A man was grievously injured when a gas cylinder exploded in Valletta on Friday evening, the police said.The accident took place in the kitchen of an establishment in Ordnance Street at 10pm.The man, aged 44, from Valletta, was taken to Mater Dei Hos...

When Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in late February, the Russian president vowed his forces would not occupy the country. But as the invasion reached its 100th day Friday, Moscow seemed increasingly unwilling to relinquish the ter...

UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday renewed his call for an immediate halt to violence on the 100th day of the war in Ukraine.The U.N. chief also called for urgent protection for civilians, unfettered access to pr...

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Malta wants to further improve its bilateral relationship with Brazil, Foreign Minister Ian Borg said. "That's why we chose to open our first embassy in Latin America, in this country," he said during several official meetings he had with variou...

 A court has determined that the man accused of raping and murdering Paulina Dembska was insane at the time of the murder and is therefore unfit to stand trial.Magistrate Marse-Ann Farrugia ruled on the matter on Friday after hearing the testimo...

From 1952 to 2020, the mean maximum air temperature increased by 1.54 °C, and the mean sea temperature increased by 1.89 °C from 1978 to 2020.Rainfall has also decreased significantly, although the number of days with thunderstorms has increa...

The general approach reached in the Transport Council yesterday on an aviation fuel proposal was a first step in the legislative process that will now pave the way for negotiations with the European Parliament, Transport Minister Aaron Farrugia has s...

PN Spokesperson for Home Affairs Joe Giglio has said that the position taken by Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri on the issue of the arrest warrant against Iosif Galea, is becoming a worrying situation. In a statement on Friday, the Opposit...

118 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Friday.104 people meanwhile have recovered from the virus, meaning that the number of active cases currently stands at 1,438.1,102 swab tests were carried out in the last 24 hours, equa...

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, joined other members of Britain’s royal family on Friday for a church service honoring Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne, making their first public appearance in the U.K. since stepping back fr...

enmark stunned titleholder France 2-1 in their opening Nations League match at the Stade de France on Friday, ending the world champion's seven-match winning streak.After Karim Benzema put the hosts in front, substitute Andreas Cornelius scored twice...

The security cameras installed in four main tunnels across the country aim to assist in tackling traffic congestion and driver safety, and were not installed with the aim of issuing fines, the Transport Ministry told The Malta Independent."They were ...

APS Bank CEO Marcel Cassar confirmed that six hours after the opening of the initial public offering of shares by the bank, it was closed due to the immense interest it saw.The official closing of these shares was expected to be on 17 June, but due t...

Brigadier Jeffrey Curmi has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Transport Malta.The appointment comes into effect on Monday 6 June 2022. In a statement, the government said that Brigadier Curmi has a long military career."He joi...

Planning Minister Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi has not yet selected a new nominee for the post of chairman of the Planning Authority.Anthony Borg, who was the government's nominee to become the new chairman of the Planning Authority, had admitted to Parli...

The Malta Police Union has called for an independent probe into the police's failure to arrest a man wanted in Germany. Iosif Galea left Malta multiple times in spite of being subject to a European Arrest Warrant. Galea, a former Malta Gaming au...

The government and the OHSA have underlined the usefulness of a free interactive risk assessment platform, that is aimed at mainly supporting small and micro enterprises identify health and safety risks and providing them with prevention and control ...

Jesmond Muscat has been appointed CEO of the Buildings and Construction Authority. He succeeds Karl Azzopardi, whose term expired, the government said in a statement.Public Works Minister Sefan Zrinzo Azzopardi congratulated Azzopardi for his appoint...

Ukrainian forces locked in a grinding battle for control of the country's east struggled to hold off Russian troops and buy themselves some time Thursday while they await the arrival of the advanced rockets and anti-aircraft weapons promised by the W...

A man was remanded in custody after being charged with injuring his brother during a fight over a bottle of water.Ignazio Mifsud, 58, of Qormi, was charged before Magistrate Doreen Clarke on Friday morning.The incident took place on Wednesday evening...

A motorcyclist was grievously injured in a traffic accident in Ghaxaq on Thursday evening, the police said Friday.The accident took place in Dawret Hal Ghaxaq at 9.30pm.It involved a biker, a 46-year-old Zabbar woman who was riding a Kymco Agility, a...

