Faced with sharply rising coronavirus cases, the caretaker prime minister of the Netherlands said Tuesday that the Dutch government is reinstituting an order to wear face masks in public places like stores and libraries and mandating an extension for...

According to Eurostat data, 9.4% of Maltese residents consider their households problematic for being under lit. With a European Union average of 5.9%, Malta, France and Spain are almost double the 5.9% European average, with Spain and France sc...

A group of 49 migrants landed at Ghar Lapsi, Siggiewi, at 1.30pm on Tuesday, the Police said in a statement.Police went on site and saw a group of migrants trapped at the bottom of the cliff. Of the 49 migrants, 39 are men, four are women and six are...

Prime Minister Robert Abela has called on all countries to pull their weight in the fight against climate change.Addressing the COP 26 conference in Scotland, Abela spoke about the devastating impact climate change has, especially on small island sta...

Former FIFA officials Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were charged with fraud and other offenses by Swiss prosecutors on Tuesday after a six-year investigation into a controversial $2 million payment.The 85-year-old Blatter and 66-year-old Platini no...

A magistrate presiding money laundering proceedings against Yorgen Fenech has granted him bail against a €100,000 total bail bond - however Fenech will remain in jail because of the charges he is facing separately for allegedly masterminding the...

At the beginning of the year, civil society NGO Repubblika made several proposals regarding Parliamentary reforms, a number of which are worth considering.One such proposal would see the President of Malta elected, rather than appointed. Another woul...

The judicial review under Article 469A of the Code of Organisation and Civil Procedure, Chapter 12 of the laws of Malta (the “Code”), is a staple judicial remedy that grants natural or legal persons the ability to request the Maltese cour...

Robert Lewandowski missed a penalty on Tuesday but still got a hat trick.The Poland star dominated on his 100th Champions League appearance to lead Bayern Munich into the last-16 after a 5-2 rout of Benfica.Juventus also booked its place in the ...

Education Minister Justyne Caruana insisted on Tuesday that the government is trying to find the best solution for teaching students who have had their teaching practice shifted to different schools just one week before it is set to start. On Monday,...

PACE monitors who were recently in Malta have called for reforms and said that a full-time Parliament should be established, among other things.Following a visit to Malta from 25 to 27 October, the co-rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee of the Pa...

PN MP Jason Azzopardi has breached parliamentary privilege by claiming on social media that government backbencher Rosianne Cutajar hurled insults at him during a parliamentary debate in 2018.Speaker Anglu Farrugia ruled on the complaint filed by Cut...

PN MP Mario Galea has called on people to boycott zoos if they care about animals.Speaking in Parliament, he did not blame the government alone for problems stemming from the trade of exotic animals, and said past PN administrations were also to blam...

A 59-year-old man was grievously injured after falling from a one-storey height in Sliema.The accident occurred on Tower Road at 11.15am.The man, from Isla, fell while he was conducting some works on a roof which gave way. The man was taken to Mater ...

A man has passed away while positive for Covid-19, as health authorities reported 29 new cases of the virus in their daily update on Tuesday.Authorities said that an 83-year-old man had died while positive for the virus.  He is Malta 462nd victi...

An environmental NGO is calling on the authorities to intervene and stop a massive project from being developed on the site of the Boathouse restaurant in Xlendi. Din l-Art Helwa Ghawdex has also called on the public to “protest the latest stro...

The Nationalist Party has said that, if elected, it will commission studies on Malta’s coastline and double funding for the management of national parks.The studies would be aimed at identifying areas in need of conservation.The PN issued a num...

MP Konrad Mizzi is set to attend a Public Accounts Committee Meeting about the Electrogas deal tomorrow, The Malta Independent is informed.This comes after the MP delayed his appearance before the committee for weeks.The former special projects minis...

MaltaToday journalist Raphael Vassallo has lost a libel suit he had filed against blogger and civil society activist Manuel Delia. Vassallo had taken umbrage at a blog post in which Delia had criticised an opinion piece he (Vassallo) he had written o...

The Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST) and the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to continue up-skilling the AFM workforce. After the success of a previous agreement signed years ago, ...

