The government should immediately stop paying Steward for the running of three hospitals which were transferred from the public sector, Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said.In a post on Facebook, the PN leader said Prime Minister Robert Abela was try...

Former Juventus, Palermo and Birkirkara player Fabrizio Miccoli has been sentenced to three years and six months in jail on charges of aggravated Mafia-style extortion, Italian news agency Ansa reports Wednesday.The jail term has been confirmed by an...

Germany is set to mark 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 this week, passing a somber milestone that several of its neighbors crossed months ago but which Western Europe's most populous nation had hoped to avoid.Teutonic discipline, a robust health care sy...

Should Steward Health Care exit its hospitals concession, the government would do everything possible to avoid paying a €100 million exit fee, Prime Minister Robert Abela told journalists on Tuesday. The government and Steward are currently invo...

The Malta Employers' Association, The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry, the Malta Chamber of SMEs, the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association and the Gozo Business Chamber are calling on government to put an immediate halt on the ...

The inconsistent implementation and enforcement of the government’s Covid-19 protocols, particularly for events, has been a significant bone of contention for a number of months.Such inconsistencies, which have been prevalent for months now, ha...

Matthew Caruana Galizia faced the men accused of supplying the bomb that killed his mother when testifying in court on Tuesday.He recounted once again how he saw body parts from his mother’s butchered body as he approached the burning car on th...

Malta has reached yet another milestone in its fight against Covid-19.Health Minister Chris Fearne has said that yesterday the 100,000th booster jab was administered. The booster jab is the so-called third dose.“When it’s your turn, take ...

Health Minister Chris Fearne and the PN’s health spokesperson Stephen Spiteri got their Covid-19 booster shots together on Tuesday, as they encouraged the public to take their own booster when the opportunity comes.The two, who are both doctors...

Prime Minister Robert Abela has backed Roberta Metsola’s bid for President of the EU Parliament, however also took a political swipe at the candidate through his comments.On Wednesday, the European People’s Party (EPP) will vote to select...

Since 2010, 2,055 irregular migrants and asylum seekers were relocated to other EU countries or associated states, Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri said.He was responding to a Parliamentary Question posed by PN MP Joseph Ellis.In 2021 thus far, ...

In its judgment delivered on the 8 November 2021, in the names of Air X Charter Limited and Air X Aircraft Finance I Limited vs. (1) Firm Mamo TCV Advocates as Deputy Curators acting on behalf of Avmax Aircraft Leasing Inc (Canada) (“Avmax&rdqu...

Prime Minister Robert Abela skirted around a question on his attendance at the Sigma event last week, where hardly any Covid-19 protocols were in place. During the conference, held at the MFCC, no temperature checks were taken, and most of the attend...

Energized by a change of manager and another opportunistic finish by Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United qualified for the knockout stage of the Champions League with a game to spare on Tuesday.Another newly appointed coach sill has work to do, thou...

The government will take a holistic approach and emphasised that the bill for reform of cannabis laws is absolutely not an incentive for drug use, said Abela at the site of the newly inaugurated therapeutic centre for adolescents at Tal-Ibwar.  ...

A new facility will be maximising the value of bulky waste without taking up any more land at the ECOHIVE Complex in Naxxar, a government statement read.This was announced by Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning Aaron Farrugia du...

Prime Minister Robert Abela, accompanied by the Minister for Social Justice and Solidarity, the Family and Children's Rights Michael Falzon, inaugurated a therapeutic centre for adolescents at Tal-Ibwar, siggiewi, a project which seeks to rehabilitat...

Public health chief Charmaine Gauci has passed the buck onto Speaker Anglu Farrugia when it comes to the wearing of masks by MPs in Parliament, although she did say that everyone “must pay attention to” Covid-19 rules. Earlier this month,...

The criminal gang that murdered Daphne Caruana Galizia had also planned to kill the former head of the police drugs squad, MaltaToday has reported. The newspaper said the information was offered by Vince Muscat il-Kohhu, in his bargain plea agreement...

No end appears to be in sight to the current Covid-19 spike in cases, with 71 new cases of the virus being reported by health authorities on Tuesday.30 have recovered from the virus, meaning that the number of active cases currently stands at 907.It&...

