Six organisations active in support of workers’ rights, parental rights and equality between women and men, have sent a letter to the General Workers Union (GWU) and UHM Voice of the Workers to express their great disappointment at the role the...

A team of astronomers has developed an innovative method that will allow them to ‘see’ through the fog of the early universe and detect light from the first stars and galaxies.The University of Cambridge, in collaboration with Maltese ast...

Italy is headed for an early election after its president accepted Premier Mario Draghi's resignation Thursday and decided there was no possibility for cobbling together another government following the rapid collapse of the ruling coalition.The demi...

The traditional horse racing event in honour of the St Margaret feast in ta’ Sannat  will go ahead as planned despite it not being endorsed by the Office of the Commissioner for Animal Welfare. Conversely, the horse race event was endorsed...

A man who allegedly stole from church donation boxes has been arrested and is expected to be charged on Friday, the police said.The 25-year-old, from Imsida, was arrested by district and community police.He allegedly broke into and stole money from d...

Joseph Muscat’s administration has plagued us with many different problems, from corruption at the highest levels of government, to damage to our international reputation, to a series of top appointments that have failed, and keep failing miser...

The two candidates vying to become Britain’s next prime minister began a head-to-head battle Thursday for the votes of Conservative Party members who will choose the country’s new leader.Former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak is promising...

A man was injured after he lost control of the vehicle he was driving and crashed into barriers in Burmarrad on Thursday evening, the police said.The accident happened at around 8.30pm when the driver, aged 47 of St Paul’s Bay, lost control of ...

 Talks on collective agreements for better working conditions for members of the police force are in the pipeline, Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri said Thursday.Answering media questions during a press conference on a collective agreement ...

Prime Minister Robert Abela said Thursday he wants to see the courts working in a more efficient manner and in a friendlier way with their clients, which are the people. Interviewed on One Radio, Abela spoke about the reforms carried out in the justi...

A Valletta man has been remanded in custody in connection with a hit and run incident yesterday in Marsa, during which the police fired warning shots.Inspectors Lydon Zammit, Stephen Gulia and Rodrick Spiteri charged Keith Cremona, 34, from Valletta,...

Prime Minister Robert Abela continues to shift the blame regarding the high cost of living problem which is now affecting people of all walks of society, Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said Thursday.Speaking in an interview on NET FM, Grech spoke ab...

The delay in the signing of the IVF law has put Malta “at the unfortunate situation where the Constitution ends up serving the President not the President serving the Constitution,” the former dean of the Faculty of Laws at the University...

President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus as new variants challenge the nation's efforts to resume normalcy after two and a half years of pandemic disruptions.White House...

Velez Mostar-Hamrun Spartans 0-1 The excellent run of Hamrun Spartans in the UEFA Conference League kept going yesterday as they defeated Velez Mostar of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-0 to gain a commanding lead over their opponents going into the se...

Gzira-Radnicki 2-2A stoppage time goal scored by Gakou denied a spirited Gzira side from a prestigious victory in the UEFA Conference League match yesterday at Ta’ Qali.Gzira were heading for this victory after a great comeback early in the sec...

The health authorities reported 204 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, with two more patients dying.Figures released show that the total number of cases registered in Malta is now 111,833, of whom 105,872 recovered.The total number of deaths is now 780,...

Health Minister Chris Fearne on Thursday said that the government is working to increase more staff at Mater Dei Hospital.This week, 100 new doctors were employed, and in the coming weeks around 140 nurses will also be recruited, he said when replyin...

Italian Premier Mario Draghi resigned Thursday after key coalition allies boycotted a confidence vote, signaling the likelihood of an early election and a renewed period of uncertainty for Italy and Europe at a critical time.Draghi tendered his resig...

A worker was grievously injured on Wednesday afternoon after the wooden plank he was standing on gave way, with the result that the man fell one storey.The police said that the accident took place in a construction site in Triq Xaghman, Sannt, at 5pm...

Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar welcomes the Planning Authority’s refusal to legitimise the abusive encroachment of the Cucina Pulita kiosk at the Sliema Strand promenade. The original abusive permit to place tables and chairs there was g...

Libya resumed oil exports Wednesday, ending a hiatus that lasted months.The resumption came after the country restarted production at oil fields following the firing of the chairman of the state-run oil corporation by one of the country&rsq...

A collective agreement for the improvement of working conditions for 130 LESA officers was signed on Thursday morning. The agreement was signed on Thursday, having only come after LESA officials resorted to industrial action to get their way.During a...

In February 2022, registered full-time employment increased by 5.3 per cent while part-time employment as a primary job increased by 5.7 per cent when compared to the corresponding month in 2021, the NSO said Thursday.Registered EmploymentFebruary 20...

Photos that were sent to the media by the Malta Police Union last week show the St Julian’s station in a state of utmost disrepair.The police station in that locality – one of the busiest, since it has to deal with a sizeable percentage o...

The Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture is investing half a million euros to provide 80 port pillars of water and electricity for registered fishermen.This news was announced by the Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries, Agriculture and Animal Ri...

€1.7 million have been invested in the Gozo Cottage factory, located in the Gozitano complex in Xewkija, in order to strengthen its operation, the government said in a statement.Minister for Gozo Clint Camilleri and Parliamentary Secretary for E...

A Somali man has been charged with raping a man and a woman in two incidents that took place close to each other in Hamrun on Tuesday. The victims were both elderly Maltese nationals.  21-year-old Abdul Yousef Abib was charged with having raped ...

The number of care order requests received by child protection authorities has doubled since 2020, and the number is still on the increase, the government said on Wednesday.Speaking at a press conference marking two years since the child protection l...

Thirteen businesses on Wednesday held a joint press conference to announce the setting up of the Malta ESG Alliance (MESGA).“Looking after the planet is not negotiable,” they said in their introduction. During the press conference, MESGA ...

A 34-year-old man of Valletta this morning was arrested after a dramatic car chase from Qormi to Paola during which an off-duty officer who was riding a motorbike was hit, the police said.The man, who was wanted by the police for a number of criminal...

Britain's Conservative Party chose former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss — a fiscal moderate and a low-tax crusader — as the two finalists in an election to replace departing Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The r...

The government will be submitting a planning application for an airfield in Gozo in the coming weeks, as the consultation period on the project concluded on Wednesday.This was announced by Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri, who said that the Regional Imp...

Italian Premier Mario Draghi won a confidence vote Wednesday in the Senate, but it was a hollow victory after three of his key coalition allies boycotted the voting, virtually dooming any prospects for his unity government's survival.The vote Wednesd...

An elderly woman was seriously injured on Wednesday morning while going for a swim at Bahar ic-Caghaq.The police said the woman, aged 83, from San Giljan, slipped as she was entering the water and hit against the rocks.She was given first assistance ...

219 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Wednesday, as another patient died while positive for the virus.649 recoveries from the virus were reported, taking the number of active cases down to 5,228.The Health Ministry has, sin...

The European Union’s head office on Wednesday proposed that member states cut their gas use by 15% over the coming months to ensure that any full Russian cutoff of natural gas supplies to the bloc will not fundamentally disrupt industries next ...

NEPTUNES VIDEOSLOTS... 10SIRENS MECCA MARINE.... 9(3-3), (2-2), (3-1), (2-3) Champions Neptunes Videoslots kept their perfect record in the BOV Premier League just two games before the start of the play-offs and just three days before the direct...

Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa together with Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri are the people who should be held responsible for all accidents which happen as a result of inaction when it comes to improving police officers’ working conditi...

The Malta Police Union has published images showing the state of the Valletta Police station, saying that the station is yet another which is “not an adequate working space” for officers.Sometimes called an "open-air museum", Valletta was...

