The latest developments in the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder case show that the rule of law in Malta is working as it should be, Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Thursday.Abela was addressing a press conference hours after the arraignment of four ...

The European Courts of Justice has dismissed an appeal filed by former European Commissioner John Dalli, relating to, among other things, the conduct of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF).John Dalli had been made to resign from his European Commis...

Four persons were this evening charged with a string of offences related to the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia and that of lawyer Carmel Chircop in 2015.The accused are brothers Robert and Adrian Agius, known as tal-Maksar, their accomplice Jamie V...

The police believe that all people who were involved in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia are either in custody or have already been charged, Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa said on Wednesday.He also announced that four suspects arrested on Tuesda...

The February storm is unforgiving, violently shaking the humanitarian rescuers’ vessel as they try to revive a faulty engine and save African migrants drifting in the Mediterranean Sea after fleeing Libya on unseaworthy boats.Not only must they...

Amendments which are needed regarding the construction reform will be addressed in due time, but the country cannot wait any longer until this reform is implemented, Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning Aaron Farrugia told The Ma...

Another application for the construction of a high-rise building in Paceville has been submitted to the Planning Authority. Construction of tall buildings in the area will continue unabated, it seems, despite the fact that a much-hyped masterplan for...

Bars and clubs will remain closed for the month of March, while measures at old people’s homes will soon start to be eased, Health Minister Chris Fearne announced on Wednesday.Restaurants meanwhile will be allowed to stay open till midnight, ra...

The government has published the pardon that was granted to Vince Muscat, who admitted on Tuesday his involvement in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia.Muscat was jailed 15 years but received immunity over the 2015 murder of a lawyer in Birkirkara....

Parliament’s ethics committee will on Monday discuss the Standard Commissioner’s report into the November 2019 journalist lock-up at Castille. The report is one of the items on the agenda of the Permanent Committee on Standards in Public ...

The process for more than 1,700 workers from Enemalta, the Water Services Corporation and ARMS Ltd to receive the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, the government announced on Wednesday.The vaccination process for these workers started last Monday ...

226 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Wednesday as two more patients passed away while positive for the virus.It is the second day in a row that over 200 new cases of the virus were reported by health authorities.In the last 24 hours, an 84-year...

Civil Society NGO Repubblika has reiterated its call for Parliamentary Secretary Rosianne Cutajar to resign in a protest held outside her offices in Valletta.“Rosianne Cutajar is obliged to explain to us why in four years the only time she spok...

The number of visits to the GU clinic decreased by over a third last year, in what could be an effect of Covid-19 on dating and relationships.Information tabled in Parliament on Wednesday shows that the number of visits to the Genitourinary Clinic in...

Versatile, tactically astute and boasting the creativity of a midfield playmaker, Joao Cancelo is a one-of-a-kind defender who is proving to be Manchester’s City unlikely secret weapon this season.Borussia Monchengladbach certainly couldn&rsquo...

Real Madrid struggled to break down 10-man Atalanta before Ferland Mendy netted an 86th-minute winner to give the Spanish giant a 1-0 win in the first leg of the round of 16 on Wednesday.Madrid entered the game as the big favorite despite a slew of i...

Malta International Airport today published the financial results for 2020, reporting a drop of €68 million (-67.9%) in the total revenue generated by the Group when compared to 2019.In addition, MIA said that passenger traffic for 2020 suffered...

Lawyer Charles Mercieca’s defence counsel has argued that there is “absolutely no evidence” against his client in a case of attempted bribery of a journalist.Mercieca and Gianluca Caruana Curran, who form part of the legal team repr...

The Economy Minister could not provide any updates on whether the legal notice mandating the closure of bars and clubs will be extended and on the date of distribution of the government’s stimulus vouchers.The Malta Independent asked Minister f...

Plans for another tower in Paceville have been submitted to the Planning Authority, the company PX Lettings announced on Wednesday. The tower, which will rise 33-storeys, will be situated at the entrance to Paceville, occupying 1,100 square metr...

