Former parliamentary secretary Rosianne Cutajar has filed a libel suit against author Mark Camilleri.In a post of Facebook, the Labour MP did not say on what grounds she felt offended by the “slanderous declarations” he made.Camilleri rec...

Thirty-eight fishermen operating from the Marsascala Bay wrote a letter to the Minister responsible for Transport and Infrastructure, Ian Borg, calling for the yacht marina plans to be scrapped.A statement by NGO Moviment Graffitti read: "In their le...

The Constitutional Court in its superior jurisdiction has confirmed a previous judgment of the First Hall of the Civil Court in its Constitutional Jurisdiction, which found that Keith Schembri’s rights had been breached by an freezing order imp...

Health Superintendent Charmaine Gauci has failed to say whether MPs are required to wear facemasks during Parliamentary sittings, despite being asked by the Opposition over a week ago.Government MPs have been criticised for openly flouting the facema...

Two prominent Labour personalities seem to be on the warpath on matters related to Valletta.Alfred Zammit, the first Labour mayor of the capital city, and Jason Micallef, who heads the Valletta Cultural Agency, are not on the same page with regard to...

Malta has failed to submit any actionable reports to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in the five months that the office has been set up, Laura Kovesi, who is leads the office, said on Wednesday.In a press conference in Valletta, Kovesi ...

The Police Commissioner has to be given the liberty to conduct his own investigations, away from any interference from Castille, Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said on Monday.  Grech was referring to former minister Konrad Mizzi’s re...

Author and actor Joe Debono has passed away, succumbing to the debilitating disease ALS on Wednesday.Debono was best known for playing the comical character James Bondin in Xarabank, a wigged man who would crack satirical jokes to break the tension d...

The Nationalist Party has filed a motion which would see Justice Minister Edward Zammit Lewis’ salary “symbolically” reduced to just €1.In a statement, PN justice spokesperson Karol Aquilina said that three months had gone by s...

Moderate to heavy showers together with force 7 winds expected to hit Malta throughout the next couple of days, MET office announced.The orange alert was issued early Wednesday morning and the worst of the storm from the North-East is expected to hit...

Former Xarabank presented Peppi Azzopardi has uploaded this heart-wrenching video on Facebook after the death of his long-time friend Joseph Debono.Debono, well-known for his interpretation of the character James Bondin on Xarabank, died today. He ha...

The government spent a whopping €438,804 in order to promote Budget 2022 which was announced earlier this month, data tabled in Parliament revealed on Wednesday.Finance Minister Clyde Caruana shared the figures when responding to a Parliamentary...

Massimilano Allegri’s 200th match in charge of Juventus ended in defeat as Sassuolo scored late to snatch a 2-1 victory in Turin in Serie A on Wednesday.Maxime Lopez struck in the fifth minute of stoppage time to hand Sassuolo its first-ever vi...

15 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities in their latest health update on Wednesday.19 people meanwhile have recovered, and with no new deaths related to the virus reported the number of active cases stands at 218.11 patients &nda...

PN MP Adrian Delia said on Wednesday that if the government doesn’t renounce the Steward Healthcare hospitals deal till the budget vote in parliament, any MP who votes in favour of the budget will be breaking the law, by voting in favour of a &...

The European Union upped a standoff with Poland over judicial independence and the primacy of EU over national law on Wednesday when the bloc's top court fined the recalcitrant member nation $1.2 million a day to prevent what it called “serious...

80% of respondents to a survey by the University of Malta’s Student Council (KSU) said that they prefer open book and online exams to traditional ones.The survey formed part of the KSU’s Post Covid-19 Academic Strategy, which looks at the...

Adrian Agius, Robert Agius and Jamie Vella have filed Constitutional proceedings in which they argue that members of Cabinet who are under investigation for the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder got to decide on who to pardon in return for information on...

MEP Alex Agius Saliba was appointed as the European Parliament’s rapporteur on the legislative proposal for Universal Charger and will lead the negotiations with the Council of the EU on behalf of the European Parliament. The proposal...

Repubblika announced and started a three-day long sit-in protest outside the Police headquarters in Floriana on Tuesday evening, demanding the police commissioner charge Konrad Mizzi in court.This sit-in, 72-hour protest, is set to culminate on Frida...

