The body of the man found dead in Birzebbuga in July was that of Karmenu Fino, who had gone missing from St Vincent de Paule Home two weeks before, the police said Thursday.No foul play is suspected, the police said.The body in an advanced stage of d...

Jennifer Jones keeps feeding money into her energy meter, but it never seems to be enough. And when she can’t pay, she feels the impact immediately. The power in her London home has gone off suddenly three times recently, once when her par...

On Wednesday, Ukraine celebrated its Independence Day. But it was not a quiet day in the country. Russian forces on that day launched a rocket attack on a Ukrainian train station, killing 25 people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.Wednes...

Marsaxlokk parish priest Luke Seguna has been granted bail.The priest is facing charges of fraud and money-laundering, and is pleading not guilty.The compilation of evidence against Seguna continued today and witnesses testified in the case against t...

Eman Cross, the far-right activist who had been charged with terrorizing his mother and threatening to kill her partner during a domestic argument, has been cleared of the threat-related charges due to lack of evidence, after his alleged victims...

Barcelona faces another tough Champions League group after being drawn with Bayern Munich and Inter Milan on Thursday as it tries to avoid a second straight group-stage exit since losing Lionel Messi.Barcelona also faced Bayern in the group stage las...

Robert Arrigo said that he has just been discharged from Mater Dei Hospital after his fourth chemotherapy session.In a Facebook post, the former PN Deputy Leader praised the dedicated staff from the oncology department. "They are our pride.2Arrigo al...

Hamrun’s splendid euro run came to an end yesterday when they drew 3-3 with Partizan Belgrade  in the second leg at Ta’ Qali to go out 7-3 on aggregate. The 1-4 defeat in Belgrade last week left little room for an eventual recovery b...

A 21-year-old Ethiopian was arrested by police in the early hours of the morning in connection with a spate of car thefts in the Swieqi and Pembroke area.Police said that they received information of a suspicious individual going round some cars at a...

The police have called for public assistance in search of a man who is wanted in relation to an ongoing investigation.The man’s name is Ramzi Abdulhafid Ib Abukem.Anyone with information is asked to contact the police even in anonymity on 21224...

The 23-year-old woman who died after being hit by a bus in Birkirkara on Wednesday has been identified as Kristina Zivanovic.The Serbian national was hit by a bus in Triq Notabile in Birkirkara at around 12:5pm on Wednesday.She was rushed to hospital...

Malta is one of the top two best EU countries when it comes to attracting tourism throughout the whole year, Prime Minister Robert Abela said.During an event at the Valletta Cruise port, for which the media was not invited, the PM explained how Malta...

The proposed Gozo tunnel has had a “major negative impact” on Gozo’s environment even before it has started being built, Chamber of Commerce President Marisa Xuereb told The Malta Independent in an interview.Xuereb was asked for the...

Economic sentiment in Malta edged down in July when compared with a month earlier, but stood at its long-term average, which is estimated since November 2002, the Central Bank of Malta said.It was quoting from the European Commission's Confidence Sur...

There have been no Covid-19 deaths registered in the past seven days.The last time a death of someone with Covid was registered was on 19 August. A total of 799 people died while positive for Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic.24 new Covid-19 c...

Lawyers for a Qrendi man, who is wanted to face drug trafficking charges in Italy, are understood to be filing an appeal after the Court of Magistrates upheld a request for him to be transferred into the custody of the Italian judicial authorities.Jo...

The Palazzo Vilhena agreement was for a 'fine dining summer pop-up event' in the inner courtyard which ran for four weeks, against a rental fee of €50 per day or 8% of the total sales excluding VAT as registered on the operator's POS (point of s...

Two men and a woman were arrested in connection with an arson attempt on a boat, the police said.The incident happened on 29 July at 1am.The police and the Civil Protection Department had been called to intervene after a burning object was thrown ont...

The Maltese Government has started talks with SpaceX as part of its consultation for the Malta Space Act which shall be published next year, the Department of Information said.Parliamentary Secretary Keith Azzopardi Tanti, who is responsible for Malt...

Russian forces Wednesday launched a rocket attack on a Ukrainian train station on the embattled country's Independence Day, killing 22 people, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after warning for days that Moscow might attempt “something partic...

