64.6% of youths between the ages of 16-25 are the most dissatisfied with their life, revealed a study on the State of the Nation. A study conducted by statistician and University lecturer Vincent Marmara on the State of the Nation, focusing on r...

The Animal Welfare Commissioner Alison Bezzina has said that an urgent review of zoo regulations and an overhaul to the animal emergency service is needed.Bezzina made the recommendations in a 25-page feedback document to fully address the five quest...

Ukraine and the West denounced a pro-Moscow court that sentenced two British citizens and a Moroccan to death for fighting for Ukraine, calling the proceedings a sham and a violation of the rules of war.Meanwhile, as the Kremlin’s forces contin...

The Ukrainian army says Kyiv’s forces continue to frustrate Russian attempts to take the fiercely contested eastern city of Sievierodonetsk.“The occupiers, with the help of motorized rifle units and artillery, conducted assault operations...

New evidence which may link third parties to the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia is being investigated by the police, a court heard on Thursday.Police superintendent Keith Arnaud told a court that last month the police had obtained new information i...

Over 2,600 people in Malta earn a minimum wage, a parliamentary question revealed this week.That number may not sound like much when one considers that Malta’s full-time workforce is 243,000 strong, but it means that over two thousand people ar...

The United Nations has appointed Malta as a new non-permanent member of its security council.In a Tweet, Prime Minister Robert Abela said that he was honoured to see Malta elected with a strong vote. "Serving on the Council of the UN provides Malta a...

The European Central Bank said Thursday that it would carry out its first interest rate increase in 11 years in July, followed by another hike in September, as it catches up with other central banks worldwide in pivoting from supporting the economy d...

Sliema mayor John Pillow was assaulted by a group of people in the locality, well-known lawyer Claire Bonello said on social media on Thursday.Bonello said that Pillow “was attacked and hurt by persons who were urinating on the beach.”She...

Estonia beat Malta yesterday at the National Stadium to practically earn promotion to Group C o the UEFA Nations League. It was a last gasp blunder by the plucky and erratic Malta team that paved the way for Estonia’s victory.Our promotion hope...

Portugal and Spain picked up victories in the Nations League on Thursday to set up a battle between the Iberian neighbors for a spot in the Final Four.Portugal took sole possession of the lead in Group 2 of the top-tier League A by defeating the Czec...

The engineer Jonathan Scerri has handed in his resignation as the chairman of Enemalta, The Malta Independent can confirm.A spokesperson for the Energy Ministry confirmed reports that Scerri had resigned from his post, adding that he had tendered his...

Two British citizens and a Moroccan have been sentenced to death by pro-Moscow rebels in eastern Ukraine for fighting on Ukraine's side.The three men fought alongside Ukrainian troops and surrendered to Russian forces weeks ago.A court in the self-pr...

The European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the European Council to agree to start the process to revise the EU Treaties.In light of the array of ongoing and recent crises, MEPs used their prerogative to call for the EU Treaties to be cha...

Iosif Galea was subject to certain action by the regulatory authorities last year affecting his ability to perform in certain functions for businesses, sources have informed The Malta Independent, but he is appealing a decision by the Malta Financial...

The three men who were injured in last weekend’s fireworks complex explosion have been discharged from hospital, the pyrotechnical society they form part of announced on social media on Wednesday night.The three men – aged 25, 29, and 60 ...

If ever there was a need to confirm it, a survey has found that inflation is having an impact on people.At the start of the second edition of the 'State of the Nation' national conference at the Verdala Palace, statistics expert and University of Mal...

Director General of the Malta Employers' Association (MEA) Joseph Farrugia has said that the country should “be open to all ideas at this stage,” in response to questions related to the projected COLA rise next year.He was contacted by th...

Government is set to spend an additional €145 million during 2022 to 2027 for new measures on the National Action Plan for a Child Guarantee, adding to the €195 million per year for existing ongoing measures.Speaking at a press conference o...

Heritage Malta has acquired a piece of land at Borġ in-Nadur, measuring nearly 13 tumoli, beneath a part of which lies buried a village dating back to the Bronze Age. In terms of size, this is the largest acquisition of archaeological value ever...

