Nationalist MP Ivan Bartolo has said in a video that the amendments related to IVF were presented to the President of Malta a week ago, but up to this day, these amendments have not yet been signed into law.“Normally, once the laws are presente...

Din l-Art Ħelwa and the Coalition for Gozo (Din l-Art Ħelwa Għawdex, Għawdix and Wirt Għawdex) have decided to legally challenge in court the Planning Authority document named DC15, against the development of more floors than...

A heat wave broiling Europe spilled northward Monday to Britain and fueled ferocious wildfires in Spain and France, which evacuated thousands of people and scrambled water-bombing planes and firefighters to battle flames in tinder-dry fores...

Doctors are distancing themselves from potential consequences as an effect of the nurses’ industrial action, with their union arguing that they should not be held accountable if anything happened to patients between the time they are admitted t...

The CEO of BirdLife Malta has made it clear that the NGO is working towards holding a second referendum to abolish spring hunting. What is still not known is when this will be held.In an interview with The Malta Independent on Sunday, Mark Sultana sa...

A database of the invasive plant and animal species present in the Mediterranean area is being developed to counteract the loss of biodiversity and the degradation of ecosystem services and, at the same time, promote the restoration of sites. The tec...

The Head of the Maltese S&D Labour Party Delegation at the European Parliament Alfred Sant voted against a report to the parliament’s plenary on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the European Council to introdu...

The Constitutional Court has overturned a decision by a judge which had ordered the police to hand data extracted from Keith Schembri’s phones to Yorgen Fenech’s lawyers. The State Advocate had filed an appeal against the decision handed ...

With turtle nesting season well under way, volunteer Serena from Wildlife Rescue Malta spotted turtle tracks today at Ramla l-Hamra Gozo during the early morning checks on the beach.Currently, volunteers from Nature Trust, ERA and the Wildlife Rescue...

A dog in an advanced stage of decomposition was spotted floating out at sea near Ta’ Cenc area.The dog was apparently tied to a shipping basket.The Office of the Commissioner for Animal Welfare posted a video, taken Sunday, of a decomposing dog...

A road in Ghajnsielem, Gozo, has been closed to traffic after it partially collapsed.Photos uploaded by the local council on its Facebook page shows that a chunk of the road caved in, revealing what seems to be a sewer below.The incident took place i...

A court has heard how a young female passenger was subjected to an unwanted act of sexual intimacy on a packed bus last Saturday, when the man standing behind her sexually pleasured himself and ejaculated on her.Magistrate Gabriella Vella presided ov...

There is a rule of law deficit in public service broadcasting and broadcasting regulation, former law faculty dean Kevin Aquilina says in an opinion piece published in The Malta Independent, highlighting that this is now being flouted not only by the...

A man and a woman, both English, were injured in a traffic accident on Monday.The accident took place in Triq il-Wied, Iklin, at around noon, the police said.The couple were riding a Lexmoto motorcycle, which was being driven by the man, when they lo...

A Libyan man was granted bail after being charged with a string of thefts in Gozo but was held under arrest after he failed to pay his court guarantee.The man, 29, from Żebbuġ, was charged with having stolen two mobile phones, money, docume...

105 doctors have begun their employment with the public health sector after successfully completing their studies in medicine, the health ministry said.More new doctors are expected to join the group in the coming months, amounting to a total of 136 ...

The Environment and Resources Authority is in many cases a dog without teeth, and it does not have the same authority as the Planning Authority in Malta, CEO of BirdLife Malta Mark Sultana said. The Malta Independent spoke with Sultana (the first par...

Brent crude prices have pushed past $100 per barrel on Monday morning, rising more than 2.6% to $103.88, as traders digested the lack of progress in securing output hike pledges from Saudi Arabia over the weekend.The Guardian reports that US presiden...

There were 180 new Covid-19 cases reported to the authorities, with one more death recorded, statistics issued Monday show.The total number of cases has now reached 111,149, with 103,974 recoveries and 773 deaths.The number of active cases is now 6,0...

