A man who involved the police in a massive manhunt in woodland in the limits of Mellieha was arrested by the police early on Friday after a search that lasted more than six hours, the police said.The man, named by the police as Aidan Bartolo of Ghaxa...

A Libyan man has been reported missing to the police.The man, Alsagheer Mohamed Rajab Ali, aged 29, was reported missing from the Santa Marija rehabilitation centre in Luqa.He was last seen on 28 November.Anyone with information is asked to report to...

The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses has urged President George Vella not to endorse the new Cannabis law until safeguards for patients and elderly people are included.The MUMN said that any nurse, doctor, or even a carer under the influence of Can...

Alec Baldwin said he feels incredible sadness and regret over the shooting that killed a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set, but not guilt.“Someone is responsible for what happened, and I can’t say who that is, but it’s not me...

A woman was grievously injured on Thursday evening in a traffic accident in Birkirkara, the police said.The accident took place in Dun Karm Street at 5.45pm.It involved a Piaggio Vespa GTS bike and a Toyota Funcargo. The rider of the bike, a 60-year-...

With Christmas approaching fast, businessmen are keeping their fingers crossed that it will be a different and better festive time for them than it was last year.In 2020, with the Covid-19 pandemic in full swing and the vaccination programme still to...

A lawyer who published a Facebook post accusing former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat of blowing up journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has been cleared of libel after neither Muscat nor his lawyer showed up for the case.The former Prime Minister, howeve...

Media organisations and NGOs have written a letter to the Prime Minister expressing concern about a Legal Notice granting the director general of the courts the ability to erase court judgements from the court website, urging the PM to revoke the not...

Police are filing charges against four people who urged a man to jump off the Valletta bastions last month.Shocking footage of the 19 November incident was published by Times of Malta.Passers-by stopped at the Valletta City Gate bridge to watch polic...

Europol has published footage in which the Maltese police arrested seven individuals as part of a money laundering investigation.Europol said it has supported the Maltese Authorities in investigating an organised crime group suspected of having laund...

138 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Thursday as the high number of virus cases persist.It’s the highest number of daily cases found since 27 July, when 142 cases were reported.61 people have also recovered, taking t...

Special emphasis on recovery was put into the newly introduced tourism strategy for the Maltese islands covering from 2021 up till the year 2030. Minister for Tourism and Consumer Protection Clayton Bartolo launched the strategy in a press conference...

The at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion rate in Malta was estimated at 19.9% of the population in 2020, statistics issued by the National Statistics Office (NSO) show.This equals 100,712 people.Persons are considered to be at-risk-of-poverty or so...

A Valyou supermarket director told the Times’ editor Herman Grech that former journalist Ivan Camilleri had stolen anything between €11,000 to €18,000 in goods from the supermarket, when confronted by him and Allied Newspapers directo...

Workers in Malta’s disciplined forces have started getting their Covid-19 booster appointments, the Health Ministry announced on Thursday.The ministry said that SMS’ have been sent to the members of the Armed Forces of Malta, the Police F...

Germany has announced sweeping new restrictions for people who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19.Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that unvaccinated people will be barred from many public places, including non-essential shops and even...

Sitting high in the stand with a blanket covering his legs on a chilly night at Old Trafford, recently appointed Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnick was treated to a rip-roaring introduction to life in the Premier League.One of the most bizarre g...

Maltese Member of the European Parliament David Casa has been appointed as the European Parliament’s rapporteur on the multi-billion-euro Social Climate Fund. He reports to the European Parliament Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMP...

While some cases of Covid-19 have been reported among schoolchildren, the numbers are “within the normal range,” Education Minister Justyne Caruana told The Malta Independent yesterday. She also confirmed that there are no plans so far to...

The rapporteur, MEP Alex Agius Saliba, who will steer the legislation for a common charger for electronic devices through the European Parliament, had the first exchange of views on Wednesday in the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee. ...

The COVID crisis has underlined the urgent need to ensure that essential workers, cleaners, health and agricultural workers earn a more adequate minimum wage, Labour MEP Alfred Sant said.He was addressing European Parliament during a debate regarding...

The booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine will soon be included on people’s vaccine certificate along with their other doses, Superintendent of Public Health Charmaine Gauci has said.Gauci made the announcement on television during the programme...

A pandemic-weary world faces weeks of confusing uncertainty as countries restrict travel and take other steps to halt the newest potentially risky coronavirus mutant before anyone knows just how dangerous omicron really is.Will it spread even faster ...

The Head of Cabinet of European Commission Executive Vice President Frans Timmermans, Diederik Samsom, has urged Malta to become a beacon for new developments in offshore energy production.He spoke during a webinar that was organised by the Represent...

Tourism businesses that were just finding their footing after nearly two years of devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic are being rattled again as countries throw up new barriers to travel in an effort to contain the omicron var...

The chief of the European Union's executive arm said Wednesday that EU nations should consider making COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory because too many people still refuse to get shots voluntarily.The EU-wide vaccination rate stands at 66%, and unexpe...

While current economic growth in several European countries has slowed since the end of the third quarter in 2021, Malta, the smallest of all EU-member states, has seen a substantial increase in inflation, around 0.7%, a low margin compared to Estoni...

Klaus-Heiner Lehne of the European Court of Auditors has defended himself and his colleagues against allegations of mismanagement revealed by a French newspaper, Euractiv.com reports.He does not rule out taking the case to court, the report adds.Last...

Following a 6.7 percent gain in the second quarter, real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at a rate of 2.1 percent in the third quarter of 2021.From the "advance" estimate given in October, the rise was revised up 0.1 percentage point. The U.S ...

Opposition Leader Bernard Grech made an interesting proposal in Parliament on Monday, to overhaul the composition of the Standards in Public Life Committee. Currently, the committee has the Speaker of the House as its chairman. Two PL MPs and two PN ...

A number of Church organisations and the Opposition have expressed their disappointment at the way the government ignored amendments they proposed for the Cannabis reform bill.The reform is one step closer to being implemented after it moved to the t...

The Corradino Correctional Facility is overcrowded and understaffed, an investigation by the National Audit Office (NAO) has found.In a report presented by Auditor General Charles Deguara to Speaker Anglu Farrugia, the NAO also says that local legisl...

The Nationalist Party has presented a Private Member’s Bill in Parliament to change the composition of the Standards in Public Life Committee and allow former parliamentarians to be placed under the committee’s scrutiny for ethical breach...

The Opposition will present a motion to repeal a Legal Notice that granted the Director General of the Courts power to erase judgements from the court’s website.The Opposition was reacting to a Legal Notice granting Malta’s director-gener...

The niche that decorated what was known as the Green House in Sliema should have been placed in a museum, and not incorporated in a design of a new block of flats, Alex Torpiano, Executive President of Din l-Art Helwa, told The Malta Independent.A ph...

The Constitutional Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Yorgen Fenech from a judgment rejecting his claim of having suffered a breach of his fundamental right to a fair hearing when his request to block testimony based on information he provid...

95 new cases of Covid-19 were registered on Wednesday, as 70 people recovered.This brings the number of active cases up to 1,213. The last time we had more than 1,200 active cases was on 5 August.Currently, 11 people are at Mater Dei Hospital with Co...

A disciplinary board has found that police authorities did not have tangible evidence that a Superintendent, who had been suspended after testing positive for cocaine, had anything to do with the drug, the Times of Malta reports.In January 2021, Malt...

Only two points separate Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool at the top of the Premier League. There's no doubting who the entertainers are with the most high-powered attack.Liverpool hit four goals for a third consecutive game by beating Everton ...

Junior Messias continued his scoring form by netting twice for AC Milan to help the Rossoneri get back on track in the league with a 3-0 win at relegation-threatened Genoa on Wednesday.Messias even overshadowed Zlatan Ibrahimović, who scored Mil...

It was every sports bettor's dream: Being able to bet on a game after it had already ended.But the 86 New Jersey gamblers who thought they were beating the system had their bets on a British soccer game voided, and the two betting companies involved ...

