President Joe Biden on Wednesday delivered a solemn call to voters to defend the country's democracy as he laid out in an Oval Office address his decision to drop his bid for reelection and throw his support behind Vice Pres...

Ultra-endurance athlete and clean seas activist Neil Agius on Thursday announced that he will be re-attempting a world record open water sea swim, this time circumventing all of Malta, Gozo, and Comino.Speaking at a press conference at the Ta' Xbiex ...

Chris Fearne said he will be stepping down from the role of Labour Party deputy leader for parliamentary affairs.In a post on Facebook, he said following the decree given by the court today, “in the country’s best interest” he will ...

Ronald Mizzi has resigned from the post of Permanent Secretary within the Ministry for the Economy, Enterprise and Strategic projects.Mizzi is one of the persons facing charges in the hospitals deal case. On Wednesday, the court decreed that there wa...

A court has decreed that there is enough evidence against former Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne, current Central Bank governor Edward Scicluna and a host of others for them to stand trial in connection with the Vitals hospitals concession.Magistr...

The Labour Party has announced that it's General Conference, during which elections for the positions of deputy leaders and other administrative roles will take place, will be held from the 13th to the 15th of September.On the 13th of September, elec...

So much has happened in the United States of America these past few weeks as the country prepares for the presidential election, slated for the first week of November.First we had an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, who is the ...

Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech has called out Prime Minister Robert Abela for being "silent and absent" on the day that the court ruled that there is enough prima facie evidence for both ex-Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne and current Centr...

A rule of law report by the European Commission has recommended that the government further strengthen efforts to improve the efficiency of justice including by providing additional resources, particularly to reduce the length of proceedings.The 2024...

The European Commission’s annual report on the rule of law highlights several noteworthy and significant developments that have occurred in Malta over the past year, the government said in a statement.A rule of law report by the European Commis...

Former Finance Minister and current Governor of the Central Bank of Malta Edward Scicluna kept his lips sealed while leaving court after a Magistrate declared that there is enough prima facie evidence for him to be indicted over the hospitals case, s...

On a wild opening day for the Olympic men’s soccer tournament, the United States came within the width of the crossbar from taking the lead against host nation France.Within moments, Alexandre Lacazette had the ball in the back of the Americans...

Labour MP Chris Fearne said Wednesday he will be giving his reaction to the court ruling which found there is prima facie evidence for him to stand trial later.Walking out of court soon after Magistrate Leonard Caruana gave his ruling, Fearne did not...

Din l-Art Ħelwa Għawdex, Għawdix, Moviment Graffitti, and Wirt Għawdex on Wednesday urged the public to oppose the destruction of Fort Chambray's Married Quarters British Barracks, one of Malta's oldest (c.1898) and the only ...

With reference to media reports stating that the Mayor of Mosta presented a motion to reverse the pedestrianisation of the core of Mosta, the Chamber of Architects has called on the Councillors not to succumb to commercial pressures that disregard co...

SLIEMA FRANK SALT.......... 12NEPTUNES VIDEOSLOTS.... 10(3-1), (2-2), (5-4), (2-3)It was a different type of derby between these two eternal rivals. An encounter played in front of an average crowd that also lacked spark of a rivalry. Sliema headed i...

With every passing day, Prime Minister Robert Abela continues to confirm that he was and still is involved and is complicit in the biggest fraud to ever take place in Malta, Nationalist Party Leader Bernard Grech said on Wednesday in reaction to the ...

Malta was praised in the international field when the Act repealing the Leprosy Ordinance and the Leprosy Regulations came into force, the Ministry for Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector said in a statement on Wednesday.Brent Morgan, the Director of ...

Malta’s justice system did not give in to the pressure exerted by Prime Minister Robert Abela, Nationalist Party MP Karol Aquilina said on Wednesday following the court’s decree that there is enough evidence against fourteen who stand acc...

A man has been arrested and will be charged with allegedly trafficking foreign workers into the country after a joint investigation between the police and JobsPlus.The man – a 67-year-old from Dingli – allegedly applied to import, and in ...

