Two men and a woman have been arrested by the police over the weekend in connection with €600,000 worth of cocaine that was seized.The police said that five kilogrammes of the drug were discovered.The first arrest took place on Saturday, when a ...

A six-year-old boy suffered grievous injuries after being mauled by a dog in Marsascala, the police said.The incident took place at the national park at 3.45pm.The boy was mauled and bitten by the dog, and needed hospital treatment for grievous injur...

Former Finance Minister and European Commissioner John Dalli owned an offshore company in the British Virgin Islands when he was an MP, an investigation by Times of Malta and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) ...

Former PN minister and European Commissioner John Dalli is seeking answers from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists after the publication of what are known as the Pandora Papers, in which it was revealed that when he was an MP o...

Hundreds of world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires, celebrities, religious leaders and drug dealers have been hiding their investments in mansions, exclusive beachfront property, yachts and other assets for the past quarter-century, accord...

The secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires has been exposed in one of the biggest leaks of financial documents, the BBC reports.Some 35 current and former leaders and more than 300 public officials are featured in t...

In the last two weeks, this newsroom has taken on a sporting topic with sentiments that are well known, but scarcely reported on.Those involved in Malta’s footballing community – particularly those involved in the lower levels of the game...

The first phase of the proposed metro project would be completed within five to eight years, the experts tasked with designing the mass transport system said on Sunday. Speaking at a technical briefing, civil engineer Peter Adams from Arup &ndas...

The Maltese should vote for a change in government and elect the PN because the Nationalist Party is far more ambitious and can offer better prospects for Malta, according to Peter Agius, the PN’s chief spokesperson.He argues that contrary to w...

Mohamed Salah was too busy being asked about his wonder goal to get the chance to savor it again for himself so soon after full time at Anfield.“I have to watch it to see,” the Liverpool striker said. "It's a good goal. Nothing much to sa...

Napoli bounced back from its first loss of the season to maintain its perfect start to the Serie A campaign.Luciano Spalletti’s side rallied to win 2-1 at Fiorentina on Sunday, with Hirving Lozano and Amir Rrahmani scoring after Lucas Mart&iacu...

ONE TV’s Chairman Jason Micallef told The Malta Independent on Sunday that he believes the discriminatory accusations from the Nationalist Party against the Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) are “unfair”.“I have an opinion on...

10 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported by health authorities, as the number of active cases continued to dip.30 people have recovered, meaning that the number of active cases currently stands at 293. Six patients are currently being treated at M...

Qawra Point is set to declared as a no-hunting zone, Environment Minister Aaron Farrugia said on Facebook on Sunday morning.The decision was taken after four flamingos were shot down by a hunter on Saturday – with a man having been charged in c...

Finance Minister Clyde Caruana stirred a hornet’s nest when he declared that Malta must start thinking of ways how to move away from relying so much on the construction industry.We must shift from having an economy that is heavily based on cons...

Jason Micallef, the Chairman of the Valletta Cultural Agency, who recently inaugurated the Valletta Design Cluster (VDC), has proposed the enclosure of Pjazza Teatru Rjal with PV glass, to follow in the footsteps of the VDC’s sustainable buildi...

A small private plane carrying six passengers and a crew of two crashed on Sunday into a vacant, two-story office building in a Milan suburb, and Italian news reports said that all aboard perished.LaPresse news agency initially quoted firefighters at...

A thunderstorm which hit Gozo throughout last night left a trail of damage in the seaside village of Xlendi, with pictures showing the scenes through the night and on Sunday morning.The pictures, published by Facebook page The Weather Page Malta, sho...

The Nationalist Party’s proposal for a metro transport system for Malta will be better than what was proposed by the government this weekend, PN leader Bernard Grech said on Sunday.Speaking in a telephone interview on party media, Grech said th...

A foreign man was arrested by police in connection with an argument which occurred on Saturday night in Msida.Police said in a statement that an argument between a group of people happened in an apartment block in Triq Dijonisju Famucelli in Msida at...