A new MapServer launched by the Planning Authority allows users to report an illegal development by clicking on a particular site.Users will also be given the option of remaining anonymous and of uploading photos of the alleged illegal works.The chan...

The Malta Police Union has issued directives over a registered dispute regarding Covid-19 booster shots during the festive period.The union is requesting that Police Officers be given their third dose before the yuletide period begins."The Executive ...

Across the globe, world powers like The US and Europe have slowly begun the integration of technology and digitization within their business sector. Studies show that 2020 saw a substantial increase in using digital technologies within the worldwide ...

Transport Malta, the Malta Road Safety Council and popular band ‘The Travellers’ have joined forces to campaign against drink driving during the Christmas holiday period.The slogan chosen for the campaign was extracted from The Travellers...

Several entrepreneurs may have come across various reasons to actively pursue business formation in Malta since its business sector appears to follow simple procedures and low taxation rates.Furthermore, many business owners may find multiple incenti...

The European Commission on Tuesday retracted internal communication guidelines that had proposed substituting the "Christmas period" with "holiday period" after an outcry by conservatives and the Vatican, which termed the document an attempt to "canc...

A World War II bomb exploded at a construction site next to a busy railway line in Munich on Wednesday, injuring four people, one of them seriously, German authorities said.A column of smoke was seen rising from the site near the Donnersbergerbruecke...

A research study on child-friendly towns and villages was launched on Wednesday by Commissioner for Children Pauline Miceli.Miceli stressed that children themselves should be involved in the study from beginning to end, so as to ensure that children'...

Doctor Walter Busuttil has been appointed as Chief Medical Officer, the Health Ministry announced on Wednesday.He takes over from Dr Dennis Vella Baldacchino, who was appointed Commissioner for Mental Health a few weeks back.Walter Busuttil graduated...

A pilot project has been launched in 4 schools aimed at educating youths about domestic violence and 'Safe Dates' during their Personal, Social and Career Development (PSCD) lessons.The project was launched by Education Minister Justyne Caruana and E...

Malta’s first ESG portal, allowing the general public and investors to evaluate the environmental, social and governance credentials of amongst the largest quoted companies in Malta and Gozo, was launched on Wednesday by the Minister for Energy...

Commemorating World AIDS Day today, the PN's Forum for Equal Opportunities (FOIPN) will strive to end new HIV transmission rates while standing against HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination, the PN said."Malta has the highest rate of new HIV cases at a ...

Italian police have arrested a Maltese man, and 16 other people, as part of a drug ring operation bust.It is suspected that the criminal organisation moved drugs from Albania to  Puglia and Calabria and Malta. In total, 430kg of cannabis, cannab...

The Anti Poverty Forum Malta has asked the Central Bank of Malta to reconsider the measure that would not allow cheques of under €20 to be processed.The Forum wrote a letter to the Central Bank of Malta regarding a directive the latter issued wh...

A lawyer who is representing an arms dealer accused of breaching international sanctions against Libya has accused the police of arraigning his client in an attempt to divert attention away from the 2019 migrant pushback scandal.The compilation of ev...

A worker was grievously inured after he fell from a height of three-storeys in Mriehel, the police said.The accident occurred on Triq in-Negozju Mriehel.The victim, 31, from Cospicua, was given first aid on site by emergency doctors and members of th...

4,629 students graduated from tertiary level education in 2020, equivalent to a decrease of 4.9% over the previous year, statistics by the National Statistics Office reads.The largest share of tertiary graduates (55.5%) attained a qualification at IS...

In the case Sumal SL vs. Mercedes Benz Trucks España SL, holding case number Case C-882/19 and decided on 6 October 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union delved into whether damages may be sought against subsidiary compani...

The Malta Police Union has registered a trade dispute with the Police Commissioner, over the "non-payment of Shift Allowance and Special Duty Allowance on a pro-rata basis to the Reserved Police Constables.""The Executive Committee registered another...

