The Finance Ministry has clarified the budget measure that would remove stamp duty and capital gains tax for certain properties on the first €750,000, after some confusion over its implementation.The budget measure states that for properties tha...

Former Prime Minister and Head of the Maltese S&D Delegation at the European Parliament Alfred Sant has condemned any abuse of the human rights of immigrants and deplored the deaths of irregular immigrants trying to enter Europe.However, he stres...

The next general election will happen next year, in 2022, Prime Minister Robert Abela told journalists on Monday – ending speculation that Malta could be days away from heading to the polls.Abela made the statement at the end of a press confere...

A number of objections have been put forward against a proposal for an underground tool room on ODZ land in Wied Ghomor, in San Gwann.The proposal is for the shifting of an already approved underground water reservoir to make way for a pump room and ...

The number of new Covid-19 cases registered in Malta has been low for several weeks.This has meant that active cases have also dropped significantly, while the number of patients requiring hospital treatment has also remained manageable. Deaths from ...

A motorcycle rider died in a traffic accident on Triq Mikiel Anton Vassalli, St Julian's.The accident occurred at 5.15pm.The 53-year-old Serbian man who resided in Birkirkara lost control of his BMW motorbike and fell. He was taken to Mater Dei Hospi...

Measurements of air quality taken over the past weeks in Malta’s shipping activity hotspots revealed concentrations up to 100-200 times higher than the air levels expected of areas not exposed to any pollution sources, BirdLife Malta officials ...

Times of Malta journalist Ivan Martin has told a court that after allegedly having been offered payment by Yorgen Fenech’s lawyers following a meeting, he had been worried that the whole encounter could have been a trap.Martin was cross-examine...

The Nationalist Party said today that the Labour government is working together with Konrad Mizzi to prevent him from appearing in front of the Public Accounts Committee.The party was reacting to a statement by Mizzi in which he said that he and his ...

Konrad Mizzi has again said that he will not be attending a Public Accounts Committee meeting where he was set to be questioned on the Electrogas power station contract.The former energy minister was set to appear on Tuesday, but on a Facebook post o...

Health Minister Chris Fearne announced in Parliament that, as from 15 November, all healthcare workers and teachers would start being offered their vaccine booster shots, together with the 60 plus cohort from mid-December.Addressing the parliamentary...

The 12th edition of the President's Solidarity Fun Run, taking place on Sunday 21st of November, was launched.Present for the launch were President of Malta George Vella, his wife Miriam Vella, as well as Mark Cutajar, Chairman of the Organ...

Prime Minister Robert Abela announced that international company Investiment Seifert Systems will make an €8 million investment to expand operations and that this will create 100 new jobs.The expansion is expected to be up and running by Septemb...

13 new Covid-19 cases have been reported by health authorities in their latest daily update.21 people, meanwhile, have recovered from the virus, meaning that the number of active cases currently stands at 219.13 patients are currently receiving treat...

Local councils across Malta were not consulted on the newly proposed metro system before the plans were published, The Malta Independent is informed.At the beginning of this month, the government announced the proposal for the development of a metro ...

PN MP Adrian Delia said that the PN would give the government all the support it needs to terminate the hospitals concession agreement.Stewards Healthcare was transferred the concession to run the three hospitals - Gozo General hospital, St. Lukes an...

The Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) has expressed concern over another proposed garden centre in Attard.Last week this newspaper had reported about a garden centre application located at the end of Sqaq tal-Hofra in Attard, outside the deve...

The Gozo Ministry has bought six electric buses after a tendering process two years ago. The buses arrived in Gozo last year and cost European funds €1.7 million, but have not been used so far, Times of Malta reports. The purchase of the buses w...

Intervening in the plenary on the Conference of the Future of Europe in Strasbourg at the end of last week, Labour Party MEP Josianne Cutajar insisted that the European Union has a moral obligation to ensure that every European citizen, regardless of...

Student enrolments in post-secondary and tertiary institutions during academic year 2019-2020 increased by 3.1% over the preceding academic year, totalling 26,673, the National Statistics Office  (NSO) has said.Post-secondary students enrolled i...

