Rosianne Cutajar and Glenn Bedingfield were the biggest names to make it to Parliament as the Labour Party’s vacated seats went to a casual election on Thursday.In a process which took little over 45 minutes – much shorter than it usually...

Ukraine braced for a climactic battle for control of the besieged country's industrial east, as Russian forces withdrew from the shattered outskirts of Kyiv to regroup and intensify their offensive across the Donbas region, where authorities urged pe...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate will take up legislation Thursday to end normal trade relations with Russia and to ban the importation of its oil.Both bills have been bogged down in the Senate, frustrating lawmakers who want to ratchet up the U.S....

The pope’s visit last Sunday gave us the two facets of the national broadcasting station: the ability to rise to the occasion and give a splendid coverage of all that was happening on our shores; and the inability to put politics aside while co...

Malta has started to offer the fourth Covid-19 vaccine shot to the elderly and to the immunosuppressed, Health Minister Chris Fearne announced on Wednesday.“Malta has as of this week started offering a second booster dose to immunosuppressed in...

The European Commission has decided that it will proceed with infringement proceedings against Malta on its golden passport scheme, with the Commission issuing a “reasoned opinion” on the scheme.The reasoned opinion was sent to Malta on W...

European health officials say it's too early to consider giving a fourth dose of messenger RNA coronavirus vaccines to most people, but say an extra booster can be administered to those over age 80. In a joint statement on Wednesday, the Europea...

The casual elections to fill seats ceded by PL candidates in the general election will take place today.The vote counting is set to begin at 9am. A total of 38 nomination have been filed to fill 8 seats that were vacated by MPs who were elected on mo...

Back-to-back Champions League hat tricks just reinforce the enduring value of Karim Benzema's clinical finishing to Real Madrid.Carlo Ancelotti sees so much more being provided by the 34-year-old forward he compares to a fine wine.“He is more o...

Villarreal pulled off another surprising Champions League result, this time against sixth-time champion Bayern Munich to boost its hopes of returning to the semifinals for the first time in 16 years.After making it past the group stage and eliminatin...

Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri will continue to be responsible for bird hunting, while new Culture Minister Owen Bonnici will be responsible for the public broadcaster, the government’s newly published list of ministerial responsibilities shows....

NGOs and activists gathered in Valletta before the Law Courts on Wednesday night on the third anniversary of the murder of Lassana Cisse, saying that they stood there in solidarity with “with our sisters and brothers who continue to face violen...

822 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Wednesday as another pandemic patient has died.The last time Malta reported over 800 cases of the virus in a single day was on 3 January.It means that 650 people have now died while pos...

The United States on Wednesday announced sanctions targeting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s two adult daughters and said it was toughening penalties against Russian banks in retaliation for “war crimes” in Ukraine. The move...

Three men are in hospital after a fight in Hamrun early this morning, the police said.The incident took place in Mile End Street at 1am.It involved a group of people, including three Syrians who were injured and were taken to hospital.One man aged 31...

A car carrying containers of flammable substances crashed into the gate of the Russian Embassy in the Romanian capital early Wednesday, bursting into flames and killing the driver, police said.The sedan rammed into the gate at about 6 a.m. Wednesday ...

The Constitutional Court has overturned a 2021 judgement by the First Hall of the Civil Court in its Constitutional jurisdiction, in which it had been declared that disbarred lawyer Patrick Spiteri suffered a breach of his fundamental human rights as...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the Russians of gruesome atrocities in Ukraine and told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that those responsible should immediately be brought up on war crimes charges in front of a tribunal like the...

Each and every election leaves all small parties in the same situation as the previous one.Each time they hope that they have made some inroads, but each time they end up in the same place.They obtain too few votes, not enough to get a seat in Parlia...

During 2021, Government outlay towards Social Security Benefits rose by €38.3 million in comparison to 2020, the National Statistics Office said.Social Security Benefits Expenditure By the end of 2021, spending on Social Security Benefits totall...

BEIJING — China says the reports and images of civilian deaths in the Ukrainian town of Bucha are “deeply disturbing” and is calling for an investigation.Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Wednesday that China supports a...