175 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Thursday.It is the highest number of cases reported since 175 cases of the virus were reported on 3 May.99 people meanwhile have recovered from the virus, meaning that the number of act...

Labour Party President Ramona Attard and PL MP Naomi Cachia today went through the IVF amendments currently being discussed in parliament, stating that the government has kept another promise of presenting the changes within the first 100 days in off...

The Commission for the Rights of Persons with Disability (CRPD) in a statement reiterated the right of persons with disability to be fully informed and enabled to access family planning and reproductive health services of their choice, as provided fo...

Workers pulled scores of bodies from smashed buildings in an “endless caravan of death” inside the devastated city of Mariupol, authorities said Wednesday, while fears of a global food crisis escalated over Ukraine’s inability to ex...

An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office says Russian troops have changed their tactics in the battle for Sievierodonetsk.Oleksiy Arestovych said Wednesday that Russian soldiers have retreated from the city and are now pou...

Civil society NGO Repubblika is demanding that Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa resign, for failing to take action against business people and politicians.The NGO's President Robert Aquilina delivered a speech at a protest in front of the Police Headq...

A statement issued last Saturday afternoon by Nature Trust probably went unnoticed by many as Malta was hooked on what was happening in the limits of Mosta where yet another serious accident in a fireworks factory had taken place. Luckily, there were...

The speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament made a vibrant plea Wednesday for his country to be named a candidate for European Union membership, a move that would bring the war-torn nation closer to the EU without guaranteeing its admittance.Ru...

Prime Minister Robert Abela said he wants the debate on the proposed legal amendments to IVF legislation to be based on facts.Addressing Parliament, he recounted some of the problems couples face when it comes to having children. “We cannot rem...

Tessabelle Camilleri, the partner of the late Shawn Curmi, took to social media to send a final tribute to her partner after he unexpectedly lost his life on Tuesday. Curmi, a father and a psychiatric nurse at Mount Carmel Hospital, tragically f...

Malta cannot compare itself to other countries when it comes to proposed IVF law amendments as we are “a different society with different principles,” PN health spokesperson Stephen Spiteri said on Wednesday.In his opening speech on behal...

Minister Julia Farrugia Portelli said on Wednesday that, so far 45 people have filed a complaint with regard to the second-hand car scam.MaltaToday has revealed how hundreds of consumers were sold second-hand Japanese cars with tampered mileage gauge...

Balluta Valley in St Julians, which serves as a green lung for the densely populated area of Sliema/St.Julians will continue to retain its full protection status as a scheduled Area of Ecological Importance (AEI).The Environment and Planning Review T...

A man drove a car into pedestrians in a popular Berlin shopping district on Wednesday, killing one person and seriously injuring nine others, rescue services said.The man drove into people on a street corner at around 10:30 a.m. before getting the ca...

So much for Belgium not caring about the Nations League.By coming from behind to rout Poland 6-1 on Wednesday, Belgium’s players gave an emphatic riposte to those questioning the team’s commitment to the competition at the end of a long s...

140,723 employees currently receive less than the median wage and 2,642 employees in Malta receive the minimum wage, according to information by the Labour Force Survey (LFS).Answering a parliamentary question made by PN MP Ivan Castillo, Finance Min...

One of Yorgen Fenech's lawyers has claimed that Yorgen Fenech's mobile phone was still broadcasting its location at a time when it should have been off and stored in a Faraday room by Europol.Lawyer Charles Mercieca claimed that metadata relatin...

102 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Wednesday.104 people meanwhile have recovered from the virus, meaning that the number of active cases currently stands at 1,387.1,029 swab tests were carried out in the last 24 hours, e...

Parliamentary discussions on IVF law amendments are set to begin today.In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne said that these amendments can be categorised in three parts.Firstly donations of oocytes, which are cells in a...

Former Nationalist Party leader Adrian Delia has said that he has not been approached to contest the 2024 European Parliament elections and added that it is something which he has never considered.Delia was reacting to a story carried by The Times of...

Parliamentary Speaker Anglu Farrugia said that the Public Accounts Committee needs a clear push to come to consensus on the list of witnesses summoned before any majority vote is to be taken.Last Thursday, the Public Account Committee took two hours ...