 Rescuers on Monday resumed the search for a couple who have been reported missing after being caught up in the extreme weather that battered southern Italy at the weekend, Italian news agency ANSA reports.The married couple, a 67-year-old man a...

With computer-generated imagery, it seems the sky’s the limit in the magic Hollywood can produce: elaborate dystopian universes. Trips to outer space, for those neither astronauts nor billionaires. Immersive journeys to the future, or back to b...

The record time for the Monohull race in the Rolex Middle Sea event has been smashed by over 7 hours by the 100 foot racing maxi Comanche, which came home early on Monday morning.The VPLP/Verdier designed 30.48 metre/100 foot racing maxi, Comanche (C...

A government spokesperson has said that all areas inside the Safi Detention Centre will be completely refurbished in the coming months.This comes after the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, visited Malta a...

A driver lost control during a Texas drag racing event on an airport runway and slammed into a crowd of spectators, killing two children and injuring eight other people, authorities said.A 6-year-old boy and an 8-year-old boy were killed in the crash...

Valletta mayor Alfred Zammit does not consider the Valletta Cultural Agency’s (VCA) proposal to tackle Valletta’s persistent air-pollution problem as a viable short-term solution for residents of the capital city.Speaking to The Malta Ind...

The president of the Gozo Regional Council Samuel Azzopardi said that while not all Gozitan mayors agree on the car tunnel project, there was a unanimous consensus in favour of the metro system reaching the sister island. The metro project idea was l...

“Get a job with the government. You will never be sacked. You will have a solid employment for the rest of your life. You will never get a pay cut, and your salary can get better every year. There will be promotions if you work hard. And you ca...

Prime Minister Robert Abela and Opposition Leader Bernard Grech addressed parliament last Monday and Tuesday, giving their respective reactions to the budget announced by Finance Minister Clyde Caruana the week prior.In their two-hour speeches, the p...

Pope Francis on Sunday made an impassioned plea to end the practice of returning migrants rescued at sea to Libya and other unsafe countries where they suffer “inhumane violence."Francis also waded into a highly contentious political debate in ...

Former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat is on the list of witnesses in the trial against former Italian Home Minister Matteo Salvini, which started in Italy on Saturday, Italian media report.Matteo Salvini is charged with kidnapping for refusing in 2019 ...

12 new cases of Covid-19 were registered on Sunday, as 21 people recovered.The number of active cases now stands at 227.12 patients are currently being treated at Mater Dei Hospital, four of whom are in the ITU.Since the start of the pandemic, 37,555...

Since the new Covid-19 rules and regulations have been reinforced within schools, the attendance rate has returned to normal, the head of school of Senglea Primary, Anna Napier told the Malta Independent.“The vast majority of children are reall...

The Ħal Far race track proposal will be implemented, the Transport Ministry told The Malta Independent on Sunday, following concerns raised due to the metro studies proposing that a depot be created in the same location.The site of the Ħal ...

Minister for Education, Justyne Caruana, announced another monetary incentive targetting those Gozitan educators and students who, on a daily basis, have to communte back and forth between Gozo and Malta. The maximum yearly monetray incentive for thi...

Malta’s national waterpolo team coach Karl Izzo is living his dream. When he was young, he wanted to be a waterpolo coach, and today he is. Izzo, who is also Malta’s non-resident ambassador to Montenegro, is a coffee-lover and a fan of an...

There was a pick of moments that confirmed Manchester United’s humiliation against Liverpool.Maybe it came with Mohamed Salah completing his hat trick by the 50th minute. Or in the celebrations as Liverpool defender Andy Robertson was heard rep...

Paulo Dybala returned to rescue Juventus as it snatched a 1-1 draw at Inter Milan in the Derby d’Italia on Sunday.Dybala converted a penalty a minute from time to cancel out Edin D?eko’s first-half opener for Inter.Inter remained third, s...

Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech said on Sunday that the labour government had not managed to create any new "clean" economic sectors in Malta and that voting for the PL would mean voting for the continuation of "dirty governance".Speaking in N...

The days leading up to the presentation of the budget for 2022, in particular the Prime Minister’s address in response to the speech from the Opposition Leader, were filled with talk about an election.It was coming mostly from the Nationalist P...

