Infrastructure Malta said Saturday that it obtained €21.8 million in European funds for its road projects at Luqa and Kirkop.The agency announced on Facebook that this week the European Commission DG Mobility and Transport awarded Infrastructure...

A man was critically injured on Saturday morning when he fell off a ladder, the police said.The accident took place in a residence in Cameron Street, Gzira, at 8.30am.The man, aged 74, and resident in Gzira, fell off a ladder.He was taken to hospital...

At a tourism conference in Phuket last month, Thailand’s prime minister looked out at attendees and posed a question with a predictable answer.“Are you ready?” Prayuth Chan-ocha asked, dramatically removing his mask and launching wh...

The World Health Organization's Europe chief warned Friday that monkeypox cases in the region have tripled in the last two weeks and urged countries to do more to ensure the previously rare disease does not become entrenched on the continent.And Afri...

Starting in January, Venice will oblige day-trippers to make reservations and pay a fee to visit the historic lagoon city, in a bid to better manage visitors who often far outnumber residents in the historic center, clogging narrow streets and heavil...

#occupyjustice activists symbolically left a bunch of suitcases outside the Attorney General’s office with the message “Ippakkja u Itlaq!” (Pack your Bags and Go!).Buttigieg has been under fire after a series of errors, with th...

The Police Force has published new images of missing Karmenu Fino, as a search for the elderly man continues.The new images include one (above) of what Fino was wearing when he was last seen.Fino was reported missing on Tuesday, and it later emerged ...

Charles Polidano known as ic-Caqnu was arrested on Friday morning for questioning over suspected money laundering and corruption, Times of Malta reports. Polidano, 62, was arrested at his home by officers from the police’s Financial Crime ...

Nobody was injured as an explosion rocked the Bahar ic-Caghaq caravan site on Friday afternoon.Police told The Malta Independent that they received reports of a blast at around 1:15pm – a blast which was subsequently followed by a fire.Three st...

Inflation in countries using the euro set another eye-watering record, pushed higher by a huge increase in energy costs fueled partly by Russia’s war in Ukraine.Annual inflation in the eurozone's 19 countries hit 8.6% in June, su...

Trustin Farrugia Cann is no longer the CEO at Infrastructure Malta, having only held the position for just over a month.Farrugia Cann said in a Facebook post on Friday that while he appreciated the faith shown in him to serve as the head of Malta&rsq...

A man has been reported missing to the police.He is Salvu Bonnici, aged 70, and a resident in Gudja.Anyone with information is asked to call 21 224001 / 119, or report to the nearest police station.

Land at Smart City with a value of €63 million will be given to Sadeen Group for €15,000 instead of Zonqor land, the Nationalist Party said.Speaking at a press conference, PN MPs Darren Carabott and Rebekah Cilia said that the land for the ...

The election of Joseph Muscat to head the Premier League clubs association is just an excuse to push for the commercialisation of the football stadia premises, independent candidate Arnold Cassola suggested.This corresponds to Joseph Muscat's point 2...

704 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Friday, as three patients died while positive for the virus.It is the highest number of cases reported since 7 April this year, when 731 cases of the virus were reported.266 recoveries ...

Lassana Cisse’s remains have finally been repatriated to his home country, the Ivory Coast, some three years after he was killed in a drive-by shooting.Foreign Affairs Minister Ian Borg announced the news on Twitter, stating: “Informed th...

A man is in danger of dying after he suffered burns while he was carrying out maintenance work on a boat.Police said that the accident happened at around 11am in Triq San Pawl Kuntent in Rabat.Preliminary investigations on site showed that a 36-year-...

MEP Josianne Cutajar has demanded that the European Commission takes action concerning various recent challenges in the air travel industry. The MEP noted that the situation that has developed during the last few weeks, with an increasing number of p...

Russian missile attacks on residential areas in a coastal town near the Ukrainian port city of Odesa early Friday killed at least 19 people, authorities reported, a day after Russian forces withdrew from a strategic Black Sea island.Video of the pre-...

Disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for using his fame to sexually abuse young fans, including some who were just children, in a systematic scheme that went on for decades.Through tears and anger, severa...

Due to the current situation affecting ground service capabilities in Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Air Malta said Friday it has been compelled to transfer six flights scheduled to operate between Malta and Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS), to instead ...

Over four years have passed since the start of a turbulent political period that ended with the resignation of a prime minister and several key government officials, yet none of the many officials linked to crime and corruption have been arraigned in...

Former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has been appointed as the chairman of an association representing Malta's professional football clubs, even though half of the Presidents of Malta’s professional football clubs did not vote in his favour.The ...

Health Minister Chris Fearne has asked for a review of Malta’s laws after the case of an American woman who faced pregnancy complications but was denied an abortion in Malta made international headlines.Answering questions from the media about ...

539 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Thursday, as one patient died while positive for the virus.265 recoveries from the virus were reported, taking the number of active cases up to 6,231.1,871 swab tests were carried out i...

The prosecution's failure to exhibit complete documentation regarding a European Arrest Warrant has led to the collapse of extradition proceedings against a man wanted by Italian authorities in connection with an large-scale Ndrangheta drug traf...

The Malta Independent’s newsroom is undergoing a process of renewal, with Stephen Calleja taking over as the new Editor-in-Chief. Calleja takes over from Neil Camilleri, who has served in the role for the past three years. Camilleri has decided...

The Civic Amenity Site in Ħal Far will welcome second-hand items, thanks to an investment done by WasteServ to open its first Reuse Centre.At this reuse centre, the public will be able to get used items that are still in good condition through a...

A man has been hospitalised after a suspected medical issue led to his truck crashing into a service room, police have told The Malta Independent.The accident happened at around 1:30pm at the mouth of the Regional Road tunnels in St. Julian’s l...

A report detailing the work of the Positive Parenting Taskforce over the last three years has been launched by the Ministry for Social Politics and Children’s Rights Michael Falzon. The taskforce was created in 2019 with the aim of creatin...

A survey by the Malta Union of Teachers found that 85.1% of respondents conduct extra voluntary duties at the workplace, with 62.2% carrying them out because they want to give more to their clients, students and/or parents. 54.7% have experienced an ...

The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses said the incident of a man who went missing from St Vincent de Paul home for the elderly confirms what the union has been saying for months – that the shortage of nurses is jeopardising the safety of patie...

Health Minister Chris Fearne acknowledged an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases but “we are living a normal life without endangering public health.”Answering questions from the media, Fearne said that although the number of active c...

The lone survivor of a team of Islamic State extremists who terrorized Paris in 2015 was convicted Wednesday of murder and other charges and sentenced to life in prison without parole for the deadliest peacetime attacks in French history.The spe...

Residents of low-lying coastal areas like St Julian’s, Qawra and Marsascala this morning experienced a natural phenomenon that saw seawater rising to higher-than-usual levels.  St Julian’s resident Frances Grech posted the video...

A flimsy rubber boat collapsed and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya’s coast, leaving at least 30 people including women and children missing and feared dead, an international charity said Wednesday.Officials said meanwhile they found the...

Students who finished the Real Estate Training Award Course provided by JobsPlus last November are still waiting for the scheme’s promised 75% refund after six months. Several students who contacted the Malta Independent have expressed frustrat...

With life having returned to normal, children back in schools, workplaces repopulated and the nightlife returning to our villages, the desire to move on from the pandemic is irresistible to all. As the ambers of society are reignited, it may seem bar...

A man and a woman were injured when the bike they were on was involved in a collision with a car in Luqa on Wednesday evening.The accident happened in Luqa Road, at 9pm.It involved a Peugeot Kisbee and a Mazda Demio.On the bike were a German 26-year-...

Russian forces battled Wednesday to surround the Ukrainian military’s last stronghold in a long-contested eastern province, as shock reverberated from a Russian airstrike on a shopping mall that killed at least 18 in the center of the...