Protests are all about getting a message across – and in the case of Repubblika’s Wednesday afternoon protest, the message seems to have arrived at its intended destination.This is after Parliamentary Secretary Rosianne Cutajar was caught...

Three new and modern echocardiograms have been introduced in Mater Dei hospital, Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Chris Ferne announced.An echocardiogram produces a graphic outline of the heart's movement, helping to identify how o...

Vincent Muscat, known as il-Koħħu has admitted to his part in the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.Muscat, George Degiorgio and his brother Alfred Degiorgio, are accused of procuring, planting and detonating the bomb that killed ...

No past or present politicians have been found to have been involved in the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia thus far, Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Tuesday.Abela was addressing a press conference at Castille, hours after Vinc...

The number of people who are registered with Jobsplus as being unemployed has decreased slightly in January when compared to the previous month, statistics published by the National Statistics Office state.In January, the number of persons registerin...

Vincent Muscat has reportedly been granted a presidential pardon to help investigations into the unsolved 2015 murder of lawyer Carmel Chircop, according to the Times of Malta.The news emerged after Muscat pleaded guilty to his role in the murder of ...

The police have arrested three men on suspicion of being involved in the supply of the bomb which was used to assassinate journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, multiple reports are stating.Adrian and Robert Agius and their associate Jamie Vella were arr...

The family of slain journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has issued a statement expressing hope that Vince Muscat's admission will begin leading to complete justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia.Vince Muscat, known as Il-Kohhu, on Tuesday admitted to the m...

With the spectre of devastating climate change and sea-level rise approaching, the first casualties will be the sandy beaches which mark the soft boundary between the land and sea, Peter Gatt, a geologist, told The Malta Independent.Gatt has studied ...

Last week, the Nationalist Party announced, with a little bit of pomp, what it described as its energy policy, which it said is based on six pillars and aims to always seek the cheapest source for the benefit of consumers, while at the same time offe...

Stir-crazy Britons rushed to book overseas vacations after Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled plans to slowly ease a national lockdown, boosting optimism that travel restrictions will be removed in time for the summer holiday season.TUI, the U.K.&...

221 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Tuesday as one more person passed away while positive for the virus.It is the first time since 9 February that the number of cases found in a single day has exceeded 200, and also the fourth highest number o...

The government members on Parliament’s Ethics Committee are “trying to delay” a debate on a report by Standards Czar George Hyzler on the ‘lock-up’ of journalists at Castille in November 2019, PN MP Karol Aquilina has cl...

Teenager Jamal Musiala became Bayern Munich’s youngest-ever goalscorer in the Champions League as he helped his team rout Lazio 4-1 in the first leg of the round of 16 on Tuesday.Musiala also became the second-youngest player to score in the kn...

After his great overhead kick found the net to break the deadlock in a difficult match, all Olivier Giroud could do was wait.And wait and wait.Giroud’s 68th-minute bicycle-kick goal against Atlético Madrid was initially disallowed for of...

Within the EU, little progress has been made in recent years in improving basic digital competence among adult Europeans, the European Court of Auditors said in a statement.The Commission has issued guidance and supported Member States, but there hav...

 Tiger Woods was in the driver’s seat of a mangled SUV that rolled and ended up on its side down a steep roadway in the Los Angeles suburbs Tuesday morning, seatbelt still fastened, both legs seriously injured.He was lucid enough to g...

Wasteserv has published a video on Facebook showing how quick action from the emergency response team at one of its sites saw a fire extinguished within seconds.Wasteserv urged people to separate waste properly in order to keep those working in the s...

A new road which was built in Santa Venera should be named after the late Miriam Pace, the PN minority leader of the Santa Venera local council Darren Carabott said in a Facebook post. “I have just put forward a proposal to name the newly ...

The Saint Hubert Hunters has asked Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri and Economy Minister Silvio Schembri to take action against a section of the public who they claim are "running a campaign to incite the public to trespass onto private property...

