Most businesses are expecting a drop in demand for their products or services over the coming 12 months as a result of inflation, a survey published by the Malta Employers’ Association (MEA) shows.The MEA published the results of a survey it co...

Additional resources would be necessary to help SMEs embark on the digital transformation journey to improve competitiveness and performance, spur innovation and enhance productivity, the European Investment Bank vice-president Gelsomina Vigliotti sa...

An 87-year-old man who was hit by a motorcycle on Wednesday morning has died of his injuries in hospital, police said.The accident took place in Ghajn Dwieli Road at 8.30am on Wednesday.The 87-year-old Paola resident was hit by a Honda driven by a 54...

The Finance Minister has provided so much food for thought in his address to the social partners on Tuesday as the government makes its final preparations for the presentation of the budget for 2023.Minister Clyde Caruana said that the government wil...

A planning application that will see 26 apartments added on to an “already enormous block” filed by developer Joseph Portelli’s business partner Mark Agius has been approved by the Planning Authority, Moviment Graffitti said.The app...

The European Commission has given the green light for Malta’s first operational package of European funds for the period between 2021 and 2027.The Parliamentary Secretariat for European Funds said in a statement that the first package approved ...

Energy Minister Miriam Dalli on Wednesday played down the significance of an agreement signed between Azerbaijani state energy company SOCAR and the government through Konrad Mizzi, saying that it was an agreement to ensure that the country had a sec...

Magistrate Nadine Lia has rejected a request from the NGO Repubblika to recuse herself from hearing their case against the police and Attorney General for not charging directors related to Pilatus Bank.In a decree handed down on Tuesday, which was pu...

A Dutchman has been arrested by police after he was found in possession of substances believed to be cocaine and heroin which were worth a total of around €1.5 million.Police said in a statement that they had been observing the man – a 42-...

The Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis has said that the putting up of board such as the one in the photo is prohibited by law.The Malta Independent received a photo of an advertising board which has been affixed close to Manoel Island, in...

A group of 61 migrants picked up by a cargo ship from a crippled vessel in the central Mediterranean have safely reached Crete hours after a severely ill child on the freighter died while being airlifted to the Greek island, authorities said Wednesda...

Like he did with Joseph Muscat and Keith Schembri, PM Robert Abela is defending Konrad Mizzi, PN leader Bernard Grech said on Wednesday.In an interview on the PN's media, Grech explained how Abela not taking action means that he is defending Mizzi. A...

A long-time criticism of the Champions League group stage? Too many lopsided mismatches as the wealth gap between clubs fuels competitive imbalance on the field.Tell that to favored Liverpool and Eintracht Frankfurt after their heavy losses Wednesday...

23 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Wednesday, as the number of active cases dropped to 93.There have been a total of 114,195 cases in the country since the start of the pandemic, of which 112,904 people have recovered. A total of 802 people hav...

A public consultation on the National Strategy for the Environment 2050 was launched on Wednesday by the Ministry for the Environment and the Environment and Resources Authority (ERA).The strategy encapsulates the core objectives of the government mo...

The World Cup edges closer and closer and at this point most national teams already have an idea of how they want their sides to look from a tactical and personnel perspective and England are no different. The three Lions have built a strong team and...

Passenger movements at Malta International Airport exceeded the 700,000 mark in August for the first time since 2019, the airport said.In an announcement on the Malta Stock Exchange, the MIA said that 712,122 passengers travelled through the airport,...

An elderly man was critically injured when he was hit by a motorbike in Paola on Wednesday morning, the police said.The accident took place in Ghajn Dwieli Road at 8.30am.The 87-year-old Paola resident was hit by a Honda driven by a 54-year-old man o...

Thomas Tuchel was fired by Chelsea on Wednesday, only one month into the season and just days after the club concluded a Europe-high spending spree of nearly $300 million in the transfer window.The decision by Chelsea's new ownership, fronted by Los ...

Activists and relatives of Lebanese and Syrian migrants aboard a fishing boat taking on water near the island of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea said Tuesday they lost contact with the vessel overnight.The roughly 60 Lebanese and Syrian migrants on bo...

