A fine imposed on the now defunct bank Satabank by the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit has been slashed from €327,500 to €68,000 after the bank appealed the penalty, The Malta Independent can reveal.In an updated notice published on Tu...

The Malta Police Union is calling for the resignation of the Attorney General over the plea deal for Daren Debono in the HSBC heist case.The union filed a judicial protest against the Attorney General after Debono’s charges related to the attem...

Three men were injured as a Spanish man entered a restaurant in St Julian’s and attacked patrons, the police said.The incident took place on Tuesday evening in a restaurant in Wilga Street, corner with Dragonara Road, at 10.30pm.The police said...

Eurozone inflation hit a record 8.1% in May amid surging energy and food costs fueled in part by Russia's war in Ukraine.Annual inflation in the 19 countries that use the euro currency soared past the previous record of 7.4% reached in March and...

Russian forces in a “frenzied push” have seized half of Sievierodonetsk, the eastern Ukrainian city that is key to Moscow’s efforts to complete the capture of the industrial Donbas region, the mayor said Tuesday.“The...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said in a guest essay Tuesday evening in The New York Times that he’s decided to provide the Ukrainians with more advanced rocket systems and munitions that will enable them to more precisely strike key ta...

Britain is getting ready for a party featuring mounted troops, solemn prayers — and a pack of dancing mechanical corgis.The nation will celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne this week with four days of pomp and pageantry i...

Anyone who goes shopping on a regular basis has realised that the items he or she used to buy until last year have gone up in price.It’s not a few cents here and there. The increase has arrived across the board, on almost all products and servi...

The two alleged hitmen accused of carrying out the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, George and Alfred Degiorgio, have filed a second Constitutional case, in which they claim to have suffered several breaches of their rights since their ar...

Malta has only partially implemented some of the recommendations put forward by the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) as they require legislative changes which take longer to process, Minister for Justice Jonathan Attard said on Tuesday.Duri...

No witnesses were summoned by the Maltese government to support its defence of the Vitals hospital deals, with the evidence stage in the case filed by former Opposition leader Adrian Delia, over the privatisation of three government hospitals, being ...

Economy Minister Silvio Schembri has said that Malta can place itself as a well-known jurisdiction with a good and trusted reputation for the economic sector of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Schembri was replying to a Parliamentary Question asked ...

Repubblika is calling on Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa to, immediately, hold a press conference and be held to account for the police actions, or inaction, on certain situations.Speaking outside the Police HQ, Repubblika President Robert Aquilina s...

In efforts of continuing to send a clear signal of support to Ukrainians, the Maltese government supports the idea of ​​further discussions on the reconstruction of Ukraine together with international partners, Prime Minister Robert Abela...

Four people were taken to hospital after a crash between a van and a truck in Gozo on Tuesday afternoon.The accident happened at around 2:30pm in Triq ir-Repubblika in Rabat, Gozo.The vehicles involved in the accident were a Foden 345 fuel truck whic...

An application for a massive 135-unit development has been filed with the Planning Authority on untouched land in Zonqor, Marsascala.The application is “to excavate and construct 180 garages at basement level, 2 Class 4B shops, and 135 overlyin...

A woman is in danger of dying after she was involved in a traffic accident on Tuesday afternoon.Police said that the accident took place in Triq Blat il-Qamar in Siggiewi at around 13:00 on Tuesday.Preliminary investigations showed that the accident ...

PN spokesperson for Home Affairs Joe Giglio said that the PN is informed that former MGA official Iosif Galea was out on police bail and should not have been allowed to leave the country unless permission and approval was given by the Police, therefo...

The new Mrieħel underpass is expected to be completed by the end of September, with the roundabout above it to be completed by the end of the year, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects Aaron Farrugia said. The Mrieħel...

A sword was one of the weapons used in a fight that occurred in St Julian’s early this morning, one which left four men injured with another five arrested.The fight took place in St George’s Road at 4.15am.Three of the injured men are a L...

The first Ukraine war documentary produced by The Malta Independent journalists Neil Camilleri and Giuseppe Attard is now available to watch on GO TV.Camilleri and Attard produced a 34-minute documentary on their first visit to Ukraine in March, with...