Two Birkirkara FC supporters have been charged with attacking a police officer during a football match on Sunday. The incident took place amid unrest by supporters during the Birkirkara-Santa Lucija Premier League match, which Birkara lost 0-2.Kersti...

Senior conservative German MEPs are mulling plans behind the scenes to promote Maltese MEP Roberta Metsola for the Parliament presidency in exchange for ensuring that Germans get key positions around her, and that MEPs from large delegations get prim...

The police today arrested a 44-year-old Dutch woman after she was found to be in possession of cocaine.The woman who was arrested as soon as she landed at MIA from Brussels, was found to be in possession of more than two kilograms of drugs, worth &eu...

42-year-old Danilo Scolari was reported as missing to the police. He was last seen on 20 November around the Freeport in Birzebbugia, wearing a camouflage wetsuit.Anyone with information is asked to pass it on to the police, even confidentially, by c...

Kevin Spacey and his production companies must pay the studio behind “House of Cards” more than $30 million because of losses brought on by his firing for sexual misconduct, according to an arbitration decision made final Monday.A documen...

Independent MP Konrad Mizzi is likely not be able to attend any sittings of the Public Accounts Committee this year, as he continues to recover from “a serious illness”, Times of Malta reports today.Mizzi missed last week’s sitting ...

A technical report commissioned by the government last year into the concept of a basic living income will remain an “internal working document” and will serve as something of a guideline for future government reforms, Minister within the...

A woman was grievously injured in a traffic accident yesterday.The accident took place at 5.30pm on Triq Birzebbugia, Birzebbugia and involved a Toyota Vitz driven by a 61-year-old woman from Hamrun, who had a 3-year-old boy in the car, and another T...

The Malta Union of Teachers has filed two judicial protests against the Ministry for Education for its failure in granting the recognition to MUT of a number of employees. The MUT said that the judicial protests follow requests for recognition presen...

A bus crash in western Bulgaria early Tuesday has killed at least 45 people, authorities said.The bus, registered in North Macedonia, crashed around 2 a.m. and there were children among the victims, authorities said. Seven people were taken to hospit...

The comments passed by bystanders in Valletta, urging a man to jump off the bastion near Hastings Gardens in Valletta last week, were not only appalling, but horrid, inhumane, and disgusting.The crowd which formed on Valletta City Gate's bridge was b...

Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo insisted Monday that inspectors from the Malta Tourism Authority had carried out inspections at the Sigma conference in Ta’ Qali but was unable to provide any details. The Malta Independent reported last week ho...

The number of active Covid-19 cases continued to rise Monday as another patient died, health authorities said.Sixty-two new cases were registered, with 42 patients recovering.This has pushed up the number of active cases to 866.The health authorities...

Prime Minister Robert Abela acknowledged in Parliament the controversial opinions and different perspectives over the bill to reform cannabis laws as the true foundation of democracy, but insisted that the laws as proposed would not encourage drug us...

Roberta Metsola will face two other nominees from within the European People's Party (EPP) in her bid to become the EPP's sole candidate for the post of President of the European Parliament.The nomination period came to a close today, and aside from ...

The owner of a Valletta clothes shop, who told the president of NGO Repubblika to "be afraid when alone in Valletta" on Facebook, will be filing an appeal after he was fined €3,000 by a court today.Joseph Camenzuli of Mosta, who owns a clothes s...

The President’s Fun Run, held on Sunday to raise funds for the Community Chest Fund, has raised questions as to whether the health authorities are choosing which mass activities to allow and which others to prohibit.Over the past weeks, there h...

Cannabis dependence has been associated with psychosis, Robin Murray, Professor of the Institute of Psychiatry, London said today.People who use cannabis are likely to suffer from psychosis six years before others who do not, he told a conference nam...

A probe launched into Malta’s spending in relation to this year’s Eurovision Song Contest found no irregularities, Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister Carmelo Abela told The Malta Independent in an interview.Abela had, last M...