We do not see it as much as those who have travelled to cosmopolitan cities have seen it, but there are strong indications that the numbers are on the rise.We’re talking about homelessness, people living in the streets, people with nowhere to g...

The Malta Employers Association is suggesting that the Cost of Living Adjustment mechanism should be modified to a minimum of €2.50 and a maximum of €6 per week for a period of five years.Then, any amounts accrued in favour of employees or ...

A gaming company has been fined €130,460 by the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit over several anti-money laundering breaches were found in its operations.Olimp Limited was handed the fine after an inspection carried out by the FIAU in 2020.T...

Finance Minister Clyde Caruana has said that no new taxes or burdens will be introduced in the upcoming budget, even as the country faces the effects of widespread inflation and international energy price increases.Caruana was speaking in a meeting w...

Foreign forensic experts in the Pilatus Bank magisterial inquiry had recommended that the Maltese authorities seek information from US authorities, or through a discovery application to US correspondent banks, whether the alleged USD 1 million Egrant...

The U.N. atomic watchdog agency urged Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday to establish a "nuclear safety and security protection zone" around the Zaporizhzhia power plant amid mounting fears the fighting could trigger a catastrophe in a country still scarr...

After a two-year hiatus, Notte Bianca will make a return on Saturday 1 October from 7 p.m. onwards with a programme that contains various art forms and performances of the highest calibre by local and international artists, a governmen...

Liz Truss became U.K. prime minister on Tuesday and immediately confronted the enormous task ahead of her amid increasing pressure to curb soaring prices, ease labor unrest and fix a health care system burdened by long waiting lists and staff shortag...

Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland took their high-flying scoring acts into Europe as the Champions League returned on Tuesday, while last season's standout star Karim Benzema limped off with an injury after less than 30 minutes.Mbappé an...

Gozitan developer Joseph Portelli, through one of his companies, has filed a second expansion application on a major project in Gozo which the Planning Authority only gave its blessing to last March.Using a strategy he has used in other projects, Por...

Is the coronavirus on its way out?You might think so. New, updated booster shots are being rolled out to better protect against the variants circulating now. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has dropped COVID-19 quarantine and dist...

 Remains of pre-historic structures at Xrobb l-Għaġin were identified and have started to be uncovered, more than 100 years after the first investigation on them had taken place, the government said.The remains will be documented and s...

The man who was seriously injured when a car caught fire in Valletta last Saturday has died in hospital, the police said.The police said that it was informed that a car was ablaze in the Marsamxett area at around 9.15am.The 41-year-old man, later nam...

Driving through the tranquil streets of Bucha on Wednesday, I could not believe this was the same war-ravaged town I visited five months ago.Many of the town’s residents have returned. I saw families shopping in supermarkets, mothers strolling ...

Germany-Malta 14-11(3-3, 3-1, 3-5, 5-2)Germany pulled away in the last quarter to beat Malta 14-11, with Karl Izzo’s boys finishing in a best-ever 14th place in the European championships.It could have been an even better 13th position for Malt...

A man was taken to hospital with grievous injuries after he was hit by an e-scooter in Birkirkara on Monday.The police said the accident took place in Valley Road at 5pm.The pedestrian, a 47-year-old man from Zabbar, was hit by an e-scooter with a 20...

A driver was injured in a collision involving two cars in Mgarr early on Tuesday morning, the police said.The accident took place in Ghajn Tuffieha Road at 5.45am.It involved a BMW 520 driven by a 23-year-old man of Mellieha and a Toyota Hilux driven...

21 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Tuesday, as the number of active cases dropped to 95.There have been a total of 114,172 cases in the country since the start of the pandemic, of which 112,879 people have recovered. A total of 802 people have ...

MEP Josianne Cutajar said that Europe must do more to protect its most vulnerable citizens from rising energy prices. Speaking during an exhange of views with the European Commission at the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research ...

A man was seriously injured after being hit by a car in Victoria on Monday evening, the police said.The man, aged 62 of Fontana, was hit by a motorbike in Republic Street at 9.30pm.He was taken to Gozo General Hospital with serious injuries.The biker...

