Twenty three organisations have expressed their concern at the "free for all" attitude on cannabis use, nearly one year after it became legal to grow the plant at home.The recent developments surrounding the appointment of a new Executive chairperson...

Labour Party deputy leader for parliamentary affairs and Health Minister Chris Fearne said that the Maltese government is shouldering most of the burden being brought about by inflation.Addressing the first session of the PL’s general conferenc...

The government is ignoring the problems that exist at Mater Dei Hospital, with elderly people being the worst hit in the process, the Nationalist Party said.In a statement signed by MPs Paula Mifsud Bonnici and Stephen Spiteri on Saturday, the PN sai...

A video of a motorist being beaten up on the ground by two Transport Malta officials shocked the nation when it emerged earlier this week.The video, posted by Lovin Malta, shows a Transport Malta official getting off his motorbike, heading over to th...

A large idle open space next to a cluster of social housing blocks in Triq il-Palazz l-Aħmar, Santa Venera has been transformed into a recreational area.The project, financed through the Planning Authority (PA)’s Development Planning Fund ...

Ukraine's electricity grid chief warned of hours-long power outages Friday as Russia zeroed in on Ukraine's energy infrastructure with heavy artillery and missile attacks that have interrupted supplies to as much as 40% of the country's people at the...

The Maltese Government and the Swiss Federal Council signed an agreement called the Second Swiss Contribution’ during an official visit by the President of the Swiss Confederation Ignazio Cassis with the Minister for Foreign and ...

 Prime Minister Robert Abela has tabled a motion in Parliament proposing that the posts of Standards for Public Life Commissioner and the Ombudsman to be filled by a former Chief Justice and a retired Judge respectively.In a statement on Friday,...

The NGO Repubblika has filed a complaint with the Office for Standards in Public Life over Transport Minister Aaron Farrugia’s failure to show up to Parliament to answer questions on Tuesday.Speaker of the House Anglu Farrugia chastised Transpo...

The government has opened a Preliminary Market Consultation for the building of a new courthouse in Gozo.Announced in a joint statement by the Justice Ministry and the Ministry for Gozo, the call – which is being run by the Court Services Agenc...

The Malta Employers Association has put forward thirteen concrete solutions to address the current skills shortages affecting Maltese industry.MEA President Joanne Bondin explained how “we are currently experiencing a lack of human resources ac...

Cittadella in Gozo has won this year’s Regiostars Public Choice Award.Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri said that the news was an honour for all Gozitans and Maltese, and that the prestigious award, wherein the project was vote as the best out of s...

Qatar banned the sale of beer at World Cup stadiums on Friday, a sudden U-turn on the deal the conservative Muslim emirate made to secure the soccer tournament with only two days to go before the opening game.The move was the latest sign of...

Alabama's execution of a man convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher’s wife was called off Thursday just before the midnight deadline because state officials couldn’t find a suitable vein to inject the lethal drugs.Ala...

The President’s Solidarity Fun Run has been postponed to Sunday 11 December 2022 due to the storm forecast for the Maltese Islands this Sunday.The Office of the President and The Malta Community Chest Fund have taken this decision in ...

The actions of a few people in uniform can impact many.The video of two Transport Malta officials punching a man who was face-down on the ground was shocking to say the least. A police investigation into the matter has been launched, and rightly so. ...

As well as coping with injuries to key players again, France has the weight of World Cup history to contend with in Qatar.Good luck, Les Bleus.Not since Brazil lost the 1998 final to France has the defending champion come close to retaining...

Former Prime Minister and Head of the Labour Party Delegation at the Socialist and Democratic Group (S&D) Alfred Sant voted in favour of a European Parliament resolution that called for the use of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) as the...

Manchester United has “initiated appropriate steps” in response to Cristiano Ronaldo's explosive interview with Piers Morgan.The Premier League club's legal team was waiting to review the full footage of the 90-minute discussion in which ...

A man allegedly abducted and beaten up by police officers in September has told a court that four officers had participated in the attack.This emerged in court as the compilation of evidence against Rica Mifsud Grech, 22, from Floriana,  Jurgen ...