Government MPs have again refused to endorse a PN motion that condemns Konrad Mizzi’s refusals to appear before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee. The former special projects minister, today an independent MP, has so far failed to sh...

A man and a woman were grievously injured on Tuesday evening after the motorbike they were on was involved in a crash in Marfa, limits of Mellieha.The accident happened at 8.15pm, the police said.It involved a Skoda Rapid, driven by a man from Eritre...

The Prime Minister has finally put an end to speculation that an early election will be held, saying that one would take place in 2022, the year it is scheduled to take place in.This came after months of intense speculation, which resulted in uncerta...

In a preliminary ruling requested by the Ravensburg Regional Courts in relation to Volkswagen Bank, Škoda Bank and BMW Bank (the "Banks") (Cases C 33/20, C 155/20 & C 187/20) (the "Joined Cases"), the Court of Justice of the European Union...

George Degiorgio, one of the men accused of murdering journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, has filed an appeal to a recent judgment which awarded him €10,000 for a breach of his rights over phone taps which the court had ruled to be illegal, askin...

A 14-year-old boy charged with multiple car thefts threatened to “smash” up the courtroom on Tuesday as he resisted being handcuffed to be taken in custody.“Leave me alone or I’ll smash up this courtroom,” he shouted, as...

Participants of the government´s "dubious" finch trapping research project are poaching thousands of wild birds with impunity while the regulatory authority - the Wild Birds Regulation Unit (WBRU) - is "paralysed by the blatant political backin...

Catania was under water in the last hours as heavy rains hit the island of Sicily and the south of Italy.Malta has also been battered by heavy rainfall in the last 24 hours.Italian news agency ANSA reported that the body of a 67-year-old man who was ...

Environment Minister Aaron Farrugia pledged that Malta would become a front leader in the fight against climate change while being assertive that other countries have to pull their weight too. While addressing the first ever climate change confe...

16 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported by health authorities, with four remaining in intensive care.13 people have recovered from the virus, meaning that Malta has 222 active cases.14 patients are currently being treated at Mater Dei Hospital, w...

Milan again struggled in a 1-0 win that saw it move three points clear at the top of Serie A on Tuesday.Olivier Giroud scored the only goal of the match in the 14th minute to help Milan move clear of second-place Napoli, which hosts Bologna on Thursd...

The Occupational Health and Safety Authority today said that it is going to continue its work to monitor work places where health and safety regulations are not being followed.This warning comes after OHSA conducted multiple inspections in different ...

The Finance Ministry has clarified the budget measure that would remove stamp duty and capital gains tax for certain properties on the first €750,000, after some confusion over its implementation.The budget measure states that for properties tha...

Former Prime Minister and Head of the Maltese S&D Delegation at the European Parliament Alfred Sant has condemned any abuse of the human rights of immigrants and deplored the deaths of irregular immigrants trying to enter Europe.However, he stres...

The next general election will happen next year, in 2022, Prime Minister Robert Abela told journalists on Monday – ending speculation that Malta could be days away from heading to the polls.Abela made the statement at the end of a press confere...

In the first six months of 2021, 17,849 cases of Covid-19 were detected, and 201 persons passed away while Covid-19 positive, the National Statistics Office (NSO) said."When compared to 2020, there were more new cases diagnosed in the first half of 2...

A number of objections have been put forward against a proposal for an underground tool room on ODZ land in Wied Ghomor, in San Gwann.The proposal is for the shifting of an already approved underground water reservoir to make way for a pump room and ...

A map of the world dating back around 320 years has been acquired by Heritage Malta to be part of the national collection and in time becomes one of the star items in the future display of the Gozo Museum. The map has also inspired the choreography o...

The number of new Covid-19 cases registered in Malta has been low for several weeks.This has meant that active cases have also dropped significantly, while the number of patients requiring hospital treatment has also remained manageable. Deaths from ...

A motorcycle rider died in a traffic accident on Triq Mikiel Anton Vassalli, St Julian's.The accident occurred at 5.15pm.The 53-year-old Serbian man who resided in Birkirkara lost control of his BMW motorbike and fell. He was taken to Mater Dei Hospi...