Reported profit before tax for HSBC Malta for the year ended 31 December 2020 was €10.4m. This represents a decrease of €20.3m or 66% compared to prior year, HSBC said in a statement announcing their end of year results.While there were no ...

An average of 58 newly licensed motor vehicles took to Malta’s roads every day during the last three months of 2020, statistics published by the National Statistics Office show.By the end of December 2020, the stock of licensed motor vehicles s...

INDIS Malta will assist in the completion of the renovation works at the Ta' Qali Artisan Village, Minister for the Economy and Industry Silvio Schembri announced.INDIS Malta is responsible for the administration of government-owned industrial parks ...

Financial experts believe that Malta is second only to Cyprus in bid to become the trading capital in Europe post-Brexit, the world's foremost provider of in-depth knowledge in the field of multi-asset trading reports.In the latest edition of the Qua...

European Parliament Vice-President Roberta Metsola has been elected as the Chair of the new investigative committee tasked with looking into the allegations about the European Union’s management of its external borders and the European Border a...

Maltese Member of the European Parliament Cyrus Engerer has been appointed as the Socialists and Democrats’ lead negotiator on an upcoming historic resolution which will declare all of the European Union an LGBTIQ Freedom zone. The resolution ...

Prime Minister Robert Abela discussed transport and climate change with the Secretary for Transport of the United States Pete Buttigieg on Monday.Abela said that during the phonecall he congratulated Buttigieg for his appointment and they discussed M...

The doctor slid a miniature camera into the patient’s right nostril, making her whole nose glow red with its bright miniature light.“Tickles a bit, eh?” he asked as he rummaged around her nasal passages, the discomfort causing tears...

Disney Plus has added a content warning to the beginning of 18 episodes of The Muppet Show, the BBC reports."This programme includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures," it reads."These stereotypes were wrong then and are w...

Ta’ Qali is currently seeing some major upgrades. Everyone knows about the crafts village project, which had been on the cards for many years. This part of Ta’ Qali was in dire need of a face lift, and those who work and sell their wares ...

The COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. topped 500,000 Monday, a staggering number that all but matches the number of Americans killed in World War II, Korea and Vietnam combined.President Joe Biden held a sunset moment of silence and a candle-lighting c...

Children in England will return to class and people will be able to meet a friend outside for coffee in two weeks’ time, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday as he laid out a slow easing of one of Europe’s strictest pandemic lock...

Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna has approved the setting up of the Henry and Inez Casolani Association within the Archdiocese of Malta.The association was set up to promote the cause of the beatification and canonisation Henry and Inez Casolani, a l...

A biker was seriously injured on Monday evening in an accident in Iklin, the police said.The accident took place in Valley Road at 8.20pm.The biker, a 33-year-old man from St Paul’s Bay, lost control of the Piaggio he was riding and fell off th...

Embattled Parliamentary Secretary Rosianne Cutajar refused to give comments to the media, saying instead that she will “say what I have to say to the Standards Commissioner.”Cutajar has been under fire ever since it emerged that she alleg...

193 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Monday as one more person died while positive for the virus.Authorities said that in the last 24 hours, a 96-year-old man passed away at Mater Dei Hospital. It means that Malta has now had 305 deaths related...

90% of people aged 85-89 have taken the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, according to statistics published in Parliament by Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Chris Fearne.Answering a Parliamentary Question posed by PN MP Maria Deguara, Fea...

Malta’s institutions are being used to protect former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and those close to him, the Nationalist Party said on Monday.In a statement, the party said that the fight against money laundering in Malta has to be shown to b...

The country’s construction reforms are not taking into account experts’ research and knowledge, President of the Chamber of Architects and Civil Engineers Andre Pizzuto said on Monday.The government has been working on construction reform...

Marcel Pisani remains missing, almost two months after his disappearance. The 50-year-old was reported missing on 28 December. He had told his family that he was going out to run some errands but was never seen or heard from again. His family had gon...

The OPM’s head of customer care and the deputy head of communications have both resigned, Times of Malta reports.Sandro Craus has served as the head of the customer care unit since the role was created in 2013.He told Times of Malta that he is ...