If there ever was a time for Max Verstappen to flinch in this riveting Formula One championship battle with Lewis Hamilton, it would have been Sunday in the closing laps of the U.S. Grand Prix.The young Dutchman seeking his first world championship w...

Hibernians failed to grab the three points against Valletta in order to keep sole leadership when they were held to a 1-1 draw at the Tony Bezzina Stadium. Though failing to win the Paolites are still unbeaten after seven matches winning five and dra...

The Police Force has issued a warning over false and misleading SMSs being sent to the public.The police referred to fake messages impersonating MaltaPost, which are not actually sent by the company, directing clients to a fake website asking for cre...

The Association for Gozitan employees working in Malta (AGEM) has welcomed government announcements regarding the fast ferry.It praised Education Minister Justyne Caruana for the introduction of the EDU Fast Ferry Card which allows Gozitan educators ...

The Environment and Resources Authority has conducted scientific surveys in marine waters on cetaceans (whales and dolphins) and confirmed the presence of selected cetaceans in particular areas around the Maltese coast. Further monitoring studies are...

Russia is reporting a record high number of coronavirus infections and COVID-19 deaths as the country approaches a week of nonworking days aimed at stemming the sharp surge in cases.The national coronavirus task force said Saturday that 1,075 people ...

A jockey was injured on Saturday afternoon after he fell off the sulky during a horse-race at the Marsa track, the police said.The accident took place at 5.15pm.The jockey, a man aged 28 from Pieta, was taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Six new Covid-19 cases were recorded Saturday, while 21 patients recovered, health authorities said.In all, 37,543 cases have been recorded in Malta, with 36,438 patients who recovered.There are 13 patients in hospital, three of whom in intensive car...

Malta has decided to extend its travel ban that is currently applied against unvaccinated travellers from all EU/Schengen Area and 67 third countries worldwide.Such a decision means that all those who do not hold a valid vaccination certificate or an...

Floriana: Floriana Dispensary, 29, Vincenzo Dimech Street; Ħamrun: Thomas' Pharmacy, 796, St Joseph High Road; Qormi: Pinto Pharmacy, 43, St Sebastian Street; Birkirkara: Herba Pharmacy, 183, Main Street; Pieta: St Anthony Pharmacy, 56,  St...

A man from Ghana was seriously injured in a fall on a construction site, the police said.The accident took place in Triq l-Ifran, Naxxar, at 9.30am.The man, aged 39 and resident in Paola, fell off a ladder.He was given first assistance on site before...

A motorcyclist was grievously injured in a traffic accident in Zurrieq on Friday evening, the police said.The accident took place in Valletta Road at 8.30pm.The biker, a 24-year-old man of Ghaxaq, was riding a Yamaha which was involved in a collision...

An assistant director unwittingly handed Alec Baldwin a loaded weapon and told him it was safe to use in the moments before the actor fatally shot a cinematographer, court records released Friday show.“Cold gun,” the assistant director an...

 Lap by lap, Formula One's best championship duel in years takes one dramatic turn after another.The U.S Grand Prix has played a role in this tense title battle between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton with the championship rivals nipping at ea...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that he had ordered 10 foreign ambassadors who called for the release of a jailed philanthropist to be declared persona non grata.The envoys, including the U.S., French and German representatives i...

More services will be provided by Aġenzija Sedqa to strengthen the prevention and treatment of addictions, the government said. This agreement will be made with a total investment of €1 million.This was made possible through an agreement be...

This year’s annual EY conference gave us two important surveys to chew on and ponder over – one which dealt with Malta’s attractiveness to foreign investment (which has plummeted) and another which dealt with finding out what youths...

Ħamrun Spartans registered a much needed win when in a tricky encounter they defeated Gudja United by three goals to one. It was a deserved win for Ħamrun who were the best team on the day and dominated for long stretches.   The S...

Chelsea and Manchester City didn't field a recognized striker between them for their Premier League games on Saturday.It didn't stop them combining for 11 goals in ominous displays by the two title contenders.Missing injured strikers Romelu Lukaku an...

