Yorgen Fenech wants the police to investigate Jason Azzopardi and blogger Manuel Delia over what he called “a systematic attack” against a judge who decided on his request for bail.Fenech is indicted for complicity in the 2017 murder of D...

The government is updating its employment policy in an attempt to address the blow to the hospitality sector brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.“We are conscious of staff shortages being faced by the hospitality sector and are currently end...

An e-scooter rider was grievously injured on Tuesday afternoon in an accident in Burmarrad, the police said.The accident took place in Burmarrad Road at 5pm.The rider, a 25-year-old man from St Paul’s Bay, was involved in a crash with a Toyota ...

The Malta Employers’ Association aired concern this week about a practice that has long been happening.Come every election, the public sector tends to inflate, taking people from the private sector to work public sector jobs. In a statement on ...

U.S. President Joe Biden declared Tuesday he is sticking to his Aug. 31 deadline for completing a risky airlift of Americans, endangered Afghans and others seeking to escape Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. The decision defies allied leaders ...

New daily coronavirus infections in Israel are approaching record levels, despite the country's largely successful vaccination campaign and the recent rollout of the world's first widespread booster shot.The spread of the virus has been driven by a s...

Fully vaccinated people will be allowed to attend standing events such as concerts and festivals as from September 6, Health Minister Chris Fearne announced on Tuesday.Fearne said that the number of attendees will initially be restricted to 100 peopl...

Peppi Azzopardi has said that Colin Galea, the prison inmate who died on 17 August days after trying to commit suicide, had shown worrying signs before being taken back to prison.In a Facebook post, Azzopardi posted an image showing cuts along Galea'...

The Commissioner of Police has described the allegation, made by Yorgen Fenech's defence lawyers, that the police are in possession of a complete mobile phone extraction relating to Keith Schembri, as simply a vexatious "fishing expedition" intended ...

Nationalist MP Clyde Puli provided a scathing attack on the Labour Party, saying that the party would never kill someone who they do not agree with, and that a murder like that of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia would never have happened under a PN...

Karl Grech OrrThe Court of Appeal, composed of Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti, Mr Justice Joseph R Micallef and Mr Justice Tonio Mallia, on June 30, 2021 in the case “Ambrose Mackay, Jessica Eddelston Mackay, and Doris Mackay vs Citadel Insurance ...

35 new Covid-19 cases were reported by health authorities, as another patient of the virus passed away between Monday and Tuesday.Authorities said in their daily update on the pandemic situation in Malta that a 65-year-old man had passed away while C...

The Sundance award-winning Luzzu is the first ever Maltese film to be chosen to form part of the European Film Awards Feature Film Selection. Other films listed include the Oscarwinning titles The Father and Promising Young Woman. The selected films ...

Science in the City Festival 2021 will once again be undergoing a complete overhaul, bringing an action-packed hybrid festival on the 24th and 25th September. The festival that graced the streets of Valletta on an annual basis is moving into the...

That the government is for the second year running yet to announce “serious and concrete protocols” for schools a few weeks before they reopen is a “social injustice” to students, teachers and parents in Malta and Gozo, the Na...

Charlie Watts, the self-effacing and unshakeable Rolling Stones drummer who helped anchor one of rock's greatest rhythms sections and used his "day job" to support his enduring love of jazz, has died, according to his publicist. He was 80.Bernard Doh...

A man from Qormi has been charged with grievously injuring a man with a knife during a feast in Birkirkara.Butcher Cranston Portelli, 30, of Qormi was charged with allegedly stabbing another man in the hand, during a fight at the feast of St Hel...

An 18-year-old Colombian woman was seriously injured in a traffic accident in St Julian's.The accident occurred on Triq Sant' Andrija at 12.45pm.  She was hit by a van and ended up underneath it.A medical team, civil protection officers and poli...

A Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Water Services Corporation (WSC) and the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST) will ensure more collaboration in order to provide students with the opportunity to start a career in the ...

The interests of Mellieha and its residents should come first, Mellieha mayor Dario Vella told The Malta Independent when asked about the Armier caravan issue. A number of caravans have been placed by owners along Malta’s coast and also in popu...

