A woman is in critical condition after losing control of the e-scooter she was riding and crashing, the police said.The accident took place in St George’s Road, St Julian’s, on Friday at 3.45am.The woman, aged 27, a Turkish resident in Sl...

The European Union agreed Thursday to put Ukraine on a path toward EU membership, acting with uncharacteristic speed and unity to pull the embattled country further away from Russia’s influence and bind it more closely to the West.Meeting at a ...

We have been told that the police and wardens issued 4,702 fines related to e-scooters in 2021.One third of the contraventions, 1,491, were for causing an obstruction of inconvenience to the public, another 1,291 were for parking on the pavement, whi...

Andrea Fuentes prevented a tragedy at the swimming world championships with her quick reaction.The United States coach knew something was wrong when she saw artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez sink motionless to the bottom of the pool during a solo free r...

Forty-five years ago, Air Malta operated its first flight to Switzerland. The flight, KM121, operated with a Boeing 707, took off from the then Luqa Airport with destination Zurich on the 3rd of April 1977. To celebrate this milestone, Air Malta with...

Simonds Farsons Cisk plc’s 75th annual general meeting was held remotely from the Group’s latest investment, the regeneration of the old Brewhouse, which is nearing completion to open its doors to the public during this year. This investm...

 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a double blow as voters rejected his Conservative Party in two special elections dominated by questions about his leadership and ethics.The party's chairman quit after the results early Friday,...

A pregnant American woman who suffered an incomplete miscarriage while vacationing in Malta will be airlifted to a Spanish island on Thursday for a procedure to prevent infection because Maltese law prohibits abortion under any circumstances, the wom...

Nicholas Camilleri had been reported missing since Friday when police said that he had been found dead in Ghajn Tuffieha on Tuesday.Little explanation was given, with the police simply saying that no foul play was suspected in Camilleri’s death...

The government announed that Professor Frank Bezzina will be serving as acting president when President George Vella is away.The appointment was made according to Article 49 of the Constitution.Bezzina is Pro-Rector of the Univeristy of Malta, and is...

The Council of Europe has called for a “comprehensive and holistic reform” of Malta’s democratic institutions and its system of checks and balances, saying that this is something which is urgently needed.The recommendation was part ...

High Covid-19 case numbers persisted for a third day, as health authorities said that there were 543 new cases of the virus found on Thursday.Furthermore, two people have died while positive for the virus.179 recoveries from the virus were reported, ...

VisitMalta will sponsor five Maltese football clubs which will be playing in UEFA European competitions in the coming months, with a sum of €10,000 being handed to each club.The clubs in question are last season’s league winners Hibernians...

Authorities have advised bathers not to swim at Fond Għadir in Sliema due to a sewage overflow.The Environmental Health Directorate within the Superintendence of Public Health notified on Thursday that as a precaution and until further notice, b...

The police said that they had solved a spate of thefts which had been happening at bays in Birzebbuga over the past few weeks.In a statement, the police said that two people – a 44-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman – had been arrested ...

Nicholas Camilleri died because his family’s voices were not heard and the system failed him, Richmond Foundation said on Thursday.Camilleri was found dead earlier this week, days after he went missing. His family told The Malta Independent tha...

An American woman who was left fearing for her life after her request to abort her pregnancy after a suspected miscarriage was refused by health authorities will be airlifted to Spain where the procedure will be carried out.Lawyer Lara Dimitrijevic c...

A man died after falling one storey soon after being involved in an attempted burglary from a Qawra establishment on Thursday, the police said.Police were informed of the incident in Qawra Road at 4.30am.Officers who went on site discovered that the ...

 European Union leaders on Thursday are set to make Ukraine a candidate for joining the 27-nation bloc, a first step in a long and unpredictable journey toward full membership that could take many years to navigate.Making Ukraine a con...

As part of the Bank’s strategy to continue to improve the customer experience in its branch network, a Priority Service is being introduced for customers who are at least 60 years of age, on presentation of their Identity Card.This service will...

The system of social benefits for the self-employed has led to several discussions on whether they are viable for the Maltese self-employed, as well as a discussion on adopting new systems following examples of other countries. The Malta Federation o...

