Fewer Maltese visited Gozo over the Santa Marija weekend, but an increase in foreign tourists visiting the island was recorded this year, Chief Executive Officer of the Gozo Tourism Association Joe Muscat said.Muscat said that according to reports th...

The Nationalist Party has hit out at the government over a restaurant in Palazzo Vilhena.Palazzo Vilhena in Mdina, which falls under Heritage Malta, recently began being used by the private sector through a mysterious agreement with the same agency a...

The President of the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses (MUMN) Paul Pace came out in defence of nurse Rhys Xuereb who he says was "unjustly suspended" for the disappearance of Carmelo Fino from the St. Vincent De Paul Residence (SVPR).The MUMN has is...

The first doses of the Monkeypox vaccine have arrived in Malta as part of the EU Joint Procurement Mechanism, Health Minister Chris Fearne tweeted on Tuesday.The vaccine, he said, will be offered to primary contacts of confirmed Monkeypox cases free ...

Top management in businesses need to address any issues that are related to the mental well-being of their employees, Director General of the Malta Employers’ Association (MEA) Joseph Farrugia has said. The Malta Independent sat down with ...

The PN has launched a consultation process on proposals to better regulate the use of e-scooters.It is good to find alternative means of transport, particularly those that do not pollute such as e-scooters, the PN said in a statement.It reiterated th...

A planning application has been filed proposing the official change of use of the rehabilitated Wied Fulija landfill to a public park.In July, Prime Minister Robert Abela had said that Wied Fulija had been converted from a dumping site to an open spa...

A protest filed by Bulgarian side Levski Sofia seeking their second leg UEFA Conference League fixture against Hamrun Spartans to be replayed has been thrown out by UEFA.In a statement, the Maltese club said that UEFA had deemed the Bulgarian team&rs...

A motorcyclist was injured in a traffic accident on Gozo on Tuesday afternoon.Police said that the accident happened between two motorcycles – a Piaggio Vespa GTS and a Honda Hornet 600 at around 3:15pm in Triq il-Kapuccini in Rabat, Gozo.Polic...

Mgr Philip Calleja, a prominent member of the Church for many years, has passed away at the age of 93.Calleja, who was born on 8 December 1928 in Valletta, died in the early hours of this morning, at 3:45am at the Dar tal-Kleru in Fleur de Lys.Callej...

27 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Tuesday.This brings the number of active cases down to 442. No more deaths have been reported.Since the start of the pandemic, 113,585 virus cases have been registered, of which 111,950 have recovered. 797 peo...

A community police officer found the opportunity to share a casual game of football with a child as she was carrying out a patrol.Video footage of the wholesome moment was shared to Facebook by an onlooker, saying "This is not Brazil, this is Malta."...

A man is in danger of dying after he fell off a truck while he was working at the Kordin Industrial Estate on Tuesday.Police said that they were called to a site in Ras Hanzir, close to the Kordin Industrial Estate in Paola, at around 10:15am.Prelimi...

Former Prime Minister and Labour MEP Alfred Sant made an interesting point on Sunday.Writing on Facebook, the Labour MEP said that “too many people (mostly Gozitans)” agree that development in Gozo has reached unsustainable levels. There ...

The captain of a ship that was allegedly fishing illegally in Maltese territorial waters, the police said Monday.In a statement, the police said that officials from the Fisheries Department, the AFM and the police inspected a Tunisian vessel that ber...

Monday commemorates the 80th year since the final part of the famous Operation Pedestal convoy arrived in Malta. The battered and bruised merchant carrier SS Ohio laboured its way into Valletta on 15 August 1942, as Malta felt the worst of the S...

Hundreds of people, amongst them families and children, during July had the opportunity to enjoy one of the most spectacular natural phenomena that occurs during this time of year when hundreds of Scopoli's shearwaters gather in flocks under Ta' ...

An argument broke out between a group of people in a Birkirkara establishment on Sunday at 5.15pm, the police said.The establishment is located on Triq is-Santwarju.The police went on site and preliminary investigations revealed that a group of peopl...

A man injured police constables while he was being arrested, a police statement read.The police said that at 10.45pm Sunday night, the Hamrun police depot was informed about a suspicious man walking around parked vehicles and trying to break in.The p...