99 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Tuesday.109 people meanwhile have recovered from the virus, meaning that the number of active cases currently stands at 1,410.1,378 swab tests were carried out in the last 24 hours, equa...

Former MCAST principal Stephen Cachia has said that all allegations of sexual abuse at the college were investigated.Cachia made the statement in a right of reply sent to The Malta Independent in reaction to a story titled ‘MCAST knew about sta...

After two years of constant travel restrictions, people are desperate to book a flight to their next destination to start to make up for the lost time, and this summer will be the busiest yet. But where should you go first on your ultimate summer adv...

The highest officials of the Malta College of Arts, Science & Technology (MCAST) knew about grave instances of sexual misconduct of its staff in front of students with a disability, and kept an inquiry report exposing the case hidden from the col...

In March, this newsroom reported how construction costs in Malta are rising due to the war in Ukraine and the lasting impact of Covid-19 on importation. It was again confirmed by the president of the Malta Chamber of Construction Management that cons...

An elderly man was seriously injured in a fall in a San Gwann residence, the police said.The accident took place in Birkirkara Road on Monday at 4.20pm.The man, aged 82, fell while he was feeding some animals.He was taken to hospital with serious inj...

Russian troops pushed deeper into a key eastern Ukrainian city Monday, fighting street by street with Kyiv's forces in a battle that has left Sievierodonetsk in ruins. In a bid to pressure Moscow to end the war, the European Union agreed to emba...

KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraineian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the Russian blockade of Ukrainian sea ports prevents Kyiv from exporting 22 million tons of grain.In his nightly address Monday, Zelenskyy said the result is the threat of famine in count...

An internal investigation is underway within the Police Force with the aim of ascertaining why former MGA official Iosif Galea was not arrest in Malta despite being subject to a European Arrest Warrant, Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri told Parl...

A man has died in Gozo after he fell a storey off a road and into an underlying field.Police said that their assistance was requested at around 8:30am in a field at Triq Ghar Ilma in Kercem, Gozo.Preliminary investigations showed that the man –...

Independent candidate Arnold Cassola has asked the Ombudsman to launch an investigation into Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa and the media officer of the police force Brandon Pisani over their handling of the Iosif Galea situation."These were in poss...

A fire has broken out in Wied Għomor in Swieqi.Videos sent to The Malta Independent show plumes of smoke encompassing the valley, which is one of the last green areas between St. Julian’s, Swieqi, and San Gwann, and flames overtaking green...

The final cost of the Central Link is projected to be circa €25 million, a spokesperson for Infrastructure Malta told The Malta Independent, adding that the project “is expected to be concluded with circa €3 million savings on the ori...

The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses has registered an industrial dispute and threatened to issue directives over issues being faced in the negotiation of a new sectoral agreement for nurses and midwives.This was explained in a letter sent by the u...

The disciplinary procedure against Assistant Commissioner Ian Abdilla is still pending, Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri has said.In 2021, Abdilla, who is a former head of the economic crimes unit and had been widely criticised for inaction agai...

A court has awarded an elderly couple over €35,600 in damages from the health authorities after a government entity's refusal to reimburse the costs of a life-saving operation in the UK, which the couple had been forced to pay for because of an ...

64 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Monday.63 people meanwhile have recovered from the virus, meaning that the number of active cases currently stands at 1,420.947 swab tests were carried out in the last 24 hours, equating...

A man seemingly disguised as an old woman in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum and shouted at people to think of planet Earth.The Paris prosecutor's office said Monday that the 36-year-old m...

Russian and Ukrainian troops traded blows in fierce close-quarter combat Sunday in an eastern Ukrainian city as Moscow’s soldiers, supported by intense shelling, attempted to gain a strategic foothold to conquer the region. Ukraine's leader als...

MOSCOW — Russia says it may use an arrangement similar to that used for payments for its gas supplies to pay its dollar-denominated foreign debts.The Vedomosti business daily on Monday quoted Finance Minister Anton Siluanov as saying that Russi...