A girl who had been reported missing to the police last week has been found safe and sound, the police said.Sharona Grima, aged 12, had been reported missing on 22 June. She had last been seen in the Xaghra area.The police thanked the public for thei...

An internal investigation has been launched after an elderly man went missing from St Vincent de Paul residence, the government said.Earlier, the police said 83-year-old Karmenu Fino had gone missing. He was last seen in Luqa on Tuesday afternoon.In ...

Health authorities found another 570 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, according to data published online.The number of active cases now stands at 5,958.The total number of cases since the start of the pandemic has climbed to 102,593. Total recover...

A 45-year-old man was remanded in custody after being charged in court with corrupting his niece, who is a minor, and for subjecting her to physical intimacy.The prosecution explained that the report to the Police against the uncle was made by the mi...

NATO declared Russia the “most significant and direct threat” to its members’ peace and security on Wednesday and vowed to strengthen support for Ukraine, even as that country's leader chided the alliance for not doing mor...

Nobody likes to be summoned to a hospital appointment, but at least a sharp-eyed client broke into a smile when going through a letter he received from Mater Dei.Our Constitution says that Maltese and English are both official languages, and governme...

EU expert and PN spokesperson Peter Agius has called out the Labour Party for its failure to protect the national interest in Europe when it comes to the new air travel rules, arguing that Malta will face significantly higher costs in air travel if t...

Immigration and border control will remain a priority for the European Court of Auditors, Malta’s representative on the court, Leo Brincat, said Wednesday.Brincat, responsible for the ECA’s principal audits on the subjects, was speaking d...

During a meeting of EU environment ministers which lasted close to 17 hours, Malta “fought long and hard to achieve a better deal under the Fit-for-55 package,” the environment ministry said.On Tuesday, EU environment ministers met in Lux...

The Life Network Foundation Malta and the Malta Unborn Child Platform said that no international treaty recognizes the right to abortion as a fundamental right, adding that the law has an obligation to protect those who have no voice.In a statement, ...

Woman grievously injured after being hit by carA woman was grievously injured on Tuesday evening after she was hit by a car, the police said.The police said that the woman was hit by a Mazda which was parked, but which suddenly rolled forward.The wom...

The government has committed €140,000 through an agreement with the University of Malta for continued studies on an underwater Punic wreck off the coast of Xlendi.The agreement was signed by Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri and university Rector Al...

A skateboarder was grievously injured following a collision with a vehicle, the police said.The accident took place in Mgr Mikiel Azzopardi Street, Siggiewi, at 10pm.The skateboarder, a 15-year-old boy of Siggiewi, was involved in a collision with a ...

Last week the government announced that University Professor Frank Bezzina had been named as Acting President, a role he will fill each time President George Vella is abroad.Over the past few days, Bezzina took over the position for the first time as...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia on Tuesday of becoming “a terrorist” state carrying out “daily terrorist acts” and urged Russia’s expulsion from the United Nations.In a virtual address to the...

Turkey agreed Tuesday to lift its opposition to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, ending an impasse that had clouded a leaders’ summit opening in Madrid amid Europe’s worst security crisis in decades, triggered by the war in Ukraine.After ...

A court has ordered that some €96 million held at Bank of Valletta by the heirs of one of Muammar Gaddafi’s sons are returned to the Libyan state. The case was filed six years ago by the Libyan Attorney General. The money belonged to Mutas...

Keith Schembri and Yorgen Fenech are among five to be charged over a phantom job given to Melvin Theuma, according to reports published on Tuesday.Nationalist party media arm NET News reported that Schembri and Fenech – along with former OPM cu...

Leaders of the world’s biggest developed economies said Tuesday they would explore far-reaching steps to cap Russia's income from oil sales that are financing its invasion of Ukraine and struck a united stance to support Kyiv for “as long...

Housing prices have doubled since 2013, a study published by Grant Thorton and Dhalia on Malta’s property showed Tuesday. The findings show that between the first half of 2013 (2013H1) and the first half of 2022 (2022H1) house prices increased ...