Tottenham hired Antonio Conte on Tuesday as its third manager in seven months, handing a return to the Premier League for the title winner with Chelsea.Conte's contract runs through the end of the 2022-23 season with an option to extend. Conte arrive...

More than 100 countries pledged Tuesday to end deforestation in the coming decade — a promise that experts say would be critical to limiting climate change but one that has been made and broken before.Britain hailed the commitment as ...

October has been one of the wettest on record. Heavy rains characterised long stretches of the month, and on one particular day the amount of rain that fell on the Maltese Islands was normally what we would get on average for the whole month.This has...

Justice Minister Edward Zammit Lewis is working from home after injuring his foot.In a post on Facebook, Zammit Lewis said that he started November badly because of “a small incident”, but he intends to remain in touch with his job as min...

World leaders turned up the heat and resorted to end-of-the-world rhetoric Monday in an attempt to bring new urgency to sputtering international climate negotiations.The metaphors were dramatic and mixed at the start of the talks, known as ...

Roads in the Hal Farrug area are still closed to traffic on Tuesday morning after a fuel leak at Malta International Airport’s fuel storage facilityOn Monday, Enemed said that the fuel leak was stopped and the leaked fuel cleaned up.But On Tues...

Students studying to become teachers and who will start their teaching practice next week have been left shocked and frustrated after a sudden, last-minute decision by the Department of Education to change their school placements. The Malta Inde...

Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri described the PN’s proposal to buy back the land at Ħondoq ir-Rummien as ‘a dangerous concept’.Ħondoq ir-Rummien remains one of Gozo’s most picturesque bays, with tourists, Mal...

Nobody was injured after a light aircraft had to make an emergency landing at the Malta International Airport on Monday.The MIA said in a statement that at 14:19, a private light aircraft declared an emergency after the two crew members on board expe...

All necessary resources will be made available should there be a request to reopen the Egrant inquiry, Finance Minister Clyde Caruana said on Monday. Caruana was replying to a number of parliamentary questions by PN MPs Jason Azzopardi and Karol Aqui...

Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said Monday that the Maltese Parliament has become a “toothless” and “is not equipped to carry out its duties in 2021.”During a brief speech commemorating 100 years of the Maltese Parliament, Gr...

The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 5 million on Monday, less than two years into a crisis that has not only devastated poor countries but also humbled wealthy ones with first-rate health care systems.Together, the United States, the...

The Broadcasting Authority has upheld a complaint by the Nationalist Party after the latter complained that PBS created a political imbalance by airing several government budget advertst.The authority noted that such adverts were political in nature ...

Government backbencher Rosianne Cutajar has raised a breach of privilege complaint against PN MP Jason Azzopardi over a Facebook post which he shared claiming that Cutajar had used vulgar language against him during a parliamentary debate.Cutajar fil...

20 new Covid-19 cases have been reported by health authorities in their daily update on the pandemic.9 people meanwhile have recovered, meaning that the number of active cases stands at 226.10 patients are currently being treated at Mater Dei Hospita...

A government led by the Nationalist Party would reopen all closed police stations in 24 months and improve national security with cctv schemes for homes.Addressing the media today, PN MP and Home Affairs spokesperson Beppe Fenech Adami highlighted is...

Children’s Commissioner Pauline Miceli said that she is “uncomfortable” seeing politicians give out sweets and treats to children as part of their campaigning.Replying to an email from independent election candidate Arnold Cassola, ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson opened a global climate summit Monday, saying the world is strapped to a “doomsday device.”Johnson likened an ever-warming Earth’s position to that of fictional secret agent James Bond — st...

The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses (MUMN) has issued a directive which affects community and outreach services provided by the nurses in the mental health settingThe union spoke about the situation in the sector. “Just a quick look at this ...

A refusal by an MP to give an account of his or her actions, especially if they served as a minister, is “incorrect” and “unworthy”, former Labour leader Alfred Sant writes.In a clear reference to the behaviour of MP Konrad Mi...

A fuel leak at Malta International Airport’s fuel storage facility was stopped and the leaked fuel cleaned up, Enemed said in a statement.The company said its personnel noticed kerosene fuel escaping from the rain water treatment plant within t...