Total outbound tourists for the second quarter in 2022 were estimated at 139,083, while total nights spent amounted to 951,051, the NSO said today. During the quarter under review, a total of 75,618 outbound tourist trips were undertaken for holiday ...

After 11 years, since its last visit in 2011, the Italian Navy Training Ship Amerigo Vespucci, carrying the Italian Naval Academy 1st year midshipmen, will enter the port of Valletta on 26 August, where it will be moored for two days.This is the last...

The moving vans have already started arriving at Downing Street as Britain’s Conservative Party prepares to evict Prime Minister Boris Johnson.The debate over what mark he left on his party, his country and the world will linger long after he d...

BirdLife Malta has written to Prime Minister Robert Abela demanding a delay in the opening of the hunting season until 15 October.BirdLife Malta sent the open letter following "the massacre of 40 Black Kites (Astun Iswed)", which are legally protecte...

As things stand now, there are people who qualify for a pension before reaching retirement age. Some prefer to continue working; others opt to leave. But those who do, and therefore are entitled to start receiving a pension, cannot work. Not part-tim...

The Champions League draw will have no new names in the 32-team lineup after the last confirmed entry ended an unlikely run by a Norwegian team.Bodø/Glimt, which spent much of the past two decades in the Norwegian second division, had been hop...

As Russia's secomnd invasion of Ukraine drags on, reaching six months, many are keen to see the end of the fighting.Motives and goals may differ, but they hope that with the right concessions Russia can be brought to the negotiating table to agree on...

Mario Degiorgio, brother to George and Alfred Degiorgio, who are awaiting trial for the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, was released on bail after a court ruled it had seen sufficient prima facie evidence for the man to stand trial on money launder...

PN leader Bernard Grech has lambasted the government's plans to slash €1.1 million from the funds allocated to the University, saying that this move proves that the government does not have education at heart.The budget allocated to the Uni...

A 23-year-old woman has died after she was hit by a bus in a traffic accident in Birkirkara on Wednesday afternoon.Police said that the accident happened in Mdina Road at around 12:15pm and that the woman had been rushed to hospital by ambulance, whe...

Three people have been remanded in custody in connection with a police raid on properties in Valletta and Marsa which netted an undisclosed amount of various illegal substances.Some of the substances found were already packaged for sale.The arraignme...

The man who died after being hit by a car in Marsa on Sunday has been identified by police as a 29-year-old Eritrean.The accident occurred at around 2pm in Triq Dicembru 13 close to a bus stop on Sunday.Details about the victim were not immediately k...

The University Student Council (KSU) has condemned the government's decision to cut the University of Malta's budget by €1.1 million.New government financial spending policies have dictated that the annual budget for the University of Malta will...

22 Covid-19 cases were registered on Wednesday, with the number of active cases going down to 217.No more deaths have been reported.There have been 113,892 Covid-19 cases in the country since the start of the pandemic, of which 112,480 recovered. &nb...

The total amount of guests who spent more than one night in Maltese hotels throughout the first half of 2022 amounted to 766,214, an increase of 540,515 guests when compared to the previous year, according to the latest data published by the National...

Finland’s prime minister apologised after the publication of a photo that showed two women kissing and posing topless at the official summer residence of the country's leader.The photo came out after a video that showed Prime Minister Sanna Mar...

Residents of Kyiv woke up to air raid sirens as Ukraine observed its Independence Day on Wednesday, which also marked exactly six months since the start of Russia's military invasion.Authorities in the capital banned large-scale gather...

The second edition of the Animal Honours Awards will take place on 4 October, to recognise the formidable work done by volunteers for animal rights.Commissioner for Animal Welfare Alison Bezzina spoke at a press conference regarding the awards show, ...

Two Italians were injured in a quadbike accident in Gozo on Tuesday evening, the police said,The accident took place at 5.45pm in Gebla tal-General Street, San Lawrenz.The riders were a man aged 37 and a woman aged 42.They were both taken to Gozo Hos...

13 sites which vary from statues, niches, monuments, chapels and other historical structures found in various villages and cities will be restored through the 7th call of the Restoration Works Scheme for local councils by the Ministry for National He...