The decision by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to place Malta on a grey list of financially untrustworthy countries has had a major impact on the reputation of companies based there, according to a panel speaking at a rece...

The drawing up of an action plan to update Malta’s electricity distribution network and strengthen it is in its final stages, Energy Minister Miriam Dalli saidExtended heat waves this summer caused extensive power cuts across the islands and th...

The Malta College of Family Doctors encouraged the national authorities to prepare adequately for the new scholastic year. School children have in the past two years experienced changes in the quality and quantity of teaching whilst diligently they w...

The Nationalist Party has lamented what they call the government’s silence on the shortage of human resources in the law courts, saying that the Union of Judges and Magistrates has confirmed what the Opposition has been stating for a long time....

European statistics have confirmed what we have known for many years – that it takes much longer for Maltese young people to leave their parents’ homes than their European peers.We’re not top of the list, as Croatia and Slovenia bea...

Evaporating waters due to excessive heat resulted in many fish which normally ply at Chadwick lakes dying, the Environment Resources Authority said.Following reports of a number of dead fish at the Chadwick Lakes system, ERA is looking into the matte...

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a sharp rebuke to China for its incursions in the South China Sea, warning its actions there amount to “coercion” and “intimidation” and affirming that the U.S. will support its alli...

For more than seven decades, Martin Adler treasured a black-and-white photo of himself as a young American soldier with a broad smile with three impeccably dressed Italian children he is credited with saving as the Nazis retreated northward in 1944.O...

Michail Antonio’s record goal for West Ham was sealed with a kiss.The fun-loving striker became the London club’s all-time leading scorer in the Premier League era, moving onto 49 goals by netting twice in a 4-1 win over 10-man Leicester ...

AC Milan overcame the continued absence of Zlatan Ibrahimović to open its Serie A season with a 1-0 win at Sampdoria on Monday.Brahim Díaz scored in the ninth minute and Milan’s new signing Mike Maignan made a couple of key saves to...

Lawyers for Yorgen Fenech have asked a judge to order the Commissioner of Police to exhibit newly discovered extractions of Keith Schembri’s mobile phone in a Constitutional Case where Fenech is requesting the removal of the lead police investi...

The Malta Employers’ Association (MEA) has warned that workers are already jumping ship from the private to the public sector, as the pre-election "talent drain" begins to take hold.The MEA also called on the government to provide a Budget for ...

President George Vella has come out in defence of his rule of law efforts, by giving a run-down of what his office has done since the recommendations issued by the public inquiry into Daphne Caruana Galizia’s death. The President’s s...

Two robotic computer systems that were bought in December 2017 to handle the administration of medicine are "a complete failure and a waste of money," The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses (MUMN) said "Such robotic systems, which were named 'Ma...

Justice Minister Edward Zammit Lewis did not deny going to Yorgen Fenech to try and find jobs for his constituents, but said that he has always acted within the limits of what is right.Taking to social media on Monday, Zammit Lewis noted how a report...

Former Labour Party deputy leader Joe Brincat today filed a judicial protest demanding an inquiry into the workings of the public inquiry that investigated the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia.In his protest, which is normally followed up...

A man who this morning succumbed to injuries sustained in a fall has been identified as Venezuelan singer Yendmanuel Gonzalez.Gonzalez passed away on Monday morning after he suffered serious injuries in a three-storey fall in a residence in Msida ear...

Fifty-seven new Covid-19 cases were registered on Monday, while 37 patients have recovered.Health authorities said that the number of active cases is now 687.In all, Malta has registered 35,831 cases, with 34,312 recoveries and 436 deaths.The number ...

Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa is dragging his feet on charging people in court over several scandals which have rocked the country, Repubblika President Robert Aquilina said on Monday.In a press conference outside the Police headquarters in Florian...

A Gozo Fast Ferry vessel was evacuated on Monday morning after a technical fault led to the automatic activation of the vessel’s fire suppression system, the company said.Contrary to initial reports, there was no fire aboard the vessel.The plum...