Konrad Mizzi’s lawyers and the family of Daphne Caruana Galizia are exploring the possibility of reaching an out of court settlement in a libel case the former minister had filed against the slain journalist.Mizzi had sued Caruana Galizia for l...

The climate of fear of reprisal at the Corradino Correctional Facility is such that prisoners fear to appeal from disciplinary action, a former prison inmate wrote in a manifesto.The former inmate penned a manuscript which was anonymously sent to thi...

The first tranche of subsidiary legislation necessary to bring several provisions of the Petiti act into force are ready.The Chamber of Architects and Civil Engineers, in collaboration with the Ministry for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Proje...

In October, the number of persons registering for work stood at 1,254, decreasing by 1,860 when compared to the corresponding month in 2020. Data provided by Jobsplus for October 2021 indicate a year-on-year decrease of 1,750 persons registering unde...

A joyous scene of marching bands and children dancing in Santa hats and waving pompoms turned deadly in an instant, as an SUV sped through barricades and into a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing at least five people and injuring more th...

Fishermen were promised a boatyard to store vessels in winter season; instead they get more expenses and fines instead, the Nationalist Party said.Time has come to eliminate deceit in politics full of empty promises like promising a ‘boatyard&r...

Austria went into a nationwide lockdown early Monday in a desperate effort to contain spiraling coronavirus infections.The lockdown in the Alpine nation comes as average daily deaths have tripled in recent weeks and some hospitals have warned that th...

The United Nations' migration agency said 75 migrants drowned in the Mediterranean Sea north of Libya earlier this week as they attempted to reach Italy by boat.The International Organization for Migration reported the latest tragedy in a tweet on Sa...

A Legal Notice that allows tax defaulters to offset their dues against property sales tax is not an amnesty but the first step towards a change in mentality, and towards starting to recoup some €5 billion the government owed in tax, Finance Mini...

The 2018/2019 evaluationMONEYVAL, a Council of Europe body tasked with assessing compliance with the principal international standards to counter money laundering and the financing of terrorism, published an evaluation report on Malta in September 20...

A cyclist was critically injured on Sunday afternoon after he lost control of the bike he was riding and crashed into a tree, the police said.The accident took place at Saqqajja Hill, Rabat, at 5.30pm.The cyclist, an Italian man aged 25, resident in ...

A car fell into a construction site on Triq Qawra in Qawra on Sunday, dangling over the edge.The two people inside were not injured and were assisted by the Civil Protection Department and the police, the police confirmed.Both have been helped out of...

Beliefs different to those of the government – be they from the Opposition or from NGOs – are far better represented on state broadcaster TVM than they were prior to the PL’s election to government in 2013, Minister within the Offic...

President of Malta George Vella, together with Mrs Vella, led the 12th edition of The President’s Solidarity Fun Run in aid of the Malta Community Chest Fund Foundation, in which a total of around 7,000 people took part. Due to the restric...

122 new cases of Covid-19 were registered on Sunday, while 41 people recovered from the virus.The last time over 100 cases were registered was on 13 August.Currently, 12 people are being treated at Mater Dei Hospital, two of whom are in the ITU.There...

The death of another prisoner has once again put the focus on the Corradino Correctional Facility.This time, the incident sparked the self-suspension of the prison director, Alex Dalli, who had been under pressure for quite a while – not only b...

The ways in which disciplinary actions are meted out at the Corradino Correctional Facility are “slipshod and rarely follow a prescribed procedure”, which allows for various parties in authority “to abuse their power as it goes unch...

Hibernians registered an important win which put them in a more comfortable position at the helm of the BOV Premier League. It was a spectacular goal scored by Jake Grech which decided their match against Hamrun Spartans. This win means that followin...

The 21st of November 2021 is the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic VictimsThe Doctors for Road Safety NGO highlighted the pressing need for stricter road enforcement and more education towards road safety awareness.Their thoughts went out to ...

Covid cases are climbing steadily again, not just in Malta, but across Europe. We currently have over 700 active cases, with a number of people being treated in hospital.Some EU member states have been re-introducing lockdowns and other restrictive m...