The Central Bank of Malta (CBM) together with the European Investment Bank (EIB) co-hosted a hybrid conference entitled ‘Financing the transition to a carbon neutral economy,’ held on Monday 5 September. The hybrid conference was held at ...

Dozens of Lebanese and Syrian migrants who are adrift in the Mediterranean on a fishing boat that has taken on water pleaded with European coast guards Monday to save them, saying two children on board have already died.The roughly 60 migrants also t...

The number of reports of domestic violence received by the Police has doubled in a decade, up from the 851 received in 2011 to 1,745 in 2021. This was reported by The Malta Independent on Sunday. The surge in the number of cases was seen mostly ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson left his Downing Street office for the last time on Tuesday before heading to Scotland to formally offer his resignation to Queen Elizabeth II.The British leader, who announced his intention to step down two months ago, i...

Canadian police hunted for the remaining suspect in the stabbing deaths of 10 people in an Indigenous community and nearby town in the province of Saskatchewan after finding the body of his brother amid a massive manhunt for the pair.Damien Sanderson...

The Malta Chamber Commerce, Enterprise and Industry said it is particularly concerned about significant wage inflation characterised by multiple rounds of wage revisions within the same year for jobs in the private sector that require some level of s...

There will not be any blanket cut on the government expenditure, Economy Minister Silvio Schembri said.Projects which are necessary and those funded by the European Union will continue, but other projects which could wait will be postponed until a la...

Mobile phone signal triangulation had led investigators into the murder of Mario Farrugia to zero in on Elliott Paul Busuttil, a court-appointed expert has testified.Busuttil, 38, stands accused of Farrugia’s murder, after the 62-year-old&rsquo...

UK digital bank Revolut is facing pressure to improve internal controls after regulators highlighted flaws in an audit conducted by accountancy firm BDO, the Financial Times reported on Monday.The FT said Revolut was the unnamed "finan...

Malta Public Transport announced Monday that, as from 1 September, students and concession Tallinja card holders who currently use public transport for free are no longer required to top up their Tallinja Cards.This change forms part of the preparati...

 Liz Truss has been elected as the Conservative Party's new leader, the party announced Monday, and she will take office Tuesday as Britain's new prime minister to steer the country through an acute cost-of-living crisis.The 47-year-old Tru...

16 new Covid-19 cases were recorded on Monday.Figures released by the health authorities show that the number of active cases is now 98.In all, there have been 114,151 cases recorded in Malta, with 112,855 people who recovered.The number of deaths re...

Epic is to roll out its 5G network and is targeting to reach nation-wide coverage by 2024."Connectivity is vital, and the investment by EPIC is also a clear testimony in its trust in Malta and the potential it offers" Economy minister Silvio Schembri...

Deputy Leader for the Nationalist Party Alex Perici Calascione announced the Independence Day festivities by the party with the theme of ‘Quality of life we deserve’. Perici Calascione said that in today’s reality, the feast of Inde...

An application for a five-storey mega apartment complex in one of Santa Lucija’s green open spaces has been filed with the Planning Authority, with the locality’s council crying foul at it.The proposed complex would include 75 garages, 5 ...

The Association of Catering Establishments (ACE) expressed concern about a recent article which states that funding for projects such as the new ITS building at Smart City will be stopped, leaving the institution in limbo.The Times of Malta reported ...

Floriana: Floriana Dispensary, 29, Vincenzo Dimech Street; Ħamrun: St Gaetan Pharmacy, Kappillan Mifsud Street; Qormi: St George's Pharmacy, 21, Main Street; Birkirkara: Pharmaplus, Ganu Street; San Ġwann: Spiżerija Kappara, Żbibu...

The PN members of the Public Accounts Committee are going to ask former minister and former MP Konrad Mizzi to again appear before the committee, following recent revelations.The Daphne Foundation said on Sunday that it has obtained a copy of the LNG...

Unbeaten Atalanta moved two points clear atop the Serie A after beating Silvio Berlusconi’s last-placed Monza 2-0 on Monday.What’s more, Atalanta did it without its starting forwards Duvan Zapata and Luis Muriel.The 19-year-old striker Ra...

ALS activist Bjorn Formosa was rushed to hospital on Sunday evening after enduring severe pain due to prostate stones.Friends of the activist, who was diagnosed with ALS in 2015, wrote on his Facebook page that he was urgently admitted to Mater Dei H...

