A man was critically injured while three others were also hurt as a car driven by a 17-year-old girl crashed into a wall in Swieqi, the police said.The accident took place in Madliena Road at 1.30am Saturday.The driver, a 17-year-old girl resident in...

Five organisations and the Xagħra Local Council have submitted an appeal with the Planning Tribunal (EPRT) against the Planning Commission’s decision to approve another Joseph Portelli pool in Marsalforn Valley. The appeal was made possibl...

St Albert the Great College announced Saturday that it is postponing the opening of the secondary school, while the primary school will open on Tuesday.In a statement, the college said that over the past few weeks, despite the administration's best e...

Maltese law has always protected a mother’s life, the Life Network Foundation said in a statement.Life Network said that it is not true that Maltese law favours the death of the mother in order to save the life of the unborn child, a claim bein...

While attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Prime Minister Robert Abela held a bilateral meeting with President of the Libyan Presidential Council Mohamed Menfi.The Prime Minister noted that as an elected member of United Na...

Italians will vote on Sunday in what is being billed as a crucial election as Europe reels from the repercussions of Russia's war in Ukraine. For the first time in Italy since the end of World War II, the election could propel a far-right l...

At its September Group meeting, Stefano Mallia was re-elected as President of the Employers' Group for the second half of the 2020-2025 mandate with a very strong vote in his favour. "I am extremely proud to have been re-elected President of the Empl...

Keith Schembri, Yorgen Fenech and three others have been charged with theft and misappropriation in connection with a government job given to the self-confessed middleman in the 2017 murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, Melvin Theuma.Sche...

The Malta Union of Teachers (MUT) has received a warrant of prohibitory injunction from the rector at St Albert the Great College it said, to try and stop the union from issuing additional directives."The union has never declared that it shall be esc...

For far too long, world leaders have allowed disparities to grow in this world, Prime Minister Robert Abela told the United Nations general assembly on Thursday. This has happened between the rich and the poor; between those who have access to fundam...

A quote from the Prime Minister’s speech at the United Nations was one of five picked by the Associated Press as having been a highlight of the third day of the UN general assembly.Below is the story as it appeared on the AP feed. They sai...

Repubblika is going to file a complaint with the Commission for the Administration of Justice against Magistrate Nadine Lia, it said in a statement.Repubblika has been calling for the recusal of the magistrate in the challenge proceedings filed by Re...

The Police arrested four people, on Thursday evening, after they raided two warehouses in Triq il-Jerrejja and Triq is-Serkin in Marsa, in connection to drug trafficking.On the scene, a large number of drugs were found, which were allegedly ready to ...

During the first six months of the year, officials from the Occupational Health and Safety (OHSA) made 2,177 inspections in different workplaces both during working hours and after working hours.The workplaces ranged from micro businesses to large co...

The health authorities reported 31 new Covid-19 cases on Friday.The total number of cases registered so far is now 114,534, with 113,112 recoveries.The number of deaths has remained at 804, while the number of active cases is 212.The Health Ministry ...

Voting began in Russian-held regions of Ukraine on referendums to become part of Russia, Moscow-backed officials there said Friday as Ukrainian and United Nations officials reported evidence of war crimes during the nearly seven-month war in the coun...

A late defensive blunder punished Malta to another defeat against Estonia as our slim hopes of obtaining the much needed two-goal victoy vanished just before half time when Estonia were awarded a penalty and Jean Borg was sent off.Ironically with ten...

It was a rough night for two teams expected to be World Cup contenders. England lost at Italy 1-0 and was relegated from the top tier of the Nations League, and Germany lost at home to Hungary by the same score.Italy, which didn’t qualify for t...

The Office of the Commissioner for Children has raised concerns about the uncertain situation at Saint Albert the Great College.The Office is referring to the dismissal of headmaster Mario Mallia, who said he had been fired after pushing for inclusiv...

The tide of international opinion appears to be decisively shifting against Russia, as a number of non-aligned countries are joining the United States and its allies in condemning Moscow’s war in Ukraine and its threats to the princip...

