Finance Minister, Clyde Caruana said today that next year the government energy and food subsidies will reach €608 million.Presenting the pre-budget document on Friday, Caruana said that government energy and food subsidies will amount to €...

The appointment of Frank Fabri as general manager of the Institute of Tourism Studies has raised suspicions on many levels, the Union of Professional Educators said.Fabri was until recently employed at the Education Ministry, and forced to leave afte...

The Chamber of Advocates today unreservedly condemned the threats addressed to Magistrate Nadine Lia in the course of performing her duties.  Such criminal behaviour, intended to influence the serenity with which a member of the judiciary should...

Thousands of mourners waited for hours Thursday in a line that stretched for almost 5 miles (8 kilometers) across London for the chance to spend a few minutes filing past Queen Elizabeth II's coffin while she lies in state. King Charles III...

 London’s police force says two officers have been hospitalized after being stabbed in central London early Friday.The Metropolitan Police force says officers “encountered a man with a knife” in the Leicester Square area, a bus...

The police inspector investigating the bribery of Transport Malta officials testified in court that he has not yet spoken to the people suspected of instigating the bribery.Despite the court hearing of an implicated minister, lists of candidates from...

The tanker El Hiblu 1, which was allegedly hijacked in 2019 by migrants that it had rescued at sea, had switched off its AIS tracking system and headed towards Tripoli at full speed, a court expert has testified.Court expert Joe Degabriele, a master ...

The Judiciary Association today expressed its solidarity with a magistrate who received an anonymous letter in which the sender/s threatened to break up her marriage and career.“We told you to move aside”, the opening line of the letter s...

The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association cannot pick and choose when and what to criticise, Valletta Cultural Agency chief Jason Micallef said Thursday.In comments to The Malta Independent, Micallef said the MHRA did not issue statements when the...

Roger Federer is retiring from professional tennis at age 41 after a series of knee operations, closing a career in which he won 20 Grand Slam titles, finished five seasons ranked No. 1 and helped create a golden era of men's tennis wi...

European Union lawmakers on Thursday said that Hungary’s nationalist government is deliberately trying to undermine the bloc’s democratic values and they deplored the failure of the 26 other EU countries to take action that would bring th...

In view of the expiry of Rick Hunkin’s contract as CEO of Bank of Valletta in November this year, the bank’s Board of Directors has identified Kenneth Farrugia as the successor to the role. This followed an extensive process which has uti...

Cristiano Ronaldo scored the first Europa League goal of his career to help Manchester United rebound from an opening loss in the second-tier competition with a 2-0 victory over Sheriff Tiraspol on Thursday.The Champions League record scorer converte...

The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry on Thursday released a report which suggests that Members of Parliament should have their asset declarations accessible in the public domain.The document, entitled, “A Strong Transparency, ...

The recent death of Queen Elizabeth II has certainly sparked global interest, with mixed reactions ranging from the mourning and sorrow for her passing, to the less sorrowful response from certain countries due to their colonial past.Nostalgia was th...

25 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Thursday.The total number of deaths now stands at 803. Currently, there are 130 active cases in the country.There have been a total of 114,348 Covid-19 cases in the country since the start of the pandemic, of ...

Thousands of mourners lined up through the night to file past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II in Parliament’s Westminster Hall on Thursday, as King Charles III spent a day in private to reflect on his first week on the throne.The que...

During the second quarter of 2022, the Labour Force Survey estimated that the total number of persons in employment was 280,469, 4.9 per cent higher when compared to the previous year, the NSO said in a statement. Labour Force Survey: Q2/2022 Labour ...

Valletta Cultural Agency chairman Jason Micallef today launched a three-month Programme of Events for Strada Stretta in Valletta to give a sense of identity to the street as a cultural and artistic hub. Micallef, together with Arts Council Malta Chai...

Hand on heart, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy watched his country’s flag rise Wednesday above the recaptured city of Izium, making a rare foray outside the capital that highlights Moscow’s embarrassing retreat from a Uk...

