Former police minister Manuel Mallia has threatened a controversial author Mark Camilleri with libel over an upcoming publication that promises to uncover major government scandals. Camilleri, formerly chairman of the National Book Council, has alrea...

The Malta Chamber has presented its pre-budget proposals to the Prime Minister and members of the cabinet, calling for a budget which addresses immediate business needs which also pave the way for a long-term vision.“Next month’s budget n...

The Malta Union of Midwives & Nurses is protesting against the mandatory hotel quarantine period imposed upon people entering the country from dark red zones, saying that the measures is nothing more than a “punishment.” The MUMN...

Britain decided Monday to follow other countries in offering coronavirus vaccines to children 12 and up, as the government gambled that expanded vaccination and mild tweaks to social behavior can avert the need for lockdowns in the winter.Vaccination...

Greece on Monday introduced mandatory weekly testing for all unvaccinated workers as it struggles to boost vaccination rates that are lagging the European Union average.Public and private sector employees will have to pay for weekly tests or carry a ...

There are currently fewer than 1,800 people on Malta’s social housing waiting list.The number has been on a downward trend since 2017, when the number stood at 3,810.That means that the list has more than halved in that amount of time. Tackling...

A judicial protest has been filed against the Superintendent of Public Health Charmaine Gauci over what was described as her ‘unilateral’ decision to impose hotel quarantine on arrivals from 'dark red' countries and charge €1400 for ...

Nationalist Party deputy leader Robert Arrigo has been discharged from Mater Dei's Intensive Therapy Unit after he was admitted to hospital due to an infection.Arrigo was initially admitted to hospital on Friday after experiencing pains which were su...

A Nationalist government led by Bernard Grech would ensure that cancer treatment is paid by the state, even if done abroad, and would also work on providing patients with palliative care at home rather than in hospital, Opposition leader Bernard Grec...

A phone belonging to Keith Schembri that is subject to an ongoing magisterial inquiry is not the same device the former OPM chief of staff had ‘lost’, Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa told a court on Monday.The police chief said the ongoin...

President George Vella and First Lady Miriam Vella on Monday paid tribute to Daphne Caruana Galizia at the site of her assassination near her family home in Bidnija.The President laid a flower crown at the site of Caruana Galizia’s assassinatio...

35 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Monday, as four people remain in Mater Dei’s Intensive Therapy Unit.Health authorities said in their daily update that 43 people have recovered from the virus, meaning that the number of active cases cu...

The Chamber of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) has launched its proposals for the upcoming national budget, with tackling the effects of Covid-19 as well as Malta's grey listing by the FATF high on the agenda.The main aims for the proposals launc...

A controversial planning application which would see the construction of an apartment block on a tract of agricultural land in Nadur, Gozo, has been downsized and reactivated.The application, revealed by The Malta Independent last January, would have...

Immunosuppressed patients started receiving a third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine on Monday, as Malta began its vaccine booster shots programme last week. This was revealed by Deputy Minister and Health Minister Chris Fearne in a tweet published ...

The mother of Rachel Umanah, a girl with down syndrome, is appealing to the health authorities to allow her daughter to quarantine at home rather than in a hotel room. Appearing alongside PN MP Ryan Callus in a video posted on Facebook, Carmen U...

The EU’s cooperation with non-EU countries has not been efficient in ensuring that migrants illegally present on EU territory, who have not received authorisation to stay, return to their own countries, according to a special report published b...

Melita Limited has announced that it is reimbursing all charges on calls made by its customers to Afghanistan during August 2021, including the 4 per cent excise duty which is applicable to mobile customers. This reimbursement will be credited to alm...

Around 1.5 million bees have been burnt alive in a suspected arson attack on an apiary in Gozo. 28 hives owned by bee exporters Melita Bees Ltd were burned after an individual placed a tyre under the hives and set it on fire. The individual is s...

Climate change could push more than 200 million people to leave their homes in the next three decades and create migration hotspots unless urgent action is taken to reduce global emissions and bridge the development gap, a World Bank report has found...