Economy Minister Silvio Schembri announced that a Council for iGaming will be set up to serve as a forum to provide policy advice to the Government regarding the iGaming sector.Minister Schembri also mentioned that this Council will maintain contact ...

In the past days, The Malta Independent published – on its website – two photographs which went viral on the social media.The first was a photo of a board placed at the Ta’ Qali national park, with a message to dog owners to clean u...

A study by the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association shows that Malta will need to bring in 4.7 million tourists to cater for planned increase of hotels. This is almost double the 2.8 million tourists Malta received before the Covid-19 pandemic.Th...

A letter by journalists, academics, people in the media and others has been sent to the Prime Minister, calling on the government to hold a public consultation exercise on a number of bills being drafted pertaining to journalism and freedom of expres...

The administration of St. Albert the Great College on Thursday expressed its concern over what it described as the Malta Union of Teachers' (MUT) “reckless attempts to sabotage any efforts towards the opening of the scholastic year on Monday, d...

The Campus Hub underground car park has flooded, with water leaking onto electricity wires after continuous rainfall on Thursday.The videos show water leaking from the ceiling onto electricity wires. Water was leaking from the ceiling on every floor ...

An investigation conducted by the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) has led the police to one of  the largest illegal live bird collections seized on Malta in recent years, a CABS statement said Thursday.CABS said that its teams were able ...

A 31-year-old construction worker from Xewkija was grievously injured on a construction site while using a chaser, the police said.The accident occurred at noon on Triq Bentrija, Xagħra, Gozo.He was taken to the Gozo General Hospital.Investigati...

An American woman who was refused an abortion in Malta, despite the pregnancy being unviable and potentially life threatening to the mother, has filed a constitutional case against the Health Minister, arguing that Malta’s blanket ban on termin...

The GAL Xlokk Foundation is organsing an information seminar called L’Olio di oliva nel Mediterraneo. The seminar is being held on Tuesday 4th October 2022, at the Qawra Palace Hotel. The main event’s guest speakers will be a number of re...

Kylian Mbappe added another fine solo goal to his collection and Olivier Giroud moved closer to France's scoring record as the defending World Cup champions beat Austria 2-0 in the Nations League on Thursday.Mbappe skipped past three defenders before...

Two men were grievously injured in separate accidents on Thursday morning.The first incident occurred at 8.15am on Triq il-Wied, Balzan. A 74-year-old man was hit by a Toyota Vitz that was being driven by a 32-year-old.The second incident occurred at...

The Archdiocese of Malta said Thursday it is preparing a contingency plan to cater for students and staff of St Albert the Great College within its educational structures should the school not be in a position to function at the beginning of the...

Caritas Malta and the Victim Support Agency signed an agreement that will improve their cooperation.Through this agreement, a common referral system is going to be established where service users can access support services more easily.The agreement ...

A balcony overlooking Triq ix-Xatt in Gzira collapsed onto the pavement, luckily injuring no-one.The pavement was closed off by Police as scattered pieces of concrete and steel occupy the pacement, while the railing of the balcony still stands in pla...

Two men were arrested after being caught hiding in a toilet and a soffit in a botched burglary this morning, the police said.The two men, aged 37 and 25, both of Birkirkara, were caught after they had broken into an establishment in Valley Road, Birk...

Ryanair today announced its new winter schedule, including routes to five new destinations from Malta which are Bordeaux, Bournemouth, Lisbon, Shannon and Stockholm.During a press conference on Thursday, Ryanair CEO Micheal O’ Leary said that t...

Britain’s central bank raised its key interest rate by another half-percentage point Thursday, avoiding more aggressive steps to tame inflation that the U.S. Federal Reserve and other banks have taken.It is the Bank of England’s seventh s...

The health authorities Thursday reported 33 new Covid-19 cases.This has taken the total to 114,503, with 113,107 people who have recovered.The total number of deaths remains at 804, with there are now 196 active cases.The Health Ministry stopped publ...

