Figures released by the World Health Organisation show that 860 Maltese people aged over 60 had their life saved by vaccination.A new study by the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) publis...

Malta is temporarily banning travellers from a list of countries as a new Covid-19 variant emerged, Health Minister Chris Fearne announced on Twitter.A new coronavirus variant has been detected in South Africa that scientists say is a concern because...

 A new coronavirus variant has been detected in South Africa that scientists say is a concern because of its high number of mutations and rapid spread among young people in Gauteng, the country's most populous province, Health Minister Joe Phaah...

Once again, constituted bodies have lamented the loss of human resources to the public sector.Five organisations – the Malta Employers’ Association, the Malta Chamber of Commerce, the Malta Chamber of SMEs, the Malta Hotels and Restaurant...

The sinking of a boat with more than 30 people on board this week is the deadliest migration tragedy to date in the English Channel.Migrant shipwrecks of that scale, however, are not uncommon in the waters surrounding Europe's southern bord...

The European Union warned member countries Thursday that they risk undermining the 27-nation bloc’s COVID-19 travel and access certificate system with new restrictions that some are putting in place to try to thwart a surge in cases.At the same...

On Thursday Malta went through what has been described by the Civil Protection Department as one of the worst storms ever to hit the islands.Heavy rains led to floods in several parts of the island, with stranded drivers needed to be rescued as trave...

The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry and the Central Bank of Malta co-organised an event titled Inflation: Trends, Threats and Transitions.“The bottlenecks created by the deep recession caused by the pandemic and the relativel...

The holiday tree is towering over the main square in this central German city, the chestnuts and sugared almonds are roasted, and kids are clambering aboard the merry-go-round just like they did before the pandemic. But a surge in coronavirus infecti...

Former Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi has harshly criticised Speaker Anglu Farrugia for the way the latter treated Matthew Caruana Galizia, who called for Farrugia’s resignation.In a post on Facebook, Gonzi said that “Caruana Galizia is ri...

The number of active Covid-19 cases has surpassed 1,000 as the spike in daily cases persists, figures released by the health authorities show.Eighty-three new cases were recorded Thursday, while 28 patients recovered, meaning that the number of activ...

Matthew Caruana Galizia has fired back at Anglu Farrugia’s lawyer, saying that the Speaker has “abysmally and deliberately” failed in his duties to protect the House from corruption.This was the latest twist in the saga that started...

The police warnined drivers on Thursday morning to not use roads in low lying areas as heavy rainfall is causing floods in some places.The low lying areas included the notorious Msida, Qormi, Marsa (including the underpass), Birkirkara, Burmarrad and...

The European Union's drug regulator on Thursday authorized Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for use on children from 5 to 11 years old, clearing the way for shots to be administered to millions of elementary school pupils amid a new wave ...

Ten-man Tottenham conceded a late goal and fell to a humbling 2-1 loss to lowly Slovenian team NS Mura in the Europa Conference League on Thursday, a result that puts the London club in danger of being eliminated from the third-tier competition.Amade...

The Nadur football pitch was damaged during Thursday’s heavy rainfall.In a statement on social media, the Nadur Youngsters Football Club said that the Peter Paul Camilleri Ground is closed for the time being due to the collapse of it's external...

People over the age of 50 will be able to start registering online to receive the Covid-19 booster shot from November 29, a government statement read.Prime Minister Robert Abela visited a booster vaccination centre at the University of Malta. He was ...

The first target of collecting 70% of the single-use containers that were placed on the market during the year 2022 and are registered with the scheme is envisaged to be reached by December of next year, the Environment Ministry said.Works related to...

2,220 domestic violence victims sought help from the Foundation for Social Welfare services, it was announed on Thursday.The 25th of November marks the initiation of ’16 days of Activism against Gender-based Violence’, during which severa...

Mental health support requests have continued to rise substantially since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, statistics presented by the Richmond Foundation show.In a press conference hosted by the Richmond Foundation's Chief Executive Off...

The members of the Civil Protection Department rescue people on a daily basis. But some of their officers ended up requiring assistance after they got bogged down in Thursday’s floodwater.Footage of the incident was uploaded on the CPD’s ...

President Emmanuel Macron appealed Thursday to neighboring European countries to do more to stop illegal migration into France after at least 27 people died trying to cross the English Channel.Macron said that when migrants arrive on French...