The wreckage of a plane carrying 22 people that disappeared in Nepal's mountains was found Monday scattered on a mountainside, the army said. There was no word on survivors.The Tara Air turboprop Twin Otter was on a 20-minute flight Sunday when it th...

Heritage Malta has launched a new brand identity, with a new logo (left) which looks very similar to that of an American Art Museum (right).Heritage Malta launched its new brand identity which includes its new slogan ‘Part of Us’, and a n...

In a statement released by the S&D Group in the European Parliament at the end of the discussions between the Parliament and the Council on Dora, the new European law governing cybersecurity for financial institutions, Labour MEP Alfred Sant call...

A coach overturned into a Gozitan valley on Monday, leaving the driver in hospital.The accident happened at 8am in Triq it-Tigrija in Nadur, Gozo.There were no passengers on board the bus at the time, however the driver has been hospitalised.He was t...

"The EU should grant EU candidate status to the Republic of Moldova based on its own merit”, said European People’s party MEP Siegfried Mureșan. “The Republic of Moldova plays a key role in the security of the European Union. B...

Bernard Grech has been confirmed as the leader of the Nationalist Party by the party’s councillors, following a vote held on Saturday.All in all, the votes showed that 81% of the 1,390 councillors who cast a valid vote have confidence in Grech ...

Trade unionist and former General Workers Union Secretary General Tony Zarb has died at the age of 68.The news was shared on social media by his son Elton."I never thought I would have to write this message, and I have no words in this difficult mome...

Selling properties on plan is becoming more difficult, while the letting market is going strong, The Malta Independent on Sunday is informed.In March, this newsroom reported on how the war in Ukraine, as well as Covid-19, had driven up construction c...

66 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Sunday, while two people have died while positive for Covid-19.97 people meanwhile have recovered from the virus, meaning that the number of active cases currently stands at 1,419.1,257 ...

Political parties, the Church and government should keep away from the serious discussion that is needed on euthanasia, medical ethics Professor Pierre Mallia told The Malta Independent on Sunday.Asked whether he sees Malta introducing euthanasia as ...

Once there is an open chapter it is the opposition's job to see it closed, the new Chairman of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), PN MP Darren Carabott, said with regard to the committee’s hearings on Electrogas Contacted by Th...

The Nationalist Party has demanded an explanation as to how ex Malta Gaming Authority official Iosif Galea was allowed to travel in and out of the country twice despite having a European Arrest Warrant issued against him.In a statement, signed by the...

Former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat denies having any kind of relationship with former Malta gaming authority employee Iosif Galea, who is currently suspected of criminal conspiracy together with leaking MGA insider information.Galea, currently a gam...

In its election manifesto, the Labour Party promised to find a way to make union membership mandatory to all workers.It was the most controversial proposal made in the election campaign and, while pleasing the unions, it irked employers to such an ex...

Red Bull denied Sergio Perez a chance to race for the win in Spain with team orders that left the Mexican star unsettled.Assured that he'd be allowed to race for wins this season, Perez moved on to the Monaco Grand Prix with Red Bull's disappointing ...

The European Commission remains ready to support the Maltese government in its actions aiming to strengthen the rule of law, media freedom and the protection of journalists in Malta, Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen told Prime Minister Rober...

If we just talk about financial sustainability, we will not manage to do anything in Gozo, Gozo Business Chamber (GBC) CEO Daniel Borg said on the proposed Xewkija heliport airstrip."I believe that if we let the model work, it will prove itself," he ...

The election has come and gone, but the slaps in the government’s face continue to arrive, regularly and from different quarters. The Maltese electorate has given the Labour Party a third consecutive mandate, but this has not changed the way th...

Stevie Camilleri, Neptunes and Malta captain, is one of the greatest waterpolo players of all time. He has spent his career playing in Italy during the winter months and in Malta in summer. He tells us that pizza is his favourite food, loves coffee a...

Eighty one per cent of the Nationalist Party councillors voted for Bernard Grech to retain the leadership.The president of the PN electoral commission Peter Fenech on Saturday said that Grech obtained 1,124 yes votes, against the 266 votes against.In...

