Two reporters who work with the Labour Party’s media arm ONE TV have each received €9,750 in the form of direct orders from the government, The Malta Independent can reveal.Samuel Lucas and Trischia Falzon received €9,750 each in dire...

Pope Francis issued a historic apology Monday for the Catholic Church’s cooperation with Canada’s “catastrophic” policy of Indigenous residential schools, saying the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society...

European Union nations struggled Monday to find common ground on how to wean the bloc off its reliance on Russian natural gas, seeking to appease wary, stressed consumers at home while upholding unity as Moscow turns down the tap.Russian Preside...

We have said it before, and we will say it again: Attorney General Victoria Buttigieg is out of her depth and must go, now. In the latest of a long serious of failures by the office she leads (as well as by the police), it emerged yesterday that a fo...

Just over 27% of Nationalist Party councillors have voted at the end of the second early session of voting for the election of the party’s deputy leader.On Saturday, 10.5% had voted. This moved up to 27.1% in the second round of early voting he...

Two police officers have appeared in court on Monday morning charged over a man’s death whilst in police custody at the police’s Floriana headquarters.28-year-old Stacy Gatt from Żebbuġ and Karl Nikolai Vella Cassia, 35, from Ra...

A former Pilatus Bank official was allowed to leave the country despite being subject to an arrest warrant due to inaction from both the Attorney General and the police, Repubblika claimed on Monday morning.Repubblika President Robert Aquilina filed ...

The roads agency said Monday that the current phase of works that caused widespread traffic will be completed by the end of the week and the entire project will be finished before 11 August.Roadworks being carried out on the main carriageway between ...

A 28-year-old Sudanese man has been charged over the fatal stabbing of man in Marsa on Sunday.Al Mahy Ezzo Saeed, from Darfur, pleaded not guilty to homicide on Monday afternoon. Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit remanded him in custody.The court hea...

Ugandans protesting the rapidly rising cost of living barricaded streets in the eastern city of Jinja, a major center on the busy highway to the country's border with Kenya.Police tried to remove molten tires from the middle of the road, according to...

It is the taxpayer who is paying for the Vitals Global Healthcare scandal, as millions of the public’s money have been stolen, the PN said on Monday in reaction to the latest story exposing dealings around the hospitals deal.The PN’s stat...

The health authorities reported 78 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, with one patient having passed away while positive for the virus.Figures released show that the total number of cases registered in Malta is now 112,295 of whom 107,765 recovered.The to...

The magistrate presiding over what can only be described as the seemingly never-ending compilation of evidence against former Pilatus Bank Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) Claude Anne Sant Fournier, has lambasted prosecutors for failing to e...

Technical faults in the linear accelerators of the Sir Anthony Mamo Oncology Hospital, which developed over the weekend, led to the temporary suspension of the radiotherapy service at the Mater Dei Hospital. In a press statement published on Mon...

Next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will be staged in Britain, organizers announced Monday, after concluding it is too risky to hold the much-beloved pop extravaganza in the designated host country, Ukraine.The U.K. said the 2023 event would be...

Labour MP Rosianne Cutajar has been appointed as a board member of the Council for Children, according to an announcement published in the Government Gazette.The Council, which falls under the ministerial remit of Minister for Social Policy and Child...

Russia's top diplomat said Moscow’s overarching goal is to topple the government of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, making Russian war aims more explicit as its forces keep pummelling Ukraine with artillery barrages and air strikes.The...

Roadworks being carried out on the main carriageway between Pieta and Floriana led to traffic chaos on Monday morning for many motorists passing through the centre of the country.Parts of the northbound carriageway of Triq L-Indipendenza between Piet...

Attorney General Victoria Buttigieg is complicit in covering up the Pilatus Bank scandal, and she must shoulder responsibility and resign, the PN said in a statement on Monday.PN Spokesperson for Justice Karol Aquilina said that the Nationalist Party...

PN MEP David Casa has criticised the government for “sticking to the bare minimum” in its implementation of the EU’s Work-Life Balance directive in an opinion piece penned in The Malta Independent.Casa was the European Parliament&rs...

Two people were killed and at least five others were injured after gunfire erupted Sunday at a Los Angeles park where a car show was being held.The LA Police Department said the shooting occurred around 3:50 p.m. at Peck Park in LA's San Pedro neighb...

The National Statistics Office has published figures showing that 137,338 cruise passengers visited Malta in the second quarter of 2022, an encouraging recovery for an industry which was brought to an absolute standstill due to the Covid-19 pandemic....

There are many things which serve as kind of constants in the Maltese news cycle.  One of those, sadly, is accidents at construction sites.Week after week we receive press releases from the police telling us of an accident – generally a fa...

A body of a man was recovered from the sea at Qawra on Sunday afternoon, the police said.The body was noticed at around 5.30pm.In a statement on Monday morning, the police identified the man as an 81-year-old who lives in St. Paul's Bay, saying that ...