A man made off with an undisclosed amount of cash from a shop in St Julian’s on Wednesday evening, the police said.A hooded man armed with a knife entered the shop at 11pm and demanded money from the cashier, a 31-year-old man from St Paul&rsqu...

Official figures released Thursday show Germany has become the latest country to record 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic began.Germany’s disease control agency said it recorded 351 additional deaths in connection with the coronav...

The Italian government on Wednesday decided to exclude unvaccinated people from certain leisure activities in a bid to contain rising coronavirus infections and stave off financially crippling lockdowns just as the economy is starting to grow again.S...

For many months, Charmaine Gauci was the comfort of the nation.At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, when little was known about the virus and there was a collective panic even when the daily number of new cases exceeded 10, she was instrumental in ...

Roberta Metsola has won the election to become the EPP’s candidate for the post of President of European Parliament with a big majority.The Maltese MEP obtained 112 votes (64.4%), with the other two candidates, Ester de Lange and Othmar Karas t...

Former minister Konrad Mizzi has been discharged from hospital and will continue receiving treatment at home.Mizzi made the announcement in a Facebook post.He was admitted to hospital with fever and peritonitis on November 16, missing last week&rsquo...

The parade of European powers advancing to the Champions League knockout stage Wednesday was disrupted by Sporting Lisbon completing a stunning turnaround to join them.Manchester City and Real Madrid are back in the round of 16 after beating teams th...

Speaker Anglu Farrugia has reacted to Matthew Caruana Galizia’s call for his resignation, saying that the allegations made by the son of murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia were “unsubstantiated.”In a letter sent on Sunday, C...

Former GEM Holdings Director Paul Apap Bologna (who is also a shareholder of the company) invoked his right to silence over questions relating to 17 Black during Wednesday's Public Accounts Committee sitting.Gem Holdings owns shares in Electrogas. Th...

Children aged between 5 and 11 will be getting the opportunity to be vaccinated as from mid-December if the jab is authorised by the European Medicines Authority, which is expected to take a decision on the matter on Thursday, Health Minister Chris F...

At least 31 migrants bound for Britain died Wednesday when their boat sank in the English Channel, in what France’s interior minister called the biggest tragedy involving migrants on the dangerous crossing to date.Interior Minister Gerald Darma...

Eighty-six new Covid-19 cases were registered in Malta, as the number of active cases is edging closer to 1,000, figures released by the health authorities show.Seventeen persons are in hospital, with two of them in intensive care.The number of patie...

One of 43 migrants rescued by the Armed Forces of Malta died on arrival in Malta, the government said in a statement.This morning, the Armed Forces of Malta rescued a group of 43 migrants who were in distress at sea, including twelve females and two ...

An elderly man has been remanded in custody after pleading not guilty to sending threatening letters to a number of public figures, including Repubblika president Robert Aquilina and his MP brother Karol Aquilina.Joseph Mary Borg, 71, from Valletta, ...

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...

Health Minister Chris Fearne said that Steward Healthcare is obligated under contractual terms to fulfil all responsibilities while operating three local hospitals under tis concession.The concession, which was granted in order to run the Gozo, St Lu...

A Bulgarian man was grievously injured in a motorbike accident on Wednesday.The accident took place in Triq Selmun, Mellieha, at around 1:15pm.The man, who lives in Qormi, lost control of his Yamaha bike and fell, the police said.He was taken to Mate...

The government will be once again granting payments to those who have suffered an injustice or anomaly in their employment in the past. This year 5,247 persons will qualify according to the three schemes formulated by the Ministry for Social Justice ...

The inquiry looking into prison operations is set to be concluded and its report presented in the coming weeks, Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri said on Wednesday.He said that the expected inquiry report, which will include a set of recommendati...

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...

The directors of Zenith Finance, formerly MFSP, have filed constitutional proceedings against the State, arguing that criminal proceedings against them and the accountancy firm breach their right not to be tried twice for the same offence.In a consti...

Criticising the lack of action by the government with regard to climate control, the Nationalist Party has proposed a centralised agency focused solely on implementing climate control measures within all sectors.Addressing the media, PN environment s...

Malta will soon make bestiality illegal, carrying a sentence of up to three years in prison and a fine between €2,000 and €6,000 for the act.More than a year after headlines broke of a man having sexual relations with sheep and pressure mad...

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...