The company behind the Comino hotel and bungalow redevelopment project said that it “is in no way proposing to establish a residential complex on Comino.”An Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report about the Comino project was made publ...

The government on Saturday evening published the results of a study which deals with the possibility of having an underground system in Malta.The metro system as proposed will include three metro lines with a total of 35km of tracks and 25 stations a...

Colin Fitz, a presenter and producer on Campus FM, appears to be someone who really loves chocolate. The host at many events and festivals and a popular actor in theatre shops such as The Comedy Knights also sees himself having a conversation with tw...

Prime Minister Robert Abela will be meeting Pope Francis on Friday, with the Pontiff’s December visit on the agenda, a website dedicated to Vatican affairs reports.In its account of papal appointments for October, ACI Stampa said that the two w...

President George Vella yesterday joined the chorus of voices calling on the authorities to protect our natural environment, which is shrinking at an alarming pace. Speaking at an event organised by the Environment and Resources Authority, President V...

Google Cloud, in collaboration with digital native company Amagis Capital, held an event on the 17th of September 2021 at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta. This event, titled 'Cyber security & Cloud Services', was dedicated to CXO ...

Four men were involved in a fight in Paola, with two of them ending up needing treatment in a health centre, the police said.The fight took place in Ghajn Dwieli Road at around 8pm on Saturday.The four men are aged 68, 47, 85 and 42. The police said ...

The Malta Football Association has rejected the assertion that clubs in lower divisions are being left behind.In a right of reply to the story titled ‘As Malta’s footballing season gets into gear, those in lower divisions feel left behind...

Stevie Camilleri was born on 4 July, 1987. He is the son of Dr Stefan Camilleri and Dawn Evans. Camilleri is the father of two kids, Tommaso who is the elder, and Mattia. How were Stevie’s formative years? ‘As a child I was very active, I...

An Italian offshore supply vessel on Saturday rescued 65 migrants, including women and children, fleeing Libya to Europe on a crowded, wooden boat.The migrant boat was drifting after its engine stopped working and was spotted by the Seabird, an NGO m...

The Nationalist Party launched its pre-Budget 2022 document on Saturday, focusing on rebuilding Malta’s reputation, the rule of law, an economic transformation, the environment, the cost of living and Malta’s sustainability.The PN&rs...

A 35-year-old woman is the latest victim of Covid-19, the health authorities said.She is the second youngest victim of the virus in Malta. In February, a 30-year-old woman had died. The number of people who have died with Covid-19 is now 459.Six...

A 23-year-old hunter has been denied bail after being charged with shooting four flamingos.Miguel Zammit was arrested earlier in the day over the shooting of the protected birds near Qawra. The case was first reported by Birdlife Malta, which said th...

Valletta: Empire Pharmacy (Branch), 46 Melita Street; Ħamrun: National Pharmacy, 17, St Mary Street; Santa Venera: Fatima Pharmacy, 82, Ferrovija Street; Birkirkara: The Local Dispensary, Kan. K. Pirotta Street; Msida: Brown's Pharmacy, Shop 10,...

A Maltese couple has kept Maltese culinary delicacies alive in Toronto for the past 40 years, the Toronto Star reports.Antoinette and Charlie Buttigieg run the Malta Bake Shop, “a small but mighty presence” in the Little Malta neighbourho...

The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit has fined a payment processing company €435,576 for a series of anti-money laundering breaches linked to cryptocurrency. The FIAU said it the fine had been imposed on Phoenix Payments Limited followi...

Tiles that were intended to embellish the side of the road outside the Tal-Qroqq tunnels on the Regional Road have been dislodged by the rain.The tiles, which were affixed at the entrances and exits to the tunnel as part of a rehabilitation project, ...

An earthquake close to Malta and a bigger one in Fiji were recorded by the Seismic Monitoring and Research Group of the University of Malta.A post on the group’s Facebook page said that a magnitude 3.8 earthquake about 130 km south of Malta was...

Grumbling to himself and shaking his head, Cristiano Ronaldo went straight toward the tunnel at the final whistle of Manchester United’s latest slip-up at Old Trafford.He had plenty to be aggrieved about.Not only had his team dropped more point...