During this European Mobility Week ADPS cannot fail to emphasise government’s lack of commitment towards a serious policy to give the roads back to the people by rendering them safer and ensuring effective clean and sustainable mobility. ADPD &...

The Spot the Alien Fish campaign, one of the three citizen science campaigns coordinated by the Oceanography Malta Research Group within the Department of Geosciences at the Faculty of Science, has recently marked yet another...

During the second quarter of 2022, Malta registered a current account deficit of €255.9 million. Provisional figures for Malta’s external transactions show that during April-June 2022, the current account balance recorded a deficit of &eur...

The Malta College of Family Doctors (MCFD) and the Association of Private Family Doctors (APFD) said that as society adapt itself after the Covid-19 pandemic, family doctors are facing unmet needs from patients who were afraid to approach medical ser...

The main candidates in Italy's general election Sunday to elect a new Parliament and determine who next governs the country include some familiar names and some lesser-known ones. They range from from three-time Premier Silvio Berlusconi to far-right...

The budget date has been set for 24 October.As more and more budget proposals are put forward by various entities outside of government, the various ministries would also be pushing forward their proposals for possible financing.Prime Minister Robert...

Politicians have a duty to prevent the economy from taking over politics, as they have a duty to manage the economy for the common good, Archbishop Charles Scicluna said on Independence Day.Scicluna delivered a homily at St John's Co-Cathedral in Val...

President George Vella, Acting Prime Minister and Minister for the National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government Owen Bonnici, and Leader of the Opposition Bernard Grech laid flowers at the Independence monument in Floriana today, on Independence ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization of reservists in Russia on Wednesday, risking a deeply unpopular step that follows a string of humiliating setbacks for his troops nearly seven months after invading Ukraine.It’s t...

Repubblika has called for the substitution of lawyer Pawlu Lia as the government's representative on the Commission for the Administration of Justice, arguing that there is a conflict of interest, as well as because of his association with former Pri...

The budget for 2023 is set to be revealed in Parliament on 24 October, Prime Minister Robert Abela said while speaking to TVM in New York.He is currently in the USA for the UN General Assembly."It is a budget in a particular context," he said, highli...

 PN Leader Bernard Grech said that a culture of integrity is needed to fight against corruption."With a culture of integrity, we can manage to overcome the corrupt and dishonest cliques who strive only for the good of the privileged few, who the...

A 54-year-old motorbike rider from Birkirkara was grievously injured in an accident at 11 am on Wednesday.The accident occurred on the limits of Tal-Balal, Iklin, and involved a Honda motorbike being driven by the 54-year-old man, and a Kie Picanto, ...

We’ve been saying for months, if not years, that the mentality that “anything goes” has unfortunately become ingrained in this country.Now we’re turning things upside down too.This photo was captured in Republic Street, Vallet...

The bombardment of adverts urging people to lead a healthier lifestyle does not seem to be working.A recent Eorubarometer survey showed that only seven per cent of the Maltese population do some form of exercise or play some kind of sport on a regula...

On 1 August 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) in the case of OT v Vyriausioji tarnybinės etikos komisija (Chief Official Ethics Commission) (Case C-184/20) ruled that the publication of personal data indirectl...

The head of the United Nations had just warned of a world gone badly wrong — a place where inequity was on the rise, war was back in Europe, fragmentation was everywhere, the pandemic was pushing onward and technology was tearing things apart a...

The Chamber of SMEs has made clear that it will accept the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) system for what it is, even if it rises significantly. However, to combat this, it is proposing a tax reform to support SMEs further.The reform would include ...

Two people were injured in separate traffic accidents, the police said.The first incident occurred at 6pm on Triq Għar Dalam, Birżebbuġa. A 46-year-old Egyptian was hit by a Toyota Auris being driven by a 22-year-old.The second acciden...

A photo of a board set up at the Ta’ Qali park – on which there is a spelling mistake – is going viral on the social media.The board is intended to warn dog owners to clean after their pet. But the word “respectful” is s...

