The government and opposition sparred over a proposed bill to allow doctors to carry out the necessary medical procedures on prospective mothers who are facing severe pregnancy complications in Parliament on Monday.Health Minister Chris Fearne said i...

There is enough prima facie evidence to indict the CEO of the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) over allegations that he suborned witnesses from giving information on an alleged criminal act, a court declared on Monday.Magistrate Gabriella Vella, wh...

Juventus' board of directors and president Andrea Agnelli resigned en masse on Monday.The stunning move follows a preliminary investigation by the Turin Public Prosecutor's Office into fraudulent accounting, of alleged hidden payments to players.At t...

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola has been awarded the “Donna e innovazione” award.The award was given by TuttiMedia, an institution that deals with communications issues, with particular attention to the changes brought about...

Waves of orange, glowing lava and smoky ash belched and sputtered Monday from the world’s largest active volcano in its first eruption in 38 years, and officials told people living on Hawaii’s Big Island to be ready in the event of a wors...

An Armed Forces of Malta soldier who tragically died while out diving last summer might have been hit by a boat, police believe.In a statement, the police said referred to an incident on 12 August, when the body of 35-year-old Christian Degabriele &n...

Prime Minister Robert Abela is abusing his position and will be legalising abortion via a misleading amendment, the Nationalist Party said Monday.In a statement ahead of the start of the debate in Parliament this afternoon, the PN said that what Abel...

Bernice Cassar had written her thesis campaigning against the sexual objectification portrayal of women, focusing on policewomen in her study.Cassar, a mother of two, was shot dead shortly after 8am at Corradino industrial estate in Paola last Tuesda...

A number of NGOs have said that the introduction of the legal amendments which would allow an abortion to take place if the mother’s life or health is in grave danger are the “least that can be done” and that a broader discussion on...

Cristiano Ronaldo wheeled away in celebration, acting as though he had scored once again at the World Cup.Not this time.Instead, it was Bruno Fernandes eventually credited with the goal that set up Portugal’s 2-0 win over Uruguay on Monday...

Malta was rocked by the shocking murder of Bernice Cassar last week – the third incidence of a woman being violently murdered by a man this year, with Paulina Dembska being the first and Rita Ellul being the second.Each time such cases are gree...

A protest against the introduction of abortion is being organised by the Life Network Foundation in collaboration with Doctors for Life and I See Life.The protest will be held on Sunday 4 December, starting from in front of Castille Square, Valletta ...

From time to time, we are looking for a new hobby and a way to experience bright emotions. Many people find them in gambling. It offers a unique atmosphere and allows you not only to play fun games but to suit up, make new friends, and be treated as ...

Brazil struggled without Neymar at the World Cup on Monday. Still, the five-time champions played well enough to secure a spot in the next stage.Brazil overcame the absence of its injured star to beat Switzerland 1-0 and make it to the roun...

Mohammed Kudus said there wasn’t much difference between the way Ghana played in its opening World Cup match against Portugal or its second game against South Korea.Except the result, of course.Kudus scored twice, including the go-ahe...

Malta will receive €21.8 million from the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF), the European Commission said in a statement.Following the adoption of the Partnership Agreement 2021-2027 with Malta, the Europea...

Cat lovers and Real Animal Rights Foundation volunteers Jade Borg and Fiona Broome Camilleri say that the cat population problem is spiralling out of control, and unless the matter is addressed in a serious manner, the situation will only become wors...

As part of the Government’s ongoing commitment to regenerate Valletta, Malta Strategic Partnership Projects (MSPP) said that it has issued a request for proposals to rehabilitate the Evans Building site in the lower part of the capital city, an...

Search teams have recovered seven dead, including a 3-week-old infant and a pair of young siblings, buried in mud and debris that hurtled down a mountainside and through a densely populated port city on the resort island of Ischia, officials said Sun...

Substitute Vincent Aboubakar scored one goal and created another as Cameroon rallied from 3-1 down to draw 3-3 with Serbia at the World Cup on Monday.He lobbed goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic in the 64th minute and then set up striker Eri...