A 35-year-old woman from Tarxien was grievously injured on Monday in a traffic accident in Mellieha.The two-vehicle crash took place in Triq il-Mellieha at around 10:30am, the police said in a statement.One of the vehicles, a Peugeot Expert, was bein...

Eurostat recorded that in 2021, domestic material consumption of the EU economy went up by 4% following the pandemic in 2020. This means that in 2021 the domestic material consumption of the EU was around 14.1 tonnes per person, compared to 2020 whic...

Across Europe, signs of distress are multiplying as Russia’s war in Ukraine drags on. Food banks in Italy are feeding more people. German officials are turning down the air conditioning as they prepare plans to ration natural gas and&...

Research on a Phoenician-era shipwreck off Xlendi in Gozo can help us better understand our past, Professor Timmy Gambin told The Malta Independent.“Our research is important because nobody has excavated at the depth that we have excavated. To ...

Nationalist Party Secretary General Michael Piccinino has written to the Public Broadcasting Services and the Broadcasting Authority due to what the party described as discrimination during evening news readings and “confusion” when repor...

The police have issued a fresh call for assistance from the public in locating a teenaged girl who has been missing since June.Seventeen-year-old Doaa Kasem was reported missing on 16 June and has still not been found, the police said.Anyone with inf...

The documents and emails between government and the American University of Malta revealed on Sunday by this newsroom show precisely why this country needs a law on lobbying and a transparency register. In fact, it shows why most of the recommendation...

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck were wed Saturday in a late-night Las Vegas drive-through chapel, culminating a relationship that stretched over two decades in two separate romances and headlined countless tabloid covers.Lopez announced their marriage...

A man died after ending up on the rocks while attempting to dive into the sea, the police said.The accident took place in Tigne, Sliema, on Sunday at 3.30pm.The police said they were informed that a man was lying injured on the rocks after attempting...

A 31-year-old man from Gżira has been charged with assaulting and slightly injuring his parents at their home, where he had gone to demand money for drugs.The incident happened on Friday night and the unemployed man was arraigned, under arrest, ...

A total of 1,478,626 passengers travelled between Malta and Gozo on 10,338Trips during the second quarter of this year, statistics published by the NSO show.June was the busiest month, with 3,566 trips and 459,524 passengers carried. This amounted to...

Pleas were piling up Sunday in Italy aimed at persuading Premier Mario Draghi to stay in office instead of resigning as he tried to do last week after being let down by a populist coalition partner.Hundreds of mayors have signed an open letter. Union...

The candidates to become the next British prime minister burnished their right-wing credentials Sunday, as they looked to remain in the race to succeed Boris Johnson.Many of the five remaining hopefuls highlighted issues linked to Brexit and immigrat...

A number of side agreements which the Muscat administration had signed with the owners of the American University of Malta Sadeen Group shed new light on how the government rolled out the red carpet for the failing institution.The newly leaked docume...

A number of side agreements which the Muscat administration had signed with the owners of the American University of Malta Sadeen Group shed new light on how the government rolled out the red carpet for the failing institution.The newly leaked docume...

A number of side agreements which the Muscat administration had signed with the owners of the American University of Malta Sadeen Group shed new light on how the government rolled out the red carpet for the failing institution.The newly leaked docume...

A number of side agreements which the Muscat administration had signed with the owners of the American University of Malta Sadeen Group shed new light on how the government rolled out the red carpet for the failing institution.The newly leaked docume...

A motorcyclist was grievously injured on Sunday morning after he was involved in a collision with a car whose driver sped off.The accident happened on the St Paul’s Bay by-pass at 11.15am on Sunday.The biker, a man from Nepal, aged 38 and resid...

Another referendum on spring hunting, like the 2015 one, is definitely still on the table, but it will not be happening in the very near future, CEO of BirdLife Malta Mark Sultana said. Celebrating Birdlife Malta’s 60th anniversary since its fo...