Murder suspect Eliott Paul Busuttil was agitated and in need of money to buy drugs the night before he murdered Mario Farrugia, a Romanian woman has testified.When the woman testified last May, she had explained that she was in Attard around 10:30pm ...

Santa Luċija residents have collected 1,065 printed and signed objections against a development that threatens a vital green lung in the town, the NGO Moviment Graffitti said in a statement on Tuesday.Additionally, so far, a further 200 objectio...

In an alarming assessment, the head of the United Nations warned world leaders Tuesday that nations are "gridlocked in colossal global dysfunction" and aren't ready or willing to tackle the challenges that threaten humanity's future - and the planet'...

United States authorities charged 48 people in Minnesota with conspiracy and other counts in what they said Tuesday was the largest pandemic-related fraud scheme yet, stealing $250 million from a federal programme that provides meals to low-income ch...

New regulations declaring Qawra Point as a nature reserve were published on Tuesday, to protect this site's biodiversity in a coastal area popular for walking and swimming, the Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) has said.Through these regulati...

Russian-controlled regions of eastern and southern Ukraine announced plans Tuesday to start voting this week to become integral parts of Russia. The concerted and quickening Kremlin-backed efforts to swallow up four regions could set the stage for Mo...

 “Demonising direct orders isn’t the answer. If it’s justified within the context of the situation – so it might win time and avoid delays – then I’ll sign it off ”, the newly appointed Infrastructure Ma...

A Syrian man who lives in Malta was charged in court tonight on accusations of human trafficking after he allegedly coordinated the arrival of a group of illegal immigrants in Malta.The police said that the case in question was the arrival of a group...

Two men were charged by police for allegedly attacking a man and leaving him with grievous injuries in Mqabba on 18 September.Eugenio Gaffarena, 63, from Qrendi and his 19-year-old son, Vince Gaffarena, from Mqabba were arraigned under arrest before ...

Infrastructure Malta rebuilt 128 residential roads in the first eight months of this year, an average of four roads per week, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects Aaron Farrugia said.He added that complementing major infrastruc...

Nationalist Party spokespersons Mark Anthony Sammut (Energy and enterprise) and Ryan Callus (Public works and infrastructure) announced that the PN would be gathering participants in order to file a class action law suit over utility bills issued by ...

In light of the assistance that Ukraine needs, it would be wise for the European Union to ensure the sustainability of this assistance, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade Ian Borg said.This was noted during the European Uni...

A group of unions has asked for a meeting with the government in order to discuss a new COLA mechanism for exceptional circumstances.The Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) is an annual increase in working financial conditions determined by the governmen...

There were 18 new Covid-19 cases reported, as the number of active cases climbed up slightly, from 159 on Monday to 166 on Tuesday.No deaths were reported, as the total number of victims remained 804.In all, 114,443 cases were recorded in Malta, with...

Works are being carried out to modernise social housing in Marsa and improve accessibility.The work is being carried out by the Housing Authority through an investment of €1 million coming from European funds.The Ministry for Social and Affordab...

Government has said that it is committed to achieve its goals on a more inclusive education in the country.Prime Minister Robert Abela addressed a Summit on Education in New York, where the leaders of different countries spoke about their commitment ...

In an alarming assessment, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders Tuesday that nations are “gridlocked in colossal global dysfunction” and aren’t ready or willing to tackle the major challenges that threaten the ...

The school was a shattered mess. Its six-month life as a Russian base and mechanic shop ended in August with a Ukrainian missile strike.Its years educating Izium's youth were over, but it had one last gift for the residents who needed so much: the wo...

The Italian Navy Ship FREMM Martinengo entered the port of Valletta, Pinto Wharf and will be moored from 19th to 22nd September, the Italian Embassy announced in a statement on Tuesday morning.The Federico Martinengo ship (F596) is the seventh Italia...

The Members of the European Court of Auditors (ECA) today elected Tony Murphy as President for a renewable three-year term, a statement on the ECA website said. Tony Murphy, an Irish national, will officially assume his new position on 1 October...