An elderly woman was grievously injured on Wednesday afternoon after she was hit by a motorbike, the police said.The accident took place at 3.15pm in Dun Karm Road, Birkirkara.The 89-year-old Birkirkara resident was hit by a Kentoya Viking.The biker,...

A federal jury in Chicago convicted R. Kelly on Wednesday of producing child pornography and enticing girls for sex after a monthlong trial in his hometown, delivering another legal blow to the Grammy Award winning singer who was once one of the worl...

The death of a young migrant has once again brought to the fore the issue of migration.Many migrants lose their lives in the Mediterranean, but, as normally happens, the death of someone with a full life ahead always brings more sympathy and concern....

The planning appeals tribunal has revoked a permit for a hotel to be developed on Rabat’s Saqqajja Hill because permission was granted before geological studies were done.The appeal was filed by Moviment Graffiti, Din l-Art Helwa and The Archae...

The Minister for Economy, Silvio Schembri, said that if all stakeholders involved in the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) agree to change the mechanism, then the government will not stop them.“If the stakeholders of the same mechanism are open ...

The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) said in a statement that Valletta is becoming too loud, and that it is not fitting as a high-end destination, referring to comments made by Valletta Mayor Alfred Zammit recently. During an interview...

Prime Minister Robert Abela and his wife Lydia Abela have applied to demolish and rebuild a villa in Zejtun which they purchased in 2017.The plans, drawn up by architect Ray Demicoli, envision the current villa to be replaced by another villa service...

The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II left Buckingham Palace for the last time Wednesday, borne on a horse-drawn carriage and saluted by cannons and the tolling of Big Ben, in a solemn procession through the flag-draped, crowd-lined streets of London to W...

A construction worker has died after falling four storeys at a site he was working at in Gozo on Wednesday.Police told The Malta Independent that the worker had been working on a site in Triq Damasku in Munxar when, at around 11:30am, he fell a heigh...

President George Vella inaugurated an exhibition marking the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Malta and Estonia. The President of Estonia, Alar Karis, members of the diplomatic corps resident in Estonia and o...

On Wednesday, SOS Humanity International rescued 207 of the 250 asylum seekers who were reported adrift on Monday within Malta's Search and Rescue (SAR) zone.All 207 were rescued safely with no deaths being confirmed on board. Many people were found ...

It was the Erling Haaland show in the Champions League even on a night when Paris Saint-Germain superstars Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Neymar all scored in a comeback win.Manchester City also trailed, deep into the game, at home Wednesday ...

Reports that up to 100 staff at King Charles III’s former residence could lose their jobs has drawn criticism of the British monarchy, within days of his accession to the throne.The Guardian newspaper reported Tuesday that dozens of staff at Cl...

A magisterial inquiry has been launched into an anonymous letter which Magistrate Nadine Lia received on Tuesday.The letter, according to state broadcaster Television Malta which was the first to report its existence, warns Lia that her career and pe...

19 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Wednesday.The total number of deaths now stands at 803. Currently, there are 122 active cases in the country.There have been a total of 114,323 Covid-19 cases in the country since the start of the pandemic, of...

A top European Union official unveiled Wednesday a plan to cap the revenues of electricity producing companies that are making extraordinary profits due to the war in Ukraine and climate change, saying the proposal could raise $140 billion to help pe...

The Qormi Local Council strongly deplores the way in which the Planning Authority gave the go-ahead for agricultural land in Triq id-Deheb Fin which borders Triq is-Sajf, Triq Ta' Farżina and Triq il-Bonc to be developed, the councol said.The co...

Minister for Economy, Silvio Schembri, visited the offices of checkyourtraders.com in Mellieha, on Wednesday morning to inaugurate the company and get a better idea of what the company does.The director of the company, Lauren Emma Rampley, spoke to h...

His hand on his heart, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy watched as his country’s flag was hoisted Wednesday above the recently recaptured city of Izium, a rare foray outside the capital that highlighted Moscow’s embarrassing r...

The Minister for Justice Jonathan Attard presented warrants to 102 lawyers and 10 new legal procurators, after they demonstrated their competence to exercise the legal profession.In a ceremony inside the Admiral's Hall in Fort St Angelo, Minister Att...