The bill which will legalise up to seven grammes of cannabis for personal use without risk of arrest will continue on to its third reading and final vote, as the government rejected any calls for major amendments from the Opposition and NGOs.One of t...

“Happening now in Msida”.That’s what the message accompanying the video said. The footage showed cars being dragged away in floods in Msida. It was raining heavily at the time the message started to make the rounds on Whatsapp and t...

Brazil and Japan joined the rapidly widening circle of countries to report cases of the omicron variant Tuesday, while new findings indicate the mutant coronavirus was already in Europe close to a week before South Africa sounded the alarm.The Nether...

A 15-year-old sophomore opened fire at his Michigan high school, killing three students, including a 16-year-old boy who died in a deputy’s patrol car on the way to a hospital, authorities said. Eight other people were wounded, some critically....

Germany's next chancellor said Tuesday that he will back a proposal to mandate coronavirus vaccinations for everybody next year, but that lawmakers should be free to vote according to their conscience on the issue.Olaf Scholz, whose center-left Socia...

The emergence of a new Covid-19 variant has so far had no effect on bookings and the government remains “cautiously optimistic” about the Christmas period, Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo said on Tuesday.Speaking to The Malta Independent...

Discussions with the European Commission regarding infringement proceedings against Malta over the sale of its citizenship are still ongoing, Parliamentary Secretary Alex Muscat said.Muscat called for a balanced way forward which satisfies both the E...

Malta has not identified any Omicron cases so far, the health authorities have confirmed.The new Covid-19 variant has been found in several European countries, leading the authorities in some Member States to rush to impose new restrictions.The South...

The health authorities said that 106 new Covid-19 cases were registered, as the upward trend continues.The number of recoveries totalled 54, which meant that the number of active cases has shot up again, to 1,188.No deaths were reported in the last 2...

A bill presented in Parliament proposing amendments to the Criminal Code to make hate speech directed towards persons with disability and the elderly a crime, continued to be debated on Tuesday.The bill was tabled by Inclusion Minister Julia Farrugia...

Health Minister Chris Fearne has confirmed, during an answer to a parliamentary question on Tuesday, that someone was admitted to hospital to be treated for an exotic animal bite.Questioned by Nationalist Party MP Mario Galea, Fearne confirmed the ca...

The amount of social housing units found in Gozo are more than enough to accommodate the present need, the government has said.The government has been working to reduce the waiting list for social housing by building more than 1,700 social housing un...

PN MP and Caruana Galizia family lawyer Jason Azzopardi has testified about the fear and psychological toll caused by anonymous hate mail he received on a regular basis, for seven years.The court refused a second bail request filed by lawyers for the...

The two police unions have complained about the worsening conditions being experienced by district police, and which, they say, are affecting the physical and mental wellbeing of officers.The Malta Police Union has registered another dispute against ...

Shopkeepers expect good sales throughout the whole year, and not just Black Friday, the Chamber of Commerce said.Despite the number of challenges faced by business, The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry noted that this year’s B...

Newcastle’s agonizing wait for a first win in the Premier League this season is heading into December.It's 14 games and counting without a victory for the northeast club, which recently came under Saudi ownership, after a 1-1 draw at ...

Mario Pašalić scored a hat trick to help Atalanta rout Venezia 4-0 Tuesday in Serie A.Pašalić scored his first two goals in the opening 12 minutes and added the other in the 67th, shortly after Teun Koopmeiners had netted the ...

Opposition Leader Bernard Grech called for an overhaul of the Parliamentary Standards Committee, which currently consists of Two PL MPs, two PN MPs and the Speaker of the House.The Speaker is the committee's chairman. The Nationalist Party on Monday ...

"We cannot go on like this," President of the NGO Repubblika Robert Aquilina said during a protest in front of Parliament on Monday.This comes after the son of Daphne Caruana Galizia had written to Speaker Anglu Farrugia calling for his resignation f...

93% of people who responded to an online survey are against the proposed Yacht Marina in Marsascala.The survey in question, organised by Valerie Visanich, from the Department of Sociology at the University of Malta, showed that just over 1,100 valid ...