Manuel Locatelli scored late as Juventus managed a narrow 1-0 win over Torino in their Serie A derby on Saturday.Locatelli scored four minutes from time but it was a disappointing performance from Juventus, whose struggles continued in the Italian le...

The British government has extended an emergency visa program for truck drivers as fuel shortages showed few signs of abating Saturday, particularly in London and the southeast of England.In an announcement late Friday, the Conservative government sa...

The Cabinet of Ministers approved a new five-year strategy for the Public Service with the ultimate vision of a service of excellence. This was announced by Prime Minister Robert Abela at a press conference marking the 5th anniversary of the Institut...

President of Malta George Vella expressed his hope that we will one day understand that the natural environment is a resource in itself – a resource which is not infinite. Speaking at the Buonamico Award 2021 ceremony organised by the Environme...

The government has extended the term by which a board of inquiry had to submit an analysis into the procedures adopted in prison.The government said on Saturday morning that a request for an extension is given to the board. The board, which was initi...

In line with his commitment to fostering greater awareness, understanding, and appreciation of Maltese culture and history, President of Malta George Vella is continuing with his initiatives to increase accessibility to and public awareness on three ...

If there is something which is truly, truly sickening it is racism.That someone feels that they have some sort of superiority over somebody else based simply on something like skin colour or where they happen to have been born or brought up is beyond...

A major crackdown in western Libya resulted in the detention of 4,000 migrants, including hundreds of women and children, officials said Saturday. The U.N. said initial reports were that at least one person was killed and 15 others injured in the cra...

Birżebbuġa cannot take more noise pollution, it is already bombarded from all directions, Melissa Bagley, a Birżebbuġa resident and Deputy Secretary General of ADPD - The Green Party and a candidate on beh...

The magistrate compiling evidence against a former official at Pilatus Bank has declared that there is sufficient prima facie evidence to proceed with an indictment on money laundering charges. Magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech gave the ruling ...

The Swiss government decided Friday to set up a dedicated embassy to the Vatican, for which Switzerland's ambassador to Slovenia is currently responsible.Switzerland's governing Federal Council determined the current arrangement “no longer allo...

It’s a milestone that by all accounts didn’t have to happen this soon.The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 700,000 late Friday — a number greater than the population of Boston. The last 100,000 deaths occurred during a time wh...

CareMalta launched its very own song by Glenn Vella - dedicated to older persons - on October 1, which marks International Day of Older Persons.Entitled 'Wiccu fil-Mera' (His Face in the Mirror), lyrics are by songwriter Joe Julian Farrugia, while mu...

Australia has outlined plans to lift a pandemic ban on its vaccinated citizens traveling overseas from November. But no date has yet been set for welcoming international tourists back.Travel restrictions that have trapped most Australians and permane...

There are no Covid-19 patients left in Mater Dei Hospital’s Intensive Therapy Unit, with the number of patients currently in hospital also down to just 5.Health authorities said in their latest update that a 66-year-old man died in the last 24 ...

The judiciary must continue to be an “uncomfortable presence” for people who believe that they could do what they like with impunity, Archbishop Charles Scicluna said today.In a homily at the start of the forensic year, the head of the Ma...

Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti today appealed to the government to address the shortfall in court staff.Addressing the President of Malta, George Vella, Prime Minister Robert Abela, Leader of the Opposition Bernard Grech and Justice Minister Edward Zamm...

A man facing a fine of up to €10,000 for breaching Covid regulations has filed constitutional proceedings, claiming the fine is illegal.Nicholas Gatt was booked by the Environmental Health Directorate on 10 March for disobeying an order to quara...

Four of Malta’s leading local supermarkets have come together following a merger earlier on in this year, the group said in a statement. These supermarkets will now be trading under one brand name, while underlining their long-standing promise ...

Merck & Co. said Friday that its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus and that it would soon ask health officials in the U.S. and around the world to authorize its...

The President of the Chamber of Advocates, lawyer Louis Degabriele said that the Chamber has issued a practise note regarding professional secrecyIn his speech at the start of the Forensice Year, Degabriele said this note contains guidance on how law...