The Nationalist Party has reiterated its call for the government and opposition to come together and take the matter regarding shipping costs before the European Commission for state aid to be granted.Maltatoday reported that higher shipping and logi...

A research project called LCeNT is being undertaken by researchers at the Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics within the University of Malta, to study and develop a novel therapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Despite curren...

An e-scooter rider was seriously injured on Sunday evening in a hit-and-run accident in St Julian’s, the police said.The accident took place in Manuel Dimech Street at 10.30pm.The rider, a 35-year-old Italian man who resides in Sliema, was hit ...

A man whose identity is still unknown was seriously injured after being hit by a car in Hamrun early on Monday.The police said the accident took place in St Joseph High Road at 12.15am.The man was hit by a Toyota Passo driven by an English man aged 2...

President of the Local Council’s Association Mario Fava told The Malta Independent on Sunday that the idea of multi-storey park-and-ride car parks at the periphery of localities around Malta is one of several sustainable urban projects bei...

Multi-storey park-and-ride car parks at the periphery of localities around Malta is one of several sustainable urban projects being researched by the Local Council’s Association (LCA), president Mario Fava told The Malta Independent on Sunday. ...

Yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of the tragic, horrific events that unfolded on September 11, 2001.What happened on that day changed the world. Most people who were alive at the time remember exactly where they were when the news broke that the...

So now we have a strong indication of the number of people who decide which political party wins a general election.We have always referred to them as the floating voters, the ones who are not linked to any side, the ones who decide what to do with t...

Two more people have died while positive for Covid-19, the health authorities said on Sunday.An 83-year-old man and an 84-year-old woman became the latest victims, taking the number of deaths up to 449.A total of 50 new cases of the virus were regist...

Former Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi has not denied that he had refused to sign off on a request by investigators back in 2012 to phone tap former EU Commissioner John Dalli's phone during the €60 million bribery allegation scandal.Dalli had res...

Fewer than 1,800 people are currently on the social housing waiting list, Leonid McKay, Chief Executive Officer of the Housing Authority, told The Malta Independent on Sunday.The number of people on the waiting list has been on a downward trend since...

This September's turtle dove hunting season was brought to a close, 19 days earlier than expected, as the national bag quota of 500 turtle doves established by law has been reached, the Federation for Hunting and Conservation - Malta (FKNK) has said....

Zonqor Point land given to the Sadeen Group for the American University of Malta needs to be given back to the Maltese people, Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said on Sunday, adding that if elected to government, "I will do everything I can to do jus...

Malta is recovering from the economic shock caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Sunday."Why is the country experiencing a strong recovery from this economic shock," he asked rhetorically. "As we believed in progressiv...

Birkirkara registered their third successive victory beating Balzan by the odd goal in three with all goals scored in the opening 45 minutes. It was not an easy ride for the Stripes however as Balzan gave a very good account of themselves, but in the...

Seven minutes.That’s all that Zlatan Ibrahimović required after four months out for a left knee injury — including surgery — before he scored in his first match back Sunday.Ibrahimović came off the bench on the hour mark t...

Mohamed Salah scored his 100th Premier League goal to set Liverpool on its way to a 3-0 win over Leeds that was marred by a serious ankle injury to Liverpool midfielder Harvey Elliott on Sunday.Salah converted a cross by Trent Alexander-Arnold in the...

Pope Francis urged Hungary on Sunday to “extend its arms towards everyone,” in a veiled critique of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s anti-migrant policies as the pontiff opened a four-day visit to Central Europe, his first big internat...

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed its first openly transgender bishop in a service held in San Francisco's Grace Cathedral on Saturday.The Rev. Megan Rohrer will lead one of the church's 65 synods, overseeing nearly 200 congregatio...

The Court Services Agency has embarked on a recruiting process to increase administrative employees in order to ensure that all members of the Judiciary are assigned more staff, a spokesperson for the Justice Ministry told The Malta independent on Su...

The law firm that had represented Vitals Global Healthcare was asked to hand over its client file for the hospital concessionaires to the police.This was done following a request by the Magistrate who is looking into the VGH concession. VGH had been ...