Riots broke out in several Belgian and Dutch cities after Morocco’s 2-0 upset win over Belgium at the World Cup Sunday.Police detained about a dozen people after they deployed water cannons and fire tear gas to disperse crowds in Brussels and e...

On Friday 25 November, a conference with the theme Understanding Mental Health and Well Being of Students was held at the Catholic Institute in Floriana. This international conference was organized under the auspices of the Ambassador ...

The Gozo Channel service is back in operation after a storm on Sunday led to the suspension of trips between the two islands.Gozo Channel said on its Facebook page that the service is being operated from the Cirkewwa south quay.On Sunday, the service...

The Malta Film Commission is primarily concerned with attracting foreign films, rather than supporting local filmmakers, says producer Pierre Ellul. “All the focus is on the foreign projects and the Maltese filmmaker is left out in the cold.&rd...

New admissions at St Vincent de Paul home for the elderly are unlikely anytime soon as negotiations between the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses (MUMN) and government are at a standstill.“There can be no place for negotiations, before Rhys Xu...

People who shift their own blame onto others can be likened to the behaviour of perpetrators, the Malta Women’s Lobby said in a statement.It was referring to what Prime Minister Robert Abela said Sunday with regard to the killing of a woman las...

Only a win for Germany in the final group game will give the four-time World Cup champions a chance to avoid a second straight early elimination.At least they’re improving.Substitute Niclas Füllkrug scored in the 83rd minute Sund...

Tuesday, 29 November marks a thousand days since the first case of Covid-19 was registered in Malta.It was on 7 March 2020 that the first case was announced, sending Malta into panic mode as so little was known about the virus at the time, except tha...

Government’s fragmented approach to amend the abortion law without the necessary backup support structures for women can do more harm to society, former independent MP Marlene Farrugia said. Last Monday, government tabled amendments to make it ...

A biker was grievously injured in an accident on the Birkirkara by-pass on Sunday morning.The accident took place at 6.15am, involving a Ford Fiesta driven by a woman aged 52 of Dingli, and the biker, who was riding a Honda PCX.The biker, aged 45 of ...

There was a whole day of traffic chaos in the road leading to Mgarr Harbour as Gozo Channel announced delays and/or cancellations due to the inclement weather.The service was eventually suspended in the afternoon as the conditions worsened "util furt...

A man was taken to hospital after he was hit by a car in Hamrun on Sunday, the police said.The accident took place in St Joseph High Road at 11am.The man, aged 34 of Hamrun, was hit by a Suzuki Swift driven by a 49-year-old man of Cospicua.The pedest...

Prime Minister Robert Abela said that his government has no plans to remove laws making abortion illegal in Malta, adding that legal amendments set to be debated in Parliament next week were to give legal certainty to doctors and mothers in the case ...

Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said that medical intervention on a woman in case of difficulties in pregnancy has already been happening for several years in the country, and that the amendments on the abortion law is too quick and will allow aborti...

Maltese hip hop artist Chris Birdd went number one on the popular iTunes charts, as well as on Malta’s leading radio station 89.7 Bay Radio.Birdd, the award-winning artist making waves in London and Los Angeles, has received international recog...

A Bill that will make the termination of a pregnancy legal when the woman’s life is “at risk or her health (is) in grave jeopardy” because of a “medical complication” was presented in Parliament on Monday. The Bill ...

Andrej Kramaric scored a pair of goals and Croatia crushed Canada's hopes of advancing at its first World Cup in 36 years with a 4-1 victory on Sunday.Alphonso Davies scored Canada's first-ever World Cup goal seconds into the match but the ...

Morocco pulled off yet another World Cup shock, and it was Belgium’s aging “Golden Generation” that took the hit this time.The 2-0 upset left Kevin de Bruyne and the 2018 semifinalists in peril of a group-stage exit at wha...

Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou mysteriously disappeared before kickoff of his team's World Cup game against Belgium on Sunday.Bounou was named in the starting lineup, came out with his team and sang the national anthem before kickoff as ...