19 organisations were newly certified with the NCPE Equality Mark award by the National Commission for the Promotion of Equality (NCPE), whilst 37 organisations were re-certified for their commitment towards equality practices and policies in the wor...

We have been seeing more jellyfish in Malta’s waters lately because the sea’s temperature went down to 14.6 degrees in the first two weeks of March, said Director of the International Ocean Institute - Malta Training Centre Professor Alan...

43% of Maltese youths between the ages of 15 and 24 have knowingly accessed pirated content in the last 12 months, marking the highest percentage in the European Union for piracy, a survey revealed.The European Union Intellectual Property Office&rsqu...

A pilot project which will see a set of electric, self-driving buses take to Malta’s roads is awaiting funding from the European Union before beginning, Transport Minister Aaron Farrugia told Parliament some days ago.Farrugia was answering a Pa...

A deal on common charger for mobile phones has been agreed at the European Parliament. By autumn 2024, the common charger will become a reality for all small and medium-sized portable electronic devices. S&D Vice-president Alex Agius Saliba ...

Malta and Gozo have been invaded.  Invaded by the clutches of the pro-business mentality that today’s political class has fostered, and by the clutches of greed as more and more businesses and business owners do their best to make a quick ...

A motorcyclist was hospitalised early on Wednesday morning after he was involved in a traffic crash in Gozo.Police said that they were informed of the accident at 6:30am in Triq it-Tigrija in Xaghra, Gozo.Preliminary investigations showed that the cr...

Three children were among five persons to be injured in a traffic accident at Salini, limits of Naxxar, on Tuesday afternoon, the police said Wednesday.The accident took place in Salini Road at 1pm.It involved a Peugeot driven by a 28-year-old woman ...

It’s the inflation you’re not supposed to see.From toilet paper to yogurt and coffee to corn chips, manufacturers are quietly shrinking package sizes without lowering prices. It’s dubbed “shrinkflation,” and it’s a...

Russia drew closer to its goal of fully capturing Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland of coal mines and factories as the Kremlin claimed to have taken control of 97% of one of the two provinces that make up the Donbas region.Russian Defense Minist...

Ukraine’s military intelligence agency says Russia has so far turned over the bodies of 210 Ukrainian fighters killed in the battle for Mariupol. It says most of them were among the last holdouts in the Azovstal steelworks.The agency did not sp...

A man has died in Zejtun after he fell around two storeys while carrying out some maintenance inside a residence.The man has been named as Shawn Curmi, a father of two.  Curmi was a Psychiatric Nurse at Mount Carmel Hospital, and his social medi...

Wages in the catering industry are good, however Malta needs to add manpower to the catering industry by making the process to employ third-country nationals faster, Maltese chef Sean Gravina said.In a Facebook post, Gravina said that the main reason...

A deal has been struck to ensure that all minimum wage rates in Europe guarantee “decent living standards” for workers, the European Parliament announced.With a deal struck on Monday night, the European Parliament and Council negotiators ...

93 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Tuesday.98 people meanwhile have recovered from the virus, meaning that the number of active cases currently stands at 1,389.1,075 swab tests were carried out in the last 24 hours, equat...

Two people were hospitalised after a traffic accident involving a pick-up truck and a crane in Gozo on Tuesday morning.Police said in a statement that the accident happened at around 9am in Triq l-Imgarr in Xewkija, Gozo.Preliminary investigations on...

The European Union needs to step up its commitment when it comes to its islands. This was the main message by MEP Dr Josianne Cutajar in the plenary debate this week, an important week where a set of environmental laws known as the Fit for 55 were al...

Harry Kane’s late penalty earned England a 1-1 draw in Germany in their Nations League game on Tuesday, when Italy and Turkey registered wins.Kane slotted the equalizer from the spot in the 88th minute, though there was controversy over referee...

Russia has begun turning over the bodies of Ukrainian fighters killed at the Azovstal steelworks, the fortress-like plant in the destroyed city of Mariupol where their last-ditch stand became a symbol of resistance against Mo...

Nobody was injured when a small part of the Marsascala promenade appeared to give way on Tuesday morning.Pictures uploaded to Facebook by the locality’s mayor Mario Calleja showed that a chunk of pavement on the promenade had sunk downwards.Cal...