Pope Francis began a historic visit to Canada on Sunday to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses by missionaries at residential schools, a key step in the Catholic Church’s efforts to reconcile with Native communities and help them heal fr...

A year has passed since the damning public inquiry into the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia was published.The report, published on 29 July 2021, found that the State was guilty of creating and sustaining a culture of impunity which ultimately led to...

Repubblika President Robert Aquilina said he was less than impressed with the government's work since the publication of the Daphne Public Inquiry report a year ago.Aquilina was contacted for comment on his views on the implementation of the board&rs...

A fire broke out on a boat off Qawra point on Sunday, with the four people who were on it being rescued.The Civil Protection Department officers and the Armed forces were alerted after the alarm was raised at around noon.The four people on the boat w...

More than €400,000 is being spent by the government every day in taking care of the elderly, with services ranging from providing homes to offering services that keep the older members of our society within the community, Jo Etienne Abela, minis...

Italian vessels have recovered five bodies and rescued 674 people packed on a fishing boat adrift in the Mediterranean off the Libyan coast, the Italian Coast Guard said Sunday, while European charities reported saving more than 500 more.Some of the ...

Hefty increases in the price of everyday essential products is pushing many consumers to cut their spending on non-essential items, which is leading to a drop in sales, the Chamber of Small and Medium Enterprises said.The Chamber was asked for its vi...

The health authorities reported 128 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday.Figures released show that the total number of cases registered in Malta is now 112,217 of whom 107,323 recovered.The total number of deaths is now 785, while the number of active cases...

Infrastructure Malta has failed to complete upgrading work in Marfa Road before the summer months as previously planned, with the remaining part of the project to resume after the hot season ends. The disruption is leading to chaotic situations now t...

Double red flags in swimming zones should never be ignored as there could be dangerous unseen sea currents, Emergency Response and Rescue Corps head of operations Adrian Axiak told The Malta Independent on Sunday.World Drowning Prevention Day is comm...

Alan Montanaro is arguably Malta funniest current actor. His lankiness and often clumsy coordination make him a perfect choice for certain roles. Alan has done it all in theatre but comedy seems to come natural to him.Alan’s name has becom...

“Words that kind of stuck with me and almost sent me down a dark path were 'try and be a bit more normal and life will be easier'. Maybe that person was right because life would have been easier, but then again I wouldn’t have arrived at ...

Government and, by default, the Labour Party have a very efficient communications machine. Some see it close to that of a country where there is some form of dictatorship. The amount of propaganda that is dished out, on a daily basis, is almost asphy...

Max Verstappen won the French Grand Prix on Sunday after Charles Leclerc crashed out while leading, a mistake that dropped the Ferrari driver 63 points behind the defending Formula One champion.Verstappen’s seventh win through 12 races this sea...

Renovation works on the Cathedral Museum in Ċittadella were inaugurated after a €300,000 investment financed by European funds.These renovations were inaugurated by the Minister for Gozo, Clint Camilleri, the Parliamentary Secretary for Eur...

The expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that qualifies as a global emergency, the World Health Organization chief said Saturday, a declaration that could spur further investment...

Russian missiles hit Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa just hours after Moscow and Kyiv signed deals to allow grain exports to resume from there. Ukraine's Foreign Ministry denounced Saturday's airstrikes as a “spit in the face”...

Up to one-third of COVID-19 survivors will acquire the condition known as long or long-haul COVID-19. The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation estimates that long COVID will add as many as 22 million individuals to the U.S. popula...

Pope Francis’ trip to Canada to apologize for the horrors of church-run Indigenous residential schools marks a radical rethink of the Catholic Church’s missionary legacy, spurred on by the first pope from the Americas and the discovery of...

Jordan Azzopardi on Saturday was accused of trafficking 130g of cocaine which he disposed of during a police car chase on Friday.Azzopardi, previously out on bail after being accused of running a secret drugs ‘factory’ in Wardija, was arr...

Carmel Cacopardo, Chairperson of ADPD-The Green Party has called for the immediate impeachment of President George Vella after failing to give his assent to the IVF Bill approved by parliament earlier this month.In a blogpost posted earlier today, Ca...

Valletta: Royal Pharmacy, 271, Republic Street; Ħamrun: Brown's Pharmacy, 706, St Joseph High Road; Qormi: Brown's Pharmacy, 278, Victory Street; Birkirkara: Rational Pharmacy, 74/75, Valley Road; Swatar: Collis Williams St Mark's Pharmacy, P. B...

A three-year-old girl who was riding as a passenger was injured in a traffic accident in Xemxija on Friday afternoon, the police said.The girl was in a Mitsubishi Pajero, which was involved in a collision with a Ford Transit, driven by a 44-year-old ...

Animal Liberation Malta said Saturday that three dolphins died at the Mediterraneo animal park last year in the span of one month. This happened between August and September 2021. This information was kept secret although we know that the Maltese Vet...

