Just over €75,000 was spent on the event where the government unveiled plans and studies into the proposed metro project.Information tabled in Parliament by Transport Minister Ian Borg showed that a total of €76,981.76 was spent on the even...

A German humanitarian ship with more than 800 rescued migrants, including 15 very young children, steamed into a Sicilian port on Sunday after being granted permission by Italian authorities following days of waiting in the Mediterranean Sea.The char...

A planning application that would see the old British hospital building in Mtarfa rehabilitated and turned into an international school is set to be decided by the Planning Authority on Thursday.The applicant is Haileybury Malta Ltd. Parliament MPs h...

The Church’s Environment Commission has criticised the procrastination when it comes to changes to planning laws and development policies.Malta and Gozo have long been subjected to overdevelopment, to pencil developments and the uglification of...

Any cultural heritage discovered during the excavation of the metro tunnels would have to be investigated, the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage told The Malta Independent on Sunday.It said that there would need to be a balance between preservatio...

Steward Health Care has kept its lips tightly sealed about discussions currently taking place with government over the concession agreement.Steward Health Care currently runs the Gozo General, St Luke’s and Karin Grech hospitals.Government had ...

A few weeks ago, the Associated Press carried a report which said that, after the exit of Britain from the European Union, there are movements in other current members that indicate an anti-EU sentiment which could, if it remains unchecked, lead to m...

Joseph Muscat has come under fire after a news report read that last year he received €60,000 in consultancy fees from a Swiss company that had received millions from Steward Health Care back in 2018, when the latter had taken over three hospita...

A driver was seriously injured when the car he was driving crashed into a wall, the police said.The accident took place in Victoria Road, Nadur, on Sunday at 2pm.The driver, a man aged 38 from Qala, was driving a Volkswagen Polo.He was taken to Gozo ...

Two men are in hospital after the vehicles they were in were involved in a crash, the police said.The accident took place in Mdina Road, Attard, on Sunday at 12.45pm.It involved a Mercedes Benz E220 driven by a 23-year-old man of Sliema, and a tracto...

A biker was seriously injured on Sunday morning after a collision with a car whose driver did not stop, the police said in a statement.The accident took place in Giuseppe Garibaldi Street at 7.30am.The biker, a man aged 46 of Kalkara, was riding a Su...

50 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Sunday as 12 people recovered.Currently there are 369 active Covid cases in the country.11 patients are currently being treated at Mater Dei Hospital, 3 of whom are in the ITU.Malta has had 37,908 cases. ...

Former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat was paid €60,000 in consultancy fees that came from a Swiss company that had received millions from Steward Health Care, the Times of Malta reports.Muscat was paid €60,000 to his BOV account in 2020, with...

A survey conducted by statistician Vince Marmara shows that the Labour Party has a 15% advantage over the Nationalist Party.The survey, conducted between 29 October and 4 November, shows that if an election were to be held today, the Labour Party wou...

Inter Milan was the more disappointed side after the Milan derby match ended in a 1-1 draw, despite AC Milan being the team that missed out on taking the outright lead of Serie A on Sunday.Former Milan midfielder Hakan Çalhanoğlu converte...

Former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat must answer for his actions, Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said, following revelations that Muscat had received 60,000 euros in consultancy fees from a Swiss company which had been paid millions by Steward Health...

The sound of West Ham fans singing “I’m forever blowing bubbles” could still be heard around the bars of the London Stadium an hour after beating Liverpool.Liverpool hadn't only been prevented from going a club-record 26th match unb...

Red Bull earned itself one heck of a Formula One fiesta.Max Verstappen won the Mexico City Grand Prix with a dominant race Sunday to stretch his season championship lead over Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton. Teammate Sergio Perez was the first Mexican...

The old adage ‘laughter is the best medicine’ is precisely the approach that Dr Klown firmly practices and believes in, who this month celebrate ten years of bringing laughter and smiles to children in hospital wards. In 2010, a group of ...

Fr Claude Portelli, parish priest of St Julian’s, wanted to be a diplomat when he was young.He enjoys all that is Italian, be it food or music, and he would want to live in the nearby peninsula if given the chance. But which was the subject tha...