Keysher Fuller scored in the 81st minute to lift Costa Rica to a 1-0 victory over Japan on Sunday, leaving both teams with three points after two games in Group E of the World Cup.Fuller took advantage of a defensive error when Japan failed to c...

The Left think-tank organisation Zminijietna on Sunday appealed to the cabinet to legislate to make it illegal to hire persons for work without a 'work contract'. Companies caught exploiting these people should have their license withdrawn ...

Fleeing shelling, civilians on Saturday streamed out of the southern Ukrainian city whose recapture they had celebrated just weeks earlier.The exodus from Kherson came as Ukraine solemnly remembered a Stalin-era famine and sought to ensure that Russi...

Heavy rainfall triggered a massive landslide early Saturday on the southern Italian resort island of Ischia that destroyed buildings and swept parked cars into the sea, leaving at least one person dead and up to 12 missing.The body of a woman was pul...

A man has died after an explosion took place at the fireworks factory in Kirkop on Saturday morning, the police said.The St Joseph Musical Society, in a Facebook post, said that one of their members had died in the explosion, which took place at 7.10...

Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri told people to be vigilant as a storm is hitting Malta and things will get worse.In a post on Facebook, the minister made reference to the Kirkop fireworks factor explosion, saying that since the blast the weathe...

The police said that photos of lost number plates should not be uploaded on the social media.It has become a habit for people to post photos of number plates of cars which are carried away when there is heavy rain and flooding.This practice should st...

The man who on Saturday died in a fireworks factory explosion had survived a similar blast 10 years ago.Leonard Camilleri, 64, died when the San Ġużepp factory exploded on Saturday morning.Camilleri was a keen fireworks enthusiast and had s...

Valletta: Royal Pharmacy, 271, Republic Street; Ħamrun: The Cross Pharmacy, 859, St Joseph High Road; Żebbuġ: Tal-Grazzja Pharmacy, Franġisk Farrugia Street; Birkirkara: St Anne Pharmacy, 24, Misraħ Sant’Elena; Gżi...

This Black Friday is the closest one to pre-Covid levels with shoppers flocking the streets for Black Friday, from the early hours of the day, the Chamber for Small and Medium Enterprises said. Shop owners said the eagerness and will to shop was evid...

The information in the Register of Beneficial Owners must remain accessible to journalists and civil societies, the Nationalist Party said on Saturday.In a statement, the party said it considered the decision of the Malta Business Registry (MBR) to c...

Lionel Messi was almost in tears as he grabbed and shook his jersey in front of Argentina’s celebrating fans, then blew a kiss and looked to the sky.With one of the most important goals of his career, Messi led Argentina to a 2-0 victory over M...

More than 400 people have successfully completed the courses offered during the last academic year for the Pastoral Formation Institute (PFI), the Curia said in a statement.The annual graduation ceremony took place on Friday 25 November, and was led ...

The majority of young youths and young adults in Malta (77% of Millenials and 72% of Gen-Z) would rather live outside of Malta, a survey conducted by EY has found.The statistic shows an increasing trend in people preferring to live abroad.Only 28% of...

France advanced, and Kylian Mbappe got them there.The French became the first defending champions to reach the round of 16 at the World Cup since Brazil in 2006, beating Denmark 2-1 Saturday with Mbappe scoring both goals.“Kylian is a...

Finally!Robert Lewandowski at last scored a goal in a World Cup match on Saturday, helping Poland beat Saudi Arabia 2-0 and boosting his team’s chances of reaching the knockout stages.Lewandowski shed tears after scoring in the 82nd m...

 Australia beat Tunisia 1-0 on Saturday to revive its chances of advancing from the group stage at the World Cup.Mitchell Duke gave Australia the lead midway through the first half with a header.Defending champion France and Australia ...

European Union interior ministers on Friday weighed proposals to ease tensions between France and Italy over migrants arriving on their shores without authorization, including a possible crackdown on charity-run ships doing search and rescue work in ...

Maltese laws should provide for an abortion in those instances where the life or health of the pregnant woman is in danger ADPD – The Green Party said Saturday.The amendments presented in Parliament this week are a step in the right direction, ...