Late goals from Zlatan Ibrahimović and Ismaël Bennacer spared AC Milan major embarrassment as it scraped a 4-2 win in Serie A at Bologna, which played for more than half an hour with nine men on Saturday.Despite the numerical advantage, it ...

The Labour Party is encouraging women to apply in its LEAD programme, aimed at increasing female participation in politics.The programme is now entering its sixth year and this project aims to increase Labour’s female candidates to 50% by the 2...

The British government’s scientific advisers urged the government on Friday to ensure coronavirus restrictions can be introduced rapidly, as the rate of new infections continues to grow.Britain has recorded an average of 47,000 new cases of COV...

The Covid-19 virus continues to rear its head again in Eastern Europe, with new records of infections and deaths reached.The following are stories from some countries that are experiencing another wave of the virus.Russia's infections, deaths soar to...

Italy’s right-wing former interior minister, Matteo Salvini, went on trial Saturday charged with kidnapping for refusing in 2019 to allow a Spanish migrant rescue ship to dock in Sicily, keeping the people onboard at sea for days.It is the firs...

The United Nations said on Friday that it has resumed humanitarian evacuation flights for migrants stranded in Libya after authorities suspended them for several months. The announcement comes after a massive crackdown on migrants by Libyan security ...

Yorgen Fenech’s defence lawyers accused the prosecution of using “dirty tricks” to obtain a conviction “at all costs,” in their preliminary pleas to a judge on Friday.Fenech is indicted and will stand trial for the 2017 ...

Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri today outlined the measures introduced in the Budget 2022 document focusing on rehabilitation and national security.Addressing the media on the proposals in Budget 2022, Camilleri said that “this is a budge...

A court IT expert is to be appointed to extract CCTV and mobile phone information regarding building contractor Glenn Farrugia, who is charged with causing grievous bodily harm to Jaiteh Lamin, a worker who suffered spinal injuries in a fall at his w...

Polish arguments that fundamental judicial changes the country has made would not undermine the European Union on Friday failed to convince key bloc leaders who said that the withholding of billions in EU recovery funds would likely continue unless W...

The Maltese economy withstood the test of the pandemic and came out stronger than before, Prime Minister Robert Abela said.Addressing the EY conference Future Realised, Abela spoke about the issues Maltese businesses faced because of the pandemic.&ld...

The survey carried out among young people by EY Malta goes to show that great changes are required for Malta, in terms of the environment, education, good governance and the quality of life in general, to remain attractive to young people, the Nation...

In the third quarter of 2021, the stock of licensed motor vehicles increased by 2,851 over the previous quarter, the NSO said today.At the end of September 2021, the stock of licensed motor vehicles stood at 411,056. Out of this total, 76.0 per cent ...

Ten new Covid-19 cases were recorded Friday, while Malta registered its first death after a three-week lull, health authorities said.The latest victim is an 86-year-old man, who took the total number of victims to 460. The previous death had been reg...

Fairyland - Santa's City will open on the 3rd December until the 2nd January 2022, the Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) has said."Fairyland promises to be exactly what anyone would expect following its first edition in 2019, as the entrance to...

Repubblika today renewed its call for effective consultation on revisions to the whistleblower protection law before Parliament proceeds to adopt more laws that serve no purpose beyond extending the impunity of corrupt ministers. Justice Minister Ed...

A prop firearm discharged by veteran actor Alec Baldwin, who is producing and starring in a Western movie, killed his director of photography and injured the director Thursday at the movie set outside Santa Fe, authorities said.Santa Fe County Sherif...

Minister Bartolo said that for nearly seven million Libyans, Libya is their shattered home where two thirds live under the poverty line, a third are displaced, thousands of homes together with schools and hospitals destroyed and the lack of consisten...

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II spent a night in a hospital for checks this week after canceling an official trip to Northern Ireland on medical advice, Buckingham Palace said Thursday.The palace said the 95-year-old British monarch went to the private ...

An English teenaged girl has been arrested by the police in connection with thefts carried out between November last year and March this year.The police said the 18-year-old, who lives in Rabat, was caught on CCTV cameras while stealing clothes from ...