A biker was grievously injured on Wednesday morning following a collision in St Julian’s.The police said the accident took place in Birkirkara Road at 7am.The biker, a 26-year-old man from Naxxar, was riding a Benelli which was involved in a co...

So much has been said and written about the arraignment of the Marsaxlokk parish priest on charges of money laundering and misappropriation of funds.Fr Luke Seguna has pleaded not guilty to the charges, and we await the course of justice to establish...

Finance Minister Clyde Caruana confirmed that work on a second Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) mechanism that was promised in the last budget for low income groups has been concluded.The minister is referring to a measure in the last budget, when the...

Nothing went wrong with Air Malta’s restructuring process as it is proceeding as planned, with the airline set to shed over 500 employees over the coming weeks and months, Finance Minister Clyde Caruana said Tuesday. Answering questions by the ...

The government plans on increasing the number of members of the judiciary in the near future, Justice Minister Jonathan Attard told The Malta Independent.In answering questions posed by this newsroom, Attard said that the government recognises that t...

A proposal for the redevelopment of a disused farm overlooking Wied Ghomor into agri-tourism accommodation which would include 131 rooms is currently being screened by the Planning Authority.The case refers to a screening request and contents are not...

In July, the annual rate of inflation as measured by the Retail Price Index was 6.82%, up from the 6.21% in June 2022, the National Statistics Office said.The Retail Price Index measures monthly price changes in the cost of purchasing a representativ...

Ten people were arrested by the police in drug raids in Valletta and Marsa on Tuesday morning.Days of surveillance led the police to identify a number of people who were allegedly involved in drug trafficking. OIn a statement, the police said that ov...

On 2nd June 2022, the European Court of Justice (the "ECJ") delivered a preliminary ruling concerning the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air, concluded in Montreal on 28 May 1999, ("the Montreal Conventi...

The Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) next year has been a widely debated topic. The COLA is expected to rise to over €8 next year, possible even €10 or more. There is no doubt that such an increase is needed by workers, especially those...

The budget allocated to the University of Malta has been reduced by at least €1.1 million for the next academic year, PN Education spokesperson Justin Schembri said in a statement.This drastic reduction in the budget of the University of Malta w...

37 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Tuesday, as the number of active cases fell to 247.No more deaths were registered.The total number of Covid-19 cases in the country since the start of the pandemic stands at 113,870 of which 112,428 have recov...

A man was grievously injured when he was caught between two trucks on a construction site, the police said.The accident happened on Tuesday at 7.30am in Sqaq Habel Zwejra, in Naxxar,The worker, aged 49 of Zejtun, was taken to hospital with grievous i...

Everyone should, at minimum, receive the full Cost of Living Allowance (COLA), PN spokesperson for Finance Jerome Caruana Cilia has told The Malta Independent. Asked about concerns raised by The Malta Chamber of Commerce, which put forward a proposal...

The President of the Eurogroup - the informal body where Ministers of Eurozone Member states discuss issues related to their common responsibilities in relation to the Euro, has praised Malta for its strong economic post-pandemic recovery, and for ha...

A teenager was seriously injured on Monday evening after he fell from a height at Għajn Tuffieħa. The 17-year-old, from England, was taking a walk in the Riviera Bay area when he tripped and fell off the cliffs at around 8.30pm, the po...

An e-scooter rider was grievously injured on Monday evening when he lost control of the scooter and crashed into a wall.The police said the accident took place in St Paul’s Street, St Paul’s Bay, at 10.30pm.The rider, a 20-year-old Serbia...

Developers Mizzi Estates have filed a new application to demolish and reconstruct the abandoned hotel in Mellieha, Festival Hotel, which lies in an ODZ and a buffer zone for an Area of Ecological Importance.The site is located in the Foresta 2000 nat...

A 21-year-old male student from Tarxien has been charged with raping a woman and a girl in separate incidents just 24 hours apart.Police inspectors John Spiteri, Sarah Kathleen Zerafa, Ryan Vella and Prosecutor Darlene Grima from the Attorney Ge...