Public sector Emergency Ambulance responders will benefit from better working conditions and more training as part of a new sectoral agreement signed between the Ministry of Health and the UĦM – Voice of the Workers.The agreement aims to o...

Heritage Malta is offering the public an opportunity to get as close as possible to the inaccessible islet of Filfla, while listening to several fascinating anecdotes recounted by John J. Borg, Senior Curator for Natural History, who has been studyin...

Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered Tuesday amid a heat wave that has seared swaths of Europe, as the U.K.'s national weather forecaster said such highs are now a fact of life in a country ill-prepared for such e...

Italian Premier Mario Draghi said Wednesday the spontaneous shows of popular support for his government were “unprecedented and impossible to ignore,” as he weighed appeals to rescind his resignation, offered after a coalition partner tri...

Ursula von der Leyen last week announced a deal with Azerbaijan’s autocratic leader Ilham Aliyev to double the amount of natural gas which Azerbaijan produces and sends to Europe by 2027 – a deal which comes as the bloc searches for new p...

Russian missiles struck cities and villages in eastern and southern Ukraine, hitting homes, a school and a community center on Tuesday as Russian President Vladimir Putin won strong support support from Iran for his country's military opera...

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...

Nationalist Party MEP David Casa has said that the deal struck between Malta to Azerbaijan in 2014 is vastly different to that which the EU has struck with the autocratic nation this week. When asked for his reaction on the partnership signed be...

"Take it easy on me," said internationally known Maltese artist Shaun Farrugia in the run-up to his first ever live performance, which will be at Tuesday’s Isle of MTV. Farrugia who recently catapulted to fame after working with Dutch DJ a...

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...

There were 261 new Covid-19 cases reported to the authorities, with four more patient deaths recorded, statistics issued Tuesday show.The total number of cases has now reached 111,410.There were 604 recoveries, for a total of 104,578 so far.777 peopl...

As the European Commission looks to the southern gas corridor to ensure a constant gas supply to Europe, President Ursula Von Der Leyen signed a Memorandum of Understanding on an energy partnership with Azerbaijan.The deal signed means that Azerbaija...

The fractious race to replace Boris Johnson as Britain’s prime minister entered an unpredictable endgame Tuesday as three candidates for Conservative Party leader were left battling for the two spots in a run-off vote.Kemi Badenoch, a previousl...

Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered Tuesday amid a heat wave that has seized swaths of Europe — and the national weather forecaster predicted it would get hotter still in a country ill prepared for such extremes...

The legal notice of the Work-Life Balance Directive which was announced by Parliamentary Secretary for Social Dialogue Andy Ellul regarding the new amendments to the paternal and parental leaves was done in a rushed manner, and government opted to of...

Hibernians          3Levadia Tallinn   2Hibernians: I. Kone, Z. Grech, L. Bravo, R. Soares, F. Apap, D. Vella, J. Grech (A. Attard 77’), A. Diakite, G. Artiles, J. Degabriele (G. ...

SLIEMA FRANK SALT.......... 16BIRŻEBBUĠA FREEPORT...... 5(4-1), (4-1), (3-3), (5-0) Sliema Frank Salt made it easy for themselves as their fifth win of the league was never in doubt. Birżebbuġa couldn’t catch up with th...

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...

Malta registered the lowest annual inflation rate in the EU last June, but increased by 0.3 percentage points from last May, according to Eurostat data. Eurostat said in a statement that the euro area annual inflation rate was 8.6% in June 2022,...

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 citizenship test helps to assess an individual's knowledge of the country they are applying for citizenship in. The test is used in the UK, Canada, and Australia as part of the citizenship application process. The Citizenship Test is not the only...

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 ...

The Valletta Cultural Agency has launched its cultural programme for the period starting from July till December 2022. The programme includes new productions and collaborations with the involvement of several artists, which m...

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...

The St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation announced Tuesday that it has been recognised by Tripadvisor as the overall ‘2022 Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best’ award winner and is listed on the Top 25 Attractions in Europe.In a ye...

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 ...