The Speaker of the House of Representatives said that all his rulings are based on legal arguments and parliamentary precedents that explain why decisions are made.Anglu Farrugia was reacting to recommendations made by the OECD as part of a two-year ...

Alex Perici Calascione has been deemed eligible to contest the post of deputy leader of the Nationalist Party, the PN said in a statement.The due diligence report on Perici Calascione was presented to the party’s administrative committee on Wed...

A Libyan man has been arrested in connection with a string of thefts and burglaries which happened over the last few months.The 29-year-old man was arrested in connection with a total of 22 thefts which happened in Valletta, Hamrun, and Qormi over th...

Nominations in the race to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson closed on Tuesday, with eight Conservative lawmakers securing enough support from their colleagues to make the first ballot. Former Health Secretary Sajid Javid, whose resignatio...

The initial idea was to use the word “failure” instead of “fiasco” to complete the alliteration in the headline, but maybe we should give some more time until we describe it as such.But the fast ferry service that links Malta ...

The Malta Employers’ Association stated that, although it appreciated the fact that government, up till now, has generally stuck to the minimum entitlements of the Work-Life Balance Directive to cause minimum disruption to workplaces, the costs...

Konrad Mizzi’s energy ministry had recommended that Nexia BT’s Brian Tonna be appointed to one of the committees that selected Electrogas as the preferred bidder for the power station project.This emerged during a meeting of the Public Ac...

The police are in the process of issuing international arrest warrants in connection with its investigation into Pilatus Bank, police commissioner Angelo Gafa said.Answering a question by The Malta Independent at the end of a Mass celebrating the ann...

NASA on Tuesday unveiled a new batch of images from its new powerful space telescope, including a foamy blue and orange shot of a dying star. The first image from the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope was released Monday at the White House ...

The application to the Planning Authority by Infrastructure Malta to develop a part of the Coast Road into a temporary caravan site has been suspended, Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo said.Bartolo announced on a Facebook post that the decision was t...

Archbishop Charles Scicluna used his homily in an anniversary mass held on the occasion of the establishment of the Malta Police Force to praise the Force for their work in ensuring that public order is maintained. The mass was held on Tuesday mornin...

Fathers will be receiving 10 days paid leave on the birth of their child, whilst parental leave will be split into two months paid leave and two months unpaid.Parliamentary Secretary for Social Dialogue Andy Ellul announced the new legislative change...

Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa is only taking action against Pilatus Bank after being forced to do his duty by civil society, NGO Repubblika said in a statement on Tuesday.The NGO issued a statement in reaction to comments given by Gafa to The ...

The Nationalist Party called on the Labour government to take responsibility for the rise in prices and act “immediately” to address inflation.Speaking in a press conference on Tuesday, PN MP Charles Azzopardi began by pointing out everyt...

450 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Monday, as another patient has died while positive for the virus.466 recoveries from the virus were reported, taking the number of active cases down to 7,747.The Health Ministry has, si...

Two men have been charged with carrying out two armed robberies in Marsalforn two days ago.Police said that the men – a 42-year-old Libyan who lives in Munxar and a 26-year-old Maltese who lives in Ghajnsielem – were arrested following in...

SLIEMA FRANK SALT....... 19EXILES............................. 5(5-1), (2-2), (5-1), (7-1) After two consecutive defeats against San Ġiljan in the knock-out and league respectively, Sliema Frank Salt returned to winning ways defeating their...

Candidates to replace Boris Johnson as Britain’s prime minister scattered tax-cutting promises to their Conservative Party electorate on Monday, as party officials set out rules to narrow the crowded field of almost a dozen candidates to t...

Malta was among six European tourist hotspots that managed to reach pre-pandemic levels for May 2022, the European Travel Commission said in its quarterly report on European tourism trends and prospects. Apart from Malta, the other countries rep...

As Russian missiles struck a key Ukrainian city, Russian President Vladimir Putin expanded a fast-track procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship to all Ukrainians on Monday, another effort to strengthen Moscow's influence over war-torn Ukraine.Unt...

