Several residents of Kharkiv, particularly those living in the city’s hard-hit Saltivka district, have been living without water and electricity for over two months. The Malta Independent’s team in Ukraine spoke to a number of residents w...

The Opposition will be seeking a continuation of the investigation into the Electrogas deal when the Public Accounts Committee reconvenes.In a statement, the PN said that during a parliamentary group meeting held on Tuesday, it was deciced that the o...

Mariupol appeared on the verge of falling to the Russians on Tuesday as Ukraine moved to abandon the steel plant where hundreds of its fighters had held out for months under relentless bombardment in the last bastion of resistance in the devastated c...

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman said the Russian military was holding more than 3,000 civilians from Mariupol at another former penal colony near Olenivka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.Seven buses carrying an u...

As from 6 June, children under 12 years of age will no longer be obliged to present a negative PCR test in order to enter Malta, said Health Minister Chris Fearne on Tuesday.Answering a parliamentary question about what Covid-19 measures were still i...

Not one single week seems to go by without there being a serious accident in a workplace.Tens of workers are injured, some of them seriously, while others die, leaving grieving families and colleagues behind.It happens mostly on construction sites, w...

Maltese athletes won a total of 192 medals in the Special Olympics Malta Invitational Games which were held over the course of the last few days.The Games will end on Tuesday evening in a closing ceremony in Valletta.Out of the 192 medals, 65 of thos...

The Mriehel - Qormi project is still in the planning and consultation stage, and no final decision has been taken over it, Infrastructure Minister Aaron Farrugia has said.PN MP Jerome Caruana Cilia asked minister Farrugia, in a Parliamentary Question...

An 18 year-old MCAST student was arraigned for covertly filming students using the college bathrooms, charges which he is denying.Arraigned by Inspector Godwin Scerri before Magistrate Josette Demicoli on Tuesday afternoon, the San Gwann man was char...

The first Maltese baby conceived through a sperm donation was born over the last few days, said Health Minister Chris Fearne on Tuesday.Answering a parliamentary question which asked how many intrauterine insemination procedures have happened, Fearne...

A total of 22,000 people over the age of 65 have taken the second Covid-19 booster dose, said Minister for Health Chris Fearne on Tuesday.Answering a parliamentary question by PL MP Deo Debattista, he said that up until Sunday the total of elderly wh...

The Labour and Nationalist parties didn't receive a single donation that totalled over €7,000 in 2019, the year of the MEP elections, according to documents released by the Electoral Commission.According to party financing laws, information and ...

The Premier League title race is going to the wire. Remarkably, an unprecedented quadruple is still on for Liverpool.Tired and hit by injuries after winning the FA Cup final on Saturday, Liverpool fielded a second-choice lineup against Southampton an...

The wearing of face-masks will still be required on some Air Malta flights owing to regulations still in place in other countries despite recommendations to the contrary by the ECDC.The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and European Centre...

Three people were injured in a traffic accident in Rabat on Tuesday afternoon.Police said that it was informed of a traffic crash at around 12pm on Tuesday in Triq tat-Tabija in Rabat.Preliminary investigations showed that there had been an incident ...

Minister for the Environment, Energy and Enterprise Miriam Dalli launched #ClimateOn, a campaign which takes action against and raises awareness towards the climate change crisis. The theme of the campaign for this year is ‘Activate Change&rsqu...

110 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Tuesday, as Malta’s pandemic death count also increased by one.It is the first death related to the pandemic registered since 10 May.156 people meanwhile have recovered from the v...

Energy Minister Miriam Dalli said Tuesday that the government is looking for more possibilities of renewable energy, particularly looking to invest in offshore renewable energy.Answering journalists' questions about the government’s vision for ...

Two men in Qormi were arrested at 6.30pm yesterday after they were found in a vehicle with suspected drugs.The police were informed that on Triq il-Kanun, in Qormi, there was a vehicle being driven without a licence.The police saw a car on Triq il-Be...

The regiment that doggedly defended a steel mill as Ukraine's last stronghold in the port city of Mariupol completed its mission Monday after more than 260 fighters, including some badly wounded, were evacuated and taken to areas under Russia’s...