Total inbound tourists for July 2022 were estimated at 273,646, while total nights spent amounted to 2,274,414, the NSO said Wednesday Inbound Tourism: July 2022 During the month under review, a total of 247,029 inbound tourists visited Malta for hol...

An agreement set on Wednesday between the University of Malta’s ‘University of the Third Age (U3A)’ and the Ministry for Active Ageing renews the vested interest between the two parties in the area of active ageing, originally signe...

Against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Pope Francis told the Russian Orthodox hierarchy and other faith leaders Wednesday that religion must never be used to justify the “evil” of war and that God must never “be...

The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II returned to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday evening, making its way through a drizzly London as crowds lined the route for a glimpse of the hearse and to bid her a final farewell.People parked their cars along a normally...

The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II has arrived at Buckingham Palace in London after the 96-year-old monarch’s death in her beloved Scotland last week.The military C-17 Globemaster carrying the monarch’s casket touched down at RAF Northolt, ...

Judging by the reaction there was on the social media, Valletta residents do not agree with their mayor.In an interview with The Malta Independent on Sunday, Alfred Zammit said that the Valletta noise issue “is under control” and that the...

At 20.3%, the at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion rate (AROPE) in Malta increased by 0.4 percentage points in 2021, when compared to 2020, the European Statistics on Income and Living Conditions survey showed. The AROPE reveals the share of person...

The Justice and Peace Commission within the Curia has urged Malta's authorities and politicians to prioritise the saving of lives and refrain from using language that fans the flames of indifference, following the d...

President of Repubblika Robert Aquilina plans on filing a constitutional case in his name, on the right to a fair hearing over the police's refusal of a Freedom of Information (FOI) request.He intends to file the case as he has been battling the refu...

Migrants picked up at sea by a mercantile ship and brought to Italy by the coast guard have reported that six people died of thirst during the voyage, the U.N. refugee agency said Monday.The Italian Coast Guard said it transported 26 migrants to the ...

The Financial Times recently published a lengthy investigation that revealed the involvement of British banks and law firms in money laundering operations.It said that London had for decades represented an incubator for corruption and criminals from ...

Presenter Peppi Azzopardi has called for a monument honouring four-year-old Loujin, in a Facebook post on Tuesday.Loujin was part of a group of migrants who travelled from Lebanon to Italy, but ran into trouble on the way when their boat st...

In the first 8 months of this year Enemalta invested over €11-million out of the €15- million allocated for the reinforcement of the electricity distribution system for 2022, the company said in a statement.While meeting the goals of this p...

A boy and a man were grievously injured in falls on Monday evening, the police said.In Qala, at 6.30pm, a 56-year-old man fell off a parked truck, grievously injuring himself.The accident took place in Bishop Mikiel Buttigieg Square. He was taken to ...

It doesn't seem to matter which shirt Robert Lewandowski is wearing — Bayern Munich just keeps getting the better of Barcelona either way.Bayern extended its recent dominance over the Spanish giant with a 2-0 win in the Champions League&nb...

On Tuesday morning at 9.30 am, the police were informed that man suffered serious injuries in a field within the limits of Zewwieqa, Ghajsielem, Gozo.The man is a 72-year-old resident in Ghajnsielem. It was later revealed that he had been injured whi...

King Charles III flew to Northern Ireland on Tuesday on the latest leg of his tour of the four parts of the United Kingdom, where a cheering crowd gathered to greet him in a region with a contested British and Irish identity that is deeply divided ov...

The Parliamentary Ombudsman, Anthony C. Mifsud, on Tuesday appointed three Commissioners for Administrative Investigations for specialised areas.Alan Saliba has been re-appointed as Commissioner for Environment and Plann...

Malta "urgently needs" a holistic master plan and revised local plans supported with clear policies which do not leave room for abusive exploitation in their interpretation and application, the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry said ...