The United States and its allies are vowing to hold Russia accountable for crimes committed by its forces since they invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.U.S. Undersecretary of State Uzra Zeya told a U.N. Security Council meeting Thursday on strengthening acco...

The police force has been one of the entities which has been under the microscope the most in the last decade.We had years under the Joseph Muscat administration where police commissioners were cycled through on an almost annual basis, and after year...

In its judgement delivered on 25 February 2021, in the names “Dr. Antoine Naudi as special attorney on behalf of the foreign company UR s.r.l vs. Talocan Ltd of Malta”, the Civil Court (Commercial Section), presided over by Hon. Justice J...

Bank of Valletta held its Annual General Meeting on Thursday, during which the highlights of last year’s performance were presented, together with the Bank’s objectives for the current financial year. For the third year in a row, the...

APS Bank plc has issued a company announcement informing that it intends to close the IPO at 3pm on Friday, the same day that ot opens. This decision is being made based on information received from Authorised Intermediaries and preliminary indicatio...

Moviment Graffitti has demanded that the government takes urgent action to return the Blue Lagoon in Comino to the public and stop deckchair vendors from covering the entire shoreline with deckchairs and umbrellas.“The island of Comino should b...

A court has denied bail to a man arraigned on charges of having sexually abused his partner's teenage daughters.Vice Squad Inspector Joseph Busuttil charged the 40-year-old Syrian man with corrupting the two girls, aged 12 and 15, participating in se...

The Nationalist Party wants the new Chief Permanent Secretary Tony Sultana to publicly sever all ties and contacts with the Labour Party, and to no longer be a Labour delegate in charge of the party’s IT systems. Apart from that it also wa...

Consumer Rights Minister Julia Farrugia Portelli has asked the Competition Office within the Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority to investigate the rise in tariffs by three major telecommunications companies in Malta, to check whether co...

Focused on keeping Cristiano Ronaldo in check, Spain left another Portugal substitute completely unmarked to spoil the start of its bid to reach consecutive Nations League finals.Ricardo Horta scored his first goal for his nation to help Portugal ear...

Health Minister Chris Fearne announced on social media that another six babies have been born through IVF over the past few days. The Deputy Prime Minister said 425 babies have been born in Malta through IVF so far. After introducing IVF in the publi...

93 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Thursday, while one Covid-19 patient has also passed away while positive for the virus.98 people meanwhile have recovered from the virus, meaning that the number of active cases currentl...

Repubblika President Robert Aquilina said Thursday that an official request had been submitted in court in order to prompt Prime Minster Robert Abela and Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri to request a proper investigation into the Iosif Galea arr...

Summer is still to arrive but the first weekend of June will bring with it the hottest days yet, as temperatures are set to climb to 35 degrees Celsius (feel like 37), according to the Met Office.The temperature today, at 32 degrees, is expected to i...

Representatives of Russian companies are no longer allowed to enter the premises of the European Parliament, President Roberta Metsola said on Twitter."We must not allow them any space to spread their propaganda and false, toxic narratives about the ...

ADPD has called for the government to grant the usually annual Cost of Living Allowance as early as July, rather than waiting until the Budget, as inflation continues to affect prices. “The government is failing to tackle head on in an imm...

Four days of celebrations honoring Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne got underway Thursday with a display of British military traditions stretching from the days of horse and cannon to the jet age.Formal celebrations for the Plat...

On the occasion of Environment Day 2022, which is observed annually on 5 June, the Interdiocesan Environment Commission (KA) appeals to the authorities to protect agricultural land and open spaces, to focus on alternative sources of energy and urgent...

The Malta College of Art, Science and Technology said it took action to strengthen its administration prior to a report which exposed shortcomings, the college said in a statement.MCAST was replying to the publication of a report which said that the ...

The number of inbound tourists in April amounted to 194,545, the National Statistics Office said, while total nights spent in Malta amounted to 1,215,521. The NSO said that 175,067 inbound tourists visited Malta for holiday purposes, while 10,760 tou...

Given that 2021 did not turn out to be as good as was being predicted, the English Language Teaching (ELT) industry is being cautious for this summer. The CEO of the Federation of English Language Teaching Organisation Malta (FELTOM), Caroline Tissot...

The U.S. and Germany pledged Wednesday to equip Ukraine with some of the advanced weapons it has long desired for shooting down aircraft and knocking out artillery, as Russian forces closed in on capturing a key city in the east.Germany said it will ...