The weather plays a huge part in our lives, as it influences what we have to wear, what we carry with us and, for many, also their mood.So getting precise information on what one is to expect is vital, especially for people who like to plan.The Met O...

Russian missiles hit industrial facilities at a strategic city in southern Ukraine Sunday as a funeral was held for a 4-year-old girl killed in an earlier deadly strike elsewhere in the country.Liza, who had Down syndrome, was en route to see a speec...

Nuclear technologies are playing a pivotal role in protecting and preserving Malta’s cultural heritage, the manager of Heritage Malta’s Diagnostic Science Laboratories, Matthew Grima said.The International Atomic Energy Agency, (IAEA) an ...

Robert Abela has for long been trying to distance himself from Joseph Muscat.He does not do it openly, and would never admit it if he were to be asked, but the decisions he has taken send the message that he is his own man. Or at least tries to be.Ju...

An elderly man was injured when he fell while walking on the rocks in Qarraba Bay, Mgarr, on Sunday morning.The accident happened at 11.15am, the police said.The man, aged 66, resident of Sliema, was taken to hospital with injuries.

I think it's gonna be a long, long time until we see another songwriter and performer like Elton John.Wrapping up a 50-plus year career with a farewell tour, the British pianist and vocalist has created some of the most memorable and enduring music i...

224 more Covid-19 were identified by the health authorities on Sunday.No patient deaths were recorded, while 498 patients recovered.The number of active cases currently stands at 6,311.Total cases so far amount to 110,967, while recoveries amount to ...

President of Malta George Vella unveiled a monument in honour of the elderly who lost their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as for the resilient character of the elderly in this difficult period for each and every one of us.Pres...

A woman was grievously injured on Saturday after she was hit by a motorcycle in Burmarrad.The accident took place at around 2:45pm, the police said.The woman, who is from St Paul’s Bay, was hit by a Yamaha bike that was being driven by a 31-yea...

The Mdina Carmelite Priory has announced that the the procession and celebrations that were scheduled to take place in the piazza of St Paul’s Cathedral are cancelled due to the lack of volunteers who usually help in setting up the preparations...

Why was it important for the University of Malta to extend the collaboration with APS Bank for the APS Summer Festival for another year?At UM we believe in serving students, scholars and society sustainably. We consider such synergies with private en...

The British government held an emergency response meeting Saturday to plan for record high temperatures next week after weather authorities issued their first-ever “red” warning for extreme heat.The alert covers large parts of England on ...

Areas cleaned up by volunteers end up covered in empty beer cans, discarded food and a million other items just days after the original exercise, says a member of a newly set up organisation which aims to take care of public areas.It is the most frus...

The man who was found dead in a field in Birzebbuga last Thursday is still to be identified, with the police saying that further tests are needed.The body of a man in an advanced stage of decomposition was found in a field near Ghar Dalam, in Birzebb...

Four more Covid-19 patients have died, health authorities said Saturday.This is the highest number of deaths in a single day since 21 June, when five people had died.The number of victims has now risen to 772.On Saturday, the health authorities repor...

A third man has been arraigned in connection with a string of thefts that occurred in Marsalforn.On Tuesday, two men were charged with carrying out two armed robberies in Marsalforn over the past weekend.Police said that the men – a 42-year-old...

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On Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 July the public is invited to attend an open weekend at the Archbishop’s Curia in Floriana also known as ‘Casa Manresa.’Details on the event were announced this morning during a news conference addressed...

The Labour Party’s media chief said he did not form part of the decision to stop the radio programme presented by former PL president Manwel Cuschieri.In a post on Facebook, Jason Micallef said that it is not true that he has been asked to leav...

The Malta Police Union has published a set of photographs which, it said in a statement, shows the “sub-standard” environment officers working at the St Julian’s police station have to endure.“As the Police Week comes to an en...

A man whose identity is still unknown was critically injured on Friday when he was trapped in machinery while at the workplace in Valletta.The police said the accident took place at 4.45pm in Zurrieq Road.Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit is leading ...