Championship leader Max Verstappen and defending champion Lewis Hamilton crashed out of the Italian Grand Prix, which was won by McLaren's Daniel Ricciardo on Sunday.It was McLaren’s first win in nearly nine years, since Jenson Button took the ...

A game from the end of his bid for what would have been the first calendar-year Grand Slam in men’s tennis since 1969, Novak Djokovic covered his face with a towel, hiding his tears during a changeover.For 27 Grand Slam matches in 2021, on hard...

A new office was inaugurated in Gozo for the LGBTIQ + Gozo organisation.Minister for Gozo Clint Camilleri together with the Minister for Equality, Research and Innovation Owen Bonnici inaugurated the new LGBTIQ + Gozo office in Victoria.The office, n...

A 29-year-old man was grievously injured after losing control of his motorbike in St Paul's Bay.The accident occurred on Telghet Xemxija at noon. The man suffered grievous injuries and was taken to Mater Dei Hospital. Investigations are ongoing

Over the past few years, and more particularly over the past couple of months, the Malta Police Force has been criticised for failing to prosecute top-level politicians and not acting on cases of corruption. The criticism is justified in part because...

A man was seriously injured on Saturday afternoon after falling into a well, the police said.The accident took place in Beatu Bartolo Longo Street, Marsaxlokk at 3pm.The 70-year-old man, resident of Zejtun, was lifted out of the well by members of th...

The artist who painted the portrait of former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat that hangs in Castille, Patrick Dalli, has taken aim at One News.In a post on Facebook, Dalli said: "For the newsroom at One Television, that a picture of former Prime Ministe...

The Taliban raised their flag over the Afghan presidential palace Saturday, a spokesman said, as the U.S. and the world marked the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.The white banner, emblazoned with a Quranic verse, was hoisted by Mullah Moham...

Three police officers were injured after they were attacked by a man in Marsascala, the police said.The incident took place in Misrah is-Sliem, Zabbar, at around midnight.The police received a report of a fight in the area. When the officers arrived ...

Economy Minister Silvio Schembri said Saturday that the use of government Covid-19 vouchers has been extended to the end of October.Speaking this morning, Schembri said that one fourth of the vouchers are still to be used. They were due to expire on ...

Marsascala residents and concerned citizens of Malta and Gozo on Saturday gathered for the third time in three weeks to express their anger at Transport Malta’s plans for a Yacht Marina in the locality. The protest swim held this afternoon sent...

Two cyclists were grievously injured on Saturday in a collision with a car in Mgarr, while a third escaped unhurt, the police said.The accident took place at 8am in Dwejra Hill.The three cyclists were involved in a collision with a Citroen C1, driven...

Former Parliamentary Secretary Rosianne Cutajar has been given a second and final chance to appear before the Council of Europe to answer questions on alleged breach of MPs’ ethics.Cutajar had already been summoned to appear before the CoE&rsqu...

Valletta: Royal Pharmacy, 271, Republic Street; Ħamrun: Brown's Pharmacy, 706, St Joseph High Road; Santa Venera: Lantern Pharmacy, Misraħ il-Kebbies; Birkirkara: Pharmaplus, Ganu Street; Gżira: D'Argen's Pharmacy, 330, Rue D'Argens; S...

Two men injured each other in a fight in Zabbar on Friday afternoon, the police said.The incident took place in Sanctuary Street at 5.30pm.The two men, aged 27 and 70, and both of Zabbar, were taken to a health centre and later Mater Dei Hospital for...

Thirty-four new Covid-19 cases were registered Saturday, with 50 patients recovering, health authorities said.A man aged 96 became the latest victim of the virus, increasing the number of deaths to 447.The number of cases registered in Malta is now 3...

“We performed an economic miracle” was Labour’s hollow claim in its 2017 Manifesto: L-Aqwa Zmien (The best of times). Muscat’s government performed no divine marvel.  Yet the repetitiveness and insistence with which the f...

Pope Francis is making a quick trip to Hungary in his first big international outing since undergoing intestinal surgery in July, celebrating a Mass and meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose right-wing, anti-immigrant policies clash with Fr...