After  months of restrictions amidst an unprecedented pandemic, the country is now talking about recovery and regeneration. First, let’s rewind to 2020. What was the most tangible role of the MDB throughout the pandemic?The economic shock ...

A 32-year-old man from Venezuela has passed away after he was injured in a fall on Sunday morning, police said on Monday.The man was grievously injured after a three-storey fall at around 6am on Sunday.The accident occurred at a private residence in ...

An elderly woman died on Monday morning following a fire in her residence in Betta Street, Tarxien, the police said.The 81-year-old, Lorenza Busuttil, was certified dead on site by a medical team.The woman's dog also died in the fire.The police were ...

The Environment and Resources Authority said it is investigating the origins of sea slime in the southern area of the Maltese islands, and a clean-up operation was initiated.“On arrival on site and on confirmation of the presence of slime, the ...

The government, through Malta Enterprise, is supporting a €9 million investment by S.A.W. Ltd, a local, family-run, bespoke furniture business aiming to become more sustainable and generate further international investments.Addressing the media ...

The president of the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) has welcomed Malta’s removal from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Agency’s red list, also saying that the months of August and September are looki...

A young man was injured in a stabbing incident in Birkirkara, the police said.His aggressor was later arrested.The attack took place in Valley Road at around 7.30pm.The police said that a 27-year-old man resident in Msida was stabbed during a fight h...

There is no doubt that the government is taking certain decisions to help the environment.  The focus on recycling, planting more trees are always welcome, yet it is failing on a number of other fronts. Major fronts at that.The biggest failure t...

Three teenagers were injured, one of them seriously, when explosive material went off in Kirkop, the police said.The accident took place in the Ramlija area at around 5pm.The area is used for the letting off of fireworks.The three young men, aged 14,...

Three men were arrested at the airport after being caught by Customs Department officers, with the help of sniffer dogs, carrying more than €10,000 in cash.A Somali man on his way to Turkey was intercepted with the equivalent of €165,548 in...

A number of Malta’s organic farmers believe that the government has not been doing enough to enable their organic farming practices and moreover, feel they are being put at a disadvantage when compared to conventional farmers due to a number of...

At least 22 people were killed and rescue crews searched desperately Sunday amid shattered homes and tangled debris for dozens of people still missing after record-breaking rain sent floodwaters surging through Middle Tennessee.Saturday's flooding in...

A French league soccer match between Nice and Marseille was abandoned on Sunday when Marseille refused to restart the game after home fans earlier threw projectiles and invaded the field.Unverified photos on social media showed at least three players...

The USA will use its political, diplomatic and economic influence to hold those who take control of Afghanistan to the standards of human rights, the USA’s Chargé d’Affaires to Malta Gwendolyn “Wendy” Green to...

The ‘regeneration’ term is one that has been bandied around a lot when it comes to the PN – but it has scarcely been defined. What is the type of regeneration that the party is looking towards? Does this mean that old faces – ...

A total of 437 fines were issued at sea by Transport Malta since the start of 2021, according to figures presented by Transport Malta to The Malta Independent on Sunday.This newsroom reached out to the respective authorities – Transport Malta a...

Though dominating the proceedings for long stretches Gżira failed to gain their first win of the season and had to dig deep in order to save the match, drawing in the last six minutes against Santa Lucia. The Saints had taken an early lead and s...

Malta has been in a state of climate emergency since 2019. What can we do to mitigate any severe climate change issues?Malta has an obligation to mitigate climate change impacts through the reduction of emissions.These obligations and targets are int...

53 new cases of Covid-19 were registered on Sunday, while 50 patients recovered, the health authorities said in their daily update.The number of active cases in the country has risen to 667. No new deaths were reported.In total, since the start of th...

Romelu Lukaku and Harry Kane, two of the world's best strikers, were back in action in the Premier League on Sunday after some time away.Lukaku made the better impression.Making the first appearance of his second spell at Chelsea, the Belgium interna...