It has come as no surprise that the government has opened a call for expressions of interest for private clinics to assist in emergency services.The call was initially opened until 19 July, but apparently this gave little time for interested parties ...

ADPD- The Green Party called on the Prime Minister to take immediate action against Chris Fearne and Edward Scicluna following a court ruling saying there was enough prima facie evidence for them to stand trial in connection with the hospitals’...

Eleven persons were arrested by the police after they were found to be living in Malta illegally, the police said in a statement Wednesday.The 11 persons – no gender or ages were given – were found in a residence in Vittoriosa, the police...

Conducting a consultation process to see an improvement in traffic management remains a commitment of Mosta’s Local Council, it said in a statement published on Wednesday morning.This was said following a situation which took place during the s...

On Sunday, the Earth sizzled to the hottest day ever measured by humans, yet another heat record shattered in the past couple of years, according to the European climate service Copernicus Tuesday.Copernicus' preliminary data shows that the...

The average annual basic salary for employees in 2022 was €20,989, the National Statistics Office (NSO) detailed in its 2024 Regional Statistics report on Tuesday.The average income for male employees was €22,096, whilst the average income ...

Four men were pictured naked at Fond Ghadir in Sliema this morning.The men were noticed on the beach by passers-by on their morning stroll along the Sliema promenade.It is not the first time that such scenes have been witnessed.It is illegal to be na...

Nine organisations have strongly condemned the Government’s attempt to change the Ħal Far Local Plan so as to allow the construction of an airstrip for model aeroplanes in Wied Żnuber.In a statement, the organisations said that the pr...

A magistrate has ordered the police commissioner to investigate two officials from government agency Identità after they gave conflicting testimony in court.The officials appeared as witnesses in proceedings against an Egyptian man who is accu...

In the case T-134/21, Malacalza Investimenti Srl and Vittorio Malacalza (Applicants), shareholders of the Italian bank, Banca Carige, brought a case before the General Court of the European Union (the Court), seeking compensation for unlawful conduct...

The director of the Secret Service said Tuesday she is resigning following the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump that unleashed intensifying outcry about how the agency tasked with protecting current and former presiden...

Well-known artist Mark Mallia has died at age 59.Born in Pieta, he was a self-taught artist known for photographs, abstract paintings and more. His work is spread from Malta, to the USA, the UK, Monaco, among others.Mallia's artistic approach was inf...

An 86-year-old man was injured in a hit-and-run in Mosta on Monday evening, police said, with the alleged culprit being arrested soon after.Police said that the incident happened at around 5pm in Mosta’s Constitution Street and preliminary inve...

BALLKANI 0HAMRUN S 0 Ballkani: E.Kollici, G.Halili, A. Thaqi, B.Jashanica, A.Potoku (G.Smajli 78’) , Queven (E.Abedini 87’), L.Emerllahu, M.Ismahkgeci (E.Ajazaj 60’), W.Hamidi, B.Karrica, A.Kyeziu (B. Tolaj 78’)...

Quality of life is not simply about having a strong economic growth rate. The government has for years been boasting about this. It is not simply about having a good wage, although here one must point out that there are many whose wages are insuffici...

The Energy Ministry has said that a compensation system for those affected by the recent spate of power cuts will be operated once again this summer.Responding to criticism from the Nationalist Party, the Energy Ministry noted that while the Leader o...

The Armed Forces of Malta on Monday evening rescued three crew members of an oil tanker after they required medical attention.In a brief statement, the AFM said that the Malta Rescue Coordination Centre coordinated the rescue of three crew members fr...

SIRENS BUILD FITNESS....13BIRŻEBBUĠA FREEPORT... 5(3-2), (3-2), (3-1), (4-0) Sirens Build Fitness recovered from a setback midway through the game to obtain their fourth win of the Premier League and climb momentarily in third place. A...

Total cruise passenger traffic during the second quarter of 2024 amounted to 273,900, an increase of 21.6% over the same quarter of last year, the National Statistics Office (NSO) said.There were 128 cruise liner calls during the second quarter of 20...