A dominant Floriana defeated neighbours Valletta by a convincing score registering their first win of the season and inflicting on the Citizens the first defeat. It was a deserved win for the Greens who were in fine form and practically left no space...

The Manchester United fans wanted to soak up every moment, savor every possible glimpse of Cristiano Ronaldo and try to roll back the years, to the time when the trophies were flowing.Almost an hour after seeing Ronaldo’s double help United def...

No Cristiano Ronaldo. No wins for Juventus.The Bianconeri remained winless in Serie A and slumped to their second consecutive defeat since Ronaldo went back to Manchester United after losing at Napoli 2-1 on Saturday.Napoli center back Kalidou Koulib...

Americans solemnly marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11 on Saturday, remembering the dead, invoking the heroes and taking stock of the aftermath of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil less than two weeks after the fraught end of the war in Afghan...

British teenager Emma Raducanu arrived in New York last month with a ranking of 150th, just one Grand Slam appearance to her name and a flight booked to head out of town after the U.S. Open's preliminary rounds in case she failed to win her way into ...

The woman who died in a traffic accident in Gzira on Thursday has been identified, the police said Saturday.She is a 68-year-old woman from Bulgaria.The police thanked the public for their cooperation.On Friday, the police issued a statement requesti...

A biker was grievously injured on Saturday morning in a crash in Paola.The police said the accident took place in Sir Paul Boffa Avenue at 2am.The biker, a 29-year-old foreigner whose nationality is not known, was taken to hospital with grievous inju...

Valtteri Bottas continued a fantastic weekend as he won the sprint at the Italian Grand Prix on a miserable Saturday afternoon for Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton, who saw title rival Max Verstappen take pole position and extend his lead in the stan...

A well-founded plan to address issues such as homelessness and solitude should be set up, the dean of the University of Malta’s social wellbeing faculty has proposed. The suggestion formed part of 100 proposals drawn up by Professor Andrew Azzo...

A man was grievously hurt on Friday evening after he was hit by a car, the police said.The accident took place in Ferrovija Street, Santa Venera, at 8.30pm.The 56-year-old pedestrian was hit by a Toyota Ractis driven by a 61-year-old man of Balzan.He...

Labour Maltese Member of the European Parliament Cyrus Engerer has been appointed as the Socialists and Democrats’ negotiator on the situation of fundamental rights across the European union.  This is the sixth report Engerer has been...

Malta’s tourism sector this summer has been “relatively satisfactory”, Minister for Tourism, Clayton Bartolo told The Malta Independent on Friday.According to Bartolo, this August, Malta welcomed around 200,000 tourists; equivalent ...

In the ghastly rubble of ground zero's fallen towers 20 years ago, Hour Zero arrived, a chance to start anew.World affairs reordered abruptly on that morning of blue skies, black ash, fire and death.In Iran, chants of “death to America” q...

Several members of a troop of western lowland gorillas at Zoo Atlanta have tested positive for the coronavirus after handlers noticed many of the great apes were showing signs of mild coughing, runny noses and a small loss of appetite, the zoo said F...

Standing events were allowed again as of this week, and ‘test’ events are to be held to determine the way forward when it comes to mass events in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. That the authorities have moved on this matter and the...

Dennis Vella Baldacchino has been nominated as the new commissioner for mental health.He replaces John Cachia who has held this position since 2012.Vella Baldacchino will take over on 1 October and be officially in place on 1 December.He already hold...

24-year-old Ryan Sultana of Iklin has been charged with shooting and grievously injuring a 55-year-old man, in a dispute thought to revolve around fraud. The victim, Vincent Xuereb, known by his nickname of “Ċensu 'L-Oranġjo,” w...

The United Kingdom has returned to the top of Malta’s tourist market, as travelling picked up again throughout August, the Malta International Airport said in a statement.407,435 passengers travelled through Malta International Airport in Augus...

An agreement which will see the eventual restarting of flights between Malta and Libya has been signed by the Transport Ministries of the two countries, it was announced on Friday.The announcement was made by the Prime Minister of the State of Libya ...

The Tumas group has disassociated itself from money laundering allegations involving its former director Yorgen Fenech.In a statement, the group said it wants to disassociate itself from the wrongdoing alleged in this case, “and to repeat previ...

