The reported death of four-year-old Loujin and the 2020 Easter Sunday pushback which cost 12 people their lives are individual tragedies which are a small percentage of the 29,000+ deaths that have taken place on migration routes to Europe since 2014...

ADPD chairperson Carmel Cacopardo has described the high price of fuel as a possible “godsend” solution to Malta’s traffic problem.In an interview with The Malta Independent on Sunday, Cacopardo argues that removing the subsidi...

Just halting development is no solution, as this will only lead to higher prices of property, the president of the Malta Developers Association said.In a letter to The Malta Independent on Sunday (see below), Michael Stivala was giving his reactions ...

Organ donation is one way how a person can help those in need, even after the person has left this world. Although it is a very noble gesture, many still think of organ donation as a taboo subject. In trying to diminish the negative views and attribu...

The Mosta Local Council did not know what parkour was when this park was designed, a parkour enthusiast told The Malta Independent on Sunday. It’s like having a football game played in a triangular ground, it does not work, he added.A space loc...

Reducing emissions from road transport, mobilising funds towards sustainable investments and increasing energy efficiency in buildings emerged as the three main priorities to speed up Malta's transition towards a green economy that combats climate ch...

A 63-year-old Birkirkara resident was seriously injured in an accident on Triq Burmarrad, Mosta.The accident occurred on Saturday at 7am. The police said that the accident involved a Toyota Vitz, driven by the 63-year old, and a Honda Accord, driven ...

There was a collective sigh of relief last Thursday when the Environment and Planning Review Tribunal closed the Hondoq chapter, at least for now. Only the developers were disappointed with the outcome; they had been hoping for a different result.The...

Italy allowed a humanitarian rescue ship carrying 179 migrants to enter a Sicilian port and begin disembarking minors early Sunday, while refusing to respond to requests for safe harbor from three other ships carrying 900 more people in nea...

Ukraine's state electricity operator on Saturday announced blackouts in Kyiv and seven other regions of the country in the aftermath of Russia's devastating strikes on energy infrastructure.The move comes as Russian forces continue to pound Ukrainian...

Former Prime Minister and Labour Party leader. Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici has passed away, the Labour Party said in a statement. He was 89.Mifsud Bonnici's niece Paula, who is a Nationalist Party MP, said on Facebook that the funeral will be held on Mond...

There will not be a State funeral for Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, according to the former Prime Minister’s wishes.In a statement, the government said that Prime Minister Robert Abela informed the family that it was ready to organise a State funeral...

PN MP Paula Mifsud Bonnici was among the many who paid tribute to Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, who died on Saturday.Paula Mifsud Bonnici wrote on Facebook that the former prime minister was “a great uncle to all of us. We shall surely miss your sens...

Malta Philharmonic Orchestra CEO Sigmund Mifsud on Saturday was charged with tampering with evidence after he allegedly instructed MPO employees to keep quiet on sexual harassment scandal. A few days ago a senior official at the Malta Philharmon...

The Nationalist Party said today that the position of Minister for the National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government Owen Bonnici is no longer tenable due to the events which happened in the National Orchestra under his political leadership.The PN...

Valletta: 20/21, Republic Street; Ħamrun: Remedies Pharmacy, 211, St Joseph High Road; Qormi: Pinto Pharmacy, 43, St Sebastian Street; Birkirkara: Brown's Quad Pharmacy, The Quad Q2, Unit 3, Level 00, Mrieħel Bypass Central Business Distric...

A woman was taken to hospital this afternoon after she was hit by a car in Victoria, the police said.The woman, aged 68 of Qala, was hit by a car driven by a 51-year-old man of Santa Venera.She was taken to Gozo Hospital with grievous injuries.The ac...

Aaron Carter, the singer-rapper who began performing as a child and had hit albums starting in his teen years, was found dead Saturday at his home in Southern California. He was 34.Representatives for Carter’s family confirmed the singer’...

Twenty-eight migrants were found to be living in Malta illegally on Saturday, the government said.Inspections were carried out in Hamrun, Marsa and Santa Venera.The 28 persons are from Senegal, Ghana, Gambia, Mali, Bangladesh, Somalia, Eritrea, Niger...