The tract of land in Zonqor near Marsascala should never have been taken from the public and given to the American University of Malta by the Labour government, the Nationalist Party said in a statement.The statement came in response to the governmen...

On 22 June 2022, the European Court of Justice (the “ECJ”) responded to a request for preliminary ruling from the Provincial Court of Léon in Spain (the “Provincial Court”). The Provincial Court’s request emanated...

A body has been recovered from the sea in Qawra, police told The Malta Independent on Tuesday.The body was first spotted on the seabed by divers near the Qawra Point area, and police were advised at around 10:15am.The body was recovered by a dive tea...

The Malta Union for Midwives and Nurses (MUMN) said Tuesday that the St Vincent De Paul (SVP) elderly care home is set to lose 200 beds due to nurse shortages. MUMN President Paul Pace told the media that although SVP has received a lot of investment...

570 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Tuesday, as the number of active cases continued to rise further.155 recoveries from the virus were reported, taking the number of active cases up to 5,622.1,972 swab tests were carried...

Colonel Clinton O’Neill has been appointed as the new Commander of the Armed Forces of Malta, with Colonel Edric Zahra being appointed as Deputy Commander.The news was announced by the Home Affairs Ministry, with the appointment being made form...

A motorcyclist was hospitalised after he was involved in a traffic accident in Gozo on Tuesday afternoon.The accident took place at 1:45pm in Triq San Anard in Rabat, Gozo.Police said that an accident occurred between a Citroen Berlingo being driven ...

The European Commission has found a €12 million Maltese aid measure in favour of the owner and operator of Malta International Airport plc to be in line with EU state aid rules, the Commission said in a statement. This measure aims at compensati...

Ghost nets recovered from Heritage Malta’s submerged sites have been upcycled into bracelets and keychains, thanks to a collaboration between the German company Bracenet and Heritage Malta’s Underwater Cultural Heritage Unit (UCHU). In 20...

Russian long-range bombers struck a crowded shopping mall in Ukraine's central city of Kremenchuk with a missile on Monday, raising fears of what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called an “unimaginable” number of victims in “one of th...

A man was grievously injured early Tuesday morning after he fell off a balcony in Msida, the police said.The accident took place in De Brocktorff Street at 1.15am.The man, aged 35 from Eritrea, fell one storey, the police said.He was taken to hospita...

Last week, President George Vella presided over the ceremony in which 12 people “graduated” after completing a residential therapeutic programme to overcome drug addiction. The programme was run by Caritas.It is an event that is held once...

Forty-six people were found dead after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer on a remote back road in San Antonio in what marked the latest tragedy to claim the lives of migrants smuggled across the border from Mexico to the U.S. Sixteen people were h...

18 ministers, former ministers and former Parliamentary Secretaries have been found in breach of ethics by Standards Commissioner George Hyzler for making improper use of public funds to pay for advertisements of a political nature in a supplement on...

Both the operators of the Malta to Gozo fast ferry have said that the service is “absolutely not financially viable” and said that government intervention will be needed for it to be feasible.Representatives of the two operators of the fa...

The extension of the music curfew in Valletta to 1am is compromising zoning policy, the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association said.In a statement, the MHRA said it has been engaged in consultation with the Ministry of Tourism about a new law conce...

Malta welcomed the outcome of the Energy Council where EU energy ministers voted on proposals to revise the Renewable Energy Directive and the Energy Efficiency Directive.Malta, represented by Minister for the Environment, Energy and Enterprise&...

Justice Minister Jonathan Attard struck a cautious tone in Parliament when asked to comment on the Attorney General’s blunder in a case concerning bribery charges against Yorgen Fenech.Attard said that special care had to be given on how one sp...

Yorgen Fenech’s lawyers have been cleared of trying to bribe a journalist after the magistrate responsible for the case said that the Attorney General’s office had failed to specify the relevant type of bribery.The judgement was delivered...

The number of active Covid-19 cases has again climbed above 5,000 after 417 new patients were registered, figures released by the health authorities show.It is the first time since 23 April that Malta has more than 5,000 cases.At present, the number ...