We are currently experiencing the age of televised Parliamentary sessions and, although this has helped journalists cover the sessions more easily, it has also brought about a new platform for politicians to broadcast their marketing propaganda. What...

Parliament’s committee for standards in public life should be bolstered by non-MPs and should be chaired by a retired judge appointed by all political parties, according to recommendations put forward by the OECD.The recommendations come as par...

People entering Malta will no need to show a negative Covid-19 test result if they are unvaccinated as from 25 July, the Health Ministry announced on Monday.The decision comes after direction from the European Union, the Ministry said.It means that a...

A 71-year-old man has been remanded in custody after being charged with groping and subjecting a 15-year-old neighbour to his sexual advances.Police inspectors John Spiteri and Clayton Camilleri arraigned the man before Magistrate Noel Bartolo on Mon...

The government has not answered questions on the amount that the Sadeen Group will be compensated for the expenses it incurred on architect and Planning Authority fees for its American University of Malta project. Last week, Parliament approved a res...

Government will now be offering the second Covid-19 booster for residents aged 60 and over, bringing the age down from 65. Health Minister Chris Fearne announced the news in a Twitter post, saying that the second booster will be available for residen...

A court hearing evidence in the case against Eliott Paul Busuttil, accused murdering taxi driver Mario Farrugia, repeatedly warned a reluctant witness of serious repercussions for her evasive behaviour.The woman, whose name cannot be published on cou...

Naxxar Mayor Anne Marie Muscat Fenech Adami has appealed for the immediate suspension of the application to the Planning Authority by Infrastructure Malta to develop a part of the Coast Road into a temporary caravan site.The decision on PA 4988/21 wi...

355 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Monday, as three more patients died while positive for the virus.450 recoveries from the virus were reported, taking the number of active cases down to 7,764.1,904 swab tests were carri...

A Malta Freeport Terminals Operator was seriously injured this morning while carrying out a routine container loading operation on board a vessel, the Malta Freeport said in a statement. Emergency services were informed immediately and the compa...

The President of Malta George Vella and the President of Croatia Zoran Milanović confirmed the excellent bilateral relations between the two countries.  After the official welcoming ceremony in St George’s Square in Valletta, Pre...

A man was grievously injured after he fell off a wall on Monday afternoon.The accident took place in Triq il Qaliet, Marsasala, at around 1pm, the police said.The man, 64, from Qormi, fell while carrying out some works.He was given first aid on site ...

Repubblika on Monday condemned what they described as the actions of criminals in government and the corrupt police over leaks in the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder investigation.The NGO was reacting to a podcast interview where lawyer Arthur Azzopard...

The University of Malta’s racing team won the Endurance category in the prestigious Formula Student competition held in Silverstone in the UK over the past weekend, amidst a host of great overall results.Between the 6th and 10th July, the Unive...

The number of final deeds of sale relating to residential property amounted to 1,169 during June 2022, data released by the National Statistics Office shows.There was a decrease of 70 deeds when compared to those registered a year earlier, the NSO sa...

The Union of Professional Educators (UPE) announced on Monday that it has obtained the majority support of state school Learning Support Educators (LSEs).The UPE expressed how this development “is a major blow to the Malta Union of Teachers (MU...

An unwritten source of law, it has been held in legal literature, is that of conscience. The judiciary, for instance, refer to it continuously in their workings.Freedom of conscience is also part of the written laws of Malta. We find it enshrined bot...

The NGO Moviment Graffitti has decried an attempt at striking a “balance” in Comino as a lie, as it published a video on Monday which they shows that there is no such balance on the idyllic island, despite political promises.The NGO had c...

Every single prospective politician – without fail – has at some point or another spoken about how much they value the interests of the community and of the public at large, and about how much they want to serve and protect the public and...

A Malta Red Cross lifeguard braves rough seas on Sunday to save a man from drowning in Sliema.The rescue was caught on camera and shared to social media by the Malta Red Cross, who praised the lifeguard for performing the rescue even though he was no...