A five-month-old baby was seriously injured in a two-car collision on the Tal-Barrani Road on Saturday evening.The accident took place in the limits of Tarxien at 10pm.The police said it involved a Renault Captur driven by a 58-year-old man of Swieqi...

The day after ensuring he finishes No. 1 for a record seventh year, Novak Djokovic beat No. 2 Daniil Medvedev 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the Paris Masters final on Sunday for a record 37th Masters title.Djokovic moved one clear of fellow 20-time Grand Slam win...

Konrad Mizzi’s toddler-like tantrums at the Public Accounts Committee meeting on Wednesday were certainly the talk of the town this week. Many watched on with incredulity as the disgraced former minister – who is linked to most, if not al...

Now that kids ages 5 to 11 are eligible for COVID-19 vaccination and the number of fully vaccinated people in the U.S. is rising, many people may be wondering what the endgame is for COVID-19.Early on in the pandemic, it wasn&rsqu...

A humanitarian rescue boat stuck in the Mediterranean Sea carrying 800 migrants received a delivery of food and blankets Saturday while it awaits permission to come to shore.The German rescue boat Sea-Eye 4 set a course for the southern Italian islan...

Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi survived an assassination attempt with armed drones that targeted his residence early Sunday and officials said he was unharmed. The attack was a major escalation amid tensions sparked by the refusal of Iran-b...

The number of new Covid-19 cases has crept up again, as 41 were registered while the number of active cases has again jumped over 300.Health authorities said that nine patients are in hospital, three of whom in intensive care.Only eight patients have...

The Nationalist Party has filed a judicial protest against Prime Minister Robert Abela, amongst others, over the Steward Health Care deal, demanding that the government must stop “stealing money from people’s taxes and return the hospital...

Valletta: Collis Williams Pharmacy, 15, Republic Street; Ħamrun: St Gaetan Pharmacy, Parish Priest Mifsud Street; Qormi: Brown's Pharmacy, 278, Victory Street; Birkirkara (Fleur-de-Lys): Marrit Pharmacy, 1st of May Street; Ġżira: Tony'...

The Church’s Environment Commission has criticised the procrastination when it comes to changes to planning laws and development policies.In a paper published on the occasion of the World Day of Urban Planning, the commission criticises “...

The government has donated more than 135,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Government of Ghana, while it continues to show solidarity with countries in need, in particular in Sub-Saharan Africa, the government said in a statementA special Air Malta d...

Germany recorded its second consecutive daily record for new coronavirus cases on Friday as infections pick up across Europe, and its disease control center said unvaccinated people now face a “very high” risk of infection.The country saw...

Australian actor Russell Crowe said he fell in love with Malta in 1999 and he is being reminded why every day.Crowe is in Malta for the filming of Prizefighter, a film about boxer Jem Belcher. Cower was recently filming in Thailand.Crowe was the star...

After more than 30 months, a Manchester derby has been won by City in the Premier League again.Not that it's proved too painful for Pep Guardiola struggling to beat Manchester United. After all, he's collected the Premier League trophy twice in that ...

Substitute Juan Cuadrado’s stoppage-time goal gave Juventus a 1-0 victory against 10-man Fiorentina and ended a three-game winless streak in Serie A on Saturday.Although it was barely deserved as Juve’s struggles continued.Juventus didn&r...

A worker was injured while using grass cutting machinery in Luqa, the Occupational Health and Safety Authority said.OHSA has been informed of an accident at work which took place in Luqa, which resulted in the injury of a worker w...

An oil tanker truck exploded near Sierra Leone's capital, killing at least 98 people and severely injuring dozens of others after large crowds gathered to collect leaking fuel, officials and witnesses said Saturday.The explosion took place late Frida...

Mercedes got the front-row lockout for the start of the Mexico City Grand Prix. The challenge will be holding off the hard-charging Red Bulls and Max Verstappen over 71 laps on Sunday.Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton seized on what Verstappen calle...

A number of parents have been left in limbo after their preferred school transport provider was forced to stop driving their children to school as a result of a registration mix-up that took place at the beginning of the scholastic year.Their childre...

 The crowd at a Houston music festival surged toward the stage during a performance by rapper Travis Scott, squeezing fans so tightly together that they could not breathe or move their arms, witnesses said Saturday, hours after at least eight pe...

