Prime Minister Robert Abela kept former parliamentary secretary Rosianne Cutajar as Malta’s representative on the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe for six months in spite of her facing an investigation into an alleged breach of t...

St Julian’s Mayor Albert Buttigieg has told The Malta Independent that he is against any further commercialisation of the locality’s village core.He lamented how the old part of St Julian’s, especially near the Sacred Heart School i...

3City Design Limited, a company belonging to the wife of former OPM chief Keith Schembri, saw thousands of euro transferred through it from Adrian Hillman, Allied Newspapers, and Schembri himself.During the compilation of evidence against Josette Vel...

A major French report released Tuesday found that an estimated 330,000 children were victims of sex abuse within France’s Catholic Church over the past 70 years, in France's first major reckoning with the devastating phenomenon.The president of...

A man was arrested in Marsa after he was found to be in possession of16 sachets of synthetic drugs, the police said.In a statement, the police said officers on patrol in Pitkali Street noticed that one of four men talking together appeared to be leav...

As the days grow colder and wetter, many will look towards indoor activities rather than outdoor ones.This would mean enclosed spaces, heaters and the flu season. Malta has the Covid-19 pandemic under control, and the Covid-19 vaccines have been doin...

The Malta Union of Teachers is commemorating World Teachers Day 2021, which is held annually on 5 October. This year’s UNESCO World Teachers’ Day has the theme “Teachers at the heart of education recovery”. One and a half year...

Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms are back online after a massive global outage plunged the services and the businesses and people who rely on them into chaos for hours.Facebook said late Monday that “the root cause of this outa...

The European Union’s drug regulator gave its backing Monday to administering booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people 18 and older.The European Medicines Agency said the booster doses “may be considered at least 6 ...

Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa said on Monday that the police investigate all allegations of crime that come to its attention. He was being asked whether the police will be looking into the Pandora Papers revelations.The ICIJ-led investigation has r...

The five-year long transformation strategy for the Malta Police Force implemented last year started bearing fruit as trust rating by the public increased from 49% to 60%.During the publication of the progress report of the transformation strategy 202...

Energy Minister Miriam Dalli has swapped places with Labour MP Rosianne Cutajar in the Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly.Cutajar was one of three Maltese MPs to form part of the assembly.  She is accused of breaching ethics when s...

Finance Minister Clyde Caruana this morning hinted that the income tax refund next year could be higher than the one that has just been received by all workers.This year, the lowest refund was of €45 for high income earners while lower-income wo...

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 ...

Two vehicles reported to be stolen from Canada were intercepted by the Criminal Investigations Squad Police and the Customs Department officials on Monday.The police said that last week, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) called for the assista...

Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms were down across wide swathes of the world Monday. Facebook's internal systems used by employees also went down.The company said it was aware that "some people are having trouble accessing (the) Faceb...

Minister for Reforms Owen Bonnici on Monday presented the first reading of a cannabis reform proposed by the government.In a post published on Twitter, Minister Bonnici said that the bill will establish a new legal framework governing responsible use...

Malta now accepting vaccine certificates issued by Kosovo, Palestine, Bermuda, Bahrain and Israel.Malta has started accepting Covid-19 certificates from four other nations; the Republic of Kosovo, Palestine, Bermuda and the Kingdom of Bahrain.Maltese...

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...

24 new cases of Covid-19 were registered on Monday the health authorities said, as 23 people recovered.The number of active cases now stands at 294. Currently, 6 people are being treated for Covid at Mater Dei Hospital, none of whom are in the ITU.82...

With over 4,000 students joining the University of Malta community, as it opened its door to a new academic year, University Rector Alfred J. Vella said that the university and its students do not afford to lose another year like last year.“We&...

Malta’s migrant community gathered in Valletta on Monday morning to protest against the inhumane treatment dished out by authorities and public entities like Identity Malta.Presenting a number of proposals to the home affairs minister Byron Cam...

During academic year 2019-2020, students enrolled in pre-primary, primary and secondary education totalled 58,284, an increase of 1.4% over the previous academic year, the National Statistics Office said.“The majority of students enrolled in pr...

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...