BELFAST, Northern Ireland — King Charles III has received a rapturous welcome at Hillsborough Castle, the royal residence in Northern Ireland, on his first visit as monarch.The sovereign and Camilla, the Queen Consort, flew to Belfast from Edin...

The AŻAD Foundation, a branch of the Nationalist Party, has launched a political training programme called STEP, which is aiming to help more people develop political skills together with social and cultural knowledge.STEP was launched during a ...

As Queen Elizabeth II's four children walked silently behind, a hearse carried her flag-draped coffin Monday along a crowd-lined street in the Scottish capital to a cathedral, where a service of thanksgiving hailed the late monarch as a &ld...

Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Holy See’s strained relations with China are the backdrop to Pope Francis’ visit this week to the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, where he is ministering to a tiny Catholic community and partici...

Web3 is touted as the future of the internet, combining blockchain and decentralised technology to put the control of the internet into the hands of its users rather than corporations. Decentralisation is a core tenant of blockchain, a technology tha...

It is expected that the private sector will show interest in operating public charging stations for electric vehicles, the recently launched National Policy for Electric Vehicle Public Charging Infrastructure reads.The government launched the policy ...

The man accused of fatally stabbing Egyptian national Adri Mohammed in Marsa on July 25, had unsuccessfully tried to stab another man, who then put the attacker in an arm lock and disarmed him, a court has been told.Magistrate Doreen Clarke...

The Director General of the Malta Employers' Association has said that many employees are already making demands for higher wages.During an interview with this newsroom, MEA Director General Joseph Farrugia was asked for his predictions about wage gr...

 King Charles III pledged Monday to follow his late mother’s example of “selfless duty” as he addressed lawmakers from both houses of parliament in London before he boarded a plane to Edinburgh to be with the late queen's coffi...

Repubblika on Monday morning filed constitutional proceedings against Magistrate Nadine Lia over her refusal to recuse herself from the NGO’s challenge case against the police.The rule of law NGO is requesting the court to force the Police Comm...

The EU's tailor-made centralised system for vaccine procurement succeeded in creating an initially diversified portfolio of vaccine candidates and in procuring sufficient doses of Covid- 19 vaccines, the European Court of Auditors has said."However, ...

If European gas prices are capped, it may affect Malta's interconnector energy prices "which would help our country" since a European directive would also apply to Italy, Energy Minister Miriam Dalli said.Dalli said that last Friday, all energy minis...

Paulo Dybala scored one and set up another as Roma got back to winning ways with a 2-1 victory at Empoli in an action-packed Serie A match on Monday.Both teams hit the woodwork numerous times, while Roma missed a penalty and an Empoli player was sent...

On Monday, a meeting of the heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies began in Malta.The meeting hosts all the heads of such agencies from all countries, and is this year taking place at Dar il-Meditteran in Valletta. The meeting is over a numb...

A man has died after falling from a height in a construction site.At 10.15am on Monday, the police were informed that their assistance was needed inside a construction site on Sqaq iż-Żiemel, limits of Handaq in Qormi.A 57-year-old man from...

A 58-year-old man was grievously injured after losing control of his Kawazaki motorcycle and falling off.The accident occurred on Triq is-Salina, Naxxar at 9am on Monday. Two other vehicles, a Subaru and an MG were damaged in the incident.The motorcy...

The Office of the Commissioner for Animal Welfare disagrees with the assessment that the deaths of three Mediterraneo Marine Park dolphins were a 'pure accident', adding that while there was no blatant neglect, a degree of negligence was involved on ...

EDINBURGH, Scotland — King Charles III and his siblings have stood in silent vigil around their mother Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin in St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh.Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward lowered t...

A 34-year-old cyclist who resided in St Paul's Bay was grievously injured in an accident involving a bus.The accident occurred at 8am on Triq is-Salini, Naxxar.The cyclist was taken to Mater Dei Hospital. Investigations are ongoing.

A man who was hit by a motorcycle last week has succumbed to his injuries, police said on Monday.The man – a 62-year-old from Fontana – sustained life threatening injuries last Monday after he was hit by a motorbike in Republic Street at ...