Marília Mendonça, one of Brazil’s most popular singers and a Latin Grammy winner, died Friday in an airplane crash on her way to a concert. She was 26.Mendonça’s press office confirmed her death in a statement, and sa...

The winners of the 2021 Doreen Micallef National Poetry Contest were announced on the evening of Friday 5 November during a ceremony at the Malta Book Festival presented by Claudia Gauci.Out of the 50 eligible submissions entered for this year’...

The hospitality industry is one of those which has struggled the most during the Covid-19 pandemic.As tourism dried up, of course, so did business for those in the hotel and catering industry, and so did the jobs.  Indeed, in 2020 the industry&r...

Malta will offer Covid-19 booster shots to everyone aged 12 and over, Health Minister Chris Fearne has announced.Speaking in a press conference on Friday, Fearne said that the decision has been taken to give the booster shot to everyone – altho...

Jonathan Johnson spent weeks on a ventilator battling COVID-19, then decided to get married — in the hospital.The 28-year-old man surprised his fiancée with the help of hospital staff and arranged a wedding last month in the intensive ca...

Two hyenas at the Denver Zoo have tested positive for the coronavirus, the first confirmed cases among the animals worldwide, a national veterinary lab announced Friday.Samples from a variety of animals at the zoo, including the spotted hyenas, were ...

Novak Djokovic will end the year at No. 1 for a record seventh time after rallying to beat Hubert Hurkacz 3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (5) in the Paris Masters semifinals on Saturday.Djokovic, who also stays on course for a record-extending sixth Paris Masters titl...

Health authorities have reported 40 new cases of Covid-19 as the spike in cases of the virus continues to persist.13 have recovered, taking the number of active cases up to 298.It is the highest number of cases reported since 14 September, when 50 ne...

A tsunami drill simulation was conducted through joint efforts from the police, civil protection, ambulance, fire engine, the army and LESA. The simulation took place on Friday morning where a 1.5 metre tsunami drill was conducted around the fis...

BirdLife Malta has filed a judicial protest against the Minister for Gozo, the Minister for the Environment, the Wild Birds Regulation Unit (WBRU) and the Environment and Resources Authority (ERA), demanding that Malta’s law courts revoke the n...

Six poachers were arrested over illegal trapping offences in the last eight days, while two more were convicted in court for similar offences yesterday, CABS said on Friday.In a statement, CABS said that their field operations have led to the arrest ...

Pfizer Inc. said Friday that its experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by nearly 90% as the drugmaker joins the race to bring the first easy-to-use medication against the coronavirus to the U.S. market.Curren...

Renowned actor Russell Crowe yesterday posted a photo of Filfla on Twitter, posing the question: 'where am I now?'The post saw thousands of likes and comments, with some quickly indicating that it is Filfla, and some others questioning whether it was...

Top officials at the World Health Organization said Thursday that Europe has seen a more than 50% jump in coronavirus cases in the last month, making it the epicentre of the pandemic despite an ample supply of vaccines.“There may be plenty of v...

The Office of the Commissioner for Children expressed its dismay that its recent appeal to the Ministry for Education and the teachers’ union to respect the fundamental rights of children to education and to have their best interests prioritise...

Blood test results will now be available in minutes thanks to a newly installed AI system following a €4.5 million investment at the Mater Dei pathology lab, Health Minister Chris Fearne said on Friday.Fearne said that the AI technology will als...

Former Nationalist MP Franco Debono was among three people nominated by Opposition Leader Bernard Grech for the post of chairperson of the Broadcasting Authority.All three – the other two being Maryanne Lauri and Raymond Zammit – were rej...

A visit to our capital city may now be enhanced by experiencing Underground Valletta, a newly launched Heritage Malta site which sheds light on the different uses of the passageways beneath Valletta along the centuries while enabling visitors to admi...

University students are once again paying for a lack of forward planning as well as a serious teacher shortage. This week, ten students who are due to start their teaching practice on Monday were told that this vital five-week period of their Masters...

A police union has told its members they can sport beards, dye their hair and wear coloured nail polish, as a debate on personal grooming turns into an industrial dispute.The Malta Police Union had taken issue with a circular, issued by the Police Co...

