European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen is to deliver her annual State of the European Union address on Wednesday to take stock of the past 12 months and outlines plans for the coming year.She addresses MEPs on Wednesday morning in what is the...

The U.K. announced Tuesday it will offer a third dose of coronavirus vaccine to everyone over 50 and other vulnerable people to help the country ride out the pandemic through the winter months.The booster shots, which will be rolled out beginning nex...

Former police minister Manuel Mallia has threatened 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 already...

As from last week, the health authorities have changed the statistics they provide in their daily bulletin with regard to the Covid-19 pandemic.The focus, according to Health Minister Chris Fearne, is now on the people needing treatment in hospital. ...

Arnold Cassola will be contesting the 10th and 11th districts in the upcoming general election as an independent candidate.In a statement, Cassola said: "The 55-year-old bi-party system has led to the political shambles we have today. Politicians are...

Patrick Dalli, former Labour Minister Helena Dalli’s husband, is angry, very angry. And he’s not one to mess with.Not for the first time, Dalli is livid at Labour.Dalli drew a portrait of disgraced former prime minister Joseph Muscat. It ...

The government is going to clamp down on tax evasion, Finance Minister Clyde Caruana said Tuesday.He was speaking to journalists after addressing a press conference during which the pre-budget document was presented.Asked about this, the minister sai...

The government is set to announce changes to quarantine protocols on Wednesday, Health Minister Chris Fearne said.It is understood that the government is reacting to the calls for change of quarantine rules for Maltese returning from red list countri...

A surge in business formation and registration has continued through May 2021 and recent studies show that the pace of applications since mid-2020 is the highest on record. Legal entities in the Eurozone are quite different to that of our counterpart...

Are Registered Agent Services Useful? Let’s Find OutMany E.U. businesses have a presence in the U.S. and vice-versa. With local perceptions being quite strong on both sides of the atlantic, it is inevitable that many businesses will continue to...

It was a tale of three strikers as the Champions League group stage started on Tuesday.Cristiano Ronaldo scored but lost on his return with Manchester United, then Robert Lewandowski and Romelu Lukaku both led their teams to victory in their opening ...

Transport Minister Ian Borg on Monday skirted around questions on whether the government would be holding a referendum on the Gozo-Malta undersea tunnel, insisting that the government intends to stick to its electoral pledge. On Tuesday, Times of Mal...

In the case Euro Resort Investments Limited (the “Plaintiff”) vs. Madeleine Bonnici (the “Defendant”) decided on the 30 July 2021, the Court of Appeal, sitting in its inferior jurisdiction and presided over by honourable judge...

Opposition Leader Bernard Grech pledged that, under a PN government, land located outside the development zone would need a 2/3rds Parliamentary majority vote to be touched.Speaking during a political activity, Grech said that the PN has the environm...

The Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Animal Rights will be assisting farmers who are being faced with eviction from privately leased agricultural land by providing technical and legal support to alleviate the financial burden due to lega...

The pilot project 'Youths for Sustainable Communities' will encourage youths to come forward with proposals on how to develop sustainable communities, particularly through entrepreneurship, a government statement read.The project targets youths aged ...

The budget for 2022 will be another budget without an increase in taxes, Finance Minister Clyde Caruana said during his first pre-budget document launch.Caruana, who took over the finance portfolio late last year after the resignation of Edward Scicl...

Forcing Maltese residents to spend €1,400 to quarantine in a hotel when they have alternative accommodation is draconian and excessive, Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said on Tuesday.Grech posted this message on social media, just hours after H...

Infrastructure Malta has shortlisted one bidder out of four who submitted their interest in building a tunnel between Malta and Gozo.The Times of Malta reported on Tuesday that the only bidder to make it to the next round in the tendering process is ...

The Nationalist Party has called on Infrastructure Malta to publish the details about the proposals by four bidders for the Malta-Gozo tunnel link, and reiterated its opinion that a referendum should be held on the project. Minister for Transport and...

The Nationalist Party has proposed new schemes in order to tackle the agricultural leases saga which is affecting farmers and landowners alike. In a press conference outside the Pitkalija on Tuesday, the PN said that it had come up with two sche...

50 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Tuesday as the number of patients receiving treatment in ITU increased.26 people have recovered from the virus, leaving the number of active cases at 747.32 people meanwhile – three less than Monday &nd...

European Commission chief Ursola Von der Leyen on Thursday will be in Malta to begin the process of transferring European funds to help the country overcome the financial difficulties brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.Malta will be allocated &eu...

Malta today launched its part of the European #TimeToActCancer campaign, organised by The European Cancer Organisation (ECO).The campaign is set to place the treatment and prevention of cancer as top priority and thus not allow cancer services to con...

More than 700 roads have been rebuilt across Malta and Gozo in the past three years as part of the €100 million investment a year by Infrastructure Malta, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects Ian Borg said today.Speak...

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...

The Maltese in Russia Association (MiRA) has asked the Maltese authorities to recognise Russia’s Sputnik Covid-19 vaccine certificate, or just allow Maltese from Russia to fly on the basis of a PCR test.The association said that Malta has achie...

Three teenagers were hospitalised after they were involved in a traffic accident in Gozo in the early hours of Tuesday morning.Police said in a statement that the accident happened at around 45 minutes past midnight on Tuesday in Triq ir-Rabat in Mar...

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...

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...

Representatives of the Italian Government and the Vatican praised a proposal by Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Evarist Bartolo to hold a Conference on Security and Cooperation in the Mediterranean in the spirit of Helsinki in 1975, arguing...

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...