Qala mayor Paul Buttigieg said Gozitan business tycoon Joseph Portelli was so sure that he would have been granted permission to build swimming pools in protected land in the locality that works started well before.In an interview with The Malta Inde...

Labour Party CEO and MP Randolph Debattista said that if parliamentary speeches become shorter, the work carried out by the government would increase and the speeches would become more engaging for all MPs as well as for those following proceedings.&...

A 21-year-old man is set to be charged by police in connection with a fatal hit and run which happened on Friday.Police said in a short statement that the man will be charged before duty magistrate Rachel Montebello at around 11:30am this morning.The...

The Malta Union of Teachers (MUT) and the Union of Professional Educators (UPE) both expressed a passionate desire to address the teacher shortage and improve the conditions of their members, all the while criticising each other.They both fervently s...

Adrian Delia, who is the PN’s spokesperson for Transport, Mobility, Major Projects and Aviation, has expressed concern over an EU proposal to tax aviation fuel, arguing that this is not the way to tackle air pollution.The European Commissi...

A planning application which will include the construction of a new English language school in a vacant plot in St Julian’s has been filed with the Planning Authority.The application is for the “excavation of the existing site, and constr...

The Police Force has said that it cannot, by law, divulge details on whether former OPM official Neville Gafa is being investigated or not.The Police were asked to investigate Gafa by Magistrate Victor Axiak last May, as the court ruled against the f...

The police have defended themselves against accusations raised by the Malta Police Union that some police stations are “horror houses” and “not adequate”, admitting however that the quality of the environment in which officers...

Librarianship is unfortunately not seen as the important profession it is, which sometimes takes away from the importance of a library, librarian Christopher Cilia said.The National Library of Malta in Valletta, often known as the Bibliotheca, is con...

A motorcyclist was grievously injured in a traffic accident in Zurrieq early on Sunday.The police said the accident involved a Kia Sportage, driven by a 46-year-old man of Zurrieq, and a Honda bike.The biker, a 52-year-old man of Naxxar, was taken to...

Russian forces began an assault Saturday on two key cities in the eastern Donetsk region and kept up rocket and shelling attacks on other Ukrainian cities, including one close to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, Ukraine's military and loca...

A trunk with its lid left open. A wooden dishware closet, its shelves caved in. Three-legged accent tables topped by decorative bowls. These latest discoveries by archaeologists are enriching knowledge about middle-class lives in Pompeii before Mount...

A fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility raged uncontrolled in the Cuban city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames injured 121 people and left 17 firefighters missing. Cuban authorities said a unidentified body had bee...

A man has been arrested in connection with the hit-and-run incident which took place in Zejtun on Friday.The police said that the Major Crimes Unit and the Zejtun district identified the car and driver which hit and killed Antoine Degabriele, 51, in ...

A worker was injured when he was hit by a mechanical shovel on a construction site in Marsaxlokk on Saturday, the police said.The accident took place in the Xrobb l-Ghagin area at 11,30am.The worker, an Albanian man aged 34 and resident in Zebbug, wa...

Rota president Daniel Vella yesterday slammed the Minister of Transport, Aaron Farrugia, for the “misleading” comments Farrugia made that Rota is only interested in roads being made for bicycles.“Our message has always been that roa...

Floriana: Chemimart Pharmacy, 14, St Anne Street; Ħamrun: National Pharmacy, 17, St Mary Street; Qormi: Drugshop Dispensary, Vjal De La Cruz; Birkirkara: Mint Care Pharmacy, 5B-71 Brared Street; San Ġwann: Brown's Medical Plaza Dispens...

The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses has postponed a press conference scheduled for Monday as a sign of good will.The presser was set to take place in front of the St Vincent de Paul residential home for elderly people on Monday.The decision was ma...

VisitMalta will once again be the official destination partner of Manchester United as the Malta Tourism Authority and the club announce they are renewing their partnership agreement with the club promoting Malta as a tourist destination to its 1.1 b...

Another 50 Covid-19 new cases were reported Saturday – the same number as Friday.This has taken the overall figure to 113,220, with the number of deaths remaining at 795.Health authorities said that the number of people who have recovered has r...