A man has been found inside the boot of a car in Qormi Valley, with early indications being that the person - who is yet to be identified - has been murdered.A police spokesperson on site said that passers-by reported that a suspicious smell was eman...

The Nationalist Party will have a new deputy leader as incumbent Robert Arrigo will not seek to be reappointed to the post.Arrigo told the party’s media Tuesday that his term expires when the party convenes the general council as it is bound to...

Randolph Debattista will go back to occupy the role of CEO at the Labour Party, a position he held between 2017 and 2020.Debattista, who will also be co-opted to Parliament when it is convened, will replace George Azzopardi who will move to the priva...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy has bestowed the Order of Princess Olga upon President of the EU Parliament Roberta Metsola.The Order of Princess Olga is a Ukrainian civil decoration, featuring Olga of Kiev and was bestowed on ...

The Standards Commissioner for Public Life should be selected by public call, the NGO Repubblika said on Tuesday.Repubblika said that the process of choosing who will replace George Hyzler in the role of Standards Commissioner must be truly transpare...

Five Covid-19 patients have died while positive for the virus, while 719 new cases of the virus were reported by health authorities on Tuesday.329 people meanwhile have recovered from the virus, meaning that the number of active cases has now risen t...

A man was grievously injured after he was stabbed in a garage in Mosta on Tuesday afternoon, the police said.The incident took place in Hope Street at 3.30pm.The man, aged 57 of Mosta, was involved in an argument with another person, during which a p...

An elderly woman has died after balustrades forming the balcony of her home gave way on Monday evening.The tragedy happened at around 7pm in Triq is-Sebh in Birzebbuga, the police said.The 75-year-old woman was washing her balcony at the time the bal...

Frederick Azzopardi will be leaving Malta’s roads agency Infrastructure Malta as from next month.In comments given to MaltaToday, Azzopardi confirmed that he is currently working his notice period as CEO before his impending departure.“I ...

 It just had to be Luis Diaz.The Colombia winger was the last player Benfica supporters inside the atmospheric Estádio da Luz wanted to see race onto a through-ball and produce an emphatic finish to complete a 3-1 win for Liverpool in the...

Kevin De Bruyne scored the only goal to give Manchester City a 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on Tuesday.After a tight 70 minutes, City finally found its way through Atletico’s tough reargua...

UNITED NATIONS — Ukraine’s president told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that the Russian military must be brought to justice immediately for war crimes, accusing invading troops of the worst atrocities since World War II.President ...

The National Statistics Office has reported a 1,460 person decrease in registered unemployment in the month of February 2022, compared to the same month in 2021.Registered unemployment levels have decreased for all age groups and for both males and f...

During the Plenary session in Strasbourg, it was decided that Labour MEP and S&D Vice-President Alex Agius Saliba will form part of the committee on Industry, Research and Energy.Agius Saliba is in charge of innovation, AI, and strong digital Eur...

Russian forces on Tuesday were preparing for an offensive in Ukraine’s southeast, the Ukrainian military said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepared to talk to the U.N. Security Council amid outrage over evidence Moscow’s soldiers del...

A motorcyclist sustained grievous injuries in a traffic accident on Tuesday morning.Police said that it was informed of an accident at around 8am on Tuesday at Foss ta’ Crown Works in Floriana.Preliminary investigations showed that there had be...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy planned to speak Tuesday to U.N. Security Council diplomats outraged by growing evidence that Russian forces have deliberated killed civilians, many of them shot in yards, streets and homes, and their bodies le...

Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne has announced that the government will go ahead with the easing of Covid restrictions as from Sunday, regardless of the steady rise in new daily Covid cases.Among other things, the last day when wearing of masks in ...

In its judgement dated 16 March 2022, in the names of NV vs Bilom Construction Limited, the Court of Appeal, presided over by the Honorary Lawrence Mintoff, overturned a decision of the Industrial Tribunal as the facts were not assessed correctly and...