Independent MP Konrad Mizzi seems to be playing quite a game with Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee. He first refuses – twice – to attend committee meetings over the Electrogas deal. He then agrees to attend a meeting, citing t...

The Accountant General announces that by the closing date at 2.30 p.m. on Monday 4th October 2021, the Treasury received 15,531 applications having a total nominal value of € 133,807,800 against the authorised sum on issue of €65 million, s...

As an MEP, it is my duty to work on a number of different committees in the European Parliament, always with the intention of improving the lives of European citizens in any way I can. One such case is the Committee on Petitions which allows all Euro...

A man was injured on Thursday evening after he was hit by a care in Sliema, the police said.The accident took place at the Strand at 8pm.The pedestrian, a 21-year-old from Safi, was hit by a Jaguar XJ driven by a 63-year-old man of Sliema.He was take...

A new survey has found that some 60% of millenials and generation-Z youths would rather move abroad to elsewhere in Europe than stay in Malta.The 4th EY Generate Youth Survey 2021 - The pulse of Malta’s future generations, was carried out among...

Member of the European Parliament Josianne Cutajar has called for a European platform for jobs in tourism that matches employers with employees.This can ensure high-quality employment, the MEP said."The pandemic has pushed many workers in tourism to ...

The European Parliament on Thursday called for thorough investigations to be launched into any wrongdoing exposed by the Pandora Papers that took place in EU jurisdictions.Adopting a resolution by 578 votes in favour, 28 against and 79 abstentions, M...

Lawyer and PN MP Jason Azzopardi has told a court that a certain "ex-politician" was an accomplice in the HSBC heist. The libel suit had been filed by Minister Carmelo Abela against Azzopardi over a Facebook post in which Azzopardi wro...

17 new Covid-19 cases were reported by health authorities as the number of people receiving hospital treatment has started to rise.14 people have recovered from the virus, putting Malta on 265 active cases.17 people are now receiving treatment at Mat...

A survey which looks into the transport habits of households across the country has been launched by the Transport Ministry, with a collaboration between Transport Malta and the National Statistics Office enabling it to take place.It’s the four...

Jose Mourinho's Roma was routed 6-1 by Norwegian team Bodø/Glimt in the Europa Conference League on Thursday, the first time the Portuguese manager has seen one of his team's concede six goals in a game.Roma is one of the big favorites to win ...

The police are seeking a man named Ricardo Ortega Espana in connection with investigations into drug trafficking and a shooting in Msida.The shooting referred to by police was one which took place on 2 October.The shooting left a 31-year-old Libyan s...

Under pressure from rising infections and worried health experts, the British government on Wednesday urged millions of people to get booster vaccine shots but resisted calls to reimpose coronavirus restrictions such as mandatory mask-wearing.Health ...

A powerful autumn storm, named Aurore, blasted parts of western Europe on Thursday, knocking out power to a quarter of a million French homes and damaging buildings in at least four countries.Train services were disrupted by uprooted trees littering ...

The Nationalist Party today pledged a “strong revamp” to the current ten-year-old sexual health policy within six months, if elected to government.The party also promised free contraception and the morning after pill in a press conference...

The Fortina Group has filed another application regarding the St Julian's pontoon, Mayor Albert Buttigieg posted on Facebook.The application reads: "Correction of site plan of permit PA/7628/19 to reflect smaller pontoon and shifting for environmenta...

The Czech Republic on Wednesday approved several new measures to tame a steep rise in coronavirus infections, which have reached levels unseen since late April.Face coverings will be mandatory at workplaces, starting on Monday. And as of Nov 1, resta...

In the second quarter of 2021, the General Government recorded a deficit of €220.1 million, the NSO said in a statement.During the period April to June 2021, total revenue stood at €1,395.1 million, an increase of €190.3 million when c...

British authorities said Thursday a man has been charged in the stabbing of a Conservative lawmaker who was killed as he met constituents at a church hall last week.Authorities say a 25-year-old British man with Somali heritage, Ali Harbi Ali, has be...

One of the most talked about measures mentioned in the budget for 2022 as presented to Parliament last week was free public transport as from October next year.It is a promise that the Labour government made some years ago, and now it understands it ...