Part of a road at Chadwick Lakes collapsed on Sunday night, after heavy rainfall. The Energy and Water Agency has urged the public not to use the road. It is also in talks with the Environment and Resources Authority to ensure that repair works ...

Two of the most expensive, and most discussed, capital projects of this contemporary era concern Malta’s road and transport infrastructure.On the one hand, we have the Gozo tunnel – a project mentioned in the electoral manifestos of both ...

Researchers at the University of Malta have developed a new process for testing for colorectal cancer which would shave off two days from normal testing procedures. Spear heading the research program is Dr. Byron Baron who for the past six years...

Repubblika has yet to receive any reaction from the government or the Speaker of the House on its proposals for Parliamentary reforms which it had made public last January.“We will remain committed and provide our contribution so that Parliamen...

Tottenham fired manager Nuno Espírito Santo on Monday after losing half of his 10 Premier League matches in charge of the club.The dismissal, after only four months in the job, followed a 3-0 home loss to Manchester United on Saturday when Nun...

The Commission for Voluntary Organisations is committed to strengthening, empowering, and nurturing the voluntary sector as a key socio-economic player," Commissioner Jesmond Saliba said while addressing the administrators of Voluntary Organisations ...

European chief prosecutor Laura Kövesi has told The Malta Independent of her hope that the desire of Maltese institutions to work with her officer was not “just words” but will become a reality.Kövesi was in Malta earlier in the...

Sydney’s international airport came alive with tears, embraces and laughter on Monday as Australia’s border opened for the first time in 20 months, with some arriving travelers tearing away mandatory masks to see faces of loved ones they&...

Judge Lino Farrugia Sacco died on Sunday, aged 72.The death of the former Maltese Olympic Committee president was announced by Infrastructure Minister Ian Borg in a Facebook post.Borg had worked with Farrugia Sacco when the latter was chairman of the...

Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri has not excluded the possibility of a metro reaching Malta’s sister island, despite it not being in the original plans submitted as part of the feasibility study.The metro studies are currently out for public consu...

Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri said that healthcare services in Gozo had made a leap forward under Steward Health Care.The Nationalist Party has been calling for three hospitals currently run by Steward Health Care, to be taken back by government, arg...

16 new Covid-19 cases were reported by health authorities on Sunday.9 have recovered, meaning that the number of active cases stands at 215.10 patients are currently being treated at Mater Dei Hospital, with four of those being in intensive care.878,...

It’s been weeks, if not months, that the Nationalist Party hyped up a concocted story that Prime Minister Robert Abela was about to call an early election.The PN media was getting all excited about it, with stories appearing every week, if not ...

The Customs Department of the Misurata sea port in Libya announced the seizing of about 3.8 million narcotic pills on board a container coming from Malta, The Libya Review reports.In a statement, the port customs centre confirmed the seizing of a 40-...

Leaders of the world’s biggest economies made a vague commitment Sunday to seek carbon neutrality “by or around mid-century” as they wrapped up a two-day Rome summit that was laying the groundwork for the U.N. climate conference in ...

School closures related to the Covid-19 pandemic have led some primary students to lack basic skills upon their physical return to school, MUT president Marco Bonnici confirmed with The Malta Independent on Sunday. Over the course of the Covid-19 pan...

Turning 40 hasn’t stopped Zlatan Ibrahimović from being Zlatan Ibrahimović.The ageless Sweden great, whose 40th birthday was on Oct. 3, scored one goal and also drew a penalty that led to AC Milan’s second goal in a 2-1 win at J...

Floriana scored two late goals to beat ten-man Gzira and move to third place in the standings. It was a pulsating match with the Maroons taking an early lead and with Floriana missing a golden opportunity minutes later when Keqi failed to score from ...

Malta is holding talks with the European Commission on trapping birds for research, Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri, who is also responsible for hunting and trapping, said.Asked in an interview with The Malta Independent on Sunday whether government is...

The PN has a concrete plan for the environment, “not a plan for concrete”, PN leader Bernard Grech said on Sunday as he criticised Government’s tolerance of excessive construction.The country has increasingly been at restless over t...