European officials are scrambling to help Ukraine stay warm and keep functioning through the bitter winter months, pledging Friday to send more support that will mitigate the Russian military’s efforts to turn off the heat and lights.Nine month...

A crowd of people met in Floriana and marched to Valletta to protest against femicide, demanding justice for women who were murdered.The protestors met outside the police headquarters in Floriana on Friday evening, and walked towards the capital city...

A 42-year-old man has been granted bail after being charged with defiling his partner's five-year-old son.The man, whose name is subject to a reporting ban, appeared in court before Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit, was charged with corruption of a ...

“Better employment and salaries are the top scoring factor for both generations. Gen-Z also have a hunger for new experiences and feel a constraint in Malta’s size. Millennials also would like new experiences but give a greater priority t...

A judge has refused a request by Pilatus Bank's former risk manager, Antoniella Gauci, to be included as a party to Repubblika's case against the Attorney General, over the failure to prosecute senior officials at the now shuttered bank.In the case, ...

BOV Asset Management is now the official representative of Fidelity International in Malta, CEO of the BOV Group, Kenneth Farrugia, said during an event organized for all financial intermediaries of BOV Asset Management held on Friday. The conference...

At the end of October 2022, Central Government debt stood at €8,738.0 million, an increase of €771.4 million from 2021, the National Statistics Office said.The increase reported under Malta Government Stocks (€729 million) was the main...

The judge presiding over Repubblika's Constitutional case over a magistrate's refusal to recuse herself has abstained from presiding over the case, following yesterday's Constitutional Court decision.In a decree delivered in chambers this mornin...

Loud jeers rang around the stadium. England’s fans were not happy. The United States had frustrated them yet again at a World Cup.That’s three times and counting that the teams have met on soccer’s biggest stage and England is still...

Inspired by captain Énner Valencia, Ecuador impressed again at the World Cup on Friday in a 1-1 draw with favored Netherlands in a game La Tri deserved to win.Valencia has become a talisman on the biggest stage and his 49th-minute leveler agai...

 World Cup host Qatar was eliminated on Friday, just six days and two matches into the tournament.Qatar can't advance to the knockout round after losing to Ecuador in the opener and to Senegal on Friday.It was the earliest exit by a host na...

Repubblika is urging the government to launch a genuine public consultation for the Whistleblower Act as it is "persisting down the wrong path... on this very important law".Repubblika together with the help of the Whistleblower International Network...

 Rishi Sunak has been Britain’s prime minister for a month. In the tumultuous world of U.K. politics in 2022, that’s an achievement.Sunak, who took office a month ago Friday on Oct. 25, has steadied the nation after th...

Joy for the Williams family of Spain on Wednesday at the World Cup. Then despair for the same Williams family, who are also of Ghana, on Thursday.Williams brothers Iñaki and Nico have managed to mark both sides of their family's heri...

On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Nationalist Party expressed its sorrow that the day is darkened by the latest femicide in the country.This was in reference to the murder of Bernice Cassar. H...

Rouzbeh Cheshmi scored in the eighth minute of stoppage time to break a scoreless stalemate and Iran went on to defeat Wales 2-0 at the World Cup on Friday.Cheshmi's strike from outside the box was just beyond the diving reach of Wales back...

Enemalta has completed repair works on the sub-sea Malta-Italy interconnector cable, after it was damaged by a vessel anchor in a storm back in March. Over the past three weeks, a team of Enemalta engineers and technicians, together with a technical ...

Finance Minister Clyde Caruana made a promise earlier this week.The government has learnt its lesson from the greylisting, and will not repeat the same mistakes, he said when he addressed journalists during the presentation of the Financial Intellige...

Għaqda Storja u Kultura Birżebbuġa and Moviment Graffitti today called for the immediate suspension of operations at the tuna recycling plant in Birżebbuġa.The local council has already complained about the matter too.The two...

Roderick Cassar has pleaded not guilty to the murder of his estranged wife Bernice Cassar.The arraignment took place this afternoon at 2.30pm.He is the first person to be charged with willful femicide, an aggravated version of the homicide offence.&n...