An elderly man was grievously injured after he was hit by a car in Gzira on Wednesday evening, the police said.The accident happened in Gzira Road at 7.15pm.The man, and Englishman resident of Ta’ Xbiex, was hit by a Nissan Qashqai driven by a ...

A biker was grievously injured in a collision with another vehicle in Birkirkara early on Thursday morning, the police said.The accident happened in Naxxar Road at 12.15am.The biker, a 57-year0old man of Attard, was riding a Yamaha which was involved...

A new surveillance unit at the pitkalija open market has been inaugurated by Agriculture Minister Anton Refalo and Malta Food Agency CEO Brian Vella.Refalo said that this new unit is the first of its kind within the industry, adding that this new mea...

European Union leaders will seek to offer support this week to six Western Balkan countries that have long been knocking at the bloc's doors, and now see the war in Ukraine raging not far from their borders amid fears Russia could turn its sights on ...

A woman who was refused an abortion by Mater Dei Hospital after suffering a miscarriage has called on Malta to end its “barbaric” laws that are preventing doctors from ending an “unviable pregnancy” that is threatening her lif...

A kiss on the cheek and a hug between two cousins in a courtroom created a whirlwind of controversy in the past days.It all happened when newly-elected MP Janice Chetcuti and her cousin Melhino Mercieca exchanged what the Chamber of Advocates later d...

Video conferences, online orders, and similar practices are all part of the new reality in Malta and around the world. The integration of these habits into our everyday lives has improved many aspects of society. But, they also present a new set of c...

High Covid-19 case numbers continued, as health authorities said that there were 523 new cases of the virus found on Wednesday.Furthermore, one person has died while positive for the virus.98 recoveries from the virus were reported, taking the number...

The Malta Financial Services Authority said today it has pursued a strategic vision that builds upon and supports the sustainable growth and resilience of the financial services sector in Malta.In its Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2021, ...

There have been more Covid-19 related deaths in less than six months of 2022 than the whole of 2021, statistics issued by the health department show.Between 1 January 2022 and today, 259 patients have died with Covid-19.In the whole of 2021, 258 pati...

Two resolutions and other documentation related to the agreement between the American University of Malta and SmartCity Malta have been tabled before Parliament’s National Audit Office Accounts Committee.This means that, in less than 100 days o...

A 62-year-old man was seriously injured in an accident that took place inside a construction site in GHaxaq on Wednesday.The accident took place in a site in Trejqet ir-Rummiena, at around 12:45pm, the police said.The casualty, who is from Kirkop, fe...

There were around three working age adults for every person over the age of 65 in 2020, according to the latest regional statistics published by the National Statistics Office. The highest old-age dependency ratio was recorded in the Southern Ha...

The Maltese courts have rejected the final pre-trial appeal filed by the two men accused of carrying out Daphne Caruana Galizia's assassination, clearing the way for a jury trial.The trial is unlikely to happen before next September.Brothers Alfred a...

A motorcyclist was grievously injured in a traffic accident in Gzira on Wednesday morning.The police said the accident took place in Mikiel Anton Vassalli Road, at 7.30am.The biker, a 30-year-old man of San Gwann, was riding a Lexmoto Valiant 125 whi...

74% of Maltese people said that they are not ready to face a rise in food prices following actions and sanctions taken by the European Union against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Special Eurobarometer of the European Parliament Spring 2022 ...

The European Parliament has overwhelmingly voted in favour of the Social Climate Fund, a multi-billion euro fund that was negotiated jointly by EPP MEPs David Casa and Esther de Lange.Casa will now lead negotiations alongside de Lange, on behalf of t...

A powerful earthquake struck a rural, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing 1,000 people and injuring 1,500 more in one of the deadliest quakes in decades, the state-run news agency reported. Officials warned that the alr...

A new Malta tourism Authority office is going to be opened in Poland, Tourism minister Clayton Bartolo told Parliament on Wednesday.Bartolo was answering a parliamentary question by PL MP Randolph Debattista.The minister said that this new office wil...

