.The man, an Italian who resides in Birkirkara, was taken to hospital with grievous inj...

A Somali man has been seriously injured after he fell off a cargo container on Tuesday morning, police said.Police said in a statement that at around 9am they were informed that a person had fallen from height at the Ħal Far industrial estate.Pr...

The Malta U21 Team suffered a 6-0 defeat to Russia in their second UEFA European U21 Championship Group C match played on Tuesday evening at the Khimki Arena.A valuable learning experience for this rookie side led by coach Gilbert Agius in their very...

With an investment of around €5.5 million, work has commenced on the construction of about 1.2 kilometres of roads by INDIS Malta, the government said in a statement.Through this project, 117 small and medium enterprises, operating from this ind...

With over 80% of the whole population now fully vaccinated and with the easing of measures in various sectors, the Maltese Association of Parents of State School Students (MAPSSS) said it expects that, after two disrupted school years, things start g...

Air Malta has announced that it will be adopting gender-neutral language when they are offering their services to customers and travellers.“Diversity and equality are core values at Air Malta, and the airline welcomes all its customers, irrespe...

The European Union's drug regulator said Monday that it has started an expedited evaluation on whether to recommend a booster dose of the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech.The European Medicines Agency said in a statement that it's consider...

John Dalli is to face charges over an alleged attempt by his aide to solicit a €60 million bribe back when he was European Commissioner for Health.PN MP Jason Azzopardi said on Facebook that the case will be brought up next week.In comments to T...

Former EU Health Commissioner John Dalli has reacted to the news that he will be charged over the alleged attempt by his aide to solicit a €60 million bribe back when he was European Commissioner for Health.Dalli claimed that Police Commissioner...

Aġenzija Sapport’s 2020 budget was that of €22.9 million euro, making it €2 million higher than what it was in 2019: €20.9 million, the Minister for Inclusion and Social Wellbeing Julia Farrugia Portelli told the press today...

The Covid-19 pandemic is taking its toll on society. Youths are one of the groups that have been heavily impacted by the restrictions. From being unable to socialise during parts of the pandemic, to restrictions at schools and university… yout...

Speaker Anglu Farrugia’s mother Catherine Farrugia has passed away, it was announced on Monday.Catherine Farrugia was born in Mosta, and was the mother to five children, grandmother to six, and great-grandmother to another six.She got married a...

Jean-Paul Belmondo, star of the iconic French New Wave film “Breathless,” whose crooked boxer’s nose and rakish grin went on to make him one of the country’s most recognizable leading men, has died at 88.His death was confirme...

An architect, property developer and two building contractors have been charged in relation to the 2019 collapse of a four-storey building in Mellieha.   Architect Anthony Fenech Vella, 72, developer Godwin Mifsud 64, and contractors Bartho...

Yorgen Fenech’s lawyers have denounced what they described as a ‘frenzy to persecute’ their client as a court heard money laundering charges against him appeared half-baked.The magistrate hearing the money laundering case recently f...

Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) and its stations Television Malta and the soon to be launched TVM News+ have been given new logos as part of a rebranding exercise, the state broadcaster announced on Monday night.The new logos were the product of a...

The Labour Party on Monday said that it is not receiving money from Yorgen Fenech, after reports emerged tying a company related to the party to a €200,000 draft consultancy with the 17 Black owner and alleged Daphne Caruana Galizia murder maste...

Many full-time farmers are facing eviction from land which they currently work, hence putting their livelihoods at risk, Ghaqda Bdiewa Attivi said in reaction to an article by The Malta Independent on Sunday.A landlord, who operates his own agricultu...

A 77-year-old man has become the latest person to pass away while positive for Covid-19, health authorities reported in their daily update on Monday.He is the 445th person to die in Malta while Covid-19 positive.37 new cases of the virus were reporte...

The Socialists and Democrats (S&D) party in the EU have called for greater gender equality in the EU budget. The political party noted that only 21.7 per cent of EU programmes had gender-related indicators in the period 2014-2020. &ldqu...

Hundreds of Covid-19 vaccine booster shots for residents in elderly homes began being administered today, the government said in a statement.Malta’s vaccine booster shots programme was brought forward by a week after two clusters of COVID-19 in...

Plans to replace a traditional farmhouse situated along Dingli cliffs with a villa and a pool have been submitted to the Planning Authority.The planning application proposes “minor excavation works, demolition of existing residence approved by ...