"Domestic Violence is everyone's business" is the new theme for the campaign launched by Lydia Abela, the Prime Minister's wife, at the Office of the Commission on Gender-Based Violence and Domestic Violence.At the launch of the campaign which will s...

MP Rosianne Cutajar has told a court that she felt author Mark Camilleri was threatening her life in a Facebook post where he warned that he would become her “worst nightmare” unless she left politics.The Labour MP testified this morning ...

The Nationalist Party said today it remains the only political force in favour of life after the government chose to propose an amendment to the law that will make abortion legal.The PN expressed its position after the parliamentary group met to disc...

A good turnout from the Black Friday sales is expected this year, with the Chamber of SMEs anticipating that figures will reach pre-pandemic levels. The Malta Business Weekly spoke with CEO at the Chamber of SMEs Abigail Agius Mamo, who said that Bla...

Pilatus Bank’s former risk manager, Antoniella Gauci has asked to be included as a party to Repubblika’s case against the Attorney General, over the failure to prosecute the bank’s top brass.In the case, which is being heard by Mr. ...

Independent candidate Arnold Cassola has requested the Standards Commissioner to investigate Education Minister Clifton Grima.The Standards Commissioner’s seat is still vacant after George Hyzler took on an appointment as Malta’s represen...

Pandemic lockdowns are expanding across China, including in a city where factory workers clashed this week with police, as the number of COVID-19 cases hits a daily record.Residents of eight districts of Zhengzhou, home to 6.6 million people, were to...

With Neymar limping off the field with an ankle injury, Richarlison came through for the “Seleção.”A spectacular acrobatic kick followed an easy tap-in from close range as Richarlison scored both goals in Brazil's 2-0 victor...

The European Parliament approved the provisional agreement on Establishing the 2030 Policy Programme "Path to the Digital Decade", that MEP Cutajar worked directly on as a negotiator on behalf of the Socialists and Democrats. In her address just befo...

The government has announced that two separate investigations are underway on alleged use of force by carers at St Vincent de Paul home for the elderly.Four members of staff at the home have been suspended while the investigations take place. The pol...

Cristiano Ronaldo closed his eyes, took in a deep breath and then made World Cup history.The Portugal striker became the first male player to score at five World Cups with his 65th-minute penalty in a 3-2 win over Ghana on Thursday.Andre Ay...

Another favored team has failed to impress in the early stages of the World Cup.This time it was South Korea holding South American power Uruguay to a 0-0 draw on Thursday, a result that probably favors the Asian team.The draw at Education City ...

Breel Embolo’s goal lifted Switzerland to a 1-0 win over Cameroon at the World Cup on Thursday and he kept his promise not to celebrate scoring against the country where he was born.The Swiss forward from Yaounde struck with a right-f...

Government has presented the motion of the first reading of the Bill amending the Act on Standards in Public Life.Earlier this week in parliament, Prime Minister Robert Abela said that the government's wish is that the position of the Commissioner fo...

The system has failed Bernice Cassar, "as well as all other women whose experiences of violence and abuse continue to be minimised or dismissed," the National Commission for the Promotion of Equality (NCPE) has said.The brutal femicide of Bernice Cas...

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.He was taken to hospital for a check-up and was released a few hours later. The po...

"Stop killing women, stop beating women, stop abusing women." These words were spoken by EU Parliament President Roberta Metsola in the European Parliament on Wednesday, following the murder of Bernice Cassar a day earlier.Cassar was shot dead on Tue...

Payments amounting to a total of €10.2 million will be made to people who suffered injustices in their employment in the past, or were subject to anomalies, the government said.The 5,306 people will receive payments according to the terms of thr...

A 26-year-old man from Serbia was arrested on Wednesday just a few minutes after allegedly committing theft, the police said.The 26-year-old man allegedly entered an apartment on Pjazza Toni Bajada, Naxxar, with a 42-year-old Dutch man and a 29-year-...

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...

Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri and Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa must resign following the murder of Bernice Cassar, as their actions and decisions had "direct consequences" that exposed Cassar to danger, civil society group Repubblika said....