The timing of the Sannat horse racing event, to be held in connection with the feast in the locality, has been changed after public uproar.The Malta Independent on Friday reported that the traditional horse racing event in honour of the St Margaret f...

NEPTUNES VIDEOSLOTS.... 5SLIEMA FRANK SALT.......... 6(2-2), (0-1), (1-1), (1-2) It looked like it was going to be another direct encounter lost for Sliema. But Dino Zammit had other plans. He was brought in the team to make the difference and h...

Charles Leclerc used help from Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. to beat Formula One leader Max Verstappen and take pole position for the French Grand Prix on Saturday.Sainz had nothing at stake since he was starting from the back of the grid after m...

The Nationalist Party electoral commission said that 10.5% of eligible councillors voted in the election to appoint the party’s deputy leader.Only one candidate is contesting the post, Alex Perici Calascione, who needs a simple majority to secu...

Russia and Ukraine signed separate agreements Friday with Turkey and the United Nations clearing the way for the export of millions of tons of desperately needed Ukrainian grain — as well as some Russian grain and fertilizer — across the ...

A man was grievously injured in a traffic accident in Mellieha early on Saturday morning, the police said.The accident involved a Volkswagen T-Cross, driven by a 41-year-old man of Mellieha, and a Mazda Demio driven by a 19-year-old woman of Mgarr.Th...

The health authorities on Saturday reported 106 new Covid-19 cases, and two more deaths.The number of cases registered so far in Malta is now 112,089, with 106,878 people who recovered.The number of active cases is now 4,030, while the number of deat...

Another summer has arrived, and Europe is once again baking.Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered last Tuesday amid a heat wave that seared swaths of Europe, as it registered a temperate of 40.2 degrees celsius – ...

Truck drivers and Britons heading off on holiday by ferry faced hours-long waits at the port of Dover on Friday, with authorities blaming French officials for the chaos — a claim France denied.Dover authorities said a lack of French border offi...

ADPD – The Green Party on Saturday expressed its concern about the impact that tourism is having on climate change.Addressing a press conference in Sliema, chairperson  Carmel Cacopardo referred to the impact of tourism and air travel on c...

The drug kingpin Jordan Azzopardi has been re-arrested by police after a car chase developed in Madliena.He was arrested on Friday at around 4pm. The police said in a statement that the man, who resides in Madliena, is being held in connection with t...

Emergency workers recovered three bodies from a school hit by a Russian strike in eastern Ukraine, officials said Friday, one of a string of attacks on the nation.The casualties in the city of Kramatorsk followed a barrage Thursday on a densely popul...

The number of tourists who visited Malta in the second quarter of 2022 was 86% of the total in the same quarter of 2019, before the Covid pandemic hit, a survey carried out by the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association shows.MHRA President Tony Zah...

The ink had barely dried on a presidential decree putting a premature end to the Italian Parliament's term, but that didn't keep Italy's politicians from rushing into campaign mode Friday following the collapse of Premier Mario Draghi’s go...

The murder of journalist Daphne Caruaua Galizia deeply affected the person who blew the whistle on the Panama Papers scandal, according to an interview published by a German media house on Friday.The interview with the whistleblower, who was only ide...

Air Malta has had to re-time a number of its flights to Heathrow London after the airport issued dictates to airlines advising the maximum number of passengers which they are allowed to carry.This is due to the ongoing Airport Terminal passenger cong...

A Georgian man died on Friday morning after he fell three storeys inside a construction site in Qormi. The accident took place in tal-Handaq, limits of Qormi, at around 9am, the police said. The casualty was 52 years old and lived in St Paul’s ...

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...

150 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded on Friday, while three more patients have died.The number of active cases now stands at 4,385.The total number of cases so far is 111,983.537 patients recovered, for a total of 106, 409 recoveries so far.The de...

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...

SAN ĠILJAN JP PROJECTS... 15BIRŻEBBUĠA FREEPORT...... 5(3-0), (6-2), (4-2), (2-1) Title contenders San Ġiljan JP Projects prepared in the best possible way for the last game before the play-offs against champions Neptunes. Th...

Founded in 2001, the Malta Gaming Authority (the MGA) is the official regulatory authority that supervises digital-based gaming and sports betting in Malta. Obtaining a license from the MGA is practically synonymous with achieving the highest-ranking...

The Foundation for Tomorrow’s Schools has sacked an architect and hired a new one over substandard works at the Msida Primary School. It has also asked for the substandard work to be demolished and rebuilt.In a statement, the FTS said it had fo...

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...

The highest annual inflation rates in June 2022 were registered in Housing index (14.85%) and the Food index (9.99%), data published by the National Statistics Office shows.On the other hand, the lowest annual inflation rates were registered in Water...

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...

Infrastructure Malta (IM) has completed the final phase of the new €3.5 million pedestrian and cycling overpass at It-Tiġrija Road, Marsa.This was announced by Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects Aaron Farrugia and P...

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 ...