The Nationalist Party is not yet commenting on the proposed legal changes to abortion laws in cases where the mother's life is at risk, saying that it will do so after the legal amendments are published and discussed within the party.On Wednesday, th...

The Constitutional Court has been urged not to allow more of the crimes allegedly committed by Pilatus Bank officials to become time-barred by delaying tactics. Repubblika’s lawyer Jason Azzopardi made the request this morning, as the Cons...

The Nationalist Party has called on Transport Minister Aaron Farrugia to “shoulder political responsibility” after he failed to show up in Parliament and answer Parliamentary Questions on Tuesday evening.Parliament, as the highest institu...

The European Public Prosecutor's office is investigating allegations made by independent candidate Arnold Cassola on the Marsa Junction Project.Cassola confirmed the investigation had started after he was summoned to the Finance Crime Unit offices in...

Malta International Airport has confirmed that the Air Malta KM 514 flight which was bound for Vienna returned to Malta due to technical difficulties.The flight landed safely at 8:07am local time, and Malta International Airport's Rescue and Fire-Fig...

A man from San Gwann has fallen to his death in Marsa this morning, the police said.The man, aged 47, fell off the roof of a warehouse in Triq il-Belt il Hazna, near the old power station, at around 9.15am.He was later identified as Daniel Spiteri.A ...

An immersive audiovisual experience will further enhance visits to Underground Valletta in the coming days. The experience is the result of a project funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade through its Cultural Diplomacy Fund, and by Her...

Over 250,000 single-use beverage containers were deposited in the reverse vending machines in the first 50 hours of their use, operators BCRS Malta Limited told The Malta Independent.In reply to questions sent by this newsroom, BCRS Malta Limited, wh...

Malta registered a good result against superior opposition when in a friendly match played at the National Stadium they drew against Greece in match which came to life in the second forty five minutes.Following the accusations of improper conduct tha...

The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) has labelled the government's finch ‘research project’ “a big lie designed to help poachers to fill their aviaries with thousands of protected birds”. The eNGO said Thursday tha...

The government has issued a call for expressions of interest which will lead to an investment of more than €2 million in the installation of automatic toilets.Launching the initiative, parliamentary secretary Alison Zerafa Civelli said that all ...

Taylor Fritz advanced to the final four of the ATP Finals by beating Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 6-2 on Thursday at the year-end tournament.The American will face five-time champion Novak Djokovic in the semifinals.The match went with ser...

A new strategy for the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) will be launched in the coming days, and will include a change in perspective.A spokesperson for the FIAU, speaking with The Malta Business Weekly, said: “At the core of this ch...

Cruising to the futureValentina and Carlo had been together for around 10 years and they both were thinking about getting married. Then Carlo proposed, on their first cruise together. "We love to eat and relax so it was the perfect setting for us," s...

October brought generally dry and sunny weather to the Maltese Islands, with the total sunshine hours clocked during the month exceeding the climate norm of 217.7 hours by just over 51 hours, the Meteorological Office said Thursday. This can be partl...

U.K. Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt has pledged help to the most vulnerable weather Britain’s cost-of-living crisis, even as he announced a raft of spending cuts and tax increases designed to mend the country’s battered finances.Hunt promised...

15 organisations are calling on the public to immediately object to the Planning Authority's (PA) decision to "give an early Christmas gift to law-breaking developers, a legal amendment that will wipe out Outside Development Zone (ODZ) boundaries and...

Alfred Sant is right to express his frustration.Last Monday, in an opinion piece on The Malta Independent website, the former Prime Minister and Labour Party leader said that he cannot understand why people who build something without the necessary p...

The government has announced plans to introduce a legal amendment that will allow doctors to terminate a pregnancy when a woman's life is in danger, or her health is at serious risk.Health Minister Chris Fearne said that only in these cases, through ...

An 84-year old man died at his home after the police were called in to discharge him from Mater Dei Hospital earlier this month, a PN MP has told Parliament.PN MP and party spokesperson for active ageing Paula Mifsud Bonnici said in Parliament on Tue...

Speaker of the House Anglu Farrugia chastised Transport Minister Aaron Farrugia for avoiding attending a Parliamentary sitting to answer the PN's questions about the assault by Transport Malta officials on a man in Marsa, despite having been in Parli...

