A three-year-old girl who was riding as a passenger was injured in a traffic accident in Xemxija on Friday afternoon, the police said.The girl was in a Mitsubishi Pajero, which was involved in a collision with a Ford Transit, driven by a 44-year-old ...

Carmel Cacopardo, Chairperson of ADPD-The Green Party has called for the immediate impeachment of President George Vella after failing to give his assent to the IVF Bill approved by parliament earlier this month.In a blogpost posted earlier today, Ca...

A man was grievously injured in a traffic accident in Mellieha early on Saturday morning, the police said.The accident involved a Volkswagen T-Cross, driven by a 41-year-old man of Mellieha, and a Mazda Demio driven by a 19-year-old woman of Mgarr.Th...

Truck drivers and Britons heading off on holiday by ferry faced hours-long waits at the port of Dover on Friday, with authorities blaming French officials for the chaos — a claim France denied.Dover authorities said a lack of French border offi...

The drug kingpin Jordan Azzopardi has been re-arrested by police after a car chase developed in Madliena.He was arrested on Friday at around 4pm. The police said in a statement that the man, who resides in Madliena, is being held in connection with t...

Russia and Ukraine signed separate agreements Friday with Turkey and the United Nations clearing the way for the export of millions of tons of desperately needed Ukrainian grain — as well as some Russian grain and fertilizer — across the ...

Another summer has arrived, and Europe is once again baking.Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered last Tuesday amid a heat wave that seared swaths of Europe, as it registered a temperate of 40.2 degrees celsius – ...

Emergency workers recovered three bodies from a school hit by a Russian strike in eastern Ukraine, officials said Friday, one of a string of attacks on the nation.The casualties in the city of Kramatorsk followed a barrage Thursday on a densely popul...

The number of tourists who visited Malta in the second quarter of 2022 was 86% of the total in the same quarter of 2019, before the Covid pandemic hit, a survey carried out by the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association shows.MHRA President Tony Zah...

The ink had barely dried on a presidential decree putting a premature end to the Italian Parliament's term, but that didn't keep Italy's politicians from rushing into campaign mode Friday following the collapse of Premier Mario Draghi’s go...

The murder of journalist Daphne Caruaua Galizia deeply affected the person who blew the whistle on the Panama Papers scandal, according to an interview published by a German media house on Friday.The interview with the whistleblower, who was only ide...

Air Malta has had to re-time a number of its flights to Heathrow London after the airport issued dictates to airlines advising the maximum number of passengers which they are allowed to carry.This is due to the ongoing Airport Terminal passenger cong...

A Georgian man died on Friday morning after he fell three storeys inside a construction site in Qormi. The accident took place in tal-Handaq, limits of Qormi, at around 9am, the police said. The casualty was 52 years old and lived in St Paul’s ...

Six organisations active in support of workers’ rights, parental rights and equality between women and men, have sent a letter to the General Workers Union (GWU) and UHM Voice of the Workers to express their great disappointment at the role the...

150 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded on Friday, while three more patients have died.The number of active cases now stands at 4,385.The total number of cases so far is 111,983.537 patients recovered, for a total of 106, 409 recoveries so far.The de...

A team of astronomers has developed an innovative method that will allow them to ‘see’ through the fog of the early universe and detect light from the first stars and galaxies.The University of Cambridge, in collaboration with Maltese ast...

SAN ĠILJAN JP PROJECTS... 15BIRŻEBBUĠA FREEPORT...... 5(3-0), (6-2), (4-2), (2-1) Title contenders San Ġiljan JP Projects prepared in the best possible way for the last game before the play-offs against champions Neptunes. Th...

Founded in 2001, the Malta Gaming Authority (the MGA) is the official regulatory authority that supervises digital-based gaming and sports betting in Malta. Obtaining a license from the MGA is practically synonymous with achieving the highest-ranking...

The Foundation for Tomorrow’s Schools has sacked an architect and hired a new one over substandard works at the Msida Primary School. It has also asked for the substandard work to be demolished and rebuilt.In a statement, the FTS said it had fo...