A proposed Organic Processing Plant within the ECOHIVE complex in Maghtab requires the submission of an Environment Impact Assessment, the Environment and Resources Authority has said.The construction of the plant was foreseen to be implemented in th...

24 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Monday.This brings the number of active cases down to 477. No more deaths have been reported.Since the start of the pandemic, 113,558 virus cases have been registered, of which 111,888 have recovered. 797 peop...

George Hyzler will soon be stepping down as the Standards Commissioner to take up a post with the European Court of Auditors.He has conducted his work well and proved to be well-suited for the role. He was never afraid to state if there was a breach ...

The composition of the Parliamentary Standards Committee puts ‘unfair pressure’ on the Speaker of the House to act as a referee, Standards Commissioner George Hyzler said.In an interview with The Malta Independent on Sunday, Hyzler, who w...

A male cyclist was grievously injured in a traffic accident with a truck occurred on Sunday afternoon on Dom Mintoff street, Cospicua.The police were informed around 4.15pm that their assistance was needed.When the police arrived they noticed that th...

Two glaring misses then a red card for a reckless headbutt.It was a home debut to forget for Liverpool's big offseason signing, Darwin Núñez.Fortunately for the Reds, another South American came to the rescue at Anfield as a dazzling in...

In the absence of the injured Paul Pogba, it was another new signing who starred for Juventus as the Bianconeri kicked off its season with a 3-0 win over Sassuolo on Monday.Ángel Di María scored the opener and set up the team's third fo...

Archbishop Charles Scicluna spoke about the bomb that struck the Mosta Dome in WW2 and didn't explode, getting slightly emotional during his homily on Monday.He expressed his admiration for Saint Mary during the mass of the Solemnity of the Assumptio...

A 16-year-old girl is suffering from grievous injuries after a traffic accident between two cars took place on Sunday, at 6.30pm within the limits of Tas-Salib, Rabat.There was a collision between a Hyundai Amica driven by a 66-year-old man from Mtar...

Psychologist Patrick Psaila states that businesses should “put their money where their mouth is” when talking about the importance of mental health at the workplace.“They need to have a corporate wellness programme in place, which m...

Robert Arrigo put his finger on one of the harsher realities of political life, newly elected PN deputy leader Alex Perici Calascione told The Malta Independent on Sunday.Internal disputes in the PN over recent years are well-known. At the end o...

Some 10,000 fireworks on a 55-metre high tower are all set to light up the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Mqabba today.The St Mary Fireworks Group in Mqabba is well-known for being one of the island’s top- notch fireworks’ ...

It’s a contradiction to be worried about over-development in Gozo, and then be in favour of the construction of a tunnel to Malta and an airport, former Labour Prime Minister Alfred Sant said today.Writing on Facebook, the Labour MEP said that ...

Government photographer Kevin Abela passed away on Saturday at age 44.Abela will be remembered as a loyal friend by all those who had the opportunity to work with him, the Department of Information said.Several of Malta's top officials offered their ...

Exploratory workshops are being held to investigate the innovative idea of using Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) sites to study and survey marine litter.These workshops are being funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Grants.T...

 A dinghy owned by Joseph Portelli left from Zewwieqa, in Mgarr, Gozo with thirty people onboard at 7am on Saturday to disrupt the Comino protests, Moviment Graffiti claimed in a Facebook post.On Saturday Moviment Graffiti organised a protest on...

Call it the Battle of the Bridge, Part 2.This time, Thomas Tuchel and Antonio Conte were the main protagonists in the latest feisty match between Chelsea and Tottenham that ended in a 2-2 draw because of a goal deep into stoppage time from Harry Kane...

Former Juventus forward Paulo Dybala hit the post but couldn’t score in his Roma debut as José Mourinho’s team opened its Serie A campaign with a 1-0 win at Salernitana on Sunday.Bryan Cristante scored the only goal of the match in...

33 new Covid-19 cases were reported on Sunday, as the number of active cases continues to decline.There are currently 507 active Covid-19 cases in the country and no more deaths have been reported.Since the start of the pandemic, Malta has had 113,53...