The PN's Parliamentary Group has come out in favour of the Prime Minister's proposal for retired judge Joseph Zammit McKeon to be appointed to the post of Ombudsman, the party said in a statement.The PN Parliamentary Group said that it awaits the Pri...

One of the Transport Malta officials filmed punching a motorist as he laid on the ground worked as an election canvasser for former Transport Minister Ian Borg, according to reports on Wednesday.The Times of Malta reported that Rene Antonelli and Iva...

A woman died and a man was grievously injured in two separate falls today, the police said.In the first accident, in Tarxien Road, Luqa at 10am, an 83-year-old woman fell one storey in her residence. She was certified dead on site.At 12.15, in Fleur-...

NATO member Poland and the head of the military alliance both said Wednesday that a missile strike in Polish farmland that killed two people did not appear to be intentional and was probably launched by air defenses in neighboring Ukraine. Russia had...

Roads agency Infrastructure Malta has refused a Freedom of Information request filed by independent candidate Arnold Cassola to obtain copies of documents such as tenders, direct orders, and agreements related to the Marsa junction project.The projec...

The Institute of Maltese Journalists (IGM) has shown solidarity with Union Press journalist and editor Victor Vella who is the "victim of vile attacks from people who disagree with his views on immigration."The IGM said that "in some instances, these...

The Malta Union for Midwives and Nurses (MUMN) has said that the Health Ministry is refusing to transfer Gozitan nurses working in Malta to work at Gozo General Hospital, which is forcing Steward Health Care to employ third-country nationals instead....

Former Parliamentary Secretary Tony Abela was not just a politician, but he worked tirelessly to help people, Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said.During a parliamentary session, MPs sent their condolences to the family of the former MP who passed aw...

The woman involved in the sexual abuse scandal from the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) told the court on Tuesday that her colleague used to massage her neck, slap her bottom, pull her top and send her sexually loaded text messages, the Times of M...

Nationalist MP Adrian Delia has accused Transport Minister Aaron Farrugia of disrespecting Parliament by not entering the chamber to respond to parliamentary questions when, in fact, he was in the building.On Tuesday, parliamentary question time desc...

Five-time champion Novak Djokovic eased into the final four of the ATP Finals with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Andrey Rublev on Wednesday.It took the seventh-seeded Djokovic just 68 minutes to see off Rublev and make it two wins out of two in Turin to qualif...

The National Statistics Office (NSO) has released employment figures for June 2022, which show that over a period of one year, the workforce has increased by 5.5% and now has 253,662 persons.The study showed that there was a decrease in registered un...

The Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) and Ambjent Malta (AM) continued conservation and rehabilitation works in area known as il-Qala ta' Santa Marija and in other natural sites in Comino over the past weeks, the authority said.As part of thi...

Global travel authority Lonely Planet has unveiled its top destinations to visit next year with the release of Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2023, and Malta has been awarded the "Top Destination to Unwind" Award, alongside destinations such as Halki...

Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo told Parliament that enforcement officers were present in Comino every day during the past summer to make sure that conditions stipulated for the use of Blue Lagoon were being followed.He was answering a parliamentary...

In Case T-275/21, Louis Vuitton Malletier v EUIPO, decided on the 19 October 2022, the European General Court (Tenth Chamber) (the "General Court") confirmed the European Union Intellectual Property Office's ("EUIPO") decision that the Damier Azur pa...

The Planning Authority has responded to criticisms made by eNGOs regarding an application near Xaghra's Ta' Kola windmill.A number of ENGOs had said: "When the objectors quoted examples of nearby applications that had been refused, they were silenced...

The National Statistics Office (NSO) released a study which shows that the total output from the aquaculture and tuna farming industry amounted to €224.9 million in 2021 which is a 25.9% (€46.2 million) increase from 2020.The study showed t...

NATO member Poland and the head of the military alliance both said Wednesday there is "no indication" that a missile that came down in Polish farmland, killing two people, was an intentional attack, and that air defenses in neighboring Ukraine likely...

Britain’s inflation rate rose to a 41-year high in October, fueling demands for the government to do more to ease the nation’s cost-of-living crisis when it releases new tax and spending plans on Thursday.Consumer prices jumped 11.1% in t...