Jurors at a civil trial found Tuesday that Bill Cosby sexually abused a 16-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion in 1975.The Los Angeles County jury delivered the verdict in favor of Judy Huth, who is now 64, and awarded her $500,000. She sa...

The third edition of the APS Summer Festival will take place at the University of Malta campus quadrangle between 20 and 31 July 2022.Under the artistic direction of Annalisa Schembri and in celebration of diversity and the magic of live entertainmen...

A teenager suffered grievous injured after she was caught on a metal grate of a private residence in Fgura on Tuesday, the police said.The accident happened in Triq is-Sur at 9pm.The police said that the girl, aged 13, slipped and was caught on the g...

A man was seriously injured in a fight in Gozo on Tuesday, the police said.In a statement, the police said that at 10.30pm it was informed by the Gozo General Hospital that a 46-year-old man of Ghasri had been taken to hospital for treatment to serio...

The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) issued fines totalling €12.4 million in 2021, its annual report shows.The report was published on Tuesday, with Director Kenneth Farrugia highlighting the work done to implement the Moneyval recomm...

A man who had been encouraged to invest his savings in Ryan Schembri's business told the court how he fainted and collapsed when learning that Ryan Schembri had fled the island."I cried when he fled. I fainted and collapsed in shock,” Joe Difes...

Maltese sport cannot be associated with Joseph Muscat, independent candidate Arnold Cassola has said after reports emerged that the former Prime Minister was being mooted as a candidate to head the Malta Professional Football Clubs Association.The ne...

 The low-cost airline Ryanair in collaboration with the Maltese government has announced a €20 million investment towards a maintenance and repairs facility on the island.CEO of Ryanair Eddie Wilson addressed a press conference on Tuesday, ...

Last week Malta received the news that it had been taken off the grey list by the Financial Action Task Force.One year after becoming the first European Union nation to be included among the countries which needed more monitoring because of its defic...

Labour MPs on Tuesday blocked a move by the PN to have Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa testify before the Public Accounts Committee on the Electrogas power station.Gafa was among a laundry list of witnesses which Nationalist Party MPs wish to summon ...

The police and LESA issued a total of 4,702 contraventions in relation to e-scooters during 2021, Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri said in Parliament on Tuesday.Camilleri was replying to a parliamentary question filed by PN MP Graziella Attard P...

The submission period for the prequalification questionnaire for the Waste-to-Energy plant closed on Tuesday morning, with 11 economic operators putting forward their respective bids, WasteServ said in a statement. WasteServ CEO Richard Bilocca welco...

There has been a major spike in the number of Covid-19 cases reported, as health authorities said that there were 488 new cases of the virus found on Tuesday.Furthermore, five people have died while they were positive for the virus.It is the highest ...

A Chinese tour operator is hoping to combine Malta into a Mediterranean tour package which will result in thousands of tourists from the Chinese market coming to the country.Duma Wang, the chairman of the Hiseas International Tourism Group, told The ...

The Director of the Contracts Department must exercise his statutory role as guardian of public producrement rules and vet Government practices to limit direct orders which are discouriging  competition and forcing honest enterpreneurs out of bu...

A Bill which adds the concept of femicide to Malta’s legal structure as an aggravating offence to a homicide has been unanimously approved by ParliamentThe Bill was approved on Monday at the Third Reading stage, meaning that it now only require...

A 65-year-old motorcyclist was grievously injured on Tuesday in a traffic accident that took place in St Paul’s Bay.The accident took place on Triq Burmarrad, at around 11:30am, the police said.The casualty, who is from Mosta, was riding a Hond...

Former Armed Forces of Malta Commander Maurice Calleja has passed away. He was 87 years old.Calleja was born in Msida and studied at St Edward’s College and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, UK.He served with RMA regiments between 1954 and...

A ramp supposedly built for wheelchairs users outside a housing complex in Rabat has already been adorned with one fatal flaw: it was built with an electricity pole in the middle of it.The images of the blocked ramp were shared to social media by ind...

A variation of €457,360 to a government contract that was originally for €1.04 million was granted by the Department of Contracts in September 2021.The contract had originally been for €1,043,930 (excluding VAT) and was for the supply,...