A motorcyclist was injured on Friday evening in a traffic accident in Naxxar, the police said.The accident took place in 21 September Avenue at 9pm.It involved a VW Golf driven by a 39-year-old man of San Gwann, and a Honda bike.The biker, a 24-year-...

Three more ships carrying thousands of tons of corn left Ukrainian ports Friday and traveled mined waters toward inspection of their delayed cargo, a sign that an international deal to export grain held up since Russia invaded Ukraine was s...

The news cycle is constantly moving. What was making headlines six months ago is vastly different to what is making headlines today.Back in February, the recovery from the Covid19 pandemic dominated the headlines, until Russia suddenly opened fire on...

Israel unleashed a wave of airstrikes Friday on Gaza, killing at least 10 people, including a senior militant, according to Palestinian officials. Israel said it targeted the Islamic Jihad militant group in response to an “imminent threat&rdquo...

While Liverpool made a stuttering start to the English Premier League, Tottenham showed it might be ready to take another step forward under Antonio Conte.Liverpool had to come from behind twice to salvage a 2-2 draw at promoted Fulham on S...

SIRENS MECCA MARINE.... 14EXILES............................... 11(3-3), (2-3), (4-3), (5-2) For the third time this summer, Sirens Mecca Marine ended on the winning side against Exiles, this time claiming the Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports ...

Hiroshima on Saturday remembered the atomic bombing 77 years ago as officials, including the head of the United Nations, warned against nuclear weapons buildup and fears grow of another such attack amid Russia's war on Ukraine.“Nuclear weapons ...

The Anti Poverty Forum Malta believes that when implementing the EU Adequate Minimum Wage directive, Malta should focus on the term ‘adequate’ as we cannot have a one size fits all system. What is adequate to a single person is not adequa...

The Faculty of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) at the University of Malta has published a book with the theme 'Education, Research and Collaboration' for 2022.This year's edition includes projects classified under many areas in ICT, i...

The Nationalist Party has requested a joint meeting to take place in September between two parliamentary committees in order to discuss the regulations on the work-life balance.This request was made by the Nationalist Party’s Opposition Whip Ro...

Transport Minister Aaron Farrugia’s comments this past week where he tried to ridicule NGO Rota.mt’s proposals towards more sustainable transport belies the Government’s strong lack of vision, political will and awareness of how a m...

A 51-year-old man has been found dead on the roadside in Zejtun in what is thought to be a hit and run.Police told The Malta Independent that they received a report at around 11:45am that there was a body in a field on Triq Anton Buttigieg in Zejtun,...

Public corporations established by government or by other public corporations have registered a deficit of €22.7 million in 2020, a decrease of €118.9 million when compared to 2019, a National Statistics Office statistic showed.The total re...

Magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech presided over the rehearing of European Arrest Warrant proceedings against John Spiteri, a 56-year-old builder from Qrendi, who is wanted by the Italian authorities to face charges of conspiracy to commit a crime an...

Nine organisations in support of parental rights, workers’ rights and equality between men and women have sent a letter to the Hon. Dr Andy Ellul, Parliamentary Secretary for Social Dialogue, who was responsible for the transposition of the Eur...

The CEO of the Malta Financial Services Authority Joseph Gavin will be stepping down from his post later this year, the authority said in a statement on Friday.In a one-line statement, the MFSA said that Gavin had been absent recently for medical rea...

Arsenal's newcomers made an immediate impact as they opened the English Premier League by beating host Crystal Palace 2-0 on Friday.Left back Oleksandr Zinchenko set up the opening goal in the first half while striker Gabriel Jesus created a number o...

The issue should have been tackled in a better way, the Nationalist Party said on Thursday with regard to an internal investigation into the Naxxar mayor’s vote on development at the Naxxar fair grounds.In December, the PN had asked Naxxar mayo...

An open space serving for children’s recreation in Birgu was inaugurated on Friday.The open space, known as the Birgu Playing Field, was inaugurated by the Minister of Public Works and Planning Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi and Birgu mayor John Boxal...

Patients and their relatives should not bear the burden of suffering from industrial actions and disputes, NGO Malta Health Network said on Friday.Despite disagreements which arise occasionally in the health sector between government and unions, the ...

Hili Properties plc, the strategic real estate investment subsidiary of Hili Ventures, said Friday it has acquired a 75% shareholding in Baneasa Real Estate SRL, the owner of the imposing Miro office building in the Baneasa area of Bucharest from maj...