The Pembroke-Ta’ Qali underground tunnel, a Water Services Corporation (WSC) project, has reached its most important milestone yet with the completion of a third and last phase of work, the government said today.Spanning 9.5km, this tunnel conn...

Maltese industry has to pay up to 44% higher costs for transportation, which pushes up the price of their products by 6%, the Nationalist Party said on Friday. This is in comparison to the same product being manufactured and transported to other part...

A building contractor has been denied bail after being charged with causing grievous injury to an employee who suffered spinal injuries in a fall.Glen Farrugia, 31, one of two shareholders and a director of the company J&G Farrugia Contractors, w...

Environment Minister Aaron Farrugia said that he joins all those who expressed disappointment over the state of San Anton Garden, and has ordered immediate works to commence.He said that it has, for many years, needed work on structural damage on the...

For a second year running, the scholastic year has started amid chaos, confusion and unpreparedness. Over the past few days, many educators who do not usually teach their own class received ‘transfer’ orders and were assigned to different...

The Environment and Planning Review Tribunal has accepted Moviment Graffitti's request to suspend works on the ITS site in Pembroke for the duration of the appeal filed by local councils, organisations and residents, the NGO said on Facebook."This me...

Malta Properties Company p.l.c. has entered into a promise of sale agreement to sell a complex in Birkirkara to a company in which Gozitan developer Joseph Portelli is a shareholder. By virtue of an agreement dated 28 September 2021, BKE Property Com...

The PN has hit out at Steward Health Care, challenging them to provide audits and receipts to prove that it has invested in the three hospitals.The party was reacting to a statement made earlier today by Steward Health Care.The Nationalist Party said...

Malta's first three year anti-racism strategy was launched on Thursday as part of the EU's anti-racism action plan for 2020 to 2025.The strategy comprises of twenty two measures that aim to confront and eliminate discrimination on an individual, syst...

PN MP and former leader Adrian Delia has been accused of deliberately omitting “key projects and investments” made in the last years in the three hospitals which are currently run by Steward Health Care after the granting of a controversi...

Government minister Carmelo Abela has opposed a request by Nationalist MP Jason Azzopardi, to have three men accused of the Daphne Caruana Galizia assassination testify in a defamation case over the HSBC hold-up of 2010.Azzopardi had asked the court ...

The Nationalist Party is pledging 15 days of paternity leave to new fathers and two weeks bereavement leave for parents following the loss of a child, including for miscarriages.The Nationalist Party has pledged five new initiatives that go beyond wh...

The Planning Authority Board has approved an application to turn a disused quarry in Aħrax into a facility for off-roading events.The site is on the ‘Barriera Ta' L-Ahrax’. This application would include the shifting of existing eart...

Taking the lead after just 11 seconds wasn't enough for Napoli to avoid a loss in the second round of Europa League group-stage matches on Thursday.Eljif Elmas netted the early goal for Napoli — the second-quickest ever in UEFA's second-tier co...

The number of new Covid-19 cases rose to 22 on Thursday, up from just eight the previous day, but the number of patients in hospital is now down to nine, health authorities said.Two of the patients in hospital are in intensive care.There were no deat...

At 2.30pm, the police were informed that its assistance was required at the Blue Lagoon in Comino.A 28-year-old Nigerian man was in difficulty while swimming. He was taken to the Mgarr port and then on to the Gozo General Hospital. The man was seriou...

New visuals for a prosed hotel in Delimara have been released. The visuals are part of a planning Application that had been filed to change the design for the Delimara hotel that was, controversially, approved back in 2018 with a different layout.The...

A serving London police officer was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Thursday for the kidnapping, rape and murder of a woman he tricked into his car using his police identification and COVID-19 laws. Wayne Couzens, 4...

A former secretary for the SS commander of the Stutthof concentration camp was being sought on an arrest warrant Thursday after skipping the planned start of her trial in Germany on more than 11,000 counts of accessory to murder, officials said.The 9...