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Juventus got back to winning ways by beating bottom club Crotone 3-0 in Serie A on Monday.Ronaldo could even have had a hat trick in the first half.Weston Mckennie sealed the result after the break.Juventus moved up ...

Minister for Education Justyne Caruana, on behalf of the National Book Council, presented a donation of books to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health Chris Fearne which will be distributed to COVID-19 healthcare frontliners in Malta and Gozo...

The NGO Repubblika has called for the immediate resignation of Parliamentary Secretary Rosianne Cutajar from government and from Parliament.In a statement, the NGO said that it is evident from reports in the past months that Cutajar had a relationshi...

The Italian ambassador to Congo, an Italian carabineri police officer and their Congolese driver were killed Monday in an attack on a U.N. convoy in an area that is home to myriad rebel groups, the Foreign Ministry and local people said.The ambush oc...

A United Nations report has connected Malta with an operation to supply Libya rebel commander Khalifa Hifter with military equipment in 2019.The report, obtained by The Associated Press, details “Project Opus” – an operation run in ...

The Chamber of Advocates has slammed the government’s recently introduced Bill to regulate the profession, arguing that it is, at best, “unfit for purpose”.In 2008 the Chamber of Advocates published a consultative paper expressing t...

Planning Minister Aaron Farrugia has again called on the Opposition to nominate its member on the board of the Building and Construction Authority.In a Facebook post, Farrugia said he has been urging the Opposition to nominate its representative for ...

Plans to expand the law courts by creating four new court halls and 25 offices in a separate building in Strait Street are still at the pre-Planning Authority stage, Frank Mercieca, the Court Services Agency CEO, told The Malta IndependentBack in Nov...

The government has filed a planning application to construct a 506-vehicle car park and a bicycle track in Ta' Qali, on a site which currently houses six historic structures.The site was previously part of Ta’ Qali Airfield, but once this was d...

With almost a year having passed since the first case of Covid-19 landed in Malta and with the vaccination programme in full swing, many – not least those in the business community – have turned their eyes to the recovery from the pandemi...

The British government declared Sunday that every adult in the country should get a first coronavirus vaccine shot by July 31, at least a month earlier than its previous target, as it prepared to set out a “cautious” plan to ease the U.K....

Forget about oil and arms. Coronavirus vaccines are emerging as the newest currency of choice in the Middle East.Israel’s reopening of its economy, combined with a murky prisoner swap with Syria and the arrival of a batch of vaccines in the Gaz...

The post of Nationalist Party Secretary General could remain uncontested when it goes up for grabs in a few weeks’ time, as no one has so far shown any interest in the role, The Malta Independent on Sunday has learnt. PN sources said that an in...

The American University of Malta (AUM) has been slapped with a garnishee order worth €1.1 million over a case filed against them by their former lawyer Louai Aziz Michael Al Twal, The Malta Independent on Sunday can reveal.The application for th...

130 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Sunday as one more person passed away while positive for the virus.The death of a 72-year-old man at Mater Dei Hospital takes the total number of deaths so far up to 304.134 people meanwhile have recovered, ...

The Cabinet and Labour Parliamentary Group will meet on Monday to discuss a reform plan which will be centered on pre-1995 rents, Prime Minister Robert Abela announced on Sunday.Speaking at a political activity at Villa Bighi, Abela said that the ref...

Former Times of Malta journalist Ivan Camilleri has denied being paid by alleged Daphne Caruana Galizia murder mastermind Yorgen Fenech to run a story for a Castille high-up in January 2019.Camilleri was reacting through his lawyer Peter Fenech to a ...

My heart raced as the front door opened and an agitated woman rushed up to me, asking me to remove her drugged-up sister from her house.I saw the suspect sitting at the table in the dining room, slouching and visibly out of it. Dinnerware was spread ...

The headline is a combination of two statements made in the past few days by politicians on different sides of the political spectrum.In one of his bi-weekly blogs on The Malta Independent, which he entitled “Too many MPs”, former Prime M...