The quickly changing coronavirus has spawned yet another super contagious omicron mutant that’s worrying scientists as it gains ground in India and pops up in numerous other countries, including the United States.Scientists say the variant &nda...

Potential successors to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson rushed to differentiate themselves from an increasingly crowded field Sunday as the governing Conservative Party was expected to set a tight timetable for the election.Candidates released s...

Health Minister Chris Fearne shows more respect to doctors than he does to nurses, the president of the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses, Paul Pace, said.Malta is the only European Union country whose government has taken the nurses’ union to...

405 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Sunday, as three more patients died while positive for the virus.430 recoveries from the virus were reported, taking the number of active cases down to 7,862.1,827 swab tests were carri...

The Nationalist Party’s sports spokesperson Graham Bencini has said that former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has no place whatsoever in sports, saying that all he brings is division to something which should instead provide unity.“It&rsqu...

Many will not go beyond the headline. It will probably be one of the least read articles this week. When people see “mental health”, they tend to move on. Maybe it’s because when mental health is mentioned, many think of the extreme...

Only nine of the 159 patients who were seen by the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment team (CRHT) were deemed to need further treatment at Mount Carmel Hospital, the hospital’s CEO Stephanie Xuereb told this newsroom. Around eight months ago,...

Police have arrested a man in connection with cannabis-related findings in a Gozitan field.Police said on Sunday that its anti-drugs squad had spent days keep an eye on a field in the limits of Xewkija following a tip-off that the field was being use...

Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech said on Sunday that he trusted parents to make the right decisions when it comes to the topic of IVF genetic testing. He explained how during last week, the PN proposed the introduction of what is known as ...

At least 15 people were killed when a Russian rocket hit an apartment building in the eastern Ukraine town of Chasiv Yar and more than 20 people may still be trapped in the rubble, officials said Sunday.The Saturday night rocket assault is the latest...

A memorandum of understanding has been signed by the Sannat Special Unit and a Belgian Academy for teachers from different European countries to receive special training in Gozo.Funding for this is to be provided by the European Union through its Era...

Vince Fabri is remembered mostly for his songs for the highly popular and revolutionary Ahna Ahna jew m’ahniex television series of the late 1980s, and for his later participation for many years in the TV programme Xarabank.Vince, who is now a ...

Novak Djokovic waited. He waited for Nick Kyrgios to lose focus and lose his way. Waited to find the proper read on his foe’s big serves. Waited until his own level rose to the occasion.Djokovic is not bothered by a deficit &mdas...

Charles Leclerc had kept putting on a brave face as success escaped him and tensions mounted at Ferrari in a run of five F1 races without a podium spot for the driver. After winning the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday, Leclerc's beaming smile was back....

Before rising for the summer recess – after less than two months of sittings and earlier than usually happens – Parliament approved amendments to the IVF law, which sees the introduction of genetic testing.Doctors will now be allowed to p...

Maltese athlete Steve Sammut Nurminen later this month will run 365km from one side of the island of Sicily to another to spread awareness on mental health.Sponsored by PragmaticPlay, Sammut Nurminen has partnered up with mental health NGO Dr Klown t...

St Andrew’s Road – which links the Coast Road to the Regional Road – will be closed to traffic for several nights, starting from Tuesday.Infrastructure Malta said on its Facebook page that between Tuesday and Monday, 12 to 18 July, ...

Russian forces are raising “true hell” in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland, despite assessments they were taking an operational pause, a regional governor said Saturday, while another Ukrainian official urged people in Russian...

A biker was grievously injured in a traffic accident in Marsa on Saturday evening, the police.The accident took place in Aldo Moro Road, at 9.15pm.The biker, a 37-year-old man from Birzebbuga, was riding a Honda which was involved in a collision with...

A British Cabinet minister tipped to be a frontrunner in the Conservative Party's leadership race ruled himself out of the contest Saturday.Defence Minister Ben Wallace said after “careful consideration” and discussion with colleagues and...