A man from Mali was arrested after being caught in possession of drugs in the Paceville area, the police said.The arrest was made on Friday at 5.30pm in St George’s Road, St Julian’s.The police said the man was acting suspiciously, with o...

England coach Gareth Southgate hopes that gay soccer players “come out soon" because "it would have an enormous impact on society,” he said in an interview with an Italian newspaper published on Saturday.“The teams and players would...

A boy aged eight was seriously injured on Saturday morning when he fell three storeys onto a parked car, the police said.The accident took place in Villeggatura Street, St Paul’s Bay, at 9.30am.The boy fell off the balcony in the residence wher...

Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa said that last year, there was a 35% decline in the number of cases of violence against police officers due to the implementation of bodycams.In an interview with Andrew Azzopardi on 103 radio station, Gafa spoke about...

Pep Guardiola celebrated like Manchester City had won the Premier League title.Erling Haaland celebrated like Sergio Aguero.It is early November and this was a 2-1 home win against Fulham – but the reaction from the reigning champions underline...

A hat trick last weekend. A goal and an assist this weekend to move atop the Serie A scoring chart.Victor Osimhen put together another strong performance to extend Napoli’s winning streak to nine games in the Italian league ...

Hibernians and Birkirkara took a point each from a direct clash between two sides in need of points in order to continue pushing in the top part of the table.Following a 1-1 draw with surprise team M’Xlokk, Hibernians wanted to return to winnin...

Government’s transparency is very much in question.We see it time and again, through Freedom of Information (FOI) request refusals and also through the refusal to publish certain contracts citing ‘commercial sensitivity’.The governm...

NGO Repubblika on Saturday called out Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa over the ‘pathetic attempt’ to blame everything on the Attorney General.Gafa spoke in an interview with Andrew Azzopardi on his radio programme on 103 Malta’s Hea...

Italy's new far-right led government adopted a measure Friday formalizing the closure of its ports to rescue ships run by humanitarian groups as four vessels with more than 1,000 migrants continued to press for a safe port.Interior Minister Matteo Pi...

An explosion has caused damage at a farmhouse in Bidnija, the police said.The accident took place on Friday at 5.45pm, the police said Saturday.The farmhouse is still under construction, with its owners reporting the incident to the police.Members of...

A Turkish sailor was injured in an accident on a ship which was leaving the Malta Freeport, the police said.The accident took place at 6.30am, with the sailor injured as the rope got tangled around him.The 38-year-old was brought to shore by members ...

Twelve new Covid-19 cases were reported on Saturday, taking the total to 115,459.Health authorities said that no deaths were recorded, leaving the total at 808.The number of people who recovered stands at 113,949, with 306 active cases remaining.

The proposal for  ‘crushing on site’ and ‘stock piling’ in an Mqabba quarry will not only be damaging to the environment but also will be detrimental to the physical and mental health of the nearby residents, ADPD, the Gr...

 Enemalta is launching the final repairs of the Malta-Italy Interconnector, after it was damaged by a ship’s anchor earlier this year, Enemalta said in a statement.Weather permitting, works on the damaged section of this subsea cable, whic...

The Kamra tal-Periti (Chamber of Architects) welcomes the announcement made by the Minister for Public Works and Planning, Dr Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi, regarding the imminent publication of draft regulations on licensing of contractors for public cons...

A bus without any passengers crashed into a wall of a construction site and into a petrol station in Mellieha early on Saturday, the police said.The bus, an Otokar Vectio, was being driven by a 41-year-old Indian man, resident in Qormi.He was driving...

Palumbo-MSC has said it is baffled by the letter of complaint sent by residents to the Environment and Resource Authority, complaining about loud noise emanating from the shipyard.A group of 141 residents from the Cottonera and surrounding area said ...

President George Vella said that he is convinced that, like many others, Dr Eddie Fenech Adami believed that by taking an active role in politics he could help improve the quality of life in our country.“Like many others, he believed that he ha...

The winners of the 2022 National Book Prize were announced earlier this evening during a private ceremony held at the National Museum of Arts (MUŻA) in Valletta, and attended by the Ministry for Education Permanent Secretary, Matthew Vella. The ...