Two cases of contempt of court filed against MaltaToday after the publication of extracts from voice recordings exhibited in the compilation of evidence against Yorgen Fenech have been dismissed, with the court urging the legislator to update the rel...

A motorcyclist suffered life threatening injuries in a traffic accident in Gozo on Tuesday morning.Police said in a statement that they were advised of a traffic accident in Triq it-Tessuti in Xewkija at around 9:40am on Tuesday.Preliminary investiga...

A planning application to construct thirteen two-storey houses in Maghtab is 'objectionable from an environmental point of view,' the Environment and Resources Authority has said.The site location is described as "Disused Farm, Triq il-Kappella ta' S...

Oliver Scicluna has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Aġenzija Sapport under the Ministry for Inclusion, Voluntary Organisations and Consumer Rights.The appointment will come into effect on Wednesday May 18.The Ministry for Inclusion sai...

Wizz Air will set up a new airline – Wizz Air Malta – with its principal place of business in Malta, Minister for Transport Aaron Farrugia said.This is yet another indication that Malta is truly the preferred juri...

Around 88,196 outbound tourists were registered in the first quarter of 2022, the National Statistics Office said, spending a total of 654,094 nights abroad.During the first quarter of this year, a total of 42,035 outbound tourist trips were undertak...

Opera legend Plácido Domingo will be Joseph Calleja’s special guest at the Maltese tenor’s 25th anniversary concert being held in the spectacular surroundings of Fort Manoel in Malta on July 26.Acknowledged as one of the finest-eve...

Famous actor Russell Crowe is back in Malta, as per a post he uploaded on the social media platform Twitter earlier this morning.Crowe was the star of the Ridley Scott Roman-era epic Gladiator, which was partly filmed in Malta in 1999, with Fort Rica...

A PL local councillor is pushing ahead with an application to build a home for the elderly on ODZ land, in the green gap between Naxxar and Gharghur. He argues that because the land is committed, then this does not clash with his parties push to safe...

LVIV, Ukraine — The western Ukrainian city of Lviv has been rocked by number of very loud explosions.An Associated Press team in the city witnessed the glare of bright explosions which lit up the night sky to the west of the city shortly after ...

As the war in eastern Ukraine rages on, the Russian government insists that Kyiv’s forces have committed war crimes in the Luhansk and Donetsk region, while continuing to deny that its own soldiers executed civilians in Bucha.Despite the numero...

Minister for Social Justice and Solidarity, the Family and Children's Rights Michael Falzon criticized PN MP Claudette Buttigieg over a question she asked about a minister's partner, despite her never mentioning the names of said minister or his part...

Defence lawyers have attacked a law granting the prosecution "absolute discretion" in obtaining freezing orders over all assets belonging to their clients, as two high-profile money laundering cases continued on Monday.Magistrate Donatella Frendo Dim...

Independent candidate Arnold Cassola has requested an investigation by the Standards Commissioner into a spate of direct orders handed out by Ian Borg to the Labour Party’s events supplier.In his request to Standards Commissioner George Hyzler,...

APS Bank has announced an application to be listed on the Malta Stock Exchange and a public share offer.The Listing is being sought in connection with a proposed public issue of 100,000,000 new ordinary shares (with an over-allotment option of an add...

64 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Monday.106 people meanwhile have recovered from the virus, meaning that the number of active cases currently stands at 2,281.No new deaths connected to the virus were reported.1,120 swab...

The St Thomas Tower in Marsascala is being restored and will be turned into a museum of piracy.The restoration project, being led by the Malta Tourism Authority, costs close to €3.2 million, which is co-financed by EU funds. St Thomas Tower is t...

Since the Embryo Protection Authority was established until the end of 2021, 418 babies were born through assisted procreation - 404 were born through IVF and 14 through intrauterine insemination.This information emerged from the authority's annual r...

Sweden's prime minister announced Monday that Sweden will join Finland in seeking NATO membership in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a historic shift that comes after more than 200 years of military nonalignment in the Nordic country....

With his team's Champions League qualification ambitions in ruins, Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka felt it was time to deliver some home truths.“Disastrous” was how Xhaka summed up Arsenal's 2-0 loss to Newcastle on Monday that left Totte...