SKS Publishing House will celebrate 40 years of publications in the genres of history, literature, political theory, culture and biography at the Malta Book Festival between 23-27 November, SKS Directors announced when addressing a News Conference at...

Loved and admired around the world for producing players like Roberto Baggio and Andrea Pirlo, Italy’s national team struggles for respect at home.In a country where club teams rule and provincialism stretching back to medieval times still prev...

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday launched his third campaign for the White House just one week after a disappointing midterm showing for Republicans, forcing the party to again decide whether to embrace a candidate whose refusa...

Qatar's decision to launch itself into hosting the 2022 World Cup was a head-scratcher from the start. Why, some wondered, would a Middle Eastern kingdom with fewer than 3 million people and little soccer tradition want to host the sport's biggest ev...

A man was injured when the car he was driving was involved in a traffic accident in Mriehel on Wednesday, the police said.The accident took place on the Mriehel by-pass at 6.30pm.It involved a Smart, driven by an Italian 43-year-old man who resides i...

Tuesday evening’s Parliamentary plenary session had to be briefly suspended in order for Speaker Anglu Farrugia to maintain order, after PN MPs accused Transport Minister Aaron Farrugia of “running away” from questions on the latest...

A decree reassigning the Pilatus Bank challenge case to Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit has been reversed by Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti.The challenge case against the Police Commissioner was filed by Repubblika in July accusing the police of not p...

Russia pounded Ukraine's energy facilities Tuesday with its biggest barrage of missiles yet, striking targets across the country and causing widespread blackouts, and a U.S. official said missiles crossed into NATO member Poland, where two people wer...

A man who had to be tasered in his cell after allegedly attacking police officers at the Floriana lock-up has been remanded in custody on charges relating to violently resisting arrest.Bakary Fatty, 28, from Gambia, had been transferred to the lock-u...

An investigation has been launched following the publication of a video of two Transport Malta officers punching a man lying face down on the ground.The alleged incident happened on Qormi Road in Marsa, on 26 October.News reports read that the motori...

The world's population is projected to hit an estimated 8 billion people on Tuesday, according to a United Nations projection, with much of the growth coming from developing nations in Africa.Among them is Nigeria, where resources are alrea...

A truck carrying bricks overturned in St Julian's just beneath the Regional road bridge on Triq il-Banliku.The driver and passenger exited the vehicle on their own, and the passenger was taken to hospital for further treatment, the police confirmed. ...

The Secretariat for Catholic Education today signed an agreement with the Malta Union of Teachers (MUT) to cover those engaged as Student Support Services Grades. More than 20 employees who offer their services to Church schools will benefit from thi...

The PN's Executive committee has approved the nomination of Victor Vella to be co-opted as a local councillor in St Julian's.The seat was vacated by mayor Albert Buttigieg, who was elected to Parliament.Vella was nominated for the co-option after all...

Finance Minister Clyde Caruana said that only €35 was spent by the finance ministry on social media adverts regarding the recent Budget.Answering a parliamentary question made by PN MP Eve Borg Bonello, who asked the Minister how much was spent,...

Total teaching and non-teaching staff in formal education during academic year 2020-2021 amounted to 18,601, an increase of 2.1 per cent when compared to the previous academic year. Personnel in Education: 2020-2021 Classroom teachers and academic st...

A total of €51,988 in undeclared cash was intercepted by Customs Malta at the MIA during the month of October, 2022.The cash was intercepted in 4 separate cases whereby a Russian, two Ukrainians and a Libyan man, all en-route to Istanbul, were f...

Rafael Nadal's error-strewn performance on Tuesday saw him eliminated from the ATP Finals, missing out once again on adding one of the few major trophies still missing from his glittering list of titles.The top-seeded Nadal lost 6-3, 6-4 to tournamen...

Enforcement officers were present in Comino every day in order to ensure that the conditions stipulated at Blue Lagoon were being followed, Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo said on Monday.Bartolo was replying to a Parliamentary Question filed by PN M...

