The lead suspect in the murder of a woman in Kordin was arrested by the police after a 17-hour operation.Roderick Cassar, the woman's husband, was arrested in his home.The police had surrounded the man’s house just one hour after the woman, Ber...

More than 80 academics have signed a position paper on the government’s amendments to the abortion law, which make it legal for doctors to intervene when the pregnant woman’s life is in danger.The academics are suggesting the setting up o...

A woman was critically injured and a man was hurt in a fire that engulfed their residence in Mqabba early Wednesday morning, the police said.The police were informed of the fire in Karmnu Street at 4.45am.Members of the Civil Protection Department we...

Two blasts went off near bus stops in Jerusalem on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring at least 14, in what police said were suspected attacks by Palestinians.The first explosion occurred near a bus stop on the edge of the city, where commuter...

The World Cup is underway in Qatar.It is an anomalous event. It’s the first time it is being held during the European autumn – it is usually held in late spring/early summer. It has meant that European football leagues have had to be trun...

Bernice Cassar’s husband is the main suspect for her murder, Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa confirmed during a crime conference on Tuesday evening.Addressing a crime conference at around 7pm on Tuesday, Gafa said that at 8am the police receive...

An earthquake was felt in parts of Malta and Gozo on Tuesday afternoon.It was around 1.40pm that buildings shook.The earthquake epicentre. 4.4 on the Richter svale, was some miles north of Gozo.The tremor was felt in several parts of Malta, including...

Justice Minister Jonathan Attard told The Malta Independent that the domestic violence case involving Bernice Cassar had already started being heard, as a protection order had been issued by the courts.Earlier in the day, Home Affairs Minister Byron ...

Minister for Home Affairs Byron Camilleri said that murder victim Bernice Cassar had taken the main murder suspect to court in August, where the court had issued a protection order in favour of the woman.Cassar was killed in a shooting in Kordin ...

 Cristiano Ronaldo will leave Manchester United “with immediate effect,” the Premier League club said Tuesday, days after he gave an explosive interview criticizing manager Erik ten Hag and the club's owners.It wasn't ...

The terms and results of the inquiry, assigned to retired judge Geoffrey Valencia, looking into the murder of Bernice Cassar will be made public, Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri has said.The minister, responding to a parliamentary question pose...

A sister of the woman who was murdered in Kordin on Tuesday morning has accused the authorities of ignoring the victim’s cries for help.Bernice Cassar, who was shot to death, was "scared" and "fighting for her safety" before she was killed, her...

Manchester United's American owners confirmed Tuesday they would consider putting the iconic Premier League club up for sale.United said the Glazer family was exploring outside funding to enhance growth — a move that could pave the way to a pot...

France showed it can cope without its star striker at the World Cup.In Karim Benzema's absence, Kylian Mbappe scored one and set up the second of Olivier Giroud's two goals to help the defending champions beat Australia 4-1 Tuesday.Gir...

The Ministry for Education has launched the National Curriculum Framework Review Board, with the aim of strengthening the educational system based on student's skills."A good, complete educational system, which looks at the individual, must ensure th...

A group of experts in medicine, science, social and family policy, philosophy, ethics, psychology and law say that the government’s amendment to the law freeing doctors and pregnant women from the threat of criminal prosecution if a pregnancy i...

A TVM journalist has been the victim of sexist comments after she erroneously referred to the “queen as being happy” about England’s World Cup win.Joanna Camilleri wrote on her Facebook page that since her comment she has been hit b...

The 90-minute soccer match is turning into 100-plus at the World Cup — and that is what FIFA wants to give fans more entertainment.The nearly 14 minutes added at the end of Argentina's shocking 2-1 loss to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday mean...

 Arab teams are making an impact at the first World Cup in the Middle East.Tunisia held European Championship semifinalist Denmark to a 0-0 draw Tuesday, three hours after Saudi Arabia beat Argentina in a shocking upset.Befor...

Saudi Arabia scored one of the biggest World Cup upsets ever by beating Lionel Messi’s Argentina 2-1 on Tuesday.Messi’s quest to win the one major title to elude him got off to a shocking start and brought back memories of Cameroon’...