The Commissioner for Standards in Public Life has issued his annual report for 2021.The report outlines the role of the Commissioner as set out by the Standards in Public Life Act and the procedures he follows when considering complaints against memb...

50 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Friday by health authorities.The number of active Covid-19 cases in the country has dropped to 1,079 after 172 new recoveries were registered.The total number of cases now stands at 113,170, while total recove...

During the second quarter of 2022, road traffic accidents and casualties increased when compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Road traffic fatalities amounted to six, the NSO said. The number of reported traffic accidents during the seco...

The Malta Financial Services Authority launched its Corporate Governance Code for MFSA authorised entities on Friday.The regulatory authority for financial services in Malta said that the Code provides a list of guiding principles, complemented with ...

FK RFS Hibernians 1-1FK RFS: P. Steinbors, A. Jatta, V. Jgodinskis, Z. Lipuscek, D. Rakels (56’ C. Kouadio), S. Panic, T. Saric, P. Mares, A. Zjuzins (34’ V. Fjodorovs) (77’ E. Stuglis), E. Deocleciano, A. IlićHIBERNIANS: I. Ko...

Hamrun S. Levski Sofia 0-1Ħamrun S: H. Bonello, S. Borg, M. Guillaumier, E. Mashike (I. Nedelkjovic 68’), J. Soares (B. Domingos 82’), R. Prsa (L. Montebello 82’), O. Bjelicic, J. Corbalan (K. Micallef 88’), Jonny (M. Sow...

Since 2013, more than 5,000 students have benefitted from SEC revision classes, the government has said.For the ninth consecutive year SEC revision classes are taking place. This is a free initiative by JobsPlus under the Youth Guarantee Project, fin...

During an educational activity held at Ramla Bay in Gozo, 60 Gozitan students visited the turtle nest at Ramla Bay, in an opportunity to further learn about marine life.Organised by the Ministry for Environment, Energy and Enterprise, as part of the ...

A judge on Thursday ruled that Kevin Spacey and his production companies must pay the makers of “House of Cards” nearly $31 million because of losses brought on by his 2017 firing for the sexual harassment of crew members.The ru...

Karl Muscat, the prosecutor from the Attorney General's office who was found dead in his residence in Swieqi on Wednesday, died from cardio respiratory failure, the police said in a statement on Thursday.On Wednesday, the police received a call reque...

Everybody has their difficulties, and like every family, we deal with them privately, PN leader Bernard Grech said during an interview on Thursday. Speaking to Dione Borg on NET FM, Grech – when asked about the most recent internal strife ...

The last General Election confirmed a new trend in the voting pattern.  The number of persons so disgruntled by the pernicious state of local politics has increased significantly; this time round some thousands scoffed at the idea of voting at a...

PL MEP Alfred Sant hit the nail on its head with a recent comment he made about Malta’s road infrastructure.He said that too many road works are taking place at the same time. In a post on Facebook, the Labour MEP said that this is causing endl...

The Archdiocese of Malta registered a surplus of €3.4 million in 2021 and its donations to families and people in need increased by 17% in the same year.The annual financial results of the Archdiocese of Malta were announced in a press conferenc...

Jordan Azzopardi claimed to have reversed out of a police roadblock last month because he hadn't noticed that the unmarked vehicles belonged to the police and was fearful of people who had threatened him in the past.Police Inspector Alfredo...

The Planning Authority has approved a proposal to redevelop the Ramla Bay resort in Mellieħa.The application filed by Holden Development Company Limited, proposes to demolish most of the existing hotel, to excavate the site, and construct a new ...

The Minister for Transport, Aaron Farrugia, said the government's primary aim is for roads to be safe and more efficient for cars. Then if there is space for a bicycle lane, it will be included.The Malta Independent asked him about the cycling NGO Ro...

895,096 tourists visited the country in the first six months of 2022, the National Statistics Office has said.The total nights spent reached almost 6 million nights. Total tourist expenditure was estimated at €695.9 million.The NSO said that tot...

The authorities have once again declined to give information about the cost of the Malta Film Awards event.In a reply to a Freedom of Information request submitted by The Malta Independent, the Malta Film Commission said that it is “not in a po...