Former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat thinks that Malta’s institutions, or at least some of them, buckle under pressure.That is what he wrote on social media the moment it became known that Fredrick Azzopardi was to be arraigned in court over all...

As the heat of our coffee radiated into our fingertips, we sat in a secluded corner of a frequented coffee shop both with our laptops open, working on our most recent project, both of us deep in thought. As the air in the room became saturated with t...

A Maltese interior designer has sparked a row over an 18th century hunting lodge in the UK.The Daily Mail reports that a war of words broke out between interior designers over the installation of electric gates at the Odiham lodge that is locate...

A biker is in crtical condition after he was involved in an accident on the Marsascala bypass on Saturday evening.The police said that the accident, apart from the bike, a Piaggio, involved three cars.The cars were a Mazda Demio, driven by a 44-year-...

“The Satanic Verses” author Salman Rushdie was taken off a ventilator and able to talk Saturday, a day after he was stabbed as he prepared to give a lecture in upstate New York.Rushdie remained hospitalized with serious injuries...

Kayak for Charity duo Dorian Vassallo and Albert Gambina are taking on a paddling challenge to raise funds for the Inspire Foundation.The Malta Independent on Sunday spoke with Vassallo about the duo’s journey, which includes paddling around Ma...

Russia's military pounded residential areas across Ukraine overnight, claiming gains, as Ukrainian forces pressed a counteroffensive to try to take back an occupied southern region, striking the last working bridge over a river in the Russian-occupie...

Moviment Graffitti activists this morning ended up arguing with beachgoers and the police as they turned up on Comino to "reclaim" the island.Beachgoers were heard telling the protesters that they had been waiting for a year to go to Comino for a day...

An elderly man was injured when he lost control of a car he was driving and crashed into another vehicle, with both cars then ending up careening into three other parked vehicles.The accident happened on Friday at 10.15pm in Valley Road, Msida.The po...

Three balconies have collapsed in Marsacala, the locality mayor has said.The accident has taken place in Zonqor Street this morning.No-one has been injured, mayor Mario Calleja said.It is believed that the top balcony of the three-storey building col...

Valletta: Chemimart City Gate Pharmacy, City Gate; Marsa: San Raffael Pharmacy, 247, Qormi Road; Żebbuġ: De Rohan Pharmacy, St Anthony Street; Birkirkara: St Jude Pharmacy, 213, Valley Road; Gżira: O'Hea Pharmacy, 128, Manoel de Vilhen...

Famous Italian journalist Piero Angela has died, aged 93, his family has said.Angela was the producer and presenter of Rai TV programmes such as Quark and Superquark, programmes which dealt with science, geography and history, and which drew millions...

Health authorities yesterday reported 30 new Covid-19 cases, while the number of active cases continues to drop.In all, the country has registered 113,501 cases since March 2020, with 111,784 persons who recovered.The number of active cases is now 52...

Ryan Schembri’s business partner, Darren Casha, detailed how the accused lured him into his various business ventures before eventually fooling him into taking over the failing More Supermarkets chain.Casha testified in court on Friday morning ...

SAN ĠILJAN JP PROJECTS....... 7SLIEMA FRANK SALT.............. 6(2-2), (1-3), (1-1), (3-0) San Ġiljan JP Projects are just one win away from clinching their 12th league in their history. For most of the match, they didn’t look th...

Temperatures soared in England on Saturday and no one was feeling the heat more than Manchester United’s latest manager, Erik ten Hag.On another humiliating day for a massive club in freefall, United conceded four goals in the first 35 minutes ...

It took Romelu Lukaku just 82 seconds to mark his return to Inter Milan with a goal.But it was Denzel Dumfries who decided the game with a stoppage-time winner to see Inter snatch a 2-1 victory at newly-promoted Lecce on Saturday, just as the Nerazzu...

Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo said that more enforcement is the solution to complaints about loud music being played until late at night in Valletta.No, minister, the solution would be to repeal the legal notice which the government decided to int...

The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry said it believes that termination packages for Air Malta employees "appear to be absurdly high and illustrative of how the bargaining power of overly protected groups results in unfair outcomes f...