The Maltese actor Yandrick Agius has been cast in Moulin Rouge! The Musical for its next run at the Piccadilly Theatre in London.A law graduate, Agius has been studying a Bachelor of Arts in Musical Theatre at the prestigious Arts Educational School ...

President of Malta George Vella officially launched the 17th Informal Meeting of the Non-Executive Heads of State of the European Union, known as the 'Arraiolos Group' of 6 October 2022.The President of Malta said that the Presidents o...

A series of stabbings at an Indigenous community and at another town nearby in Saskatchewan left 10 people dead and 15 wounded, Canadian police said Sunday as they searched across the expansive province for two suspects.The stabbings took place in mu...

Homeless people should not be allowed to refuse shelter when offered, Marsa mayor Josef Azzopardi told The Malta Independent on Sunday.“It is not the first time that help was offered to these people, but they have refused seeking shelter,&rdquo...

Community has for decades been an intrinsic part of Maltese life.  Be it the sense of community around something like a village feast, or a football team, or even something as simple of taking a walk to a small corner store, or simply sitting ou...

Financing details about local council initiatives on the occasion of World Cleanup Day have been announced.World Cleanup Day is celebrated each year in countries around the world, and will this year be celebrated on 17 September.39 local councils ben...

The roles of the Environment and Resources Authority, local councils as well as NGOs should be ingrained in the planning process, PN spokesperson for Planning, Stanley Zammit said.In an interview with The Malta Independent on Sunday, Z...

The number of reports of domestic violence received by the Police has doubled in a decade, up from the 851 received in 2011 to 1,745 in 2021, statistics obtained by The Malta Independent on Sunday from the Police show.The surge in the number of cases...

Pope Francis on Sunday beatified one of his predecessors, John Paul I, a briefly serving pontiff who distinguished himself with his humility and cheerfulness, and whose abrupt death in his bedroom in 1978 shocked the world and fueled suspicions for y...

21 new Covid-19 cases were recorded on Sunday, while one person died while positive for the virus.Figures released by the health authorities show that the number of active cases is now 105.In all, there have been 114,135 cases recorded in Malta, with...

A 25-year-old man is in danger of dying after he suffered an electric shock while carrying out maintenance works.Police said that they were advised of a need for their assistance at 1:30pm in a residence at Triq il-Gdida in Paola on Sunday.Preliminar...

NGO Repubblika will be holding what it said was a protest march against corruption on Tuesday in Valletta.Day after day, Maltese and Gozitans learn about new facts involving corruption. Despite this, impunity still reigns supreme. A class of politici...

Ħamrun Spartans registered their second win of the campaign this time defeating Pieta Hotspurs in a one sided match played at the National Stadium.The Spartans kept marching on in the recent brilliant form and after crushing champions Hibernians...

The first Pride March was celebrated this weekend in Gozo, marking a historic day for the LGBTI+ organisation in Gozo.Minister for Gozo Clint Camilleri said that just a year ago the ministry was inaugurating a new office which was handed to the LGBTI...

Government has made the decision to freeze several infrastructural projects which were to be entirely financed by national funds, as the country continues to face increasing energy prices, Times of Malta reported on Sunday.Top civil servants have sai...

Sociologist Michael Briguglio believes that the dangerous condition of the “third-world” pavements in Malta is preventing social interaction.“It is important that we strive to invest in society from the basic things, such as pavemen...

Two individual errors from Roma players led to two goals and saw José Mourinho’s side slip to its first defeat in Serie A as it was surprisingly crushed 4-0 at Udinese on Sunday.Roma went into the game having conceded only one goal in fo...

Remember that time, not so long ago, when there was a crisis at Manchester United?After four straight wins, it seems like a dim and distant memory.The latest sign that United is well on the road to recovery came on Sunday with a 3-1 win over Arsenal,...

You would be hard-pressed to find a more significant weekend in the political history of the 20th century post-war world than the first three days of December 1989.It was then that US President George W. Bush Snr and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorba...