Business owners must offer better wages to their staff to tackle the “fundamental” issue of unavailable workers in the hospitality sector, Finance Minister Clyde Caruana said on Thursday.During a seminar on human resources in the catering...

Magistrate Marseanne Farrugia will conduct a visit to the construction site later this month, where worker Lamin Jaiteh suffered serious injuries after falling from a height.In another marathon sitting in the case against Glenn Farrugia, Jaiteh&rsquo...

A priest was among many men who hit out at a PN candidate over her pro-choice views when it comes to abortion, with the priest describing Emma Portelli Bonnici as “Hitler, a satanist, a murderer, a butcher, and a criminal.”Portelli Bonnic...

Anyone who makes a false declaration with a public authority could be exposing themselves to criminal action, Standards Commissioner George Hyzler has warned. His comments came in a report on an investigation he had conducted into alleged dangerous d...

The iconic Boathouse restaurant in Xlendi is now completely gone, with nothing left of the seaside corner building.The building will now be replaced by a six-storey block which will house the same restaurant and bar, but also a host of apartments.The...

Relatives of the victim of a fatal pitbull attack had told the police that she had spent the last week of her life without electricity as the dogs’ owner had been trying to force her to leave her home, a court has heard.95-year-old Inez Galea d...

Over 400 migrants were rescued through the course of last night by the NGOs Sea-Eye and Mission Lifeline after coming into distress in Malta’s search and rescue zone, the two NGOs said in a joint statement.One of the vessels, the Sea-Eye 4, now...

Developer Stivala Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with Townsquare to purchase, develop and sell its 28-storey residential tower in the heart of Sliema, Times of Malta reports.ST Group chairman Micheal Stivala and a spokesperson for Tow...

Antonio Conte's first game in charge of Tottenham had five first-half goals, three red cards and a glimpse of the challenge he faces at the London club.Tottenham held on for a 3-2 home win over Vitesse Arnhem in the Europa Conference League on Thursd...

The ongoing talks with the Malta Union of Teachers are leaving positive results "over the few classes left without an educator due to union directives", the Education Ministry has said.The Malta Union of Teachers had previously registered an industri...

37 cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Thursday as a spike in cases persisted.17 people have recovered from the virus, taking the total number of active cases up to 271.8 virus patients are currently being treated at Mater Dei Ho...

A 73-year-old man was rushed to hospital on Thursday morning after he fell off a ladder inside a residence, police said.Police said in a statement that they were informed that assistance was required at a residence in Triq il-Fuxa in San Gwann at aro...

For decades, it's been one of Hollywood's darkest rumors: A teen-age Natalie Wood was sexually assaulted by a top movie star more than twice her age when she met with him at a hotel in Los Angeles.In a memoir coming out next week, Wood's younger sist...

A report issued by the Auditor General confirmed that people are being overcharged in their energy bills, PN MPs David Agius and Ryan Callus said in a press conference.“The way the government has been working out the bills has resulted in theft...

Konrad Mizzi’s will be called to attend a Public Accounts Committee sitting on 10 November, at 2pm, committee member PN MP Ryan Callus told The Malta Independent.Responding to a question by this newsroom regarding the sitting held on Wednesday,...

The congested car park at St James’s Counterguard adjacent to the Central Bank of Malta in Valletta has rendered three new electric car charging pillars inaccessible, as car park attendant attempts to manage an impromptu valet service. People t...

Many entrepreneurs believe that making it large in business is simple. Well, if you know the appropriate measures to take, it becomes simple. Many successful entrepreneurs are forex tradersHow did they achieve their success? According to the Forex br...

England’s deputy chief medical officer said Wednesday that too many people believe the pandemic is over, warning that the U.K.’s very high coronavirus rates and rising deaths mean that there are “hard months to come in the winter.&r...

Gozo Channel announced that it is extending its current ferry time table until Sunday 2 January 2022.In doing so, the Gozo Channel will maintain the current level of accessibility to Gozo, the company said in a statement. When compared to the schedul...

It’s not usual that the Commissioner for Children is so direct in her answers. Usually, she tries to avoid being in contrast with anything concerning the government. After all, she gets her position and salary from the government.So what she sa...