Measurements of air quality taken over the past weeks in Malta’s shipping activity hotspots revealed concentrations up to 100-200 times higher than the air levels expected of areas not exposed to any pollution sources, BirdLife Malta officials ...

Times of Malta journalist Ivan Martin has told a court that after allegedly having been offered payment by Yorgen Fenech’s lawyers following a meeting, he had been worried that the whole encounter could have been a trap.Martin was cross-examine...

The Nationalist Party said today that the Labour government is working together with Konrad Mizzi to prevent him from appearing in front of the Public Accounts Committee.The party was reacting to a statement by Mizzi in which he said that he and his ...

Konrad Mizzi has again said that he will not be attending a Public Accounts Committee meeting where he was set to be questioned on the Electrogas power station contract.The former energy minister was set to appear on Tuesday, but on a Facebook post o...

Health Minister Chris Fearne announced in Parliament that, as from 15 November, all healthcare workers and teachers would start being offered their vaccine booster shots, together with the 60 plus cohort from mid-December.Addressing the parliamentary...

The 12th edition of the President's Solidarity Fun Run, taking place on Sunday 21st of November, was launched.Present for the launch were President of Malta George Vella, his wife Miriam Vella, as well as Mark Cutajar, Chairman of the Organ...

Prime Minister Robert Abela announced that international company Investiment Seifert Systems will make an €8 million investment to expand operations and that this will create 100 new jobs.The expansion is expected to be up and running by Septemb...

13 new Covid-19 cases have been reported by health authorities in their latest daily update.21 people, meanwhile, have recovered from the virus, meaning that the number of active cases currently stands at 219.13 patients are currently receiving treat...

Local councils across Malta were not consulted on the newly proposed metro system before the plans were published, The Malta Independent is informed.At the beginning of this month, the government announced the proposal for the development of a metro ...

PN MP Adrian Delia said that the PN would give the government all the support it needs to terminate the hospitals concession agreement.Stewards Healthcare was transferred the concession to run the three hospitals - Gozo General hospital, St. Lukes an...

The Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) has expressed concern over another proposed garden centre in Attard.Last week this newspaper had reported about a garden centre application located at the end of Sqaq tal-Hofra in Attard, outside the deve...

The Gozo Ministry has bought six electric buses after a tendering process two years ago. The buses arrived in Gozo last year and cost European funds €1.7 million, but have not been used so far, Times of Malta reports. The purchase of the buses w...

Intervening in the plenary on the Conference of the Future of Europe in Strasbourg at the end of last week, Labour Party MEP Josianne Cutajar insisted that the European Union has a moral obligation to ensure that every European citizen, regardless of...

Student enrolments in post-secondary and tertiary institutions during academic year 2019-2020 increased by 3.1% over the preceding academic year, totalling 26,673, the National Statistics Office  (NSO) has said.Post-secondary students enrolled i...

 Rescuers on Monday resumed the search for a couple who have been reported missing after being caught up in the extreme weather that battered southern Italy at the weekend, Italian news agency ANSA reports.The married couple, a 67-year-old man a...

With computer-generated imagery, it seems the sky’s the limit in the magic Hollywood can produce: elaborate dystopian universes. Trips to outer space, for those neither astronauts nor billionaires. Immersive journeys to the future, or back to b...

The record time for the Monohull race in the Rolex Middle Sea event has been smashed by over 7 hours by the 100 foot racing maxi Comanche, which came home early on Monday morning.The VPLP/Verdier designed 30.48 metre/100 foot racing maxi, Comanche (C...

A government spokesperson has said that all areas inside the Safi Detention Centre will be completely refurbished in the coming months.This comes after the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, visited Malta a...

A driver lost control during a Texas drag racing event on an airport runway and slammed into a crowd of spectators, killing two children and injuring eight other people, authorities said.A 6-year-old boy and an 8-year-old boy were killed in the crash...

Valletta mayor Alfred Zammit does not consider the Valletta Cultural Agency’s (VCA) proposal to tackle Valletta’s persistent air-pollution problem as a viable short-term solution for residents of the capital city.Speaking to The Malta Ind...

