The Nationalist Party (PN) has slammed what it described as an “anti-democratic and irresponsible” plan, proposed by Prime Minister Robert Abela, to change the law, allowing the government to choose the new Commissioner for Standards in P...

The Union of Professional Educations has escalated its industrial action at the Institute of Tourism Studies after it was informed that the ITS issued letters intimating disciplinary action against members of staff for  having followed UPE direc...

Humanists Malta has put forward a discussion paper on legally binding Living Wills.Living Wills would enable willing adults to give instructions about the medical care which they consent to or reject if they are unable to make or communicate decision...

Steward Health Care Malta (SHCM) has remained mum on its timeline for the refurbishment, demolition and reconstruction of the St Luke’s and Karin Grech hospitals complex, after it refiled a master plan for the project in a new planning applicat...

So far this year, road deaths have skyrocketed to the record-breaking figure of 24. Secretary of NGO Doctors for Road Safety (D4RS) Dr Mario Vassallo is asking people to stop the fatalistic approach of “a blame mentality”. Instead, he is ...

The Secretary of the NGO Doctors for Road Safety, Mario Vassallo, is asking for better data to determine the root cause of skyrocketing road deaths.When Vassallo was asked by The Malta Independent on Sunday about the reason why road deaths have skyro...

Qatar on Sunday opened the Middle East's first FIFA World Cup before global leaders and soccer fans who have poured into this energy-rich nation after it was battered by a regional boycott and international criticism.With American actor Morgan Freema...

Qatar’s first ever World Cup match ended in dismay for an overmatched team and with a place in unwanted soccer history.The controversy-laced tournament opened Sunday with Qatar getting outplayed and embarrassed in a 2-0 loss to Ecuado...

You never know what you are going to come face to face with, Inspector Raymond Joseph Azzopardi from the Rapid Intervention Unit (RIU) says about the kind of situations his unit deals with and the risks involved.In an interview with The Malta In...

New Netflix series titled Ancient Apocalypse suggests the possibility that the famous Maltese megalithic temples are in fact much older than Malta’s prehistory says. Journalist Graham Hancock, the protagonist of the series who explored prehisto...

The police, assisted by the Detention Services, continued carrying out inspections tied to irregular migration on Sunday.44 people were found living in the country irregularly in Marsalforn, Gozo, the police said. The people are from Ghana, Nigeria, ...

The Labour Party’s policy is based on the confidence it has in what Malta and the Maltese can produce and offer, Prime Minister and Labour Party leader Robert Abela said Saturday.Addressing the party’s general conference, Abela said that ...

A rare blunder from polished Hamrun midfielder Matthew Guillaumier paved the way for Ireland’s victory yesterday at Ta’ Qali.The decisive incident came ten minutes into the second half when Guillaumier inadvertedly served Robinson who in ...

The government must explain why Transport Minister Aaron Farrugia wasn't present in Parliament during a parliamentary question session, Opposition Leader Bernard Grech has said.Last week there was a commotion during question time in Parliament. Oppos...

Last Tuesday, there was some commotion during question time in Parliament. Opposition members wanted to ask Transport and Infrastructure Minister Aaron Farrugia some questions related to his portfolio, including the incident concerning two Transport ...

China on Sunday announced its first new death from COVID-19 in nearly half a year as strict new measures are imposed in Beijing and across the country to ward against new outbreaks.The death of the 87-year-old Beijing man was the first repo...

Authorities turned away thousands of fans Saturday night from a concert celebrating the World Cup beginning the next day in Qatar, revealing the challenges ahead for Doha as it tries to manage crowds in FIFA's most-compact tournament ever.Disappointe...

Novak Djokovic claimed a record-equaling sixth ATP Finals title by beating the third-seeded Casper Ruud on Sunday to top a fantastic finish to the season for the Serb.Djokovic won 7-5, 6-3 to secure his first title at the event since 2015 and match R...

A year after one of the most controversial finishes in the history of Formula One, Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was anything but.Max Verstappen, as usual this season, was far ahead of the rest on his way to a record-extending 15th win of the s...

Born and raised in Malta, Australian-based author James Vella-Bardon told The Malta Independent on Sunday in an interview that the appetite for new authors is always decreasing.Vella-Bardon, a qualified lawyer, and an aficionado of history, in his ch...

Michael Briguglio is a dad, sociologist and drummer. He has a doctorate in sociology and is a senior lecturer within the Department of Sociology, University of Malta. He has published various scholarly books and articles, and his main research i...

Migrants workers held a protest in Valletta on Saturday to raise awareness about the “abuse, exploitation and violence” they say they are victims of.The Government has committed itself to building a ‘cosmopolitan Malta’. Worke...

One month after raising the Ballon d’Or in triumph to crown his remarkable rise, Karim Benzema’s dream of winning the World Cup is over before he has even played a game in Qatar.Defending champion France’s World Cup hopes ...

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...

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...

Moviment Graffitti, Animal Liberation Malta and a number of other organisations are calling for the closure of the Mediterraneo Marine Park at Nahar ic-Caghaq. In a protest held on Saturday, the NGOs protesting because “three of the Park’...

Floriana: Floriana  Dispensary,29, Vincenzo Dimech Street; Ħamrun: St Gaetan Pharmacy, Kappillan Mifsud Street; Qormi: St George's Pharmacy, 21, Main Street; Birkirkara: Pharmaplus, Ganu Street; San Ġwann: Brown's Pharmacy, 92-94, Mens...

A Facebook page which deals with roads in Malta has given a detailed explanation of how the road network in the airport area will be operating after Infrastructure Malta announced that changes will come into effect as from Monday.The government agenc...

Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer is set to defy FIFA’s campaign for captains to wear only official armbands with selected slogans at World Cup games.“Yes,” the veteran goalkeeper said when asked at the Germany training camp about ove...

A biker was grievously hurt on Saturday afternoon when he lost control of the bike he was riding and crashed.The accident took place at the Hal Far track in Birzebbuga.The biker, aged 47 of Mellieha, was taken to hospital.

Former Nationalist MP Jason Azzopardi hit out at Bernard Grech who, he says, wanted him out of the PN.In an interview with Andrew Azzopardi on 103 Malta’s Heart on Saturday, Azzopardi opened up on how he said PN leader Grech wanted him out, and...

Pope Francis made a rare personal getaway Saturday, returning to his father’s birthplace in northern Italy for the first time since ascending the papacy to celebrate the 90th birthday of a second cousin who long knew him as simply “Giorgi...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised 125 anti-aircraft guns and other air-defense technology as he made an unannounced visit Saturday — his first — to Ukraine's snow-blanketed war-time capital for talks with Ukrainian President Vol...

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...

Novak Djokovic kept his bid for a record-equaling sixth ATP Finals title alive by beating Taylor Fritz of the United States on Saturday to reach the final of the prestigious season-ending tournament.The Serb will face the third-seeded Casper Ruud in ...

After a public rift, a display of team unity at Red Bull.A week after Formula One champion Max Verstappen refused the team's order to yield sixth place to Perez in the Brazilian Grand Prix — Verstappen has still not explained exactly why &mdash...

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 ...

Government and public authorities lack the will to take the necessary decisive action required to control pollution, especially that caused by energy and transport which accounts to around 80% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. This was...

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 ...

Andrey Rublev rallied to upset second-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas and reach the final four of the ATP Finals on Friday.Rublev won 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the semifinals for the first time. He will face third-seeded Casper Ruud.Novak Djokovic plays Taylo...

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...