The United Nations' migration agency said 75 migrants drowned in the Mediterranean Sea north of Libya earlier this week as they attempted to reach Italy by boat.The International Organization for Migration reported the latest tragedy in a tweet on Sa...

The boos rang out as Tottenham’s players left the field after going a sixth straight half of play in the Premier League without a shot on target.His team trailing 1-0 and being outplayed at home by an injury-hit Leeds, it likely dawned on Anton...

And then there were none.Serie A leader Napoli lost for the first time this season as Inter Milan reinvigorated its Italian title bid with a 3-2 win on Sunday.Inter, the defending champion, cut the gap on Napoli and AC Milan to four points after 13 r...

Manchester United fired Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after three years as manager on Sunday after a fifth loss in seven Premier League games.“Ole will always be a legend at Manchester United and it is with regret that we have reached this difficult dec...

This was supposed to be the Christmas in Europe where family and friends could once again embrace holiday festivities and one another. Instead, the continent is the global epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic as cases soar to record levels in many coun...

 Lewis Hamilton inched closer to the Formula One championship lead with a dominating victory Sunday in the inaugural Qatar Grand Prix to earn back-to-back wins and chip away at Max Verstappen's points advantage.Hamilton, who also won last week i...

Missing tennis star Peng Shuai reappeared in public Sunday at a youth tournament in Beijing, according to photos released by the organizer, as the ruling Communist Party tried to quell fears abroad while suppressing information in China about Peng af...

Project Memorja, a new website whereby the National Archives of Malta can showcase Malta's rich culture, art, and history, was inaugurated by the Minister for the National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government José Herrera."Project Memorja e...

If Alexander Zverev’s performance this weekend is any indication, a lot can be expected from the third-ranked German in 2022.Zverev beat the top two players in consecutive matches to earn his second title at the ATP Finals.After eliminating No....

A young man has died and a teenaged girl is critical after the car they were in crashed into a wall in Luqa, the police said.The man, aged 21, of St Julian's, lost control of the BMW 320 CD Sport he was driving, with the vehicle crashing into the wal...

Parliament has become an instrument of impunity, an institution that does not observe its own decisions, NGO Repubblika said.It was referring to a story published in The Times today which says that MP Rosianne Cutajar was not reprimanded for a breach...

Valletta: Chemimart City Gate Pharmacy, City Gate; Ħamrun: The Cross Pharmacy, 859, St Joseph High Road; Qormi: St George's Pharmacy, 21, Main Street; Birkirkara: St Anne Pharmacy, 24, Misraħ Sant’Elena; Msida: Regional Pharmacy, E. H...

The number of active Covid-19 cases continues to climb in Malta as 59 new cases were recorded while only 45 recovered.There are now 766 active cases, while the number of victims increased to 463 after the death of a 71-year-old man.Ten patients with ...

Minister for Solidarity and Social Justice Michael Falzon announced that the girl who was abudcted by her biological mother was found in England.On Saturday, Falzon explained that the girl is in the custody of the British authorities and legal procee...

Environment Minister Aaron Farrugia fell back onto blaming the 2006 changes to Malta and Gozo’s local plans by a PN government when challenged over concerns about excessive levels of development in Gozo.Asked by The Malta Independent about crit...

Tens of thousands of protesters, many from far-right groups, marched through Vienna on Saturday after the Austrian government announced a nationwide lockdown beginning Monday to contain skyrocketing coronavirus infections.Demonstrations against virus...

Two men were injured after they fell a height of two metres off scaffolding in Rabat, the police said.The accident took place in St Paul’s Street at 9.30am.A man aged 61 of Dingli and another aged 57 of Rabat were decorating the church when the...

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Malta's long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating (IDR) at 'A+' with a stable outlook.Malta's rating is supported by high per-capita income levels, a large net external creditor position and a pre-pandemic record of ...

How many times have we heard people with a certain level of standing and power speak about how Malta needs to get past its affinity and love for tribalism, and how not everything is a matter of partisan interest?If ever there was an exercise in futil...

Finally Sliema Wanderers registered their first win of the campaign after beating Valletta by the odd goal in three.For Valletta this was a setback since after a rather bumpy start they were slowly climbing up the ladder, collecting seven points from...