Michael Debono Group has submitted an application with the Planning Authority for the regeneration of a site they own in Zebbug.Over the past years, Michael Debono Group, through its company Rohan Arch Limited (RAL), has been working on a comprehensi...

The government said that an investigation into two separate cases of use of excessive force at the St Vincent de Paul Home for the Elderly has been launched.In a statement, the government said that the matter was also being investigated by the police...

The opposition had agreed on both names submitted for the position of commissioner for the standards in public life and ombudsman, said Prime Minister Robert Abela, but had expressed the contrary in writing later.We had a deal, but the Nationalist Pa...

The Nationalist party considers the changes being proposed by the government on the way the Commissioner for Standards is appointed to be anti-democratic and irresponsible as their only scope is to break the institution, Opposition Leader Bernard Gre...

The government has learned its lesson after being placed on the Financial Action Task Force's grey list, Finance Minister Clyde Caruana said, and he pledged that these "mistakes will not happen again."Malta was only removed from the grey list last Ju...

An Italian man who gave his guards the slip whilst inside the court building, has been recaptured by the police.Giuseppe Condello Borg, 25, residing in Mgarr was due to be charged this afternoon over a number of thefts and attempted thefts from ...

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 National Commission for the Promotion of Equality is in talks with the national orchestra to implement internal policies, following a sexual harassment scandal that rocked the cultural sector, said Heritage Minister Owen Bonnici on Monday.In repl...

Commissioner for Older Persons Godfrey La Ferla has expressed his "deep concern" over the current situation regarding blocked admissions to residential and nursing homes for elderly people.The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses (MUMN) had issued dire...

A young United States team was nearing victory in its World Cup return. Then Walker Zimmerman needlessly plowed into Gareth Bale.Bale converted the resulting penalty kick in the 82nd minute, giving Wales a 1-1 draw Monday night that left th...

Louis van Gaal's gambles at both ends of the field paid off for the Netherlands.Up front, Memphis Depay returned from injury as a second-half substitute to help spark the Dutch attack into life as the Netherlands scored two late goals to beat Senegal...

 Bukayo Saka and Marcus Rashford put last year's European Championship loss behind them, combining to score three goals in England's 6-2 rout of Iran on Monday at the World Cup.Both players missed penalties in the shootout loss to Italy in ...

Finance Minister Clyde Caruana on Monday said Nationalist governments burdened Air Malta with early retirement schemes that brought it close to bankruptcy and would cost €100 million to remove.Speaking in parliament, the minister tabled collecti...

A bill that will make abortion legal when a pregnant woman’s life is at serious risk was presented in parliament on Monday. The first reading was presented by Health Minister Chris Fearne at the end of the morning parliamentary sitting. Th...

The Admission Regulations for Church Schools in Malta for the scholastic year 2023-2024 have been published on the website of the Archdiocese of Malta www.church.mt. The Admission Regulations for Church Schools in Gozo for th...

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...

Iran goalkeeper Ali Beiranvand was injured and carried off the field early in his team's opening World Cup match against England on Monday after clashing heads with a teammate.Beiranvand initially tried to continue playing despite the game being paus...

Minister for the National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government Owen Bonnici, together with Valletta Cultural Agency (VCA) Chairman Jason Micallef, announced a programme of festive events taking place in Valletta from the 25th of November till the ...

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...

The government will be weakening democracy if allowed to choose the commissioner for the standards in public life on its own, civil society oranisation Repubblika said.In a press statement, the group said that it "is very concerned with reports that ...

During the third quarter of 2022, 446 building permits for a total of 2,092 new dwellings were approved, the National Statistics Office said.When compared to the corresponding quarter of 2021, the number of building permits increased by 2.1%, while t...

In October 2022, the number of persons registering for work stood at 984, decreasing by 270 when compared to the corresponding month in 2021, the NSO said Monday. Registered Unemployment: October 2022 Data provided by Jobsplus for October 2022 indica...

 FIFA's threat of on-field punishment for players forced World Cup teams to back down Monday and abandon a plan for their captains to wear armbands that were seen as a rebuke to host nation Qatar's human rights record.Just hours before...

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...