The Malta Independent on Sunday reported that Malta’s new Parliament, with a record-breaking total of 79 MPs, is costing the taxpayer at least €1,460,819.7 annually.  Some would argue that this is a lot, others would argue that i...

A theater in Ukraine’s capital has reopened for the first time since Russian forces invaded the country, and tickets sold out for Sunday's performance.Theater on Podil was the latest cultural institution in Kyiv to resume operations. Movie thea...

Debating time in Parliament should be more efficient and more changes must be made in order to enhance the female representative in Parliament, Speaker Anglu Farrugia said on Monday.He was speaking at the annual Sette Giugno commemoration in St Georg...

A court has been told that the Malta Gaming Authority's (MGA) former Chief Technical Officer Jason Farrugia had discussed the authority's affairs and joint business plans in WhatsApp chats with gaming consultant and former MGA employee Iosif Galea.Th...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a no-confidence vote on Monday, securing enough support from his Conservative Party to remain in office despite a rebellion that leaves him a weakened leader with an uncertain future.Known for his ability...

Former police commissioner John Rizzo has denied that he was in possession of information on a double murder that took place in Malta. In a Facebook comment, he also challenged Anna Mallia, one of the lawyers appearing for Yorgen Fenech, to divulge a...

Government needs to help reduce the red tape to employ foreigners in the short term to address the issue of a drastic shortage of human resources, the newly-elected president of the Association of Catering Establishments Michelle Muscat said.Answerin...

Valletta: Empire Pharmacy, 77, Old Theatre Street; Ħamrun: Darwin Pharmacy, 152, St Joseph High Road; Qormi: Evans Pharmacy, 96/98, St Sebastian Street; Birkirkara: Remedies Pharmacy, Tumas Fenech Street; ...

Three Romanians have been sentenced to four years and a half in prison each over ‘pickpocketing’ crimes. The three men, aged 54, 40, and 39, form part of a group of international organised crime ring of ‘pickpocketing.’&n...

There were over 115,000 admissions to Mater Dei Hospital’s accident and emergency (A&E) department in 2021, Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne told Parliament on Monday. He was replying to a parliamentary question by PN MP Ivan Bartolo. Fea...

Moviment Graffitti has written a letter to five ministers, demanding that they address the ‘theft’ of Comino’s Blue Lagoon.The letter was sent to Minister for Tourism Clayton Bartolo, Minister for the Environment, Energy and Enterpr...

Titleholder France failed to rebound from its opening defeat in the Nations League after it was held by Croatia to 1-1 on Monday.Midfielder Adrien Rabiot broke the deadlock after the break and substitute Andrej Kramarić equalized from the spot l...

The Nationalist Party has said that the proposed roofing over of the remains of the Royal Opera House in Valletta is not the solution which artists need.In a statement, signed by the PN’s arts and culture spokesperson Julie Zahra, the PN questi...

A sex worker has told a court that she was still living in fear for her life, as she testified in the compilation of evidence against hotel manager Roque Borg, 51, from St. Paul’s Bay, cab driver Sylvan Pace, 48, from Gharb, hotel room service ...

The number of people using public domestic violence services in Malta has increased by 1,000 people when compared to 2016.The 2021 Annual Report published by the Commission on Gender-Based Violence and Domestic Violence on Monday revealed that over 2...

The popular ‘Saving Our Blue’ marine protection campaign is returning to its fourth edition, as it continues to work towards raising awareness against marine pollution and supporting the importance of sustainable decisions, to further red...

When D-Day veterans set foot on the Normandy beaches and other World War II sites, they express a mix of joy and sadness. Joy at seeing the gratitude and friendliness of the French toward those who landed on June 6, 1944. Sadness as they think of the...

62 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Monday.60 people meanwhile have recovered from the virus, meaning that the number of active cases currently stands at 1,394.650 swab tests were carried out in the last 24 hours, equating...

A Serbian man was arrested on Sunday in connection with a fight which happened in Marsascala last February, which left a man with grievous injuries.The Serb – a 33-year-old – was arrested following joint investigations by the Bormla Distr...