A 44-year-old man was grievously injured after falling off a ladder.The accident occurred at 2.30pm on Monday, on Triq Dawret Ħal Għaxaq, Għaxaq.The man, from Xgħajra, fell from a one-storey height. He was taken to Mater Dei Hospi...

Russia is facing intense criticism and accusations of war crimes after corpses were seen in city streets on the outskirts of Kiev, after the Russians pulled out of the area.The Malta Independent's Neil Camilleri and Giuseppe Attard are on the ground ...

EU Parliament President Roberta Metsola updated the EU Parliament on her visit to Ukraine and appealed for more logistical, humanitarian and military support, at the opening of the Parliamentary session on Monday.Updating MEPs on her visit to Ukraine...

Alfred and George Degiorgio, the brothers accused of being the hitmen who killed journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, have lodged another request for a presidential pardon in exchange for information about the involvement of a former minister in the mu...

Contrary to what has been stated by the Health Minister, Mater Dei Hospital is in severe crisis, with Covid patients being spread in all wards, the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses said Monday.MUMN received more than 20 calls from MDH from nursing ...

The Malta International Airport (MIA), the Malta Entertainment Industry and Arts Association (MEIA), and the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) have all welcomed the reduction in Covid-19 restrictions announced on Monday, and have called...

A 48-year-old worker from Għajnsielem was grievously injured after he was hit by a falling iron object.The accident occurred in a construction site close to Triq Sant' Andrija in St Julian's at 1.15pm.The worker was taken to Mater Dei Hospital a...

Yana and Natalya knew that their children’s lives were the most important thing of all when they decided to flee from eastern Ukraine and search for a safer place in the west. The Malta Independent sat down with two Ukrainian mothers at a ...

Russia faced a fresh wave of condemnation on Monday after evidence emerged of what appeared to be deliberate killings of civilians in Ukraine. Some Western leaders called for further sanctions in response, even as Moscow continued to press its offens...

A 45-year-old man was grievously injured after he was hit by a vehicle on Triq is-Swieqi, Swieqi, at 9.15am this morning.The man, who is from Swieqi, was hit by a Honda Accord that was being driven by a 43-year-old Marsascala resident.The victim was ...

Three Covid-19 patients have died while positive for the virus, while 530 new cases of the virus were reported by health authorities on Monday.249 people meanwhile have recovered from the virus, meaning that the number of active cases has now risen t...

The government will go ahead with the easing of Covid restrictions as from Sunday in spite of a steady rise in cases within the community, Health Minister Chris Fearne said Monday.The last day when wearing of masks in schools is 13 April, which means...

Four organisations have written to the chair of the Planning Authority and Planning Commission, as well as the Environment and Resources Authority, to warn that a planning application for stables adjacent to a protected area near Ta' Ċenċ C...

President George Vella has expressed hope that Pope Francis’ visit will bring joy to the country so that unity and peace may continue to flourish, while also thanking those involved in the organisation and coverage of the pontiff’s visit....

The result of the election held last week was not a surprise.As all pre-election surveys were indicating, the Labour Party cruised to a comfortable victory, the third in a row, the third with a record margin.From a gap of 35,000 reached in two electi...

The 2022 election has come to an end, although there are many seats in Parliament that still need to be filled.With a total of 16 casual elections that need to take place, and the gender corrective mechanism to kick in afterwards, we still have an in...

Graziella Galea was the only woman to be elected to Parliament as a candidate of the Nationalist Party. She was already an MP in the final stages of the last legislature after being co-opted. Now she has the chance of a full term ahead of her.She has...

Why is sustainability important for APS Bank?Sustainability lies at the heart of the Bank's values, underpins its business strategy and is a core pillar of its Corporate Social Responsibility Programme. The Bank and its subsidiaries aspire to play a ...

Pope Francis’ long-awaited visit to the Maltese islands has come and gone.  A momentous occasion, the Pope’s visit brought a country together only a week after the divisiveness of an electoral campaign. Throughout his two-day visit, ...

Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared victory in Sunday's national elections, claiming a mandate for a fourth term as a still incomplete vote count showed a strong lead for his right-wing party. In a 10-minute speech to Fide...