The Commissioner for Standards Joseph Azzopardi has cleared four Ministers of breaching the ministerial code of ethics by handing out Ministry positions to the spouses and partners of Cabinet colleagues.Azzopardi investigated the case after independe...

Kamala Harris was greeted by a massive, cheering crowd during the first rally of her newly announced presidential campaign in 2019. Speaking on a January day outside city hall in her hometown of Oakland, California, she framed her bid as part of some...

Following the frequent power outages across the country, Opposition Leader Bernard Grech has called for Energy Minister Miriam Dalli's resignation, or failing that for Prime Minister Robert Abela to remove her from her post.Grech said that Dalli had ...

The Nationalist Party has published a statement condemning Police Commissioner Angelo Gafà for being "one with the Government's agenda."The PN's statements follows a recent interview the Commissioner had on RTK 103.The party also expressed its...

Nearly 40 million people were living with the HIV virus that causes AIDS last year, over 9 million weren’t getting any treatment, and the result was that every minute someone died of AIDS-related causes, the U.N. said in a new report launched M...

 Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said Monday that her agency failed in its mission to protect former President Donald Trump during a highly contentious congressional hearing with lawmakers of both major political parties demanding ...

The authorities can see that the traffic problems in the country are not reducing, despite all the flyovers and road widening projects they have undertaken, Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar coordinator Astrid Vella told The Malta Independent.Vel...

The outsourcing of emergency services is being done without a plan, Nationalist Party MP Adrian Delia said Monday, in reaction to the government extending the deadline for proposal submissions by a week.The deadline is now set for this Friday, 26 Jul...

Over a thousand objections have been raised against the development of an airstrip for model airplanes in Wied Żnuber, said the Birżebbuġa Local Council and the History and Culture Association of Birżebbuġa on Monday.The Bir&...

A man was critically injured on Sunday in a diving accident in Comino, the police said Monday.The police said that the 44-year-old Polish man jumped off a boat with a 12-year-old boy, and the two ended up on each other.The man was given first assista...

Six persons were injured on Sunday afternoon when a woman lost control of the car she was driving and crashed into the airport perimeter boundary.The accident happened in Triq l-Industrija, Kirkop, at 6.30pm.The woman, aged 31 of Santa Venera, was dr...

Quality education comes from investment and the great dedication shown by educators in their work, Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Monday as he visited the San Miguel Resource Centre in Pembroke.He added that after the “best agreement&rdquo...

Vice President Kamala Harris moved swiftly to lock up Democratic delegates behind her campaign for the White House after President Joe Biden stepped aside amid concerns from within their own party that he would be unable to defeat Dona...

The Minister for Justice and Reform of the Construction Sector, Jonathan Attard, met with the Estate Agents section of the Malta Developers Association (MDA) to discuss how to best implement a unanimously approved Parliament Bill that includes establ...

A number of Maltese publishing houses have united in an effort to raise awareness and improve the "critical" state of the Maltese publishing sector, stating that they are facing problems such as increased costs and dwindling consumers.They said they ...

Democrats quickly rallied around Vice President Kamala Harris as their likely presidential nominee Sunday after President Joe Biden 's ground-shaking decision to bow out of the 2024 race, a volatile fast-moving political situation...

Joe Biden's withdrawal from the U.S. presidential race injects greater uncertainty into the world at a time when Western leaders are grappling with wars in Ukraine and Gaza, a more assertive China in Asia and the rise of the far-right in Eu...

President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before ...

Prime Minister Robert Abela has “abandoned” the country to go on holiday “in the midst of a crisis” without appointing a deputy PM, the Nationalist Party said in a statement on Sunday.Abela does not care about anyone or anythi...

The government and Enemalta haven’t done enough to prevent the country from suffering from power cuts this summer.The country’s electricity distribution system is still not up to scratch as some localities have been experiencing outages.A...

A man died after being struck by lightning near the summit of Germany's highest peak, police said Monday.The 18-year-old German resident was one of a group of three young men who took the mountain railway up the Zugspitze late Sunday afternoon a...