Juventus captain Giorgio Chiellini bid goodbye to the Turin club’s fans during a 2-2 draw with Lazio in Serie A on Monday.After 17 seasons at Juventus, Chiellini recently announced he was leaving at the end of the season — likely for MLS ...

Bathers have been warned not to swim in the area near the Westin and Portomaso in St. Julian’s due to sewage contamination.The Environmental Health Directorate within the Superintendence of Public Health notified in a press release that as a pr...

The PN has called for the increase in government subsidies for hybrid and electric vehicles.PN spokesperson for transport, mobility and capital projects Adrian Delia and PN spokesperson for climate change Eve Borg Bonello condemned the government for...

WasteServ has seen a reduction in all waste streams in recent years. The Covid-19 period saw less waste being generated, it told this newsroom. Less waste was collected in 2021 when compared to both 2020 and 2019, data available on the Wast...

Bank of Valletta p.l.c has announced that it is organising a physical meeting for shareholders in the presence of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee. The bank said that in this question and answer session, BOV shareholders can field q...

With its military bogged down in a grinding conflict in eastern Ukraine, Russia also lost diplomatic ground over the weekend as two more European nations moved closer to joining NATO.Finland announced Sunday that it was seeking to join the alliance, ...

An unusual accident is causing a huge traffic jam in the Msida area.TVM is reporting that a horse fell to its death at the Msida end of the Regional Road (Mikiel Anton Vassalli)The horse, according to the report, fell onto the road from the street ab...

A woman has died after she fell around a storey inside a construction site in Marsa.Police said in a statement on Sunday that their assistance was requested on Sunday at around 2:15pm at a construction site in Triq Azzopardi in Marsa.Preliminary inve...

Another Eurovision Song Contest has come and gone.Unfortunately this year ended up being a disappointing one for Malta.  What promised much, particularly due to the exceptional musical talent that Emma Muscat possesses, translated into very litt...

The Circulation of European Literary Works, which is Creative Europe’s action supporting the European Cultural and Creative Book Sector, will support projects of translations, publishing, distribution, and promotion of work of fiction. The dead...

The worries expressed before the government passed a law allowing recreational use of cannabis have come to be, as children as young as nine years of age are being exposed to the drug, Caritas director Anthony Gatt said.This is one of the more &ldquo...

Nurses in Malta have been recently advocating for better working conditions, as many have been left feeling burnt out, particularly at the height of the pandemic.Some hospital vacancies are harder to fill than others, as the type of job could not be ...

A Labour Party local councillor is seeking to get full development permission for a planning application he filed to construct a home for the elderly on ODZ land in Naxxar.A spokesperson for the Planning Authority confirmed that the applicant recentl...

Malta only finished 16th out of 18 countries in its Eurovision semi-final last Thursday, the results published after Saturday night’s Grand Final show.Emma Muscat represented Malta with the song ‘I Am What I Am’, and while there wer...

62 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Sunday.124 people meanwhile have recovered from the virus, meaning that the number of active cases currently stands at 2,323.1,224 swab tests were carried out in the last 24 hours, equat...

There is one fundamental difference between how Labour Party supporters view their leader, and the way Nationalist Party supporters consider him.History has taught us that, for the Labour Party, the leader is one whose word and actions are never to b...

Floriana are the winners of the Izibet FA Trophy after defeating neighbours and eternal rivals Valletta by the odd goal in three after extra time.The final proved to be an entertaining match with over six thousand spectators watching from the stands,...

Another Premier League trophy was virtually in Manchester City’s hands. All it needed was Riyad Mahrez to convert a penalty, like he had done in each of his previous seven attempts from the spot this season.Not this time.There's still plenty of...

AC Milan’s lengthy wait for the Italian league title will last another week at least.Second-half goals from Rafael Leão and Theo Hernández saw Milan beat Atalanta 2-0 on Sunday and it now only needs one point from its final match ...

Malta’s foreign policy in the modern era has come to be defined by one main pillar: neutrality.It’s a subject which crops up in the public discourse every time an international conflict which may have some form of bearing on Malta occurs:...