A small airplane with 22 people on board flying on a popular tourist route was missing in Nepal’s mountains on Sunday, an official said.The Tara Airlines plane, which was on a 15-minute scheduled flight to the mountain town of Jomsom, took off ...

Yet another Champions League title for Real Madrid, the undisputed king of Europe.Yet another showpiece European soccer game tarnished by chaotic crowd issues and disorder.Madrid became European champion for a record-extending 14th time — doubl...

Riot police fired tear gas and pepper spray at Liverpool supporters forced to endure lengthy waits to get into the Champions League final amid logistical chaos and an attempt by UEFA and French authorities to blame overcrowding at turnstiles on peopl...

Russia claimed to have overrun a key rail hub while its troops fought Ukrainian defenders in the streets of another city in eastern Ukraine.The Russian Defense Ministry said the railroad center Lyman had been “completely liberated’’...

The first monkeypox case has been detected in Malta, the health authorities said.The patient is a 38-year-old man resident in Malta who was abroad in a country where the disease had been found.The man has light symptoms and does not need hospitalisat...

A man was grievously injured on Saturday after falling off a truck.The police said the accident took place in Triq l-Idwart, Attard, at 8am.The man, aged 32, was unloading some items off the truck when he slipped and fell.He was taken to hospital wit...

Valletta: Chemimart, 20/21, Republic Street; Ħamrun: Thomas' Pharmacy, 796, St Joseph High Road; Qormi: Drugshop Dispensary, Vjal De La Cruz; Swatar: Collis Williams  – St Mark's Pharmacy, P. Borg Olivier Street c/w Gianni Vella Stree...

A man has died after falling three storeys on a construction site, the police said.The accident took place at 6pm on Friday in Enrico Mizzi Street, Ta’ Xbiex.The man, from Turkey and resident in Sliema, fell into a shaft while working.He was ce...

A man was tied up by three robbers who made off with an undisclosed amount of cash from his garage in Birkirkara on Saturday morning.The police said that the robbery took place at around 7am in Karm Zerafa Street.Three hooded and armed men entered th...

A man was grievously injured after he was hit by a car in Mosta on Saturday.The police said the accident took place in Naggar Street at 7.30am.The man, a 63-year0old Mosta resident, was hit by a Volkswagen Golf driven by a 35-year-old man of Mtarfa.T...

Seventy-three new Covid-19 cases were recorded on Saturday.There were no deaths, which leaves the total number of victims at 719.The number of active cases is now 1,452.The Health Ministry has, since the day after the 2022 general election at the end...

Doctors for Choice said that a statement issued by a number of organisations against the proposed amendments to IVF law which will allow pre-implantation genetic diagnosis in exceptional circumstances is an insult to those who couples who have geneti...

Government’s proposal to introduce embryo selection in the IVF procedure is nothing short of eugenics, as such methods do not deliver a “healthy baby” but provide a tool to enable the selection of which baby will live and which baby...

On his home track, where he cycles from his apartment to the course, Charles Leclerc hopes to finish for the first time and reclaim the Formula One points lead.Leclerc was scheduled to lead the field from pole Sunday in the Monaco Grand Prix — ...

PN General Council members will today finish casting their ballots on whether or not they want Bernard Grech to be the party’s leader, with the outcome expected tonight.The PN suffered a landslide defeat last general election. The leadership el...

Moscow-backed separatists pounded eastern Ukraine’s industrial Donbas region Friday, claiming to capture a railway hub, as Ukrainian officials pleaded for the sophisticated Western weapons they say they need to stop the onslaught.The advance of...

Breaking with the party line in a rare show of opposition to his country’s war in Ukraine, a Communist Party legislative deputy in Russia’s Far East demanded an end to the military operation and withdrawal of Russian forces.“We unde...

Malta’s roads have become something of a minefield. Whether it be dodging roadworks so intense that you think you’ve ended up in the back alleys of Baghdad, or dodging drivers and motorcycle riders who would be a great fit for the crazy s...