Members of the police force arrested five youths who allegedly stole from warehouses around the Marsa area, seemingly as they prepared to do the same thing.In a statement, the police said that it was told at around 1am that some suspicious men had be...

Max Verstappen stood on his car to milk the applause as the 100,000-strong Orange Army engulfed their national hero in a sea of their favorite color after he won the Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday.A second straight win at the Zandvoort track by the seasi...

The St Paul’s Bay Community Police arrested a 20-year-old English man yesterday, in connection with alleged possession and trafficking of drugs, which was suspected to be cannabis.The police noticed a Ford Transit vehicle which looked suspiciou...

A Libyan man reported missing by police back in December 2021 has been found safe and sound, some nine months on from when he was last seen.Police said in a statement on Sunday morning that they had found Alsagheer Mohamed Rajab Ali safe and sound wh...

Malta……13Slovenia…9(3-2), (2-3), (3-3), (5-1)A fourth session surge gave the Maltese national waterpolo team a 13-9 win over Slovenia to book a place in the final for 13th place at the European championships.It was the first ever...

A court of law was told a few days ago that a man felt “pressured” to help people pass the driving test because they were working in a villa that belonged to a government minister.The revelation was made as three Transport Malta officials...

Gejtu Vella attended the former Polytechnic were he successfully completed a course in Hotel Management and Food Preparation. He worked in the hotel industry for ten years, following which he joined the trade union movement.  In the Union Haddie...

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Saturday that the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine was disconnected to its last external power line but was still able to run electricity through a reserve line amid sustained shellin...

A man was seriously injured in a car fire in Valletta on Saturday morning.The police said that it was informed that a car was ablaze in the Marsamxett area.A 41-year-old man from Ta’ Xbiex was found lying on the ground near the car when officer...

English Language Schools are in the midst of a crisis and presently find it difficult, if not impossible, to source qualified teachers, the Union of Professional Educators said.The situation can be put down to two factors. Many qualified English lang...

Two motorcyclists were grievously injured in separate accidents in Luqa and St Paul’s Bay on Saturday, the police said.At 7am, in Council of Europe Street, a biker riding a Honda was involved in a collision with a Toyota Ractis driven by a 37-y...

An airport worker who knew how to take off but not land stole a small airplane Saturday and threatened to crash it into a Walmart, circling for five hours over unnerved Mississippians before ending the flight safely in a soybean field where police ar...

The government is allowing a private foreign company to make profits off the backs of the people from a contract riddled with corruption, said the PN in a statement.The fact that Steward Healthcare Malta made a pre-tax profit of €6 million means...

Flimkien Ghal Ambjent Ahjar on Saturday accused the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage of failing to do its job to protect Malta’s heritage.Speaking in Ta' Xbiex, activist Astrid Vella said that the Superintendence has become inconsistent and...

Seventeen new Covid-19 cases were recorded on Saturday, as the number of active cases continues to drop.Figures released by the health authorities show that the number of active cases is now 111.The last time the number of active cases was so low was...

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who launched drastic reforms that helped end the Cold War and precipitated the breakup of the Soviet Union, was buried Saturday after a farewell ceremony attended by thousands of mourners but snubbed by Russian...

Valletta: Empire Pharmacy (Branch), 46, Melita Street; Marsa: Vivien Pharmacy, Patri Magri Street; Żebbuġ: Santa Marija Pharmacy, 40, Għasfura Street; Birkirkara: Brown's Pharmacy, 32, Fleur-de-Lys Road; Ġżira: Tony's Pharmac...

It might be time for Liverpool to start worrying about its slow start to the English Premier League.Jurgen Klopp’s team dropped points for the fourth time in six games after an eventful 0-0 draw at Everton in the Merseyside derby on Saturday, w...

In front of the club’s new owners, Rafael Leão inspired AC Milan to a 3-2 victory over fierce rival Inter Milan in a fiery Serie A derby on Saturday.With his teammates and coach Stefano Pioli, Leão celebrated wildly with the fans ...

Birkirkara maintained their 100% record beating Floriana 10 thanks to a Kevin Tulimieri goal 15 minutes from time.Birkirkara now have 9 points from three matches as this was their successive victory. For the Greens this was the first defeat of the se...