A biker was critically injured on Sunday afternoon in a traffic accident in Mosta.The accident happened in Triq Ragusa at 6.30pm.The biker, a 24-year-old man of Mgarr, was riding a Herald Maverick which was involved in a collision with a Mercedes Ben...

12 beaches were awarded the blue flag award for this summer as Nature Trust tightened down on criteria. The criteria include water quality testing, rescue operation facilities, first aid service as well as aid for persons with disability.The beaches ...

Russia took aim Sunday at Western military supplies for Ukraine, launching airstrikes on Kyiv that it claimed destroyed tanks donated from abroad, as Vladimir Putin warned that any Western deliveries of longer-range rocket systems would prompt Moscow...

Everyone must do their part to ensure an efficient use of water. It is a simple message, yet one which is so very important for our country.Malta doesn’t have rivers, doesn’t have lakes, doesn’t have an excess of water with which we...

Almost €30,000 in Facebook advertising connected to the 2022 general election listed as being paid for by Bernard Grech was not declared in the Nationalist Party leader’s post-election financial declarations.The Party has insisted with The...

A third man was grievously injured after the fireworks explosion on Saturday.The explosion occurred on Saturday afternoon in a fireworks factory in the limits of Mosta.The police said on Saturday that 11 people were on site at the time of the blast. ...

Malta’s new Parliament, with a record-breaking total of 79 MPs, is costing the taxpayer at least €1,460,819.7 annually.   Through the gender quota mechanism, which was passed into law just over a year ago, 12 more women MPs were ...

The more optimistic were thinking of a 90 per cent plus endorsement for Bernard Grech as he sought confirmation of the Nationalist Party leadership.His detractors were hoping that the result would have been somewhere in the region of 70 per cent, whi...

Four persons were injured in a fight involving a Polish couple and two Syrians in Marsalforn on Sunday morning.The police said the incident occurred in Triq il-Port at 7.30am.It involved a Polish man, aged 25, a Polish woman, aged 29, and two Syrians...

In a crowning moment for her Platinum Jubilee, Queen Elizabeth II appeared at the balcony of Buckingham Palace Sunday, delighting fans who had hoped to catch a glimpse of her during the final day of festivities marking the monarch’s 70 years on...

Two second half goals gave Malta a precious win against San Marino.The match kicked off Malta’s commitments in the Nations League, League D, group 2.San Marino had also been beaten 2-0 by Estonia, the other team in the group.Malta got off to a ...

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his world record-extending 116th and 117th goals for Portugal on Sunday. Erling Haaland got his 17th and 18th at a faster rate for Norway. Gavi opened his Spain account at age 17.Ronaldo had gone five games and nearly nine mo...

Weeks of back spasms were not going to stop Gareth Bale's mission to lead Wales back to the World Cup.Try stopping the captain taking to the field when there is a 64-year drought to end.Try stopping a free kick from a forward who was once the world's...

Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said that he hasn't received any update from the police on investigations regarding a drone that had flown close by to his house in February, despite having filed a police report.Grech spoke on Sunday during an intervi...

If Malta continues to manage its groundwater within a comprehensive water management framework, then there is no risk of it reaching critical levels, but this also requires that every person does their part to ensure an efficient use of water, t...

66 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Sunday, as one more person passed away with the virus.This takes the total number of cases up to 95,210, with 92,699 recoveries. There are currently 1,392 active Covid-19 cases in the country.723 people have ...

The new IVF amendments discriminate against persons with disabilities, essentially saying that persons with disabilities ought to be discarded, chairperson of the Life Network Foundation Miriam Sciberras told The Malta Independent on Sunday.Governmen...

Rafael Nadal, a French Open champion for the 14th time at age 36, is, in obvious ways, different from Rafael Nadal, a French Open champion for the first time all the way back in 2005 at age 19.His hair is thinning on top. The chartreuse T-s...

Since the beginning of the war, how has your job description changed from a cardiac surgeon to a medical frontliner?After the Russians invaded our country, particularly in the Kharkiv region, my role changed completely. We moved from our planned pati...

A man and two women were taken to hospital after two traffic accidents took place Saturday evening.At around 6.30pm, the first accident occurred on Triq Villabate, Żabbar.The investigation revealed that a collision occurred between a DAF bowser,...