The Attorney General should identify the individuals who have officially been spared prosecution in connection with the Pilatus Bank inquiry, the Nationalist Party said Friday.In a press conference outside the AG’s office in Valletta, Justice s...

The Nationalist party on Friday presented a motion to amend the Legal Notices so that Maltese and Gozitans receive back all the money which was stolen from the overcharging of electricity and water bills.Legal Notices 243 and 244 of 2022 must be amen...

Minister of Public Works and Planning Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi said that recommendations for Ħondoq ir-Rummien are outside the Planning Ministry's remit.The Malta Independent asked Zrinzo Azzopardi whether government will take the Qala Mayor&rsqu...

A man was seriously injured on Friday morning when he fell a height of one and a half storeys on a construction site.The police said the accident took place at 11am in Victor Denaro Street, Msida.The man, a 43-year-old Turk who lives in Msida, was ta...

A group of 141 residents from the Cottonera and surrounding area said they are "suffering severely" due to the Palumbo-MSC shipyard's operations, "which have been even worse than usual in recent weeks."They wrote a letter to the Environment and Resou...

With Russia’s war in Ukraine raging, Pope Francis joined Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders Friday in calling for the world’s great religions work together for peace, telling an interfaith summit that religion must never be used to just...

The Planning Authority will work to update policies which further respect the country's urban environment, Minister for Public Works and Planning Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi said.In a press conference on Budget measures for the planning sector, Zrinzo Az...

Tessie Aquilina who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease three years ago, has to ingest 22 pills each day, she told The Malta Independent.Parkinson’s disease is a brain disorder that causes unintended or uncontrollable movements, such a...

Twenty-two new Covid-19 cases were registered on Friday, health authorities said.The total number of cases registered is now 115,447, with 808 deaths.Statistics show that 113,927 people have recovered, while 316 cases remain active.The Health Ministr...

A cashier suffered light injuries after a man armed with a knife committed a robbery at a shop in Zebbug on Thursday evening.Police said that they were informed at around 7pm that there had been a robbery in a shop in Vjal il-Helsien in Zebbug on Thu...

A Maltese contractor and his employee have been jailed for causing the death of two women in 2004The contractor, who is the owner of a piece of land where construction work was ongoing which caused two flats in an adjacent apartment block to collapse...

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are among a handful of players hoping for a final hurrah in what is likely to be their last World Cup appearance.Besides those two, there's also Robert Lewandowski, Luis Suárez, Luka Modric, Dani Alves, Manue...

There was a time when students chained themselves to the steel railings that used to surround the façade of the Auberge de Castille, the Prime Minister’s office.It happened in 1977, when the political strife in that highly-charged era ha...

Student enrolments in post-secondary and tertiary institutions during academic year 2020-2021 increased by 3.3% over the preceding academic year, totalling 27,944.Post-secondary students enrolled in sixth forms and other post-secondary institutions t...

Pope Francis urged Bahrain authorities on Thursday to renounce the death penalty and ensure basic human rights are guaranteed for all citizens as he arrived in the Sunni-led kingdom that has been accused by rights groups of systematic discrimination ...

Not every soccer star will be competing at the World Cup.Some big names will be missing from the tournament in Qatar because of injuries or because their countries didn't qualify.ERLING HAALAND (Norway)The 22-year-old Haaland has had a phenomenal sta...

Barely two weeks after their sensational courtroom admission to having planted and detonated the car bomb which claimed the life of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, her self-confessed killers are demanding that they be retried.Lawyers for George an...

An appeal against the refusal of a massive planning application at Ħondoq Bay has been rejected by the Environment and Planning Review Tribunal.The refusal brings to an end a five-year appeal period and a planning process which has lasted for 20...

Qala mayor Paul Buttigieg has spoken of his extreme satisfaction to this afternoon’s tribunal decision to throw out an appeal for a massive development at Ħondoq ir-Rummien, and said that the next step is for the government to expropriate ...

Bank of Valletta Group on Thursday announced the financial results for January to September 2022, reporting a loss before tax for the year to date amounting to €55.7 million. Excluding the effect of the settlement of the Deiulemar claim in May t...