It was, on the face of it, good news to see that Malta had implemented a European directive which means that fathers will be receiving 10 days paid leave on the birth of their child – rather than the single day that they have been allowed till ...

Appointments such as those of the Ombudsman and the Commissioner for Standards in Public Life should not be used for political horse-trading, ADPD Chairperson Carmel Cacopardo said Saturday.It is about time that our institutions are safeguarded in pr...

Italy entered into days of political and financial uncertainty Friday as political leaders calculated their options and Premier Mario Draghi weighed his after populist ally the 5-Star Movement sparked a crisis by withholding support on a go...

A top contender to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson accused opponents of “mudslinging” as the Conservative Party leadership contest ended a bruising first week on Friday with five candidates remainingPenny ...

The British government said Friday that everyone 50 or over will be offered a fourth dose of coronavirus vaccine in the fall, lowering the age threshold from the previously announced 65.The Department of Health said it had accepted advice from the U....

A court has been told that although the man accused of the murder of Polish student Paulina Dembska had told the police that the devil had “given him a plan” requiring two more murders, he had only started mentioning supernatural forces w...

A body in an advanced stage of decomposition was found in a field near Ghar Dalam, in Birzebbuga, on Thursday afternoon.The discovery was made at around 6.30pm, the police said. The Zejtun police received an anonymous tip that a man was dead beneath ...

Business magnate Charles Polidano, known as ic-Caqnu, today furnished the police with documentation to rebut any suggestion that he or his son Gordon engaged in improper conduct in his dealings with Malta Freeport Terminals, a statement issued on beh...

You have recently been elected chair of the Malta Bankers’ Association for the coming term, what do you hope to achieve during your tenure?They are very challenging times. An economy recovering from the pandemic, war on the doorstep of Europe w...

The European Commission on Friday decided to refer Greece, Malta and Slovakia to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to provide and operate data link services for all operators of appropriately eq...

The Environment Resources Authority Board has approved the final assessment on the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and the Appropriate Assessment (AA) for the redevelopment of the hotel and bungalows at San Niklaw Bay and Santa Marija Bay, in C...

The health authorities said Friday that 310 new Covid-19 cases were officially registered, while no new deaths were recorded.The number of cases registered in Malta since the pandemic broke in March 2020 is 110,501, of whom 102,409 have recovered.The...

A special weekly session for Prime Minister’s questions is among a number of proposals put forward by the Nationalist Party to improve Parliament’s work.This proposal has been inspired by a similar procedure in the British Parliament.PN d...

In 2020, there was a 28.6% rise (€582.8 million) in the country’s social outlay, figures released by the National Statistics Office show. The increase was mainly a result of the Covid-19 benefits and schemes introduced by the government du...

Italian Premier Mario Draghi offered to step down Thursday after a populist coalition partner refused to vote for a key bill in Parliament, but the nation's president quickly rebuffed him, leaving one of Western Europe's main leaders at the helm for ...

A recommendation put forward by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) would see the Speaker replaced by a retired judge on Parliament’s standards committee, while the group would be bolstered by four non-MPs. The rec...

Ivana Trump, a skier-turned-businesswoman who formed half of a publicity power couple in the 1980s as the first wife of former President Donald Trump and mother of his oldest children, has died in New York City, her family announced Thursday. She was...

There is no substantiated evidence of corruption by former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, his lawyers have told a delegation of MEPs which looked into the state of rule of law in Malta.The lawyers objected to remarks made by MEPs on Wednesday wherein ...

The UK government’s long-awaited White Paper on gambling reform, which is expected to be published in the coming weeks, is likely to be watered down according to The Times, but the reported changes will still have far-reaching implications, pri...

A judge has slammed the "winner takes all" election mentality displayed by both political parties as he ruled that Malta’s public broadcaster PBS had breached the Constitution by failing to impartially report on a matter of political controvers...

The €1,500 damages awarded to the Nationalist Party will not reverse the harm caused to the party, PN leader Bernard Grech said on Thursday.The PN leader was speaking at a press conference after Malta’s public broadcaster PBS was foun...