It is evident that the Labour Party uses politics as a game in which empty promises may be made in order to buy votes, ADPD – The Green Party Chairperson Carmel Cacopardo said in relation to the latest developments with respect to Air Malta.It ...

Workers who had a salary raise this year should not receive the full cost of living adjustment expected to be announced in the budget later this year, the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry is suggesting.They should only get the diffe...

Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” drew death threats from Iran’s leader in the 1980s, was stabbed in the neck and abdomen Friday by a man who rushed the stage as the author was about to give a lecture in western New Y...

European authorities are considering a liquefied natural gas pipeline from Spain to Italy as a way of getting around France’s opposition to a gas link-up across the Pyrenees between the Iberian peninsula and central Europe, Portugal's prime min...

The parish priest of Marsaxlokk was arraigned in court on Friday morning, pleading not guilty to charges related to misappropriation of funds and money laundering.Fr Luke Seguna, 39, appeared under arrest before Magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech on ...

The body of a diver who went missing on Thursday afternoon was recovered from sea on Friday morning, police told The Malta Independent.The body of Sgt. Christian Degabriele was found at around 8.45am Friday morning between Buġibba and ...

One of Mosta’s main roads once again became the centre of works, after the rain which fell in the past two days damaged the newly laid asphalt.Triq il-Kbira, which stretches from close to Ta’ Qali to the Mosta square, has been the subject...

Former PN candidate Frank Psaila has been appointed by the Social Ministry as the chairman of the Medicines Review Board and the Periti Warrants Board, for a period of three years.The appointment was formally announced in The Malta Government Ga...

A €653,637 administrative penalty has been issued against a credit institution for a number of failings, the FIAU has said.The compliance review of Ferratum Bank P.L.C revealed that the Bank's Business Risk Assessment had various shortcomings th...

44 new Covid-19 cases were registered in Malta, as the number of active cases continues to drop.There are currently 570 active cases in the country. No more deaths have been reported.Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 113,471 cases of t...

More enforcement is the solution to complaints about loud music being played until late in the night in Valletta, Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo told The Malta Independent.After hoteliers lamented that tourists are complaining because of loud music...

The Allied Health Care Workers Union (AHCWU) is requesting that the government take immediate action to address the shortage of health workers.The AHCWU expressed its disappointment with the health sector in Malta. It added that this mainly has to do...

The Malta Employers' Association described the severance package offered to redundant Air Malta employees as the most obscene agreement in Malta's industrial relations history."If the details as mentioned in the media are correct, 350 employees repre...

The Central Bank of Malta expects Malta's gross domestic product (GDP) to grow by 5.2% in 2022, 4.5% in 2023 and 3.7% in 2024.Compared to the previous projections, the bank's latest forecast represents downward revisions of 0.2% in 2022, 0.4% in 2023...

Alleged fuel smuggler Gordon Debono has requested an urgent police investigation aimed at identifying the government-based source of rumours which had falsely connected him to the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia.The request cites the conclusions of ...

The Gozo Tourism Association on Wednesday published the results of a survey which it carried out over the past couple of weeks which, amongst other things, found that Gozo is losing its charm as a result of over-development.The survey focused on Gozo...

95% of the General Workers’ Union members who work at Air Malta have voted in favour of an agreement reached between the union and the government on termination packages.The vote took place across two meetings held on Wednesday and Thursday, an...

The Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS) will relocate to Smart City after the Planning Board approved planning permission for the development of a new hospitality campus to cater for local and foreign students.The application, which was filed way back...

Hamrun Spartans wrote a golden chapter yesterday, not only for themselves but for the whole Maltese football, becoming the first local side to make it to the playoff stages of the UEFA Europa Conference League.It was a heroic per4formance for the Spa...

The Festival and events bar operator Barcode has announced that the company will be refunding back the unredeemed digital tokens of over €1 from a number of festivals. These festival include Food Festival Gozo (Xewkija), Farsons Beer Festiv...

The Daphne Caruana Galizia foundation has welcomed the news that the government is analysing feedback from the Committee of Experts it appointed in the wake of the Public Inquiry into Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination. “One of the pr...