LVIV, Ukraine — A Russian missile hit rail lines in the western Lviv region, a key conduit for supplies of Western weapons and other supplies, officials said.Lviv region Gov. Maksym Kozytskyy said five people were wounded in the strike, adding ...

A woman was grievously injured after she was hit by a car in Gozo on Wednesday.The driver of the car kept on going, the police said in a statement.The accident took place in Independence Square, Victoria, at 5.30pm.The woman – no details were g...

Medical ethics professor Pierre Mallia sent an important message on the way Malta should tackle the subject of euthanasia, if and when it takes centre-stage.In an interview he gave to The Malta Independent on Sunday, Mallia said that the political pa...

A jury sided Wednesday with Johnny Depp in his libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, awarding the “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor more than $10 million and vindicating his allegations that Heard lied about Depp abusing her befo...

Former waterpolo goalkeeper and long-time coach Charles Mock has died, his son announced on the social media."With great sadness, our father Charles Mock passed away peacfully this morning," his son Michael announced.Mock, who was soon to turn 86, pl...

The Malta Gaming Authority’s former chief technical officer Jason Farrugia transferred thousands of euros to accounts controlled by Iosif Galea, a court heard on Wednesday.Farrugia also tried to circumvent the blocking of his MGA acco...

Buying a used car is an important decision, which is why it's crucial that you shop carefully and take good care of it. Shop for the right car the first time around, not after breaking down on the side of the road. Research your options to make sure ...

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...

Not a single one of the 388 “normal” embryos frozen since the embryo freezing law came into effect has been adopted so far, Doctors for Life said on Wednesday.The group said it was concerned with the recent proposal to introduce PGD - Pre...

115 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Wednesday.95 people meanwhile have recovered from the virus, meaning that the number of active cases currently stands at 1,430.1,370 swab tests were carried out in the last 24 hours, eq...

Retired judge Franco Depasquale is leading a probe into why Iosif Galea was allowed to travel in and out of Malta repeatedly despite being subject to a German arrest warrant for over a year, the Home Affairs Ministry confirmed in a statement.Depasqua...

Venezuela beat Malta 1-0 yesterday at Ta’ Qali in the first ever international match between the two countries. A Rondon header in the first half was all that diveided these two sides at the end of the 90 minutes. Venezuela were the better team...

The roofing project for the Santa Venera tunnels is expected to cost €35 million, Energy and Environment Minister Miriam Dalli said on Wednesday.She was replying to a parliamentary question by PN MP Darren Carabott, who asked for a general updat...

Energized at Wembley by Lionel Messi's assists, Argentina's players threw their superstar teammate in the air after he inspired them to a second title in a year.National team success is finally coming for the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner, late...

Nationalist Party MP Julie Zahra has put forward proposed amendments in order for the arts sector to be protected in the Constitution.The spokesperson for arts and culture said the PN believes that in a modern country, the government should not only ...

Seven people were arrested in two operations carried out by the Police’s anti-drugs unit between Monday and Tuesday. The seven were apprehended in Hamrun and Tal-Qroqq after a considerable amount of cocaine was found, packaged in such a ma...

The Malta Police Union is calling for the resignation of the Attorney General over the plea deal for Daren Debono in the failed HSBC heist case.The union had previously filed a judicial protest against the Attorney General after Debono’s charge...

As Malta’s single regulator of financial services marks its 20th anniversary in July this year, the MFSA is renewing its commitment to continue strengthening, consolidating and future-proofing the sector. The ever-changing regulatory landscape ...

A man was grievously injured after he fell while working in a residence in Sliema on Wednesday.The accident took place in Rudolph Street at around noon, the police said.The man, 42, from Mqabba, fell from a height of one storey while working on a lad...

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...

President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola said that it takes collective courage to face down dictators and tell them that their time is over, that might is not right.Metsola said that courage was needed to disentangle Europe completely fro...

Deutsche Bank subsidiary DWS said Wednesday that its chief executive is resigning, hours after authorities raided its offices as part of a probe into claims that the company exaggerated the sustainable credentials of some of the financial p...

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...

At the end of 2021, General Government debt amounted to €8,284.4 million, or 57.0 per cent of GDP, an increase of €1,305.9 million over 2020, the NSO said Wednesday.In 2021, the Financial Corporations sector held the biggest share of Govern...

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...