The BOV Volleyball Marathon ended at midnight Sunday but not before raising the sum of €466,688. Forty players went through fifty-three hours of volleyball in searing hot weather. It officially started at six in the evening on Friday i...

The government has been almost “all talk” and no action when it comes to the environment being a priority, Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar coordinator Astrid Vella told The Malta Independent on Sunday, adding that right now, “...

A group of MPs have opened up and spoken about the psychological struggles of making it into Malta’s parliament in a thesis submitted to the University of Malta.Mariah Zammit’s thesis – titled ‘The Impact of becoming a Member ...

You were not elected in 1987, but you were later that year co-opted to Parliament following the death of MP Joseph Sciberras. In that first legislature as an MP, you played a low profile. But had you already set your sights on the party leadership? W...

Noting Victoria’s “unique” position, Brian Azzopardi, recently elected mayor of Gozo’s capital city, said that he aims to see a cleaner, safer and more convenient locality. Victoria is at the heart of the sister island, and pr...

caption: Pope John Paul II gives his blessing to late father Marcial Maciel, founder of Christ's Legionaries, during a special audience the pontiff granted to about four thousand participants of the Regnum Christi movement, at the Vatican, on No...

The act of defiance by two Labour MEPs in the vote taken last Tuesday to re-elect Roberta Metsola as the president of the European Parliament is only the latest in a string of happenings that are exposing high-level disagreement within the Labour Par...

The country has a government that has "taken us back decades," Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech said while referring to recent power cuts and bay closures.During an interview on NET Television, Bernard Grech said that "the country is going thro...

Prime Minister Robert Abela said that while the government has invested €55 million to improve the electricity distribution system, Enemalta's workers "did not yet have enough time to do all the necessary works needed."The Prime Minister was ask...

Australian driver Oscar Piastri won his first Formula One race after teammate Lando Norris handed him back the lead to complete a McLaren one-two at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday.That outstanding result came after a long and at times awkward bac...

Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar and the Sliema Residents Association organised a meeting on Friday, and brought together residents who are outraged at the granting of a 14-storey hotel in Zimmermann Barbaro Lane.In a statement, FAA said that "t...

Chairperson of ADPD - The Green Party Sandra Gauci has highlighted the need to promote alternative means of transport, including transport by sea, with the aim of reducing the use of private cars.She addressed the press conference together with ADPD ...

Enemalta said Saturday it has deployed 14 diesel-powered generators in various localities in a bid to tackle persistent power cuts in various localities in Malta and Gozo.Addressing the media, executive chairman Ryan Fava said five of these generator...

The Gozo Business Chamber said it is significantly concerned about the current situation in our electricity infrastructure which is translating itself into consistent power cuts across Malta and Gozo. In Gozo various localities have been hit by power...

Police commissioner Angelo Gafa believes that criticism levelled at him on the way he runs the organisation is “all personal”, and says the vast majority of people trusts the police force.In an interview on RTK, Gafa said that “Repu...

It’s another summer of power cuts.Enemalta says on its website that it is currently addressing issues in parts of Malta and Gozo.Areas in Gzira, St Julian’s, Msida and San Gwann in Malta, and San Lawrenz, Kercem, Gharb and Ghasri are with...

Airlines, banks, hospitals and other risk-averse organizations around the world chose cybersecurity company CrowdStrike to protect their computer systems from hackers and data breaches.But all it took was one faulty CrowdStrike software update to cau...

The Maltese and Gozitan people deserve an honest government which does not deceive the people, said Nationalist Party Leader Bernard Grech on Saturday.Grech added that the people deserve a government that plans and invests in the supply of electricit...

The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved more transparent procedures Friday for the hundreds of individuals, companies and other entities who are subject to U.N. sanctions and want to get off the blacklists.The resolution, c...

A woman was grievously injured after she fell off a ladder, the police said.The accident took place on Saturday at 3pm in Fuxa Street, San Gwann.The woman, aged 44 of San Gwann, was taken to hospital with grievous injuries.