A total of 174,096 passengers made use of the fast ferry service between Malta and Gozo in the months of June, July and August 2021, Transport Malta told The Malta Independent. The fast ferry service kicked off around five months ago and is oper...

Following road work controversies between the Swieqi local council and Infrastructure Malta regarding the exits for St. Andrew’s road, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects said the decision for the next phase of the proje...

The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) has called on the government to drastically reduce or completely remove the Covid-19 protocols, especially for the hospitality sector.The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) was referrin...

We were equally shocked and outraged at the shocking story which we reported on Tuesday, wherein an injured migrant worker was found on a pavement in Mellieha.The worker – a 32-year-old from Ghana – was allegedly dumped there by his boss,...

A court in southern Italy on Thursday convicted the former mayor of a tiny town dubbed “the town of welcome” of aiding illegal immigration and sentenced him to 13 years and two months in prison.Domenico “Mimmo” Lucano was also...

A biker was grievously injured on Wednesday evening in a crash in the Santa Venera tunnels, the police said.The accident, which occurred at 8.30pm, involved a Honda SH150, and a Mazda Demio, driven by a 29-year-old man of Zebbug.The biker, a 50-year-...

She lived a life of adventure that spanned two continents. She fell in love with a World War II fighter pilot, barely escaped Europe ahead of Benito Mussolini’s fascists, ground steel for the U.S. war effort and advocated for her disabled daugh...

A police investigator has told the court compiling evidence against a director at Pilatus bank accused of money laundering that there were no suspicious personal transactions which involved her.The case against Claude Anne Sant Fournier, who is facin...

Qatar will host a Formula One race for the first time in November and for 10 years from 2023.Qatar takes the remaining slot left vacant on this year's reshuffled calendar. The race will start under floodlights at 6 p.m. local time on Nov. 21 at ...

A migrant worker who was left for dead on a pavement in Mellieha after a construction site accident said he was told to tell the police that he had been hit by a car.Jaiteh Lamin told Times of Malta that, after the accident he was placed on a plank o...

A woman and a child were rescued by members of the Civil Protection Department after they found themselves in difficulty while swimming in Marsalforn, the CPD said on its Facebook page.The rescue occurred on Tuesday, but photos of CPD members perform...

The Prime Minister has told a court that he is proud of his secretariat’s handling of a controversial migrant rescue case last year but denied direct involvement.The case revolves around Malta’s coordination of a rescue of migrants in int...

A woman who was mauled to death by two dogs last year was found with parts of her body missing, a court heard on Wednesday.Inez Galea, 95, died of her injuries after being attacked by two pitbulls belonging to her grandson, in September 2020. Andre G...

The construction industry should remain an economic motor but it should not be the only one, Prime Minister Robert Abela said Wednesday.He was speaking during a pre-budget consultation meeting with the Malta Developers Association.Abela said the gove...

The Environment and Resources Authority has found a Planning Control application to create a new street and change part of the zone to residential, 'objectionable'.The site is currently ODZ.The application had been filed proposing the creation of a n...

A contractor named Glen Farrugia has been questioned by police over an incident where an injured migrant worker was dumped on the pavement instead of being taken to hospital for treatment.It is understood that Farrugia, one of the directors of J&...

PN MP Karol Aquilina was cleared of charges relating to alleged dangerous driving by a court on Wednesday after a magistrate found that accusations that Aquilina had tried to run over a policeman were untrue.Aquilina said on Facebook that he had been...

While Cristiano Ronaldo is keeping up his record-setting Champions League level to the end, Barcelona has become barely recognizable as a European power.Ronaldo struck deep into stoppage time to lift Manchester United to a 2-1 come-from-behind win ov...

Twenty-four hours after a migrant worker who fell two storeys on a construction site and was allegedly abandoned on a pavement a distance away, the Malta Developers Association condemned the incident which, it said, “threw bad light on the indu...

The government must act on issues like the power station and hospitals privatisation deals if we really want to get off the FATF greylist, UĦM Chief Executive Josef Vella said on Wednesday.He was speaking during the launch of the union’s p...