Alex Perici Calascione has formally submitted his nomination for the post of Nationalist Party Deputy Leader.The party said in a statement that Perici Calascione submitted his nomination to the party’s Electoral Commissioner Peter Fenech, there...

Jesper Kristiansen, the third man accused of the August 2020 murders of Christian Pandolfino and Ivor Maciejowski, has now been indicted, clearing the way for him to stand trial.The two victims were shot dead at their home in Locker Street, Sliema on...

Conservative Party lawmakers in Britain on Thursday knocked one of the six remaining contenders out of the contest to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as front-runner Rishi Sunak worked to stave off momentum from surprise challenger Penny Mordau...

Lecturers of Maltese, English and mathematics have expressed their concern at the lowering of entry requirements for the Junior College as announced by the University earlier this year.The University Senate, in a meeting held on January 20, 2022 decr...

Hamrun and Gzira made it through to the next round of the Conference League on Thursday, winning their respective games, while Floriana were eliminated from the same competition.The following are the reports of the matches. Hamrun score four goa...

The Attorney General has filed an appeal to the decision to decline an extradition request issued in the name of a Maltese man who is wanted for prosecution in Italy on organised crime and drug smuggling charges.In December 2021, Italian police had i...

280 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Wednesday, as two more patients died while positive for the virus.584 recoveries from the virus were reported, taking the number of active cases down to 7,255.The Health Ministry has, s...

A spate of wildfires is scorching parts of Europe, with firefighters battling blazes in Portugal, Spain, Croatia and southern France on Wednesday amid an unusual heat wave that authorities are linking to climate change.In Portugal, Civil Protection c...

A teenager was injured on Wednesday evening when he was hit by a car in Qormi, the police said.The accident took place in Manwel Dimech Street at 10.30pm.The boy, aged 16, of Qormi, was hit by a Toyota Vitz driven by a 71-year-old man, also resident ...

Russian missiles that struck a city in central Ukraine killed 17 people and wounding about 90 more Thursday, Ukrainian authorities said. The country's president called the attack "an open act of terrorism" against civilians in locations without milit...

A worker was injured in the hand when he was using a chaser tool on a construction site on Wednesday, the police said.The accident took place in a farmhouse in Sqaq il-Kalkara, Dingli, at 1.30pm.The worker, a 67-year-old man of Dingli, was taken to h...

A former politician with a penchant for fireworks, Godfrey Farrugia, has told us that the fact that no people were seriously injured when a fireworks factory exploded in June shows that the health and safety regulations that were introduced in 2014 a...

Daphne Caruana Galizia was becoming “irrelevant” at the time she was killed, according to Joseph Muscat.The former Prime Minister was being interviewed by Reuters journalist Stephen Grey as part of his new podcast ‘Who Killed Daphne...

Two candidates were knocked out of the race to replace U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday, leaving six lawmakers battling to lead a Conservative Party — and a country — hoping to move on from months of scandal and di...

In Malta, while increased resources have been allocated to investigation and prosecution overall, investigations into high-level corruption cases remain lengthy, the European Commission said in its annual report on the rule of law.Journalists also co...

Cardinal Mario Grech was among 14 people – including three women – appointed by Pope Francis to serve as members of the Vatican office that vets bishop nominations.The set of appointments – besides being significant for Grech &ndash...

A new survey has ranked Malta as one of the worst places for expats to live and work in, with the country placing in the bottom 10 overall and in almost every metric out of 52 countries.The survey, called The Expat Insider 2022, is published annually...

Prime Minister Robert Abela is still refusing to consult the Opposition on the appointment of a new Ombudsman and Standards Commissioner, PN Leader Bernard Grech said on Wednesday. Speaking during a radio interview, Grech said that finding replacemen...

Ivan Falzon has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Infrastructure Malta within the Ministry for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects.Falzon was the CEO of the Water Services Corporation and occupied previous leadership roles in...