Nobody was injured after a car caught fire in St. Julian’s on Thursday afternoon.Police told The Malta Independent that they received a report of a car catching fire as it was being driven in Triq Santu Wistin in St. Julian’s at around 1:...

A proposal to redevelop the Ramla Bay resort in Mellieħa will be debated by the Planning Authority Board today.The application filed by Holden Development Company Limited, seeks permission to demolish the existing hotel, excavate the site, and c...

64 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Thursday by health authorities.The number of active Covid-19 cases in the country has dropped to 1,201 after 203 new recoveries were registered.The total number of cases now stands at 113,120, while total reco...

A prosecutor from the Attorney General's office was found dead in his residence in Swieqi.The police had been advised that assistance was needed in a residence located on Triq is-Sirk at 12.45pm, after a man was found dead by his relatives, police sp...

Two bikers were injured in separate accidents in Floriana and the Coast Road, limits of Naxxar, in the past hours, the police said.In the first accident, a collision involving a Toyota IQ and a Honda bike took place on National Road, Floriana, at 5pm...

Statements made by former PN Deputy Leader Robert Arrigo on social media are not true, Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said in a statement.In December, the Nationalist Party asked Naxxar mayor Anne Marie Muscat Fenech Adami to resign from h...

The first Ukraine war documentary produced by The Malta Independent journalists Neil Camilleri and Giuseppe Attard is now available to watch on The Malta Independent website.Camilleri and Attard produced a 34-minute documentary on their fir...

The directives issued by the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses (MUMN) after the conclusions of an inquiry into the disappearance of a patient from St Vincent de Paul, "will affect the patients, elderly residents who will undeservedly bear ...

President George Vella said Wednesday that there was no reason for him to resign for failing to sign the IVF bill into law.Vella has been harshly criticised for not signing the IVF bill into law “without delay”, as stipulated in the Const...

A new garden roofed over a parking area will give a new lease of life to the community living in Misraħ Is-Sebgħa ta' Ġunju 1919 in Ħamrun, the environment ministry said.Through an investment of around €1.5million, "a space p...

Former PN deputy leader has lashed out as PN leader Bernard Grech, saying that he (Grech) lied about his own party and to himself on national TV.In a post on Facebook, Arrigo said that an internal report on the Naxxar mayor was concluded months ago, ...

SAN ĠILJAN JP PROJECTS...... 13NEPTUNES VIDEOSLOTS........ 10(5-3), (1-4), (4-1), (3-2) It was another clash between the rivals. Like last Saturday’s game, both teams were determined to win, this time vying for an honour. In the end i...

Gzira United’s impressive European run continued yesterday in Klagenfurt Austria when the Maroons obtained a prestigious scroeless draw against Wolfsberger.Gzira are still unbeaten in Europe this season and the result keeps Darren Abdilla&rsquo...

Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo insisted on Tuesday that it is “impossible” to calculate how much the Malta Film Awards ceremony cost, as it formed part of a package worth €1.3m for the entire Malta Film Week. Questioned by this new...

A European proposal to tax aviation fuel will have a detrimental effect on Malta’s economy, national airline Air Malta said in a statement on Wednesday.The airline noted in its statement that the proposal, which has to be approved by all Europe...

Customs officers seized a total of 48,602 contraband cigarettes and over 210kg of illegal hand-rolling tobacco from a semi-basement garage in Birkirkara.A man was found loading cigarettes from a garage into a Peugeot Partner after a search operation ...

The 13th edition of Rockestra has been announced to take place in early September with the organisers promising an energetic line up to make up for the pandemic years. The theme for this year’s Rockestra is called “I Love Rock n&rsqu...

A few weeks ago, we announced that a renewal process at The Malta Independent had started with the appointment of Stephen Calleja as Editor-in-Chief.Calleja now also takes over responsibility as Editor of The Malta Independent on Sunday. Both positio...

83 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Wednesday, and one person died while positive for the virus.The number of active Covid-19 cases in the country has dropped to 1,343.The total number of cases now stands at 113,056, while total recoveries amoun...

Too many road works are taking place at the same time, former Prime Minister Alfred Sant writes today.In a post on Facebook, the Labour MEP said that this is causing endless frustration as people get stuck in traffic jams.The Pieta area has been ment...