West Ham consolidated fourth place in the Premier League with a 4-1 win over 10-man Aston Villa on Sunday.The visitors were aided by Ezri Konsa’s sending off in the 50th minute with the score at 2-1. The Villa defender was initially shown a yel...

A Mass led by Archbishop Charles Scicluna on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Maltese Parliament was held this morning at St. John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta. The congregation was led by the Speaker of the House of Representatives Dr An...

Net TV and Net FM presenter Marbeck Spiteri chose a fictional character with an umbrella as one she would relate with. She does not like the social media much, but she says that her career followed her childhood dreams of being in broadcasting. Her r...

Proposals for a new belvedere and refurbished playground near the Great Siege Bell War Memorial on Quarry Wharf Street in Valletta are currently awaiting government funding, Valletta mayor Alfred Zammit told The Malta Independent on Sunday.A brand ne...

Minister  Evarist  Bartolo said today that the Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs was in the process of drafting a new strategy for the Gulf, which is a reflection of Malta’s commitment to further its ties and cooperation in th...

A man brandishing a knife on a Tokyo commuter train on Sunday stabbed several passengers before starting a fire, which sent people scrambling to escape and jumping from windows, police and witnesses said.The Tokyo Fire Department said 17 passengers w...

Activists taking part in a three-day sit in protest in front of the police headquarters this week were derided by many, and even threatened by a few, but the fact of the matter is that the answers they are seeking are the same answers many of us want...

Gilbert Agius was born on 21 February 1974. He is the son of Carmelo Agius and Carmen Attard. Gilbert is married to Ruth Camilleri and they have a 19-year-old daughter, Brooke.Gilbert started to recall his childhood days. “My dad was a player w...

One of the Order of St. John’s greatest successes during their time in Malta was the setting up of the Valletta Sacra Infermeria, which would achieve renown as one of the best hospitals of its time.Yet, despite its high standards of medical car...

A motorcyclist suffered grievous injuries in a traffic accident on Saturday night, police said.Police said in a statement that at around 20:00 in Triq il-Mosta in St. Paul’s Bay a traffic accident occurred.Preliminary investigations showed that...

Leaders of the world's biggest economies on Saturday endorsed a global minimum tax on corporations, a linchpin of new international tax rules aimed at blunting the edge of fiscal paradises amid skyrocketing profits of some multinational businesses.Th...

A small cargo ship carrying about 400 mostly Afghan migrants and refugees was towed Saturday to “a safe anchorage” off the Greek island of Kos near the Turkish coast, Greece’s coast guard said.A coast guard spokesman told The Associ...

Prime Minister Robert Abela said Saturday that the Nationalist Party contrived a plan for an early general election to create a sense of uncertainty and break down the country’s positive economic growth.“It seems that every time Malta&rsq...

Nineteen new Covid-19 cases were reported on Saturday, as 15 patients recovered, health authorities said.In all, Malta has had 37,641 cases, with 36,563 recoveries.The number of deaths remains at 461.There are 10 patients in hospital, with four in in...

World leaders have been meeting for 29 years to try to curb global warming, and in that time Earth has become a much hotter and deadlier planet. Trillions of tons of ice have disappeared over that period, the burning of fossil fuels has spewed b...

The Italian city that suffered the brunt of COVID-19’s first deadly wave is dedicating a vivid memorial to the pandemic dead: A grove of trees, creating oxygen in a park opposite the hospital where so many died, unable to breathe.Bergamo, in no...

A cyclist was grievously injured in a collision with a vehicle in Rabat on Saturday afternoon, the police said.The accident took place in Tigrija Road at 2.20pm.The cyclist, a Brazilian man aged 23, was involved in a collision with an Isuzu TFR drive...

Valletta: Regent Pharmacy, 70, Merchants Street; Ħamrun: Remedies Pharmacy, 678, St Joseph High Road; Santa Venera: Collis Williams Sta Venera Pharmacy, 532, St Joseph High Road; Birkirkara: Brown's Pharmacy, 32, Fleur-de-Lys Road; Msida: Regal ...