CCTV footage shows how the victim of a deadly hit and run accident in Żejtun was thrown forward by a powerful impact, a court was told.The suspect’s car became visible in the frame immediately after, a police inspector testified today as t...

Police inspections in Xewkija on Wednesday led officers to discover 10 person living in the country illegally, the police aid in a statement.The inspections were carried out jointly with Trasport Malta and the Armed Forces of Malta.Drivers were booke...

The Bank of England made its biggest interest rate increase in three decades on Thursday, joining the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks worldwide in rapid hikes as it tries to beat back stubbornly high inflation fueled by Russia&rsquo...

Gozo’s largest illegal scrapyard located within the limits of Xewkija was early today the subject of a direct action operation by the Planning Authority (PA).The authority said in a statement that it used heavy vehicles to start removing what i...

Kieran Tierney blasted home a winner for Arsenal to seal the top spot in its group and advance to the round of 16 of the Europa League with a 1-0 victory over Zurich on Thursday.The Premier League leader needed a win in London to guarantee first plac...

Spain’s Pedri González will highlight the list of teenagers who could make an impact at the World Cup. Others include England’s Jude Bellingham, Germany’s Jamal Musiala and American teammates Gio Reyna and Yunus Musah.Al...

Government has launched the first national strategy and action plan on gender mainstreaming. Parliamentary Secretary for Reforms and Equality Rebecca Buttigieg launched the plan of action, with the aim of eliminating all forms of structural discrimin...

Infrastructure Malta (IM) has prepared a work plan with the local councils for residential roads, through which approximately 60km worth of residential road-building projects will be implemented per year.The agency is in consultation with t...

Pope Francis is bringing his message of dialogue with the Muslim world to the kingdom of Bahrain, where the Sunni-led government is hosting an interfaith conference on East-West coexistence even as it stands accused of discriminating against the coun...

A driver was hurt when he lost control of the car he was driving and crashed into a tree.The accident happened on Thursday at 6.15am in Mikiel Anton Vassalli Street, St Julian’s.The driver, a 35-year-old man from Xghajra, was taken to hospital ...

In the middle of the concrete jungle that is Argentina's bustling capital, a huge mural has emerged of Diego Maradona wearing a national team jersey, his right hand in a fist and a defiant expression on his face.The massive artwork, 148 fee...

It was 100 years ago that the national anthem was written.Based on music composed by Robert Samut, poet Dun Karm Psaila wrote the lyrics of what would become one of Malta’s symbols. Although first sang in 1922, it was only in 1964 that, with Ma...

The money laundering case against Pilatus Bank and its MLRO continued on Wednesday with another short sitting - the latest in a string of at least three where the prosecution failed to bring enough witnesses to fill the allotted time.Wednesday's summ...

Questions were raised in Parliament over whether Finance Minister Clyde Caruana broke the law by commissioning a red budget briefcase with Malta’s coat of arms emblazoned on it.The PN’s justice spokesperson Karol Aquilina asked Caruana wh...

Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo has refused to publish details about the beach concessions given to deckchair operators at Comino, Fra Ben and Ramla Bay, saying that the information is commercially sensitive and cannot be provided.In reply to a parl...

Around 1,300 families turned to Caritas Malta for support in the past year, while the organisation’s community centre has helped around 700 people battling drug addiction, Caritas Director Anthony Gatt said on WednesdayPrime Minister Robert Abe...

Minister for the National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government Owen Bonnici said that there has been a 150% increase in the funds allocated on the art and culture sector in the recent Budget.Speaking in Parliament during the debate on the financia...

The National Audit Office has identified progress at Mount Carmel Hospital since it wrote a report with a number of recommendations in 2018, but still has concerns over the state of some of the hospital’s wards. Auditor General Charles Deg...

Prime Minister Robert Abela on Wednesday distanced himself from former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s connection with major developer Michael Stivala.Times of Malta reported last Sunday that payments were transferred to Muscat as part of a &ldq...

It took nine years for seven-time European champion AC Milan to finally win its way back into the Champions League knockout rounds with a 4-0 victory over Salzburg on Wednesday.Paris Saint-Germain’s quest for a first European title got potentia...