Cristiano Ronaldo started on the bench as Massimiliano Allegri’s return to Juventus got off to a disappointing start on Sunday. Two mistakes from goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny saw his side relinquish an early two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at Ud...

A 42-year-old man from Naxxar suffered grievously injuries in a motorcycle accident.The accident occurred at 7.30am, on Triq St Paul's Bay, in St Paul's Bay.He was riding a motorbike when he crashed into another motorbike. The other rider suffered no...

Former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has said that he will not ditch his former Chief of Staff Keith Schembri.During an interview with The Times of Malta, the former Prime Minister who resigned in disgrace back in 2019, was asked whether, knowing what...

PN MP Jason Azzopardi has said that former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat used an interview he gave to the Times of Malta to give advice to Yorgen Fenech."The more I think about what Muscat said, and why, in his interview, which had nothing new from a ...

Prime Minister Robert Abela is protecting Joseph Muscat's close allies, thereby making him the latter's 'hostage', Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said on Sunday during an interview on Net FM.Grech mentioned the current Minister for Justice, Equality...

The Prime Minister gave words of courage to students who did not do well in their exams recently, telling them not to give up, and to "keep working to reach your goals."Prime Minister Robert Abela was being interviewed on ONE Radio. His words came af...

Tony Blair, the British prime minister who deployed troops to Afghanistan 20 years ago after the 9/11 attacks, says the U.S. decision to withdraw from the country has “every Jihadist group round the world cheering.”In a lengthy ...

A 32-year-old man from Venezuela was grievously injured after a three-storey fall, the police said.The accident occurred at 6am in Tal-Qroqq street, Msida. The man fell into a courtyard.The man suffered serious injuries and investigations are ongoing...

A man has been grievously injured in an accident in Gozo.The accident occurred at 11 am on Saturday on Triq is-Sagħtrija, Żebbuġ.A 25-year-old Naxxar resident fell from a quad bike while riding. He was taken to the Gozo General Hospita...

Disgraced former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat finally broke his silence this week and gave an interview to Times of Malta – the first interview he has given to an independent media house in years.Incredibly, despite the endless failures of his ...

Each story in many ways is similar to a loop, where each story is joined together holding a chain of events in one long chain. Stories are the building blocks of history, lying neatly on top of each other forming that plastered wall on which all the ...

Dr Lydia Abela is an asset to the Labour Party and now to the Labour government. The few times I saw her on television I admired the sober way in which she conducted herself as executive secretary of the Labour Party's executive committee, to which s...

Questions arise about how to stay protected against evolving forms of the Covid-19 virus. Here, pediatrician and infectious disease specialist Dr. Lilly Cheng Immergluck of Morehouse School of Medicine answers some common questions about va...

From above, the new border wall separating Turkey from Iran looks like a white snake winding through the barren hills. So far it only covers a third of the 540-kilometer (335-mile) border, leaving plenty of gaps for migrants to slip across in the dea...

Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri acknowledged the problems within the prison system but said that the situation has improved greatly, as it is far better now than how it was during “laissez-faire times that existed until recently.”Fo...

Following communications with local council representatives of four grassfire-prone localities in Malta and Gozo − Rabat, Żebbuġ in Malta and Xaghra, Nadur in Gozo; localities that have experienced over 80 grassfires each over the pas...

Floriana: Vilhena Pharmacy, 3, St Anne Street; Ħamrun: Darwin Pharmacy, 152, St Joseph High Road;Santa Venera: Collis Williams Sta Venera Pharmacy, 532, St Joseph High Road; Birkirkara: St Anne Pharmacy, 24, Misraħ Sant’Elena; Gż...

68 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported by health authorities on Saturday in their daily update.44 people meanwhile have recovered, while a patient who was positive for Covid-19 has passed away. The authorities said the victim was an 88-year-old ...

Former snooker champion Guzi Grech has passed away, the Malta Billiards and Snooker Association said.He was 66.In a post on Facebook, the association said Grech won several honours including the Maltese National Snooker Champion six times, World Bill...

The proposed yacht marina in Marsascala by Transport Malta (TM) came as a surprise and shock to everyone as none of the residents had been consulted before the plans surfaced, activists said on Saturday.Last week Transport Malta released a call for a...