A River of Love member denied suggestions he took Abner Aquilina home, gave him alcohol and a sleeping pill before trying to sexually abuse him, hours before Paulina Dembska's murder.The witness, Derek Spiteri, was testifying in the compilation of ev...

 The fines for people using a mobile phone while driving are set to increase, Prime Minister Robert Abela announced on Monday.Replying to questions from the media after a press conference, Abela said that besides there being more enforcement, dr...

NGO Moviment Graffitti said that Sliema residents cannot continue to suffer so that greedy developers can continue to make profit.During a press conference held in front of an old, derelict farmhouse standing between lower and upper Parisio street, t...

A planning application has been filed for the restoration of an abandoned Palazzo and Chapel in Wardija.The palazzo in question is Palazzo Gerxija, which is situated in the picturesque Wied Qannotta on the outskirts of Wardija.The Palazzo is believed...

Malta’s economy has proven to be successful over the years, but one must ask whether we have now entered a cycle which, in the long run, will cause problems, unless changes are made.First of all, the construction sector is a big contributor to ...

The PN's spokesperson for energy and enterprise Mark Anthony Sammut has accused the Ministry for Energy of changing the Enemalta data on the fuel mix for 2019.During parliament on Monday, Mark Anthony Sammut said that Enemalta is obliged to release f...

Prime Minister Robert Abela has said that the government had put a renewed proposal to fill the post of Ombudsman and of Parliamentary Standards Commissioner on the table, and that he is waiting for an answer from the Opposition leader.Asked by The M...

A girl who had been reported missing has been found alive and well, the police said.The 15-year-old student has been reported missing by police on 9 November.Khadia Al Aloush - who is also known as Jenna – had last been seen in Hamrun and was w...

Building on the encouraging momentum of over 5 million passengers travelling via Malta Public Transport services during October 2022, the company is launching a lottery with a grand prize of €1,000 in One4Alll vouchers drawn every month. This is...

The Minister for tourism, Clayton Bartolo said that the Malta Tourism Authority carried out around 200 inspections on the placing of tables and chairs between the first of June and the end of October 2022.He responded to a parliamentary question put ...

A PN spokesperson has said that it is not true that the Prime Minister is waiting for the PN Leader's answer regarding the posts of Ombudsman and Parliamentary Secretary for Standards in Public Life, as no common position between the two has yet been...

Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit has been assigned to take over the case instituted by NGO Repubblika against the Police Commissioner.The NGO is claiming inaction by the police in prosecuting senior Pilatus Bank officials.The case had been previousl...

Former Prime Minister Alfred Sant writes today that it is wrong to give the green light to developers who have flouted the law.In his opinion piece today, Sant says that he cannot understand the method “concerning people who break the law and b...

Novak Djokovic beat Stefanos Tsitsipas for the ninth straight time by 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the players’ opening match at the ATP Finals on Monday.Djokovic has beaten Tsitsipas in his third straight tournament following wins in Astana, Kazakhstan and...

Prime Minister Robert Abela inaugurated a new €12 million facility belonging to Burmarrad Group in Marsa on Monday, praising the company for its investment in sustainable technology and for its growth.Mario Gauci, who founded the family-run Burm...

This morning’s heavy downpour has flooded various parts of Malta and Gozo, as videos uploaded on Facebook on the Malta Dizastru Totali and Malta Islands Weather pages show.The footage above shows what happened this morning in Marsa, Marsalforn ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hailed the Russian withdrawal from Kherson as the “beginning of the end of the war” on Monday, as he lauded soldiers and took selfies with them in the recently liberated southern city.The&...

The government will, next year, launch a study regarding Wage Regulation Orders (WROs), Parliamentary Secretary for Social Dialogue Andy Ellul said.The study will lead to certain legal anomalies being addressed, he added.He said that in certain WROs,...

NGO Moviment Graffitti has organized a crowdfunding to cover the costs of legal actions for the revocation of the 2019 permit for the demolition of a sham sheep farm in Bidnija’s ODZ.Moviment Graffitti had called for the immediate demolition of...

Between January and September, 408,143 outbound tourist trips were recorded, the National Statistics Office said.Total nights spent by outbound tourists surpassed 2.9 million nights. In addition, total estimated outlay by resident tourists stood at &...