The public outcry against plans for a miniature airstrip on the outskirts of the picturesque Wied Żnuber has continued to persist, with Birżebbuġa residents and a number of NGOs calling for the withdrawal of the plans and the classific...

PN leader Bernard Grech said on Sunday that many of his party’s councillors are sick of seeing people use the PN for their own personal gain. During a telephone interview on NET TV, Grech said that it has never crossed his mind that a life...

Higher Specialist Trainee in Psychiatry Emma Saliba has sought to take it to the next level as she delivered the Mental Health and High School Curriculum Guide training to a number of professionals in Rwanda, with the aim of increasing mental health ...

There is always more to be done to help vulnerable persons and low-income families in achieving a decent quality of life, NGO Caritas Director Anthony Gatt said.In an interview with the Malta Independent on Sunday, Gatt elaborated further on the mini...

Graziella Attard Previ was elected to Parliament from the tenth district, in a casual election to fill the seat vacated by Mark Anthony Sammut.A former Sliema deputy mayor, Attard Previ tells us about her passion for Formula 1, and fondly remembers h...

The environment will be the main objective of this administration, President George Vella said in a speech he delivered on the day when Parliament convened for the first time since the election.As is tradition, the speech was prepared by the governme...

Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision Song Contest in the early hours of Sunday in a clear show of popular support for the war-ravaged nation that went beyond music.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the victory, Ukraine's ...

Russian troops were withdrawing from around Ukraine’s second-largest city after bombarding it for weeks, the Ukrainian military said Saturday, as Kyiv and Moscow's forces engaged in a grinding battle for the country’s eastern in...

Cardinal Mario Grech is being named as a possible successor to Pope Francis.In an article on the Times of London, Grech is listed among the possible “papabili” in succession to the ailing pointiff.Grech, 65, was elevated to Cardinal in 20...

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 recor...

Din l-Art Ħelwa and The Archaeological Society Malta on Saturday decried the "abusive and illicit ongoing works" threatening the stability and safeguarding of a rock-cut chamber of historical interest in the area known as Tal-Papa in Birzebbuga....

Floriana: Vilhena Pharmacy, 3, St Anne Street; Ħamrun: Remedies Pharmacy, 678, St Joseph High Road; Santa Venera: Fatima Pharmacy, 82, Ferrovija Street; Birkirkara: Brown's Pharmacy, 32, Fleur-de-Lys Road; Msida: Remedies Pharmacy, 5, Tagliaferr...

Commissioner Helena Dalli is in Malta for the Special Olympics Invitational Games Malta 2022. Around 1200 athletes, officials, and volunteers from 25 different countries are participating to the event. Special Olympics serve athletes with intellectua...

This year's Eurovision Song Contest – an annual celebration of pop music in which nations compete to win the votes of judges and the public – takes place in Turin, Italy, today. And Ukraine is overwhelmingly the favourite to win.While the...

The health authorities on Saturday reported 86 new Covid-19 cases.No deaths were recorded, leaving the total tally at 713.The total number of cases registered in Malta is now 93,446, with 89,952 recoveries.The number of active cases is now 2,385...

A teenager suffered grievous injuries after she was hit by a car in Swieqi on Friday afternoon, the police said.The accident happened in St Andrew’s Road at 6.30pm.The 13-year-old girl, of Bulgarian nationality and resident in Msida, was hit by...

Add the FA Cup to the collection. Jürgen Klopp has now won every major title for Liverpool.A 6-5 victory over Chelsea on penalties in Saturday's final produced Liverpool's first FA Cup triumph since 2006 and kept it in contention for, potentiall...

Diego Perotti was in tears at the final whistle and had to be consoled by teammates after his late penalty was saved in relegation-threatened Salernitana's 1-1 draw with Empoli in Serie A on Saturday.Salernitana inched two points clear of the drop zo...

Two men were arrested by the police during inspections carried out in Paceville on Friday night, the police said.In a statement, the police said that in a parking area in St George’s Road, the police stopped a man who was seen acting suspicious...

The issue of connectivity between Malta and Gozo has once again been put on the agenda by the government, with a new idea – that of an airfield – being announced last week.The runway will be built in Xewkija on land which will adjoin to t...