Pope Francis said Sunday he was still working on arranging a meeting with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, despite that leader's seeming justification for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and said he wouldn't rule out travelling to the reg...

Bodies with bound hands, close-range gunshot wounds and signs of torture lay scattered in a city on the outskirts of Kyiv after Russian soldiers withdrew from the area. Ukrainian authorities accused the departing forces on Sunday of committing w...

A man is suffering from serious injuries after he was hit by a car in a traffic accident early on Monday morning.In a statement, police said that the accident happened at around 3:15am in Triq Diċembru Tlettax in Marsa.Preliminary investigations...

LAS VEGAS — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appeared in a video at the Grammy Awards asking for support in telling the story of Ukraine's invasion by Russia.During the pre-recorded message that aired on the show Sunday night, he spo...

Pope Francis used his final address of his Papal visit in Malta to speak about the migration crisis, expressing his hope that Malta would always treat those who land on its shores as it treated St. Paul – with “unusual kindness.”Pop...

Pope Francis has boarded an Air Malta plane along with his delegation and will make his way back to the Vatican, marking the end of the Papal visit to Malta.The Pontiff arrived in Malta on Saturday, and in his two-day visit, met Malta's top officials...

Thousands of the Catholic faithful gathered at the Floriana Granaries on Sunday morning, with Pope Francis set to celebrate a Papal Mass on the last day of his visit to Malta.Floriana was a sea of yellow and white in reflection of the Vatican’s...

A woman died on Sunday afternoon after she was caught underneath her own car which she had just parked, the police said.The woman, aged 75 of Sliema, had just left her vehicle, a Toyota Aygo, which she parked in St. Publius Street at around 5pm.For s...

More than 90 people in an overcrowded boat drowned in the Mediterranean Sea, a prominent humanitarian group said, in the latest tragedy involving migrants departing from North Africa to seek a better life in Europe.Doctors Without Borders said late S...

Two more Covid-19 patients have died while positive for the virus, as health authorities reported 607 new cases of the virus on Sunday.190 people have recovered from the virus, meaning that the number of active cases has risen to 6,910.The numbers we...

People who were killed by Russian shelling and air strikes in the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol were buried in shallow graves, oftentimes unmarked, and the entire city smelt like death, a survivor of the siege told The Malta Independent on Sunda...

Inter Milan halted its poor run of form in the best possible way by beating fierce rival Juventus 1-0 to boost its Serie A title chances and hinder its opponent’s own hopes on Sunday.Hakan Calhanoglu converted a penalty at the second time of as...

Pope Francis made an unscheduled stop on his way to Floriana on Sunday morning.While passing through Hamrun, the Pope stopped at the Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, which houses the remains of St George Preca. He and Archbishop Scilcluna ...

Pope Francis delivered Mass at the Granaries in Floriana this morning, on his second day of his official visit to Malta.His day started with a private meeting with the Jesuit community at the apostolic nunciature in Rabat, and he then made his way to...

A couple who were celebrating their wedding on Saturday evening stepped out onto the street to wave to the Pope as he passed by in his car in Mellieha.The car came to a brief stop next to the bride and groom. The Pope rolled down his window and took ...

The constitutional case filed by ADPD for parliamentary representation could see Malta’s new gender corrective mechanism fall flat: but this depends heavily on whether ADPD win the case, and, if they do, whether they win it before the casual el...

Residents of Ukraine’s besieged southeastern coast awaited possible evacuation Sunday as the country’s president said Russia’s obsession with capturing a key port city had left it weakened and created opportunities for his military....

BUCHA, Ukraine — Residents of the Ukrainian town of Bucha near the capital of Kyiv have given harrowing accounts of how Russian troops shot and killed civilians without any apparent reason.Bodies of civilians lay strewn across the northern town...

There is one factor that emerged from the Cabinet of ministers and parliamentary secretaries chosen by Prime Minister Robert Abela – continuity.When he sat down with his advisors in Castille to compile his line-up, he had a few decisions to mak...