The police received 12,548 reports of domestic violence between 2013 and May of this year, Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri told Parliament on Monday.He was replying to a parliamentary question by Nationalist MP Karol Aquilina.Between January an...

A total of 13,015 over speeding contraventions were issued between the period of June 2021 and May 2022 in the Coast Road area in Naxxar, Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri revealed.PN MP Claudette Buttigieg made a parliamentary question to Camill...

On the second day of his State Visit to Qatar, President George Vella held official talks with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the Diwani Palace in Doha.The meeting started with a confirmation on both sides of their commitment t...

In 2021, Infrastructure Malta received 126 claims for vehicle damages caused by deficiencies on Maltese roads, both arterial and local, totalling to a compensation of just under €12,000, with 43 of the claims being justified, information tabled ...

The Malta Business Registry has published its Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ending 31st December of 2021, which show a significant increase in inspections and screening of applications.In 2021 the Registry Unit registered 215,92...

The police are not being proactive enough in the areas of Paceville and St Julian’s, St Julian’s mayor Albert Buttigieg said in a letter sent to Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa’.Buttigieg expressed his concern towards several brawls...

The Institute of Maltese Journalists (IGM) has called on the Attorney General Victoria Buhagiar to shoulder responsibility for her office’s blunder in a bribery case on Monday.Yorgen Fenech’s lawyers were cleared of trying to bribe a jour...

The Police has renewed a call for information about a man who was last seen on 5 March, and has been reported missing since that time.Jonathan Baldacchino, who is 36 years old and lives in Sliema, was reported missing to Police in three months ago.Po...

A judicial protest seeking change to abortion laws in Malta was presented today in court, signed by 135 doctors.A statement issued by one of the signatories, Professor Isabel Stabile, said that last week, Malta failed Andrea Prudente (above), a US ci...

Doctors signing the judicial protest that calls for changes to Malta's abortion laws had no access to the document before signing, Doctors for Life said in a statement.A judicial protest seeking change to abortion laws in Malta was presented today in...

NGO Repubblika has again called for the resignation or removal of Attorney General Victoria Buttigieg.It is unacceptable that “a court finds that two lawyers tried to bribe a journalist… but cannot be found guilty” because of a mis...

European Union countries agreed Monday that all natural gas storage in the 27-nation bloc should be topped up to at least 80% capacity for next winter as they prepare for the possibility of Russia further reducing deliveries.The EU is trying to ...

A motorcyclist was injured and hospitalised following a traffic crash in Swieqi on Monday morning.Police said that the accident occurred at 8:30am in Triq Zejni in Swieqi.Preliminary investigations by district police showed that the accident was betw...

The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra has launched the Malta Summer Festival, under the artistic direction of Óliver Díaz, as it seeks to present opera innovatively, bolstering the genre’s visibility, particularly with new audiences.Th...

Delays caused by added bureaucracy following Brexit and other international situations such as the war in Ukraine are leading to shortage of medicines, with pharmacies scrambling to offer replacements so as not to keep their clients without the items...

One of the consistent buzzwords we’ve heard when it comes to the tourism industry – particularly in the Covid-19 recovery era – is ‘quality tourism’, and that Malta itself needs to attract “quality” tourists....

Paul Zahra has been appointed as the new Permanent Secretary with the Ministry for Finance and Employment.Zahra replaces Alfred Camilleri, who has retired.Camilleri served in the post since 2006 in a career which spanned multiple government administr...

One thing is certain: the effects of Russia’s invasion in Ukraine will leave a generation of people in tatters, trying to make sense of what is left until the day they die. This feeling was felt by The Malta Independent’s journalists...

Two people have been hospitalised after they were involved in a traffic accident between three vehicles on Sunday.Police said that the traffic accident occurred on Sunday at around 7:30pm in Vjal ir-Rihan in San Gwann.Preliminary investigations showe...

Leaders of the Group of Seven economic powers are set to commit themselves to the long haul in supporting Ukraine as they meet in the German Alps and confer by video link with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.The G-7 leaders will begin Monday'...