Substitute Seydou Doumbia scored a late winner for the league leaders Hamrun Spartans who had to struggle hard to  grab the fifth successive win and again move two points clear over Hibernians.For Balzan it was yet another disappointment, a disa...

Exactly three months ago, Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham was outwitting Manchester City to go top of the Premier League and leave Pep Guardiola doubting the direction he was taking his slumping midtable team.On Sunday, Mourinho was downplaying talk ...

Romelu Lukaku had the last laugh — and goal — as his Inter Milan side beat Zlatan Ibrahimović's AC Milan 3-0 on Sunday in their biggest derby match in a decade.The game took place almost a month after a heated spat between the two st...

With wreath-laying ceremonies, tree plantings and church services, Italians on Sunday marked one year since their country experienced its first known COVID-19 death.Towns in Italy's north were the first to be hard-hit by the pandemic and put under lo...

Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said on Sunday that the Nationalist Party is looking forward to getting out of this pandemic as soon as possible in order to face a general election. “Let us give people a chance to choose a better future,&r...

A brave Maltese woman who was born with a heart condition and is now living her life as a bilateral cochlear implant (CI) user has opened up to raise awareness about the challenges and experiences that came along with it. Around 23 years ago, Luisa F...

A woman was charged today in the Gozo courts, accused before Magistrate Monica Vella that she was an accomplice in a theft in Xaghra, Gozo.The police said the woman, aged 35 of Qala, was also accused of receiving stolen goods and attempting to sell t...

The Covid-19 r-factor has remained unchanged from last week and still stands at 0.9, statistician Vince Marmara said on this week’s video blog for The Malta Independent on Sunday. The reproduction number of the virus is one of the key figures w...

The motorcade of the interior minister of Libya’s U.N.-backed government came under attack on Sunday in the capital, Tripoli, officials said.Armed men opened fire at Fathi Bashagha’s motorcade on a highway in Tripoli, wounding at least on...

A member of Cabinet is facing very serious accusations and is the subject of an investigation by the Standards Commissioner, but the Prime Minister refuses to take any action and the Parliamentary Secretary in question has not thought it fit to suspe...

55 immigrants were found in Birzebbuga early on Sunday morning after seemingly arriving from Libya onboard a dinghy, police said in a statement.The police said that at around 5:30am on Sunday, they were informed that a group of immigrants was enterin...

Inland Revenue Commissioner Marvin Gaerty is no longer on police bail.Gaerty was put on police bail last December following his interrogation over chats with Yorgen Fenech, charged with masterminding the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia.Gaerty’...

The enchanting island of Gozo provides us with many fascinating legends, passed down from one generation to another, and which are said to have happened there in the course of its thousands of years of fascinating history: from the story of Sansuna, ...

Maybe, just maybe, the thinking went, Novak Djokovic would be just a tad more susceptible to trouble this time around at the Australian Open.After all, he tore an abdominal muscle in the third round and wasn't sure he could continue to compete. Enter...

Carmel Busuttil was born on 29 February 1964, son of Michael Angelo and Marianne née Vella. He is married to Julia and have two children, Gary 31 and Kelly 29. Gary is an architect and Kelly a PE teacher. Both siblings have followed their pare...

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Debris from a United Airlines plane fell onto Denver suburbs during an emergency landing Saturday after one of its engines suffered a catastrophic failure and rained pieces of the engine casing on a neighborhood where it narrowly missed a home.The pl...

You’re fully vaccinated against the coronavirus — now what? Don’t expect to shed your mask and get back to normal activities right away.That’s going to be a disappointment, if not a shock, to many people.In Miami, 81-year-old ...

Three hackers from a North Korean cyber intelligence agency have been charged in the US with masterminding a €13million heist on Bank of Valletta.  The US Justice Department charged the computer programmers with participating in a wide...

New Covid-19 cases reached 199 on Saturday, with two more deaths reported, health authorities said.The number of patients who recovered was 106, which means that the number of active cases has again surpassed 2,500 - precisely, 2,526.In all, the numb...