The First Hall Civil Court presided by Mr Justice Ian Spiteri Bailey on June 27, 2022, in the case "Dr Jacqueline Mallia on behalf of Infront Sports & Media AG vs Epic Communications Limited, Melita Limited, and Go Plc" held among other things, t...

Infrastructure Malta (IM) has begun works on a new flyover deck of the Kirkop Tunnels and Airport Intersection Project (KTAIP), which will offer a direct route from Luqa to the Kirkop tunnels. They began works on Tuesday night with the lifting into p...

Moviment Graffitti today announced it will be holding a public protest on Comino onSaturday 13th August 2022: Kemmuna ta’ Kulħadd – Reclaim Blue Lagoon. "As the Blue Lagoon continues to be hijacked by commercial interests that h...

The results of the 2021 census carried out by the Statistics Office confirmed what we have all known, or suspected, for years.Malta’s population has increased substantially, rising by 25% over a decade, which is the largest ever jump since reco...

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan late Tuesday, becoming the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit the self-ruled island claimed by China, which quickly announced that it would conduct military maneuvers in retaliatio...

Ten Yards Legal founder and lead advocate Dr Roselyn Borg is the new Chairperson of the Employment Relations Board. This consultative board brings together the representatives of employers and the unions where matters pertaining to industrial relatio...

A court has declared that there is sufficient evidence to justify indicting Sudanese national Al Mahy Ezzo Saeed of Gzira, over the murder of Egyptian national Adri Mohammed in July in Marsa.Saeed pleaded not guilty to the charges upon his arrai...

The construction sector in Europe is sizable, with so much upside potential for innovators. One way of measuring the size of this industry is by using the Gross Value Added (GVA). This is the GVA of the construction industry as a share of total GVA a...

A man has been charged after police discovered around 38kg of drugs, with an estimated market value of €1.5 million, inside a van that had just arrived from Sicily.28-year-old Bulgarian national Mustafa El Madhoun was arrested on Sunday after po...

The Planning Authority approved the sanctioning of Joseph Portelli’s illegally built swimming pools in an ODZ, during a PA meeting earlier this morning.The pools, which are located in an Outside Development Zone, were being built without any pl...

Mediterranean countries are using European funds to invest in clean solar and wind energy, to provide price stability to their people while reducing dependency on fossil fuels from third countries, PN spokesperson Peter Agius and PN MP Mark Anthony S...

The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses has taken exception to the conclusions of an inquiry into the disappearance of a patient from St Vincent de Paul home, and has issued directives to nurses in protest.In a statement, the MUMN referred to the conc...

A man who hit the headlines after he ejaculated onto a woman on a crowded public bus has been handed a suspended sentence by a court.36-year-old construction worker Mohammed Mahmud Dirie made headlines last month after it emerged that he had masturba...

The Court of Criminal Appeal has ruled that a failed extradition case against suspected drug smuggler John Spiteri, who is wanted by the Italian judicial authorities, must start again from scratch, sending the case back to the court of magistrates fo...

94 new cases of Covid-19 were found by the health authorities on Tuesday.Meanwhile, the number of active cases has dwindled to 1,504 as 215 more people recovered.The total number of cases now stands at 112,973, while total recoveries amount to 110,27...

A man was grievously injured after he was involved in a traffic accident early on Tuesday morning.Police said that they were informed at around 10am by Mater Dei Hospital that a man had been admitted to hospital after he was involved in an accident w...

The European Union’s top court ruled Monday that national maritime authorities cannot impound ships involved in search-and-rescue work on suspicion that they might be overloaded due to the number of migrants they plucked from the sea.The Europe...

The Malta Film Commission has launched Jurassic World attractions in three cities around the country.The film 'Jurassic World - Dominion' was partly shot in Malta last June.The aim of this initiative is for Malta to take the opportunity and improve t...

Two armed and hooded men made off with an undisclosed amount of cash from a gambling outlet in San Gwann on Monday evening.The police said the armed robbery took place in an outlet in Naxxar Road at 10.45pm.A cashier, a 30-year-old woman, and a 24-ye...

If cyclists are saying that bicycle lanes in Malta are a joke, then they are.Cyclists who make use of road cycle lanes are of the opinion that these are being designed by people who never rode a bike and do not know what this entails. Juan Buhagiar, ...