A study conducted by the Federation for Hunting and Conservation – Malta (FKNK) found that there were 73 illegalities in this year’s spring turtle dove hunting season for turtle doves.The spring hunting season ran for 14 half days, betwee...

The Nationalist Party (PN) is calling for the Minister responsible for the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) to take the necessary action against any people who knew about the sexual harassment case within the MPO, but stood by and did nothing.The o...

Closing off a year of global events, SiGMA Group is back on home turf for Malta Week. The week-long summit kicks off events from the 14th to the 18th of November, at the Malta Fairs and Convention Centre in Ta’ Qali. Althoug...

The Prime Minister has told Parliament in his official budget reaction that his government’s vision is the same as the vision of the Maltese and Gozitan people.Prime Minister Robert Abela began his official budget reaction by saying that Malta ...

Malta's road building projects have been a total policy failure, and have only benefited the few contractors involved, ADPD - The Green Party Secretary General Ralph Cassar said.Transport Minister Aaron Farrugia announced a new major investment in cr...

Thursday will see another step in the 20-year saga dominating one of the last frontiers of undeveloped and pristine land in Gozo.That is because the Environment and Planning Review Tribunal (EPRT) within the Planning Authority is set to make a final ...

30 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Wednesday, and no more deaths were recorded.Currently, there are 324 active cases.Since the start of the pandemic, Malta has had 115,402 Covid-19 cases, of which 113,874 recovered. A total of 808 people have d...

The plans for the Msida Creek project is yet again fail to cater for the social and functional character of Msida, beyond being a junction for car traffic, NGOs said.A few days ago, Infrastructure Malta presented the revamped plans for the Msida Cree...

Air Malta said Tuesday that has achieved unprecedented levels of seat occupancy this year, as for five consecutive months between June and October it operated at a +90% network wide seat factor, carrying 1,100,000 passengers from and to the Maltese I...

An elderly man was critically injured after being hit by a vehicle whose driver kept on going, the police said.The accident took place in Censu Decandia, Luqa, on Tuesday at 5.30am.The man, aged 85, of Luqa, was given first assistance on site before ...

Three driving examiners have told a court that they had been instructed by their superiors to be extra lenient towards certain politically connected candidates.Magistrate Rachel Montebello presided as the compilation of evidence against Transport Mal...

A four-year-old girl was hospitalised after she fell a storey into a shaft, police said on Tuesday.Police said in a statement that the force was informed of the accident at around 3pm, having been told that a four-year-old girl had been taken to Mate...

President George Vella launched the 19th edition of the l-Istrina BOV Piggy Bank Campaign in aid of The Malta Community Chest Fund (MCCF). Present for the launch were Mrs Miriam Vella, the Minister for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innov...

A photo which is making the rounds on the social media shows rubble walls and cart ruts “conserved” in a garage under a block of apartments.The photo was uploaded on the Facebook page Ugly Malta, and picked up by independent candidate Arn...

On this day 5 years ago, DAR Bjorn, the first ever home for people with neurological conditions, was opened in Qormi by ALS Malta's Bjorn Formosa. Following Bjorn's recent recovery in hospital, he was admitted once again last week for an operati...

Tottenham and Eintracht Frankfurt both came from behind to win their respective games and secure a place in the last 16 of the Champions League.At halftime in the final round of group matches on Tuesday, Marseille and Sporting Lisbon were going throu...

Environmentalists and developers have been going head-to-head for years,  is clear which side the politicians favour.Over the past couple of weeks, this newsroom interviewed President of the Malta Developers Association Michael Stivala, and thre...

The budget is the continuation of an economic plan 'that failed,' Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said in Parliament on Monday.He was delivering his official reaction to the budget for next year.Grech launched an attack on the government's handling o...

The Malta Strategic Partnership Projects Ltd (MSPP) on Monday announced a call for proposals from the private sector to rehabilitate the Chalet site in Tower Road, Sliema. The public call will close on 1st February 2023. This project is part of a wid...

Albert Buttigieg has taken his oath to become a member of parliament.Buttigieg was elected into Parliament on Friday through a casual election to fill the seat vacated by the late Robert Arrigo, who passed away the week prior.  Before being appo...