In its judgement, decided on the 23 March 2022, in the names of Adrian Muscat vs. Matthew Agius, the Court of Appeal in its inferior jurisdiction (the "Court of Appeal"), delivered by Judge Lawrence Mintoff, considered a case on libel and defamation ...

The world watched as Prince William grew from a towheaded schoolboy to a dashing air-sea rescue pilot to a balding father of three.But as he turns 40 on Tuesday, William is making the biggest change yet: assuming an increasingly central role&nbs...

Russia’s military kept grinding down Ukraine’s defenses Monday, with combat in eastern areas said to be entering a “decisive” phase, as the war’s consequences for food and fuel supplies incr...

A motorcyclist was grievously injured on Monday evening when he lost control of the bike he was riding and fell, the police said.The accident happened in Mqabba at 8pm.The biker, a 39-year-old from Birkirkara fell off the Honda bike which careened in...

The man who was reported missing to the police last week has been found dead in a room at Ghajn Tuffieha, the police said.The man, Nicholas Camilleri, 55, of Birkirkara was found dead on Monday at 8.30pm.The police said that no foul play is suspected...

Speaker Anglu Farrugia washed his hands on whether the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) should summon Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa to testify before it on the Electrogas power station deal, leaving the matter in the hands of the committee – w...

The Housing Authority has confiscated a total of 392 keys to social housing after investigations of alleged abuse on cases between 2017 till the end of 2021.Minister for Social and Affordable Accommodation Roderick Galdes addressed a press conference...

The CEO of the Gozo Business Chamber Daniel Borg has hit out at the development of what he described as being almost a monopoly by the two operators of the Gozo fast ferry service after they reached an agreement to operate an identical timetable whic...

There are a number of Maltese and Gozitans with very big hearts.We always hear of stories about extraordinary people doing what they can to help others. Whether it is some great feat of physical endurance, like a marathon run or swim in aid of a char...

 A new sectoral agreement has been signed between the government and two categories of workers: phlebotomists and decontamination & sterilisation technicians.The signature was between the Health Ministry and the Malta Union of Midwives &...

Health Minister Chris Fearne announced that the health authorities will be sending out new immunization dates next week for people aged 65 and over who missed their first appointment for the second booster dose.This announcement comes after the rise ...

233 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Monday.72 people meanwhile have recovered from the virus, meaning that the number of active cases currently stands at 2,881.1,273 swab tests were carried out in the last 24 hours, equat...

A number of Sliema residents are considering taking legal action against a particular venue due to the excessive noise it generates every summer, in the hope of seeing more enforcement by the authorities. It is no news that excessive noise from a num...

Summer is set to start with a bang as temperatures are set to rise steadily in the coming days to reach their peak at the weekend.The first day of summer, Tuesday, will start with 31 degrees Celsius but will go up to 33 degrees on Wednesday and 35 on...

Respondents to a Eurobarometer survey in Malta are amongst the most positive about development aid. More than nine in ten (95%) think it is important to partner with countries outside the EU to reduce poverty around the world. This is an increase of ...

Just over 1,000 people from Ukraine have benefitted from temporary protection in Malta, with 76% being women, according to the National Statistics Office (NSO).On 4 March, the European Union activated the Temporary Protection Directive (2001/55/EC) i...

Three Gozitans - Mark Cremona, Aaron Cini and Antonella Zammit - are a week into their ten-day volunteering trip in Slovakia, helping Ukrainian children orphaned due to the on-going war in Ukraine. Cremona, Cini and Zammit are volunteering with the S...

During the first quarter of 2022, Malta registered a current account deficit of €17 million, the National Statistics Office said.This deficit was primarily the result of negative net balances recorded in the goods account (€469.5 million), ...

National Lottery plc. a subsidiary of the IZI Group and the new operator of the National Lottery of Malta, in a joint statement with the representatives of the national lottery agents, announced that it has concluded an agency agreement that will reg...

A man whose identity is still unknown, and a 35-year old motorcyclist were both grievously injured in separate accidents in Fgura on Monday. The first accident, which happened at around 7:15am in Triq Hompesch in Fgura, involved a traffic accide...