Andy Byford points out the cathedral-like ceiling, the crystal-clear acoustics, the "pureness of the aesthetic" that surrounds him.The head of London's public transport system is rhapsodizing about a subway station — part of a new line he says ...

The recovery of our country’s economy from the impact of Covid should provide us with an opportunity to improve our policies; It is a unique occasion to plan better tourism that does not depend on numbers but focuses on quality. ADPD-The Green ...

Russian forces suffered heavy losses in a Ukrainian attack that destroyed a pontoon bridge they were using to try to cross a river in the east, Ukrainian and British officials said in another sign of Moscow's struggle to salvage a war gone awry....

 Journalists packed a small courtroom in Kyiv for the trial of a captured Russian soldier accused of killing a Ukrainian civilian in the early days of the war — the first of dozens of war crimes cases that Ukraine's top prosecuto...

KYIV, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said although Ukrainians are doing everything they can to drive out the Russians, “no one today can predict how long this war will last.”“This will depend, unfortunately, not only ...

Emma Muscat said that while last night's Eurovision result isn't what they expected, she feels very proud of her Eurovision performance,Emma was not among the top 10 in the Eurovision's second semi-final on Thursday, meaning that she drops out of the...

The Nationalist Party on Friday gave St Julian's Mayor Albert Buttigieg 24 hours to substantiate claims he made, the mayor told The Malta Independent.In an opinion article that was published in the Times of Malta, Buttigieg said that he, like a numbe...

No demolition and excavation works will be permitted within tourism areas between 15 June and 30 September 2022.This initiative, which is being co-ordinated between the Malta Tourism Authority (MTA), the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) and ...

Bernard Grech has formally filed his nomination for the post of leader of the Nationalist Party.Grech will be the only candidate for the leadership election, which the party was tied to holding after the PN’s crushing 2022 general election defe...

The OHSA is investigating an accident on a building site in Fgura where a worker sustained slight injuries.The incident occurred at 2.45 pm on Triq San Tumas, Fgura. The worker was in an excavator on a roof, part of which collapsed, the police said.A...

A 13-year-old girl has been hospitalised after she was hit by a pick-up on Friday morning.Police said in a statement that the accident took place at around 11am in Triq Dun Karm Psaila in Birkirkara.Preliminary investigations showed that the 13-year-...

An elderly man from Ħal Qormi has suffered grievous injuries while he was trying to control a grass fire. The police was informed that there was the need for assistance in a field in Triq il-Ħofor, Ħal Qormi, at noon. The 76-year-old m...

Emma Muscat has failed to lead Malta to the Eurovision final night, as she bowed out of the competition in Thursday night’s semi-final.Emma was not among the top 10 in the Eurovision’s second semi-final on Thursday, meaning that she drops...

The Malta Union of Teachers (MUT) has been informed that measures were immediately taken to tackle an assault by a student in a Naxxar school.The Times of Malta had reported that the education authorities are investigating an incident at the Naxxar M...

The elimination of Emma Muscat from the Eurovision Song Contest final has made sure that Malta retained – and extended – a particular record.Malta holds the record of the longest wait for a first win, having debuted in 1971.Cyprus has tak...

Health authorities reported 111 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, with no deaths.This leaves the tally of victims at 713.The total number of cases registered in Malta so far is 93,360, with 89,807 recoveries.The total number of active cases is now 2,444....

The government probably saw it as a positive PR stunt when it invited the Ukrainian president to address the Maltese Parliament.To have Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the hero of Ukraine, address Maltese MPs at the invitation of our Foreign Minister would sure...

The Kremlin warned about taking retaliatory “military-technical” steps after Finland’s leaders came out in favor of applying to join NATO, and Sweden could do the same within days, in a historic realignment triggered by Russia's inv...

PEN Malta wrote to Foreign Affairs Minister Ian Borg and President of the EU Parliament Roberta Metsola urging them to protest 'in the most vociferous manner possible' with the Israeli government, in the wake of the killing of journalist Shireen Abu ...

Elon Musk said Friday that his planned $44 billion purchase of Twitter is "temporarily on hold" pending details on spam and fake accounts on the social media platform, another twist amid signs of internal turmoil over the proposed acquisition.In a tw...