The Ministry for Finance and Employment is receiving applications from former Malta Drydocks employees, who, due to the work assigned to them in the past, suffered due to asbestosis, or from the families of those who passed away because of it."This i...

The government promised "a new life" for farmers, but 40 pig farms were closed down in four years, the PN said in a statement."Farmers are angry at the government for leaving food fraud go on uncontrolled. Pork, chicken and eggs are sold as though th...

The Foundation for Social Welfare Services (FSWS) and Agendabookshop.com have teamed up in an initiative aimed to give vulnerable children a better access to books.Nowadays, kids have a lot of toys but fewer books around; this is even more so in low-...

Lionel Messi won the men's Ballon d'Or for a record-extending seventh time on Monday, ending the year in style after a brilliant final season with Barcelona and earning his first major international trophy with Argentina.Alexia Putellas became the th...

Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects Ian Borg congratulated the official representatives of the local councils of Luqa, Tarxien, Birżebbuġa and Żejtun after they were declared winners in a competition for project...

Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Evarist Bartolo expressed Malta’s strong support for the Union for the Mediterranean as it is the only regional structure that addresses the common challenges of the Mediterranean region. Minister Barto...

President George Vella this morning discussed current Mediterranean affairs with students from Malta and other countries who are currently reading for an M.A. in Conflict Resolution and Mediterranean Security at the University of Malta. The discussio...

 The World Health Organization says it could still take some time to get a full picture of the threat posed by omicron, a new variant of the coronavirus as scientists worldwide scramble to assess its multiple mutations.Stock markets swooned, som...

If you are in Malta and considering forex trading, it is important to choose a broker that is permitted to offer forex trading services within Malta. Ideally this means choosing a forex broker regulated by the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA...

Ninety-five new Covid-19 cases were recorded on Monday, the health authorities said.The number of patients who recovered was 39, meaning that the number of active cases has risen sharply again, to 1,136.The last time Malta had more than 1,100 cases w...

An application to construct an elderly care home and a sports hostel adjacent to the Marsaxlokk football ground, on land located outside the development zone, has been filed.The outline development permission application was filed by Marsaxlokk F.C. ...

The Met Office is issuing a warning about strong winds hitting the Maltese Islands today and tomorrow.In an orange alert, the Met Office said the west south-west wind “will be strong to very strong” in the next hours.Force 6 and 7 winds a...

A judge has prohibited the media from publishing evidence leaked from the judicial proceedings against Yorgen Fenech on pain of contempt of court, an offence punishable by imprisonment.Fenech’s lawyers had filed a court application on November ...

Cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus popped up in countries on opposite sides of the world Sunday and many governments rushed to close their borders even as scientists cautioned that it's not clear if the new variant is more alar...

The Planning Authority said Monday it has initiated the process to carry out a planning review of the inner, most sheltered part of the Grand Harbour.The coastal area of Marsa will be given a new strategic vision focusing on sustainable opportunities...

A woman was seriously injured after she was hit by a car in Qormi on Sunday afternoon, the police said.The accident took place in Triq it-Tigrija at 6.30pm.The 43-year-old woman, from The Philippines and resident in Zebbug, was hit by a Maruti 800, d...

As the amendments on animal rights are set to make bestiality illegal, Nationalist Party MP Mario Galea called for the next step to be taken and ensure that necrophilia is also illegal.Speaking during a parliamentary sitting on Wednesday, amid the se...

San Anton School headmaster Sandro Spiteri has passed away, aged 56.Spiteri had been ill for several months.Parents were informed about Spiteri’s passing away by the school board.Spiteri had previously taught Maltese at San Anton for eight year...

The Nationalist Party has highlighted a number of initiatives it would introduce to aid small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with the aim of regaining a sustainable economy free from injustices.In a press conference on Monday, PN MP Kristy Debo...

The Nationalist Party wants the Commission for the Rights of Persons with Disability to become more independent.When an issue arises, the CRPD should take the matters straight to parliament rather than through a Minister acting as its agent, PN deput...