The president of the Gozo Regional Council Samuel Azzopardi said that while not all Gozitan mayors agree on the car tunnel project, there was a unanimous consensus in favour of the metro system reaching the sister island. The metro project idea was l...

“Get a job with the government. You will never be sacked. You will have a solid employment for the rest of your life. You will never get a pay cut, and your salary can get better every year. There will be promotions if you work hard. And you ca...

Prime Minister Robert Abela and Opposition Leader Bernard Grech addressed parliament last Monday and Tuesday, giving their respective reactions to the budget announced by Finance Minister Clyde Caruana the week prior.In their two-hour speeches, the p...

Pope Francis on Sunday made an impassioned plea to end the practice of returning migrants rescued at sea to Libya and other unsafe countries where they suffer “inhumane violence."Francis also waded into a highly contentious political debate in ...

Former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat is on the list of witnesses in the trial against former Italian Home Minister Matteo Salvini, which started in Italy on Saturday, Italian media report.Matteo Salvini is charged with kidnapping for refusing in 2019 ...

12 new cases of Covid-19 were registered on Sunday, as 21 people recovered.The number of active cases now stands at 227.12 patients are currently being treated at Mater Dei Hospital, four of whom are in the ITU.Since the start of the pandemic, 37,555...

Since the new Covid-19 rules and regulations have been reinforced within schools, the attendance rate has returned to normal, the head of school of Senglea Primary, Anna Napier told the Malta Independent.“The vast majority of children are reall...

The Ħal Far race track proposal will be implemented, the Transport Ministry told The Malta Independent on Sunday, following concerns raised due to the metro studies proposing that a depot be created in the same location.The site of the Ħal ...

Minister for Education, Justyne Caruana, announced another monetary incentive targetting those Gozitan educators and students who, on a daily basis, have to communte back and forth between Gozo and Malta. The maximum yearly monetray incentive for thi...

Malta’s national waterpolo team coach Karl Izzo is living his dream. When he was young, he wanted to be a waterpolo coach, and today he is. Izzo, who is also Malta’s non-resident ambassador to Montenegro, is a coffee-lover and a fan of an...

There was a pick of moments that confirmed Manchester United’s humiliation against Liverpool.Maybe it came with Mohamed Salah completing his hat trick by the 50th minute. Or in the celebrations as Liverpool defender Andy Robertson was heard rep...

Paulo Dybala returned to rescue Juventus as it snatched a 1-1 draw at Inter Milan in the Derby d’Italia on Sunday.Dybala converted a penalty a minute from time to cancel out Edin D?eko’s first-half opener for Inter.Inter remained third, s...

Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech said on Sunday that the labour government had not managed to create any new "clean" economic sectors in Malta and that voting for the PL would mean voting for the continuation of "dirty governance".Speaking in N...

The days leading up to the presentation of the budget for 2022, in particular the Prime Minister’s address in response to the speech from the Opposition Leader, were filled with talk about an election.It was coming mostly from the Nationalist P...

If there ever was a time for Max Verstappen to flinch in this riveting Formula One championship battle with Lewis Hamilton, it would have been Sunday in the closing laps of the U.S. Grand Prix.The young Dutchman seeking his first world championship w...

Hibernians failed to grab the three points against Valletta in order to keep sole leadership when they were held to a 1-1 draw at the Tony Bezzina Stadium. Though failing to win the Paolites are still unbeaten after seven matches winning five and dra...

The Police Force has issued a warning over false and misleading SMSs being sent to the public.The police referred to fake messages impersonating MaltaPost, which are not actually sent by the company, directing clients to a fake website asking for cre...

The Association for Gozitan employees working in Malta (AGEM) has welcomed government announcements regarding the fast ferry.It praised Education Minister Justyne Caruana for the introduction of the EDU Fast Ferry Card which allows Gozitan educators ...

The Environment and Resources Authority has conducted scientific surveys in marine waters on cetaceans (whales and dolphins) and confirmed the presence of selected cetaceans in particular areas around the Maltese coast. Further monitoring studies are...