A man is in danger of dying after he suffered injuries from a construction site fall on Monday morning.Police said that they were informed that their assistance was needed at 7am in a construction site in Triq Nardo Sacco in Zurrieq.Preliminary inves...

One photograph shows a kneeling soldier kissing a child inside a subway station, where Ukraine families shelter from Russian airstrikes. In another, an infant and a woman who appears on the brink of tears look out from a departing train car as a man ...

The Nationalist Party is going to have a challenging road ahead.Having just lost an election by a massive landslide margin, being €32 million in debt, seeing just one person submit their nomination for deputy leadership… it’s going ...

Greek authorities said Sunday they have rescued 108 migrants from a sailboat that was found rudderless and leaking water in the Aegean Sea in near gale force winds.The rescued migrants — 63 men, 24 women and 21 children — have t...

A biker was taken to the Gozo general hospital with grievous injuries after a traffic accident in Rabat Road, Zebbug, Gozo on Sunday evening,The biker, a 31-year-old man from Qala, was riding a Kymco MXU which was involved in a collision with a Toyot...

A plan is being worked on that aims to see the Nationalist Party’s media company, Media.Link, operationally break even in 14 months, PN secretary general Michael Piccinino told The Malta Independent on Sunday.Opposition Leader Bernard Grech had...

Malta’s environmental laws could be the perfect case example for the European Union, but they are not implemented, Nature Trust president Vince Attard said in an interview with The Malta Independent on Sunday.“I always say that in Malta w...

What activists of the Graffitti movement did a few days ago in Comino earned admiration and support from many, and quite surprisingly, led to action being taken.Members of the group turned up at Blue Lagoon yesterday week to remove deckchairs that ha...

A total of 27 Maltese children have been adopted over the last decade, new data emerging in Parliament earlier this month shows.Nationalist Party MP Paula Mifsud Bonnici asked the Minister for Active Aging Jo Etienne Abela, whose ministry is also res...

315 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Sunday, as the number of cases continues to rise.Currently there are 2,720 active cases of the virus in the country.Since the start of the pandemic, Malta has had 97,872 cases of Covid-19, with 94,026 recover...

A group for widows and widowers to grieve together, share experiences and help each other start a new life has been in operation for the last 25 years.Now, its chairperson has come up with the idea of a book which seeks to help men and women who have...

The Malta Independent met with Ukrainian Deputy Speaker Oleksander Kornienko who opened up about the current situation in Ukraine, international aid, the Russian threat and the possibility of any future relations with Russia were discussed.The curren...

Max Verstappen maintained his hold on the Formula One championship fight by holding off a late challenge from Carlos Sainz Jr. to earn his sixth win of the season in a fairly easy Sunday drive in the Canadian Grand Prix.Verstappen won from the pole a...

Tourism operators must ensure that they do not negatively impact the residential communities amongst which they operate, Chairperson of ADPD Carmel Cacopardo has said."In a small community like ours, this is a basic and integral requirement in order ...

Minister Ian Borg received "the best Father's Day gift" when his daughter went along with his wife to visit him in hospital in London.Posting a touching image on Facebook, Borg, who is recovering from knee surgery, said he is working to get back on h...

Many times editorials tend to focus on negative aspects.They are used by newspapers to highlight shortcomings, put politicians on the spot, criticise decisions taken, and demand that corrective action is taken when things go wrong.Few are the occasio...

The Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe, together with its Member the Cana Movement, have come out against some of the amendments being proposed to the Embryo Protection Act, backing a position paper that said the amendments 'undermi...

Malta should place more focus on event and culture-based tourism which can be attracted on a year-round basis, rather than focusing on mass tourism, a Hungarian MEP who works specifically in tourism told The Malta Independent on Sunday in an intervie...

A woman was grievously injured after crashing her car into two parked vehicles on Vjal De Paule, Balzan.The accident occurred at 1.30am. An Audi A1 being driven by a 31-year-old woman from Birkirkara crashed with two parked vehicles and toppled over ...