Thirty-eight new cases of Covid-19 were registered by the health authorities as 43 patients recovered, details released today show.There are 28 patients in hospital, with two of them in intensive care.The number of cases registered in Malta is now 36...

The Maltese are by and large satisfied with the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic but two out of every five persons interviewed believes that Malta is going in the wrong direction on other matters.A Eurobarometer survey shows that ...

The NGO Repubblika is planning to adopt the title of an “anti-mafia” organisation in a similar vein to justice groups in Italy.In a statement, the NGO said that it had drafted changes to its statute which would add the “mission of a...

Industrial action ordered by the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses is affecting surgical interventions at Mater Dei Hospital, the government said Friday.The industrial action was ordered in the department that sterilises medical instruments used in ...

The police have appealed for more information about a woman who died after she was hit by a motorbike in Gzira on Thursday.The woman is believed to be Tinka Ivanova, the police said.They appealed for anyone with information about the woman to co...

Artist Patrick Dalli has posted an image of the official portrait of former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat at the Auberge de Castille.It is customary for the Prime Minister to have his portrait hung in Castille, but an image of it was never released by...

Media personality Peppi Azzopardi has written to Archbishop Charles Scicluna requesting that the Pope visits prisoners when he comes to Malta.In a letter he uploaded on Facebook, the former Xarabank presenter said that "it seems" that Pope Francis wi...

St Paul’s Bay is set to see a regeneration plan aiming to lift the locality out of the 70s and 80s national touristic model it was based on, Tourism Minister, Clayton Bartolo said on Friday.The project is set to tackle the “connotations a...

A Nationalist government would set up a €40 million national fund in order to assist local businesses and industries deal with the “constantly rising export expenses.”The fund, together with 4 other proposals aimed at improving the l...

Now that September has started, Robert Abela and Bernard Grech are once again behind microphones on Sunday mornings, sharing their wisdom and ideas with those who bother to listen in.With surveys dishing out numbers on their popularity and trust rati...

Two men have been remanded in custody after they were charged with setting a shop on fire in August.Officers from the Arsons Unit within Major Crimes arrested the two men and arraigned them before magistrate Victor Axiaq this morning.Police said the ...

Valletta Football Club and the VBL Group have released a sneak peek of their ambitious project of regenerating the Salinos Grounds into the Valletta Sports Club.The project, located right at the entrance of the City, is focused around what the Vallet...

A man was seriously injured after falling one storey from a balcony, the police said.The accident took place in Gebel Hanxun Street, Marsascala, on Thursday at 9.15pm.The man, aged 59 of Paola, was taken to hospital with serious injuries.Magistrate N...

World Suicide Prevention Day is a day in which we, as a worldwide community, have the opportunity to create awareness around suicide, reduce stigma and encourage action which can reduce deaths. According to figures from the World Health Organisation ...

A man has been taken to hospital after he was shot in the chest in Iklin.A police spokesperson told The Malta Independent on site said that police were first informed of a collision between two vehicles, but that a Rapid Intervention Unit t...

A public consultation has been launched on a document that proposes how Malta will invest another tranche of the record £2.27 billion in European Union Funds allocated to Malta for the 2021-2027 programming period. After a period of consultatio...

The Nationalist Party would, if elected, create a national fund to assist local industry, entrepreneurs and SMEs reduce the difficulties they face and excess expenses caused by the country’s insularity, sources within the party told The Malta I...

Malta became the feature of a stunning night shot taken by French astronaut currently orbiting in space.Thomas Pesquet shared the image to his Facebook page on Wednesday night showing how Malta looked from the space ship he was on board at night.&ldq...

30 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities as the number of people who are receiving treatment in intensive care increased.28 people have recovered, meaning that the number of active cases stands at 745.The number of people receivin...

A man was seriously injured after falling from a one-storey height while working on a construction site in St Paul's Bay.The accident occurred at 10.45am on Sqaq tax-Xema.The 46-year-old man from the Ivory Coast, who lives in Marsa, was taken to Mate...