The European Union’s top officials warned the Taliban on Saturday that the current conversations being held to secure the exit of as many Afghan evacuees as possible do not mean the bloc is prepared to recognize the new regime.European Commissi...

The champions’ dismal start got even worse yesterday as Hamrun Spartans suffered their second successive defeat, this time against Birkirkara.As happened in the opening match against Valletta, Hamrun once again took the lead yesterday but faile...

Neptunes San Giljan (2-1), (4-3), (1-2), (3-0) 10 6Neptunes were crowned champions yesterday after defeating outgoing champions San Giljan in the final decisive match of the season. Neptunes scored two early goals in the first session, but Matthew Za...

Jack Grealish closed his eyes, looked toward the sky, and stuck his index fingers into his ears.A goal celebration most famously performed by Netherlands star Memphis Depay probably didn’t stop the England international hearing the chant of &ld...

New Inter Milan signing Hakan Çalhanoğlu scored one goal and set up another as the Nerazzurri got their Serie A title defense off to a winning start with a 4-0 victory at home to Genoa on Saturday.Çalhanoğlu, who joined from c...

The Marsascala local council this week said in unequivocal terms that it is totally against the yacht marina being proposed by Transport Malta. But, judging by replies given to this newsroom by the transport authority, this saga is far from over.In f...

Dozens of NGOs have decried the lack of transparency and action following yet another prison death and called for a radical reform to the prison system.Pressure has been mounting for the current director, Alex Dalli, to step down, after 13 inmates di...

A man was grievously injured on Friday after he his hand got caught in an industrial fan.The accident took place at around 3:30pm at an establishment in Triq Ħal Farruġ, Siġġiewi, the police said. The casualty is a 31-year-old Nig...

From above, the new border wall separating Turkey from Iran looks like a white snake winding through the barren hills. So far it only covers a third of the 540-kilometer (335-mile) border, leaving plenty of gaps for migrants to slip across in the dea...

Maltese people leave their parents’ home at an older age than the EU average because there is no real reason for them to leave at a young age, a leading sociologist has told The Malta Independent.Factors include high property prices, short dist...

Nicoletta Orsomando, a historic figure on Italian national TV, died today, aged 92, Italian media report.Orsomando was a Rai programme announcer, known as the “signorine buonasera”, for many years.She appeared on the screen for the first ...

A judge hearing a constitutional case for bail filed by Yorgen Fenech has heard how the businessman indicted over the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia had plans to leave Malta.Superintendent Keith Arnaud testified before Madame Justice Mir...

Former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has refused to rule out a return to politics, in an interview he gave to Times of Malta.Muscat resigned in January 2020 amid scandal and the emergence of links between senior public figures to the murder of Daphne ...

Yorgen Fenech's mother, Patricia Fenech, has spoken out for the first time since her son's arrest, saying that it has almost become "a competition as to who can blemish Yorgen's name the most - indeed even with lies about the buying of warfare ammuni...

The main match on Friday evening was the  Old Firm derby between Sliema Wanderers and Floriana. Both teams were aiming to obtain their first win. In their first outing, which incidentally was the first match of the League 2021/22 Sliema had to b...

It is incredible that the man who began his career campaigning to keep Malta out of the EU and ended it with getting the island greylisted, still blames the Nationalist Party for all his bitter failings, the PN said Friday.It was reacting to an inter...

Labour TV head and head of the Valletta Cultural Agency Jason Micallef has taken aim at a recently announced government initiative to plant a tree for every 'yes' vote on X Factor Malta.Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning Aaron ...

The Office of the Animal Welfare Commissioner is currently investigating the cases of euthanasia of dogs by Animal Welfare Directorate, a Facebook post by the Commissioner read.This follows the news that three pitbulls - Mason, Archie and Xena - were...

51 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported by health authorities on Friday in their daily update.53 people meanwhile have recovered, while no new deaths were reported in the past 24 hours.  The number of active cases now stands at 641.A total o...