Malta "urgently needs" a holistic master plan and revised local plans supported with clear policies which do not leave room for abusive exploitation in their interpretation and application, the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry has s...

18 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Monday, as one more person has died while positive for Covid.The total number of deaths now stands at 803. Currently, there are 111 active cases in the country.There have been a total of 114,283 Covid-19 cases...

"I cannot see a scenario where inflation will go back down to 1%, in the foreseeable future at least." This was said by the Director General of the Malta Employers' Association Joseph Farrugia, who also foresees prices continuing rising not just next...

In August 2022, the number of final deeds of sale relating to residential property amounted to 1,228, a 5% increase when compared to those registered a year earlier, the National Statistics Office (NSO) said."The value of these deeds totalled €2...

Ukraine kept the counteroffensive momentum in its war against Russia going Monday, saying it liberated one village after another and claiming that in one region it pushed the invaders back right up to the border.“In some areas of the front, our...

For many people around the world, the word corgi is forever linked to Queen Elizabeth II.Princess Diana once called them a “moving carpet" always by her mother-in-law's side. Stubby, fluffy little dogs with a high-pitched bark, corgis were the ...

When the hearse carrying Queen Elizabeth II’s body pulled out of the gates of Balmoral Castle on Sunday, it marked the monarch’s final departure from a personal sanctuary where she could shed the straitjacket of protocol and cer...

Director general of the Malta Employers’ Association (MEA) Joseph Farrugia cannot foresee a scenario where inflation will go back down to 1% in the foreseeable future.In an interview with The Malta Independent on Sunday, Farrugia was asked for ...

The recent controversy regarding loud music being played in Valletta establishments late at night is now under control, the capital city’s mayor Alfred Zammit said, adding that residents were misguided on the government's legal notice. The Malt...

Former Valletta mayor Paul Borg Olivier has challenged his successor to “unplug (your) earphones” with regard to the noise levels at night in the capital city.Borg Olivier, who served as Valletta mayor between 1999 and 2008, was referring...

Queen Elizabeth II’s flag-draped coffin slowly processed through the rugged Scottish countryside Sunday on a final days-long journey from her beloved Balmoral Castle to London. Mourners packed bridges and city streets and lined rural roads and ...

President Joe Biden marked the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, taking part in a somber wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon held under a steady rain and paying tribute to “extraordinary Americans” who gave their live...

Atalanta, the team that drew praise and admiration around Europe in recent seasons for its free-flowing attack and abundance of goals, is relying more on its defense these days.With Luis Muriel having just returned from injury and strike partner Duv&...

Queen Elizabeth II’s relationship with Malta is one which will live long in the memory. It was the only other country, other than the UK, in which she resided for months, a factor that was highlighted by most media outlets after the Queen&rsquo...

Jefferson De Assis scored a brace in the second half to give Gzira a come from behind victory over champions Hibernians.Although still early in the season the defeat leaves the champions in a rather embarassing position, already eight points behind H...

On Thursday 15 September, Archbishop Charles Scicluna will celebrate a de requiem mass for Queen Elizabeth II, marking a week from her death, at 6.30pm at St John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta.The congregation will be led by President of Malta George Ve...

This is not the time to take decisions that can affect the economic stability of our country, Prime Minister Robert Abela on Sunday with reference to the energy and fuel subsidiesDuring an interview on One Radio, the Prime Minister said that "this is...

The Nationalist Party said that programmes on the national television stations should carry sub-titles to enable the hearing impaired to follow. There is EU funding specifically for this, and it is as yet untapped by Malta, the PN said.While the func...

King Charles III’s son William, the new Prince of Wales, has told the First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, he will serve the country “with humility and great respect.”William was given the title when his father, the previous Pri...

14 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Sunday, and the number of active cases stands at 103.No new deaths have been reported.There have been 114,265 cases of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, of which 112,964 have recovered and 802 people h...

Walking out for his first Grand Slam final at age 19, Carlos Alcaraz bumped fists with fans leaning over a railing along the path leading to the Arthur Ashe Stadium court. Moments later, after the coin toss, Alcaraz turned to spri...