Pope Francis said Saturday that the world yearns for "human moderation before the infantile and destructive aggression that threatens us, before the risk of an enlarged Cold War that can stifle the life of entire peoples and generations."War has...

Pope Francis gave a heartfelt prayer with a message of faith at the Ta’ Pinu Sanctuary in Gozo, during his two-day Apostolic visit to the Maltese Islands.The prayer recalled the biblical story of Mary and John, who stood beneath the Cross of Je...

Pope Francis says he is studying a possible visit to Kyiv and he blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin for launching a “savage” war, as he arrived in Malta and delivered his most pointed and personalized denunciation yet of Russia&rsqu...

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Pope Francis has landed to a windy welcome in Malta.The pontiff used an elevator to descend from the ITA aircraft onto the tarmac in Malta, as he had used to get on the plane in Rome. It was the first time the 85-year-old pope has used the tarmac lif...

The number of newly detected COVID-19 cases rose to 791 on Saturday, the highest since the first week of January.Data published online by the Superintendence of Public Health showed that one person died while infected with the virus in the previous 2...

Ray Bezzina and Chris Peregin have both quit the Nationalist Party positions they occupied after the electoral defeat suffered by the party, Maltatoday reports.Bezzina was head of the secretariat and Peregin was employed as a political strategist.Bez...

Pope Francis arrives Malta today, with the refugee exodus from Ukraine casting a haunting backdrop to the European migration drama that for years has focused on Malta and other Mediterranean countries and the plight of desperate people who arrive on ...

Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said on Saturday that he is determined to make the Nationalist Party a winner again.This comes following the results of the 2022 general election where the Labour Party won with a difference of 39,474 votes.During a br...

Godwin Tonna was born in Vittoriosa on the 22nd November, 1955. He is the son of Carmelo and Concetta nee Galea. He is married to Monica Borg and has three children Analisa, Stephen and Kristina.Godwin started by recounting his childhood years. &lsqu...

It’s probably not the right time for the Pope to visit Malta.The country is still abuzz with the election that was held last week. Its ramifications are still very much on people’s minds. What people are talking about is politics, and wit...

Liverpool completed its 119-day mission to displace Manchester City from atop the English Premier League.It lasted only a matter of hours.The status quo was ultimately maintained in what is promising to be another gripping fight for the title between...

Lazio boosted its bid for a European spot and put its derby nightmare behind it after a comfortable 2-1 win over Sassuolo in Serie A on Saturday.Manuel Lazzari and Sergej Milinković-Savić scored to send Lazio to fifth, a point above Atalant...

Pope Francis starts his two-day visit to the tiny European country of Malta, a strongly Catholic island just south of Sicily, on April 2, 2022. This papal trip puts a spotlight on Malta’s complicated history and important contemporary...

Malta will welcome Pope Francis for his Apostolic visit to the country this Saturday and Sunday.Pope Francis will lead several spiritual activities during the two-day visit, whilst giving his blessings and sending messages of courage, hope, and care ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned his people early Saturday that retreating Russian forces were creating “a complete disaster” outside the capital as they leave mines across “the whole territory,” including around...

KYIV, Ukraine — A prominent Ukrainian photojournalist who went missing last month in a combat zone near the capital has been found dead.Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s office said in a statement Saturday that Maks Levin was killed wi...

The European Union must do everything it can to fight against the ‘brutal, aggressive, and unprovoked’ invasion of Russia against Ukraine, President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola said.Metsola was speaking exclusively with The...

The Manoel Theatre has cancelled an upcoming production which drew heavy criticism for how it portrayed a character based heavily on assassinated journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.‘Ix-Xiha’, penned and directed by Mario Philip Azzopardi, ...

Lionel Messi possibly facing Robert Lewandowski, Spain definitely playing Germany, and Luis Suarez potentially handed another game against old foe Ghana.The draw for the World Cup group stage set up some intriguing prospects and will start on Nov. 21...

The US Treasury Department has sanctioned a Russian individual who has a Maltese passport and the Maltese government is set to revoke their citizenship.The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), in a statement, sa...