For a player who doesn’t consider himself to be a striker, Mohamed Salah is the envy of many forwards with his scoring record for Liverpool.“I don’t play No. 9, I play on the wing,” Salah said. “It’s completely dif...

The driver of an Arriva bus which skidded and crashed in Floriana in 2012, leading to over 20 people being injured, has been acquitted by a court.The 36-year-old driver from Qormi had been charged with causing damage to Portes des Bombes in Floriana,...

There was an increase of Ukrainian first-time asylum applicants to EU member states in February when compared to January.There were 355 applicants in January 2022, which rose to 2,370 in February 2022, according to Eurostat statistics.54,565 overall ...

Three men have been arraigned in court after a police investigation into the trafficking and forced prostitution of two South American women in Malta.Roque Borg, 51, a hotel manager from St. Paul’s Bay, cab driver Sylvan Pace, 48 from Gharb and...

The Autism Advisory Council has strongly condemned statements made on social media recently, labelling children on the autism spectrum as ‘dangerous’ and more, and advocating their segregation. Such statements are not only hurtful wh...

A commuter was seriously injured after she was hit by a bus operated by Malta Public Transport in Sliema on Friday, after disembarking from another bus.Police said in a statement later in the day that they were informed of the accident in Tower Road,...

There has been a major diesel spill in Marsa after a fuel truck overturned in what appears to be a traffic accident.Footage of the liquid spewing into and down the road was shared to Facebook by a commuter warning of the danger.This happened at aroun...

PL Member of the European Parliament Alex Agius Saliba has made an appeal to Facebook to ‘cease its discrimination against Maltese content creators,’ a statement by the PL read. Agius Saliba is currently in Silicon Valley in the Unit...

86 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Friday.141 people meanwhile have recovered from the virus, meaning that the number of active cases currently stands at 1,501.1,257 swab tests were carried out in the last 24 hours, equat...

Moscow pressed the West on Thursday to lift sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine, seeking to shift the blame for a growing food crisis that has been worsened by Kyiv’s inability to ship millions of tons of grain and other agric...

Irma Garcia's family was already reeling from her death in the Texas school shooting that targeted her fourth grade classroom and killed her co-teacher and 19 students.Then, a mere two days after the attack, her grieving husband collapsed and died at...

By the end of April 2022, the Government’s Consolidated Fund reported a deficit of €388.7 millionIn the first four months of 2022, recurrent revenue amounted to €1,595.3 million, 16.5% higher than the €1,369.7 million reported a ...

The European Forensic Institute was inaugurated in 2018 and is accredited by the Malta Further and Higher Education Authority (MFHEA). It offers a selection of higher-education qualifications in specialist areas, and its first collaboration with the ...

Carlo Micallef has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Malta Tourism Authority."Micallef is a graduate of the University of Malta with a Bachelor of Commerce, Management specialised in Marketing. He carries with him a long-standing caree...

KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk is the center of fierce fighting in the east. Mayor Oleksandr Stryuk says it’s holding out even though a Russian reconnaissance and sabotage group went into a city hotel.Stryuk said at...

The Parliamentary Secretary responsible for the Fisheries sector Alicia Bugeja Said received significant financial backing from three well-known companies in the fishing industry, according to financial declarations filed with the Electoral Commissio...

Drivers wanting to make their way to St Julian’s and Sliema from San Gwann faced a long detour as both roads leading to the two localities were closed to traffic at the same time.The lower part of Birkirkara Hill (right in the photo), which lea...

The Malta Gaming Authority’s former Chief Technology Officer Jason Farrugia has been charged with a raft of charges including money laundering, accepting bribes, fraud, and trading in influence in connection with his work at the regulator.Farru...

Health Minister Chris Fearne has said that the Covid-19 situation is well under control, and that there are no cases of monkeypox in Malta.Fearne was answering media questions on Thursday after a press conference.The Health Minister said that in the ...

APS Bank plc has launched an Initial Public Offering of 100,000,000 new ordinary shares with the possibility of an additional 10,000,000 new shares at an issue price of €0.62 per share, Chairman of APS Bank Martin Scicluna announced. Scicluna ad...