Russia is reporting a record high number of coronavirus infections and COVID-19 deaths as the country approaches a week of nonworking days aimed at stemming the sharp surge in cases.The national coronavirus task force said Saturday that 1,075 people ...

A jockey was injured on Saturday afternoon after he fell off the sulky during a horse-race at the Marsa track, the police said.The accident took place at 5.15pm.The jockey, a man aged 28 from Pieta, was taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Six new Covid-19 cases were recorded Saturday, while 21 patients recovered, health authorities said.In all, 37,543 cases have been recorded in Malta, with 36,438 patients who recovered.There are 13 patients in hospital, three of whom in intensive car...

Malta has decided to extend its travel ban that is currently applied against unvaccinated travellers from all EU/Schengen Area and 67 third countries worldwide.Such a decision means that all those who do not hold a valid vaccination certificate or an...

Floriana: Floriana Dispensary, 29, Vincenzo Dimech Street; Ħamrun: Thomas' Pharmacy, 796, St Joseph High Road; Qormi: Pinto Pharmacy, 43, St Sebastian Street; Birkirkara: Herba Pharmacy, 183, Main Street; Pieta: St Anthony Pharmacy, 56,  St...

A man from Ghana was seriously injured in a fall on a construction site, the police said.The accident took place in Triq l-Ifran, Naxxar, at 9.30am.The man, aged 39 and resident in Paola, fell off a ladder.He was given first assistance on site before...

A motorcyclist was grievously injured in a traffic accident in Zurrieq on Friday evening, the police said.The accident took place in Valletta Road at 8.30pm.The biker, a 24-year-old man of Ghaxaq, was riding a Yamaha which was involved in a collision...

An assistant director unwittingly handed Alec Baldwin a loaded weapon and told him it was safe to use in the moments before the actor fatally shot a cinematographer, court records released Friday show.“Cold gun,” the assistant director an...

 Lap by lap, Formula One's best championship duel in years takes one dramatic turn after another.The U.S Grand Prix has played a role in this tense title battle between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton with the championship rivals nipping at ea...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that he had ordered 10 foreign ambassadors who called for the release of a jailed philanthropist to be declared persona non grata.The envoys, including the U.S., French and German representatives i...

More services will be provided by Aġenzija Sedqa to strengthen the prevention and treatment of addictions, the government said. This agreement will be made with a total investment of €1 million.This was made possible through an agreement be...

This year’s annual EY conference gave us two important surveys to chew on and ponder over – one which dealt with Malta’s attractiveness to foreign investment (which has plummeted) and another which dealt with finding out what youths...

Ħamrun Spartans registered a much needed win when in a tricky encounter they defeated Gudja United by three goals to one. It was a deserved win for Ħamrun who were the best team on the day and dominated for long stretches.   The S...

Chelsea and Manchester City didn't field a recognized striker between them for their Premier League games on Saturday.It didn't stop them combining for 11 goals in ominous displays by the two title contenders.Missing injured strikers Romelu Lukaku an...

Late goals from Zlatan Ibrahimović and Ismaël Bennacer spared AC Milan major embarrassment as it scraped a 4-2 win in Serie A at Bologna, which played for more than half an hour with nine men on Saturday.Despite the numerical advantage, it ...

The Labour Party is encouraging women to apply in its LEAD programme, aimed at increasing female participation in politics.The programme is now entering its sixth year and this project aims to increase Labour’s female candidates to 50% by the 2...

The British government’s scientific advisers urged the government on Friday to ensure coronavirus restrictions can be introduced rapidly, as the rate of new infections continues to grow.Britain has recorded an average of 47,000 new cases of COV...

The Covid-19 virus continues to rear its head again in Eastern Europe, with new records of infections and deaths reached.The following are stories from some countries that are experiencing another wave of the virus.Russia's infections, deaths soar to...

Italy’s right-wing former interior minister, Matteo Salvini, went on trial Saturday charged with kidnapping for refusing in 2019 to allow a Spanish migrant rescue ship to dock in Sicily, keeping the people onboard at sea for days.It is the firs...

The United Nations said on Friday that it has resumed humanitarian evacuation flights for migrants stranded in Libya after authorities suspended them for several months. The announcement comes after a massive crackdown on migrants by Libyan security ...