Satabank owes over €76 million to more than 5,000 creditors, information in the government gazette revealed.A notice of liquidation was published in the Gazette. "The Controller of Satabank p.l.c. advises all creditors who may have a claim upon ...

Former Prime Minister Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici is now in stable condition, according to reports.Mifsud Bonnici was admitted to Mater Dei Hospital on Sunday.Mifsud Bonnici served as Prime Minister between 1984 and 1987, succeeding Labour party stalwart ...

A man has been arrested after he allegedly set fire to two cars in Qormi in the early hours of Saturday morning.Police said that they had arrested a 36-year-old man who lives in Valletta in connection with arson committed on two vehicles over the wee...

Inflation is affecting the wedding sector as well as the type of weddings people are having, while destination weddings have become increasingly popular among the Maltese, wedding planners have said.The wedding sector had been significantly impacted ...

Finally, there are signs of life at Manchester United.Against a backdrop of protests against the club’s ownership, United delivered a performance of intensity and spirit to beat fierce rival Liverpool 2-1 on Monday and claim its first points in...

Injury-hit Juventus clearly missed Ángel Di María as it was held to a 0-0 draw at Sampdoria in Serie A on Monday.Di María had added some much-needed flair to the Juventus side and scored on his debut last weekend as well as provi...

33 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Monday, as the number of active cases dropped to 252.No more deaths have been reported.Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 113,833 cases of Covid-19 in the country, of which 112,386 have recovered...

The Nationalist Party is calling on Minister Owen Bonnici to publish the "mysterious" agreement signed with a private operator to use Palazzo Vilhena in Mdina as a restaurant.The Nationalist party further said that in the same statement, Bonnici, thr...

In a meeting with Air Malta Chairman David Curmi and Director Nadia Giordamaina, PN Spokesperson Peter Aguis called for a national effort to protect the freedom of Movement of Maltese people from "unjust European air travel proposals".During the meet...

The student NGO Studenti Graffiti is concerned about the current socio-economic realities suffered by many low-income families in Malta.This follows Junior College announcing that it has implemented a four-year course for working students.Studenti Gr...

The restoration and maintenance works being carried out on the building of the Notarial Archives has reached the final stage, Minister for Justice Jonathan Attard said on Monday. At a press conference at the Notarial Archives in Valletta, Attard said...

Minister for Active Ageing Jo Etienne Abela and the President of the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses Paul Pace expressed different views over the inquiry that was conducted following the disappearance of a patient, Carmelo Fino, from the St Vincen...

Former Prime Minister Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici has been admitted hospital.Mifsud Bonnici was admitted to Mater Dei Hospital on Sunday according to the Labour Party’s media house ONE News.Mifsud Bonnici served as Prime Minister between 1984 and 19...

The uncovering of a car mileage tampering racket by some car dealers was one of the stories which grabbed attention the most over the course of the summer.It was in June that MaltaToday reported how two car dealers sold imported cars from Japan after...

73-year-old Joseph Micallef has been remanded in custody after pleading not guilty to shooting Noel Ciantar in Simbllija on Friday.Micallef, who is a farmer, was charged with shooting Ciantar and causing him serious bodily injuries, on Sunday afterno...

A man has died after being hit by a car in Marsa.Police told The Malta Independent that an accident had occurred at around 2pm in Triq Dicembru 13 close to a bus stop.Details about the victim’s identity are unknown, and he had not been identifi...

The daughter of an influential Russian political theorist who is often referred to as “Putin’s brain” was killed in a car bombing on the outskirts of Moscow, officials said Sunday.The Moscow branch of the Russian Investigative Commi...

The president of the Malta Chamber of Commerce Marisa Xuereb has warned that granting the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) increase to everyone will lead to widespread price increases and more inflation.Xuereb was speaking during an interview with The...

Minister for Active Ageing Jo Etienne Abela has said that the circumstances which led to Carmelo Fino’s disappearance had nothing to do with the fact that the nurse on duty lacked experience, and the minister refused to entertain the idea that ...

Paul Pace, the president of the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurse (MUMN), said that the newly-appointed Minister for Active Ageing, Jo Etienne Abela, used nurse Rhys Xuereb as a scapegoat because the minister was only interested in “saving his ...