A survey published earlier this week by the Malta Chamber of SMEs sheds light on the thoughts and concerns of businesses.Among the questions asked to respondents, was for them to highlight the two most important issues that the country is facing and ...

SLIEMA FRANK SALT .......... 12 SIRENS BUILD FITNESS ........ 6 (2‑0), (2‑1), (3‑3), (5‑2)After losing on penalties to San Ġiljan last Wednesday, Sliema Frank Salt returned to winning ways by defeating Sirens Build Fitnes...

The Malta Hotels and Restautrants Association expressed concern on Saturday that product Malta is "under severe strain".This past week has seen Balluta Bay turn green and power outages affecting multiple localities, directly impacting both our touris...

Floriana Floriana Dispensary, 29, Vincenzo Dimech Street; Ħamrun St Gaetan Pharmacy, Kappillan Mifsud Street; Żebbuġ Santa Marija Pharmacy, 40, Għasfura Street; Birkirkara Pharmaplus, Ganu Street; Ġżira Tony's Pharmacy, ...

A woman has died on Friday afternoon after boulders fell on her from a cliff in the limits of Marsascala, the police said.The accident took place at 3pm in the area known as Munxar, off St Thomas Bay.The woman, aged 22 of Siggiewi, was taken to hospi...

The draft law that regulates cooperatives has become open for public consultation and will remain open until September 30th, the Ministry for the Economy, Enterprise, and Strategic Projects said.The Ministry said that the amendments in the bill are c...

A working committee for better maintenance and management of Malta’s capital city has been set up and launched, the Ministry for National Heritage said alongside the Ministry for Tourism and Public Cleanliness.The Ministries said that this work...

McLaren pair Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri locked out the Hungarian Grand Prix front row ahead of Formula 1 leader Max Verstappen after a stellar qualifying session for the British team on Saturday.Norris scored his third career pole posit...

A woman whose murder conviction was overturned after she served 43 years of a life sentence was released Friday, despite attempts in the last month by Missouri’s attorney general to keep her behind bars.Sandra Hemme, 64, left a prison...

Chinese authorities say at least 11 people have died and 30 are missing in the partial collapse of a highway bridge in the northwest of the country following heavy storms and flooding. A similar number are missing in the southwest after dozens of hou...

PN MPs and shadow ministers Adrian Delia and Ian Vassallo on Friday sketched a number of glaring issues in the Maltese healthcare sector following what has been described as “fake news” given by the Minister for Health, Jo-Etienne Abela o...

Preliminary market consultation to determine the feasibility of the potential development of a car park on several levels complemented by open green space in the Great Siege Square of Rabat, Gozo, has been opened by the Gozo Regional Development Auth...

A global technology outage grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and media outlets off air on Friday in a massive disruption that affected companies and services around the world and highlighted dependence on software...

A research project revolving around three distinct studies has been launched with the aim of promoting maritime research and technology in Malta, the Parliamentary Secretary for Youth, Research and Innovation, Keith Azzopardi Tanti, said.In this proj...

The Fair Society Award, which is an event dedicated to celebrating the work, commitment, and dedication of individuals in the disability sector, has been launched for another year, said Minister for Inclusion Julia Farrugia Portelli alongside the Min...

The top United Nations court said Israel's settlement policy in the West Bank and east Jerusalem violates international law, as it delivered a non-binding advisory opinion on the legality of Israel’s 57-year occupation of lands sought for a Pal...

There are more English language than Maltese language speakers living in Malta, according to a skills survey carried out by the NSO in October 2022, the final report of which was published today.The National Statistics Office said it had carried out ...

The Medical Association of Malta said that contrary to what the government has said, no new ward has been opened at Mater Dei Hospital.The union was reacting to reports that the Minister of Health and Active Aging, Jo Etienne Abela, inaugurated a new...

SAN ĠILJAN JP PROJECTS BIRŻEBBUĠA FREEPORT - 18-8(4‑4), (5‑2), (5‑2), (4‑0) It was a difficult 48 hours for San Ġiljan. Following Wednesday’s win against Sliema, the club had to focus more o...