A 36-year-old was grievously injured in a traffic accident in Msida on Wednesday night at 7.15pm.The accident occurred on Triq il-Marina.The vehicles involved were a Ford Transit, driven by a 41-year-old Libyan who resides in Naxxar and a Sym Jet mot...

An elderly woman was injured when she was hit by a car in the San Gwann industrial estate on Wednesday evening, the police said.The woman, aged 75 and resident in Msida, was hit by a Volkswagen Touran, driven by a 56-year-old man of Swieqi.She was ta...

MP Konrad Mizzi appeared before the Public Accounts Committee on Wedesday, however the entire session was taken up by his “oral presentation” and back and forth arguments with the PN MPs.The committee was discussing the National Audit Off...

A decision by the Council of Europe on whether Labour MP Rosianne Cutajar should be sanctioned for possible ethical breaches has been delayed.The council has said that it requires more information from the Maltese Parliament before reaching its ...

The Animal Welfare Directorate followed all established and proper procedures in cases of dogs which had to be euthanised, an investigation by the Office of the Commissioner for Animal Welfare found. The Veterinary Surgeon’s Council (VSC) ...

Over 1,000 Gozitan and Maltese residents have objected to an application to change the zoning of 5,387 sqm of agricultural land that is currently designated as ODZ to a residential development zone in Għarb, Moviment Graffitti said in a statemen...

The number of new Covid-19 cases registered on Wednesday was 34, the highest tally since mid-September, the health authorities said.This was the first time since 15 September that the number of new cases was more than 30 - that time it was 32. On the...

An elderly woman and two young children have been hospitalised following a traffic accident in Naxxar. The accident took place on Tal-Balal Road at around 12:20.A police spokesperson said there was a collision between a Mitsubishi Lancer driven by a ...

Losses relating to electricity decreased by 76 per cent with the use of smart meters, resulting in savings of over €45 million. On the other hand, non-billed consumption relating to water remained stable over the project’s lifetime, the Na...

Liverpool and Ajax extended their perfect winning records in the Champions League on Wednesday to advance into the round of 16 — which is starting to take a 1970s throwback look.Liverpool cruised past Atlético Madrid 2-0 at Anfield&...

If elected in the United Nations Security Council, Malta will continue to strive to ensure that three-quarters of the ocean which do not fall under any state will be considered as a common heritage of humanity, Minister for Foreign and European Affai...

The Union of Professional Educators today delivered a ‘pudina’ to Permanent Secretary Frank Fabri Fabri as a “gesture to help him realise that his latest manoeuvre is unwarranted in the eyes of the union and of many prospective stud...

A pharmaceuticals supplier has distanced himself from a Halloween publicity stunt by Labour MP Rosianne Cutajar after she distributed toothpaste samples in trick or treat bags she handed out to children.Last week, the former Parliamentary Secretary p...

An abandoned space in Ħal Farruġ with an area of around 2,000m2 will be regenerated into an open space for the residents to enjoy, the government said today.Through an agreement with the Luqa Local Council, Parks Malta will be responsible f...

An argument in Marsa early on Wednesday has left two in hospital, police said.Police said in a statement that two men walked into the Hamrun district police station at around 00:300 on Wednesday, with injuries on their faces and hands.Preliminary inv...

Faced with sharply rising coronavirus cases, the caretaker prime minister of the Netherlands said Tuesday that the Dutch government is reinstituting an order to wear face masks in public places like stores and libraries and mandating an extension for...

The 12th edition of Rockestra – Times Like These, will take place on Friday 3 December at the MFCC in Ta’ Qali.Rockestra’s artistic director Paul Borg Bonaci and Rockestra’s musical director Sigmund Mi...

According to Eurostat data, 9.4% of Maltese residents consider their households problematic for being under lit. With a European Union average of 5.9%, Malta, France and Spain are almost double the 5.9% European average, with Spain and France sc...

A group of 49 migrants landed at Ghar Lapsi, Siggiewi, at 1.30pm on Tuesday, the Police said in a statement.Police went on site and saw a group of migrants trapped at the bottom of the cliff. Of the 49 migrants, 39 are men, four are women and six are...