St Paul’s Bay Mayor Alfred Grima said that the local council is not receiving enough financial aid to meet the demands of the growing locality because of the inaccurate data published by the National Statistics Office (NSO). “This situati...

New look Valletta under the guidance of new coach Thane Micallef left a good impression in their first outing against none others the champions Hibernians. The result was fair in this balanced and keenly contested affair between these two rivals of r...

Atalanta held defending champion AC Milan 1-1 in their Serie A clash on Sunday, while Georgia winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored twice to lead Napoli to a 4-0 win over promoted Monza.The 21-year-old Kvaratskhelia, who also scored on his league debut...

The only turtle nest for this season found at Ramla Bay had to be transferred to an incubation unit as strong waves hit the coast last Friday, said in a statement the Environment and Resources Authority.It added that “the turtle nest was put in...

In years to come, if Newcastle is contending for Premier League and Champions League titles as widely expected, the Saudi-funded team might look back on this game as the one when it truly arrived as a force in soccer.Few opponents have given Manchest...

Archbishop Charles Scicluna celebrated mass in the Parish Church of Marsaxlokk on Saturday evening, as the locality’s religious community reeled from the suspension of its parish priest Fr Luke Seguna.Luke Seguna 39, is facing charges on money ...

24 people who were found by police to be living in Gozo illegally have been arrested in Marsalforn, and are set to be deported, police said in a statement on Sunday.The police’s immigration squad carried out a number of inspections on Sunday mo...

23 new Covid-19 cases were recorded on Sunday as the number of active cases has now dropped to 258.No new deaths have been reported.There have been a total of 113,800 cases of Covid-19 in the country since the start of the pandemic, of which 112,347 ...

A pre-Covid agreement with the authorities to install scanners at the port in Valletta to check vehicles arriving from Sicily never materialised, the Malta Chamber of SMEs CEO Abigail Agius Mamo told The Malta Independent on Sunday.“We had form...

An elderly man suffered grievous injury after the van he was driving crashed into a wall on Sunday morning.Police said that they were called to Triq Burmarrad in St. Paul’s Bay at around 10am on Sunday, where preliminary investigations showed t...

The Richmond Foundation’s next step is to have a mental health centre, founder and now former chairperson of the mental health organisation Anthony Guillaumier said.Guillaumier founded the Richmond Foundation in May 1993 to address the shortage...

The handling of Air Malta by successive governments can easily be described as one of the country’s biggest blunders.It was often used by one government after another for politicians to give jobs to people, resulting in a bloated company with t...

Adrian Casha is a former FIFA Referee and a UEFA Match Delegate as well as a Vice President at the Malta Football Association. He is currently working at the MCAST CSR & Events Department after a 31-year-old career at Air Malta. In 2018 Adrian wa...

Prime Minister Robert Abela has said that the government will not tamper with the Cost-of-Living Allowance (COLA), even if the amount will increase when compared to the past years.Abela was speaking during an interview on the programme 'Sibt il-Punt'...

Former President and Prime Minister Eddie Fenech Adami left hospital on Saturday and has returned home.In a post on Facebook, his son, Beppe, thanked everyone for their support, solidarity and prayers.Eddie Fenech Adami had been hospitalised after he...

A Maltese man was arrested in Pozzallo, Sicily, after nearly 18 kilogrammes of marijuana were found in a car, Italian news agency Ansa reports.The car, with a Maltese number plate, was about to be driven onto a ship on its way to Malta.In it, 143 pac...

Two men have been arrested in connection with the brawl in Hamrun that occurred on Thursday, while 11 other people involved were identified, the police said.The fight occurred on Triq il-Kbira San Ġużepp on Thursday. The police said that po...

If the Mdina Grand Prix doesn't take place in Mdina, it will not take place at all this year, Secretary of Malta Classic (the organisers behind the event) Karen Zammit Southernwood said.Several other local councils are calling up the Mdina Grand Prix...

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In a leaked video, Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin is seen dancing and singing with friends at a private party. The 36-year-old leader poses for the camera. She sits on her knees, hands behind her head. She’s entangled in a group hug...