A burst of rainfall hit various parts of Malta this morning and early afternoon, as had been predicted by the Met Office.Localities such as Mrieħel, Qormi, Birkirkara, Msida and Marsa were hit harder than other localities, and most of the street...

The airline Ryanair will no longer be in a position to offer flights at very low prices, according to the airline’s chief executive Michael O’Leary. In an international report published by The Guardian on Thursday, it was reported th...

SLIEMA FRANK SALT........... 10NEPTUNES VIDEOSLOTS...... 7(2-3), (3-2), (3-1), (2-1) A second consecutive win in the space of three days for Sliema Frank Salt permitted Beto Fernandez’s team a deserved place in the best out of three final ...

After losing 1-3 to RFS in the second leg at the Centenary Stadium yesterday evening, Hibernians were ousted from the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League by a Latvian team for the second year in a row.The Latvian side will the...

A woman suffered grievous injuries in an accident at 1pm on Thursday.Preliminary police investigations found that the 32-year-old woman from Portugal was riding pillion on a quad bike being driven by a 29-year-old man who is also from Portugal. The q...

49 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Thursday, health authorities said in their latest pandemic update.The number of active cases has dropped to 625.Since the start of the pandemic, 113,427 Covid cases were registered in Malta, 111,609 of which r...

“It is unacceptable that other European Member States are building walls while leaving countries like Malta and Italy to face the realities of migration alone,” Labour Member of the European Parliament Cyrus Engerer said on Wednesday.Whil...

A man is in danger of dying after he fell while carrying out works in a garage in Vittoriosa.Police said in a statement that a 32-year-old man was injured when he fell around a storey at 11:45am while he was working in a garage in Triq San Lawrenz in...

A man is in hospital with grievous injuries after he was hit by a car following a fight in San Gwann on Wednesday evening, the police said.The man, a 27-year-old Polish resident in San Gwann, was involved in a fight with two men whose identity is sti...

The final preparations for the return of the SummerDaze Festival musical concert are going on at a good pace, after a two-year absence due to the restrictions brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. During a visit made by Tourism Minister Clayto...

Ukraine said Wednesday that nine Russian warplanes were destroyed in a deadly string of explosions at an air base in Crimea that appeared to be the result of a Ukrainian attack, which would represent a significant escalation in the war.Russia de...

The document put forward by the Malta Employers Association as the government prepares the budget for 2023 gives so much food for thought.It offers myriad suggestions, but the one that stood out the most is its description of plans for the building o...

A vacancy advert posted on Facebook calling for new headmasters for St Albert the Great College has created further tension among teachers at the school, some of whom have resorted to expressing their disapproval through comments on social media.The ...

All establishments that took part in a survey organised by the Gozo Tourism Association said that the sister island is losing its charm because of over-development.During the past two weeks, the Gozo Tourism Association said conducted an online surve...

Greek authorities were conducting a major search and rescue operation Wednesday for dozens of people missing at sea east of the island of Karpathos after a boat reportedly carrying up to 80 migrants sank during the night.The coast guard said that by ...

The Industrial action that came after discrimination against Environmental Health Officers (EHO) has been lifted by the UHM after multiple talks between the union and the Health Ministry.This dispute came about because the government refused to honou...

43 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Wednesday, as one patient passed away while positive for the virus.The number of active cases has dropped to 696.Since the start of the pandemic, 113,378 Covid cases were registered in Malta, 111,489 of which ...

The responses of a committee of media experts to a number of proposed reforms to the journalism sector are being analysed by the government as it gets ready to table legislative changes in parliament, Justice Minister Jonathan Attard told representat...

This time, there were only two goals.David Alaba and Karim Benzema scored in each half for Real Madrid to win the UEFA Super Cup with a 2-0 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday.Alaba prodded the opener home from close range in the 37th minut...

27 people have been arrested for living in Malta illegally and are set to be deported, the police said in a statement on Tuesday.The police said that its Immigration squad and the Marsa Community Police team carried out a number of inspections across...

The Malta Guide Dogs Foundation, which trains visually-impaired persons to become independent in their mobility through the use of the white cane and guide dogs, has aired a number of concerns over e-scooters.The Foundation believes that the introduc...