The Italian navy on Saturday began relocating the first 600 migrants from the Sicilian island of Lampedusa after its refugee identification centre became overwhelmed with new arrivals and photos circulated of filthy conditions.July has seen a sustain...

President of Malta George Vella once again refused to say who will be signing the IVF bill into law, but indicated that he did his utmost to influence the Members of Parliament in the right direction.During an interview with Andrew Azzopardi on 103 M...

The Committee of Advocates and Legal Procurators will be examining the award of warrants for about 100 candidates for the profession of a lawyer and 10 candidates for the profession of legal procurator, the justice ministry said.This will be carried ...

The Malta Meteorological Office on Sunday marks 100 years since the Maltese Islands national weather services provider was established, the office said in a statement.During the past 100 years, the Meteorological Office has operated from four differe...

A man was taken to hospital after he was hit by a car in San Gwann.The accident happened at 1pm in Vjal ir-Rihan.The man, aged 37, from Albania, was hit by a Mercedes, driven by a 34-year-old man of Birkirkara.He was taken to hospital for treatment.H...

Valletta: Regent Pharmacy, 70, Merchants Street; Ħamrun: Chemimart International Pharmacy, 650, St Joseph High Road; Qormi: Anici Pharmacy, Anici Street; Birkirkara (Ta' Paris): Mackie's Pharmacy, L. Casolani Street; San Ġwann: Brown's Phar...

SAN ĠILJAN JP PROJECTS SLIEMA FRANK SALT 8-6 (1-1), (1-2), (4-1), (2-2)Sliema Frank Salt suffered another psychological blow to their season as lost another direct encounter. Although the league will be decided by play-offs, this defeat means th...

From his days stoking anti-European Union sentiment with exaggerated newspaper stories, to his populist campaign leading Britain out of the bloc and reneging on the post-Brexit trade deal he signed, outgoing U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson&nbs...

Elderly people residing at St Vincent de Paul Home for the Elderly are being locked up because of the government’s incompetence, the Nationalist Party said in a statement.After an elderly person vanished from the residence and has still not bee...

The health authorities said Saturday that 471 new Covid-19 cases were officially registered, while two more deaths were recorded.The number of victims has now climbed to 756.In all, 108,283 Covid-19 cases have been recorded in Malta since the pandemi...

A biker was grievously injured in a traffic accident in Siggiewi on Saturday morning.The accident took place in Tigrija Street at 8.30am.The motorcyclist, a 20-year-old man from Siggiewi, was riding a Jmstar JSD which was involved in a collision with...

One of Malta’s most defining energy sagas took an altogether definitive turn this week, when a court determined that people have in fact been overcharged on their electricity bills.A court this week found that a billing method used by Automated...

Tony Sirico, who played the impeccably groomed mobster Paulie Walnuts in “The Sopranos” and brought his tough-guy swagger to films including “Goodfellas,” died Friday. He was 79.Sirico died at an assisted living facility in Fo...

World champion Max Verstappen comfortably won the sprint race from pole at the Austrian Grand Prix to extend his championship lead, while Ferrari teammates Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr. almost collided as they scrapped behind him.Verstappen ma...

Elena Rybakina beat Ons Jabeur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the Wimbledon final on Saturday to become the first tennis player from Kazakhstan to win a Grand Slam singles championship.Rybakina is a 23-year-old who was born in Moscow and h...

The rationalisation exercise should be discarded forthwith and land which used to be considered outside the development zones (ODZ) should be returned to that status,” ADPD chairperson Carmel Cacopardo said on Saturday.He was addressing a press...

Over the past few days, Transport Malta officials have conducted a number of roadside inspections on major roads and in different locations around our country, the agency said in a statement. These roadside inspections were carried out in collaborati...

Former Prime Minister and Head of the Labour Party Delegation at the Socialist and Democratic Group (S&D) Alfred Sant voted against the revocation of the European Commission’s Taxonomy Complementary Climate Delegated Act on climate change m...

Leaders around the world condemned the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday as “despicable,” “cowardly” and “terrorism” while recalling him as a man devoted to peace, secur...

Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated Friday by a gunman who opened fire on him as he delivered a campaign speech on a street in western Japan, shocking the country.Here's a global look at other high-profile political a...

Former British Treasury chief Rishi Sunak formally launched his campaign to replace departing Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday, leaping to the front of what is set to be a large pack of Conservative Party contenders — even as so...

NEPTUNES VIDEOSLOTS.... 15 EXILES........................................ 6 (3-0), (4-1), (2-2), (6-3)Captain Stevie Camilleri showed why Neptunes are on top of the Premier League and haven’t lost a single point. The champions were in a class o...

A Ukrainian regional official warned Friday of deteriorating living conditions in a city captured by Russian forces two weeks ago, saying Sievierodonetsk is without water, power or a working sewage system while the bodies of the dead decompose in hot...

Minister for the Economy, European Funds and Lands Silvio Schembri announced that Tech.mt is now an accredited institution by the Malta Further & Higher Education Authority, whilst at the same time launching Excelerate, a...

Minister for Gozo Clint Camilleri has launched two schemes aimed at incentivising the tourism sector in Gozo.At the launch of these schemes, Minister Camilleri said that despite the fact that the tourism sector is recovering and establishments are re...

Financial assistance amounting to €700,000 will be given to fishermen due to rising fuel prices due to the war between Ukraine and Russia.Agriculture minister Anton Refalo and the parliamentary secretary responsible for fisheries, Alicia Bugeja ...

President George Vella again refused to say this morning who will be signing the IVF bill into law.Asked by The Malta Independent on Friday, Vella would not be drawn into committing himself to signing the controversial law, simply stating that &ldquo...

The General Workers’ Union (GWU) has temporarily suspended the wardens’ industrial action after a “much more advantageous financial package” was offered.The GWU recently issued a directive for LESA officials not to issue traff...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation's most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, hospital officials said.Abe, 67, was sh...

Agenżija Support, within the Ministry for Inclusion, Volunteering and Consumer Rights, has signed a social agreement with the voluntary organisation known as Embrace Diversity, with an investment of €624,100.The agreement is set for the nex...

Infrastructure Malta is starting the second phase of a project to rebuild the old breakwater and its adjacent quays in the inner part of Marsascala Bay.This was announced by Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects Aaron Farrugia d...

In light of yesterday’s European Parliament vote on sustainable aviation fuels, a legislative proposal which forms part of the Fitfor55 Package, MEP Dr Josianne Cutajar reiterated that the specific challenges related to islands are still not be...

Health authorities on Friday recorded 506 new Covid-19 cases, with one more death.There has been a slight drop in the number of active cases, which fell by two from 7,941 on Thursday to 7,939 on Friday.In all, there have been 107,892 cases reported i...

This deficit was less daunting for Novak Djokovic. The tension less palpable. It's not that he wants to fall behind in matches, of course. It's that when he does, he knows how to deal with it.“It's amazing how the whole game can ...

Both Mercedes cars crashed at the Austrian Grand Prix on Friday in a dramatic ending to a qualifying session that set the field for Saturday’s sprint.Lewis Hamilton and George Russell walked back to the paddock after separate crashes, while For...

A worker was grievously injured on Friday morning when he was hit by a metal pipe which was being transported by a fork-lifter, the police said.The accident took place in a warehouse at the San Gwann industrial estate at 11am.The worker, a 61-year-ol...

Five years after Joseph Muscat’s government gifted the Sadeen group with a huge tract of virgin land at Zonqor point, Robert Abela’s government says it has taken it back.“We stuck to our promise of giving Zonqor back to the public,&...

The property price index rose by 6.7% in the first quarter of this year, when compared to the same period in 2021, according to data released by the National Statistics Office (NSO).The PPI shows the price changes of purchased residential property. I...

A motorcyclist was grievously injured in a traffic accident in St Julian’s on Thursday afternoon.The accident took place on Triq Mikiel Anton Vassalli, at around 1:30pm, the police said.The casualty, 76, from Ta’ Xbiex was riding a Kymco ...