The United Kingdom and the world bade farewell to Queen Elizabeth II on Monday with a state funeral that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers — and crowds in the streets of London and at Windsor Castle — to hon...

The 21st day of September, apart from being Independence Day, also ushers in autumn.The first days of the new season are forecast to bring in cooler weather, with temperature expected to be 29 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, and dropping to 25 degrees ...

The Nationalist Party will take the government to court over the way in which people’s utility bills have been charged, PN leader Bernard Grech said on Monday evening.Speaking at a party activity as the PN kicked off its Independence Day celebr...

An open space almost the size of St. George’s Square will become the new village square for Msida as part of significantly changed plans for the Msida junction which will be unveiled later this year.Explained to The Malta Independent by Infrast...

The University Students' Council (KSU) has finalised the policy paper on education and issued a number of proposals.The policy paper was finalised after compiling the data it gathered through the KSU survey that was shared on social media and filled ...

A University of Malta disciplinary committee has found that there was no plagiarism in the academic paper which was co-authored by the Dean of the Faculty for Social Wellbeing, Andrew Azzopardi.Times of Malta revealed that the investigation report sa...

Only 7% of Maltese people exercise or play a sport regularly, a Eurobarometer survey has shown.The Eurobarometer survey asked respondents from different countries on their frequency of exercise or whether they play a sport. It found that 7% of respon...

Next Wednesday 21st September, San Klement Park in Żabbar will be transformed into a space for the promotion of food, health and sports aimed at encouraging the public to live a healthier and more sustainable life.With activities starting at 5pm...

Gozitan operatic productions have been granted funding of €330,000 by the Ministry for National Heritage, Arts and Local Government, with an additional €60,000 contributed by the Ministry for Gozo.Teatru Astra and Teatru Aurora have both be...

14 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Monday.The total number of deaths stands at 804.Currently, there are 159 active cases in the country.There have been a total of 114,425 Covid-19 cases in the country since the start of the pandemic, of which 1...

We’ve seen it all before, we’ve heard it all before, and we’ve written about it all before: but this time it actually does appear that the final chapter for Air Malta is being written – one final chapter for a national airline...

 The Spanish charity Open Arms has rescued 372 people seeking to cross the central Mediterranean to Europe in unseaworthy smugglers' boats and recovered the corpse of a man who had been shot by smugglers, officials said Sunday.The rescue ship Op...

The Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) saved thousands of lives over the years, Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri told The Malta Independent on Sunday when speaking about the migration situation in the Mediterranean.Asked how he responds to criticism th...

Infrastructure Malta is set to launch a three-year business plan in the coming weeks which will serve as something of a working plan for the country’s roads agency, Infrastructure Malta’s new CEO Ivan Falzon told The Malta Independent on ...

WINDSOR, England — Queen Elizabeth II’s beloved dogs and one of her favorite ponies greeted the late monarch's coffin when it was brought to Windsor Castle.Corgis Muick and Sandy were brought into the castle’s quadrangle for the cof...

Government is causing irreparable damage to the identity and national heritage of Valletta, and future generations will judge us for this moment, local council minority leader Christian Micallef told The Malta Independent on Sunday.The legal notice e...

Thousands of police, hundreds of British troops and an army of officials made final preparations Sunday for the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II — a spectacular display of national mourning that will also be the biggest gather...

The father of Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech, John Grech, has passed away.He was 90 years old.The news was shared by Grech on his Facebook page on Sunday morning, with the PN leader having already shared last week that it was difficult seeing...

The Qala Local Council and Moviment Graffitti have filed an appeal against the approval of a planning application which sanctioned two swimming pools by one of Joseph Portelli’s companies in Qala, Gozo.The planning application, which was &ldquo...

A dilapidated villa outside Malta’s capital where a young Princess Elizabeth and her husband lived for a fondly recalled period before she became queen has become a focal point of Malta's remembrance of the late monarch and her ties to the coun...

Proper ecological restoration programmes should be implemented in areas which have suffered environmental damage caused by illegalities and natural phenomena, Nature Trust Conservation officer Annick Bonello said.There have been various occasions in ...