After overseeing yet another humiliating loss as Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer walked over to the angry away fans and held both hands up in apology, before giving them a quick wave.He may well have been waving goodbye.Even Solskjaer...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic became the oldest player to score multiple goals in a Serie A game, but his brace still wasn't enough for AC Milan to win on Saturday.Despite the Sweden star's two goals at the age of 40 years and 48 days, the Rossoneri slumped to ...

Two local councils and eight organisations today expressed their indignation at what they said was Fortina’s latest attempt to take over Balluta Bay through their application for a pontoon that would service their 33-meter tourist catamaran goi...

Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said Saturday that many youths are disheartened to even consider buying their first property in the next five years despite the country being buried in concrete.During a phone interview on NET FM Radio, Grech said that...

ŻiguŻajg International Arts Festival for Children & Young People’s hybrid edition organised by Fondazzjoni Kreattività was officially opened on Saturday and will run till Sunday 28 November with a fun selection of live and ...

The Malta Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society compiled and presented a manifesto with 99 proposals reflecting the voices of thousands of children and young people.This manifesto is urging politicans to drive the change to make children feel heard...

More than 1,500 trees will be planted thanks to the Parks Malta Cleaning Campaign. Parks Malta, together with entities, local councils and voluntary organizations, have spent the past few months clearing various valleys as part of an environment...

Lewis Hamilton and Max Vetstappen qualified 1-2 for the inaugural Qatar Grand Prix, setting up a showdown between the Formula One championship contenders at the very start of Sunday's race.Hamilton won the 102nd pole of his career, fourth o...

Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects Ian Borg inaugurated the reconstruction of Għeriexem road and its promenade which will be creating a safer pedestrian route between Mdina, Rabat and Mtarfa.Minister Ian Borg mentioned h...

The Ministry for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning and the Ministry for Education are entering into an agreement to carry out greening projects in government schools, in order to create ecological school environments, the government said i...

Hili Properties plc, the strategic real estate investment subsidiary of Hili Ventures, has signed a sale and purchase agreement with YIT Lietuva, a subsidiary of the Finnish urban developer YIT, for a production plant in Lithuania. YIT is one of the ...

Some of the world's most famous tennis players, distraught by the disappearance of colleague Peng Shuai, are challenging China's Communist Party to get answers.So far it's a standoff with little visible impact as tennis players like Naomi Osaka, Sere...

The Constitutional Court has upheld a request to have Keith Schembri’s mobile phone data presented in a case opened by Yorgen Fenech for the removal of Superintendent Keith Arnaud from investigations into the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia.Ju...

Firefighters have extinguished a fire that broke out in a building in Portomaso.The fire broke out on Friday afternoon in a building adjacent to Portomaso tower. The blaze broke out on the eight floor. No one was injured.Several Civil Protection Depa...

Shocking comments were directed to a man who climbed on the bastion of Hastings Garden in Valletta on Friday morning, as reported by the Times of Malta.In a video posted on the Times, several of the onlookers passed disturbing comments encouraging th...

A woman has been fined a total of €1,500 together with a six-month prison sentence, suspended for four years, after a ruthless comment she made on Facebook against PN activist and head of youth branch Team Start Eve Borg Bonello. Eve Borg B...

A group of Marsascala residents, including the local council minority leader John Baptist Camilleri, have been acquitted by the Court of all charges brought against them in a sitting held this morning, Moviment Graffitti has saidNGO Moviment Graffitt...

Due to a recent spike in Covid-19 cases, Malta has officially been put back on the orange travel list by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) after being on the ECDC green list for two months.Cases have gone up from 250 to ov...

Two men have been hospitalised after being involved in a car accident in Żebbuġ on Friday afternoon.The accident which was a collision between a car and a truck happened on Mdina Road at around 12.30 p.m., with the car enduring the most ext...

A unanimous not guilty verdict has cleared Okolo Innocent Okwudili of the murder of his friend and fellow Nigerian Joseph Ezechi, who died of a single stab wound inflicted by Okwudili in an Qawra apartment in 2020.The jury heard how Ezechi had come t...