A welder was injured this morning in a workshop accident, the police said.The accident took place at 8.30am in Pieta’.The welder, a man aged 45 from Mosta, suffered burns.He was taken to hospital with grievous injuries.

A teenager was injured on Saturday morning after he fell off a ladder, the police said.The accident took place in a garage in St Martin Street, Zurrieq, at 10.30am.The boy, a Syrian aged 16, was taken to hospital with grievous injuries.

The current year will go down in the history book as a record-breaking turning point in sustainable waste management, Wasteserv said in a statement on Saturday. This not only means that Malta has moved from its constant rock bottom position on EU sco...

No changes at the top of the Premier League as Birkirkara and Hibernians battled it out in an exciting 1-1 draw. It was a fair result as both sides gave their all and confirmed that they are the best two teams so far this season.Hibernians had a bett...

After all those doubts about his future at Manchester United, Ole Gunnar Solskjær achieved what Pep Guardiola and Jürgen Klopp couldn’t do on Saturday: Win in the Premier League.It just needed United to face a Tottenham side devoid o...

Giovanni Simeone is finally starting to emerge from his father's shadow in Serie A.The son of Diego Simeone, the former Argentina international and current Atletico Madrid coach, scored twice as Hellas Verona beat struggling Juventus 2-1 on Saturday....

A group of migrants gathered in Valletta this morning to highlight their issues, pleading for equal considerations and the elimination of the “us and them” syndrome.Carrying placards with messages speaking of the need for inclusion and in...

The leaders of the world’s economic powerhouses on Saturday took part in the first in-person summit since the coronavirus pandemic, with climate change, COVID-19 economic recovery and the global minimum corporate tax rate on the agenda.Italian ...

Labour MEP Cyrus Engerer has been chosen among Members of the European Parliament to the COP26 delegation, where world leaders will meet and agree on urgent measures to mitigate the effects of climate change. The European Union delegation will be led...

Activists taking part in a protest on police inaction against Konrad Mizzi and other political figures said Friday that the police have refused to act despite having been in possession of evidence for over five years.Civil society NGO Repubblika and ...

An interesting report which delves into the academic world at the University of Malta specifically has been published by the University’s students council.The Post Covid-19 Academic Strategy looks into various facets of how the educational expe...

Travelling with pets on board Air Malta flights just got easier with the release of a new online function on airmalta.com that enables travel bookings for cats and dogs, the airline said in a statement. Travelling with pets has become increasingly po...

Face to face at the Vatican, President Joe Biden held extended and highly personal talks with Pope Francis on Friday and came away saying the pontiff told him he was a “good Catholic” and should keep receiving Communion, although conserva...

Former book council chief Mark Camilleri has refused to back down after PL MP Rosianne Cutajar filed a libel suit against him over claims written in Camilleri’s new book, ‘A Rent Seeker’s Paradise.’In the book, Camilleri claim...

Leaders of the Group of 20 countries gathering for their first in-person summit since the pandemic took hold will confront a global recovery hampered by a series of stumbling blocks: an energy crunch spurring higher fuel and utility prices,...

Yorgen Fenech’s lawyers have argued that a charge sheet is not evidence on which bail can be denied, as his Constitutional case over the repeated refusal of bail continued.Madam Justice Miriam Hayman heard submissions by the State Advocate and ...

The Office of the Commissioner for Children today expressed its disappointment that in the ongoing industrial dispute between the Ministry for Education and the teachers’ unions over how to make good for a shortage of teachers created by Covid-...

Consumer prices across the 19 European Union countries that use the euro currency have spiked to the highest level in over 13 years on the back of soaring energy prices and pent-up demand during the pandemic recovery, official figures showed Friday.E...

8 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities in their daily update on Friday.23 people have, meanwhile, recovered from the virus.However, authorities said that a 69-year-old man had passed away while positive for Covid-19, becoming the...

Around 90% of the Covid-19 stimulus vouchers have been used, as the deadline for their usage fast approaches, the Economy Ministry said in a statement.Just three days are left for the €100 stimulus vouchers to be used, with the deadline being 31...