Italy is headed for an early election after its president accepted Premier Mario Draghi's resignation Thursday and decided there was no possibility for cobbling together another government following the rapid collapse of the ruling coalition.The demi...

The traditional horse racing event in honour of the St Margaret feast in ta’ Sannat  will go ahead as planned despite it not being endorsed by the Office of the Commissioner for Animal Welfare. Conversely, the horse race event was endorsed...

A man who allegedly stole from church donation boxes has been arrested and is expected to be charged on Friday, the police said.The 25-year-old, from Imsida, was arrested by district and community police.He allegedly broke into and stole money from d...

The highest annual inflation rates in June 2022 were registered in Housing index (14.85%) and the Food index (9.99%), data published by the National Statistics Office shows.On the other hand, the lowest annual inflation rates were registered in Water...

Joseph Muscat’s administration has plagued us with many different problems, from corruption at the highest levels of government, to damage to our international reputation, to a series of top appointments that have failed, and keep failing miser...

Infrastructure Malta (IM) has completed the final phase of the new €3.5 million pedestrian and cycling overpass at It-Tiġrija Road, Marsa.This was announced by Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects Aaron Farrugia and P...

The two candidates vying to become Britain’s next prime minister began a head-to-head battle Thursday for the votes of Conservative Party members who will choose the country’s new leader.Former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak is promising...

A man was injured after he lost control of the vehicle he was driving and crashed into barriers in Burmarrad on Thursday evening, the police said.The accident happened at around 8.30pm when the driver, aged 47 of St Paul’s Bay, lost control of ...

 Talks on collective agreements for better working conditions for members of the police force are in the pipeline, Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri said Thursday.Answering media questions during a press conference on a collective agreement ...

Prime Minister Robert Abela said Thursday he wants to see the courts working in a more efficient manner and in a friendlier way with their clients, which are the people. Interviewed on One Radio, Abela spoke about the reforms carried out in the justi...

A Valletta man has been remanded in custody in connection with a hit and run incident yesterday in Marsa, during which the police fired warning shots.Inspectors Lydon Zammit, Stephen Gulia and Rodrick Spiteri charged Keith Cremona, 34, from Valletta,...

Prime Minister Robert Abela continues to shift the blame regarding the high cost of living problem which is now affecting people of all walks of society, Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said Thursday.Speaking in an interview on NET FM, Grech spoke ab...

The delay in the signing of the IVF law has put Malta “at the unfortunate situation where the Constitution ends up serving the President not the President serving the Constitution,” the former dean of the Faculty of Laws at the University...

President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus as new variants challenge the nation's efforts to resume normalcy after two and a half years of pandemic disruptions.White House...

Velez Mostar-Hamrun Spartans 0-1 The excellent run of Hamrun Spartans in the UEFA Conference League kept going yesterday as they defeated Velez Mostar of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-0 to gain a commanding lead over their opponents going into the se...

Gzira-Radnicki 2-2A stoppage time goal scored by Gakou denied a spirited Gzira side from a prestigious victory in the UEFA Conference League match yesterday at Ta’ Qali.Gzira were heading for this victory after a great comeback early in the sec...

The health authorities reported 204 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, with two more patients dying.Figures released show that the total number of cases registered in Malta is now 111,833, of whom 105,872 recovered.The total number of deaths is now 780,...

Health Minister Chris Fearne on Thursday said that the government is working to increase more staff at Mater Dei Hospital.This week, 100 new doctors were employed, and in the coming weeks around 140 nurses will also be recruited, he said when replyin...

Italian Premier Mario Draghi resigned Thursday after key coalition allies boycotted a confidence vote, signaling the likelihood of an early election and a renewed period of uncertainty for Italy and Europe at a critical time.Draghi tendered his resig...

A worker was grievously injured on Wednesday afternoon after the wooden plank he was standing on gave way, with the result that the man fell one storey.The police said that the accident took place in a construction site in Triq Xaghman, Sannt, at 5pm...

Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar welcomes the Planning Authority’s refusal to legitimise the abusive encroachment of the Cucina Pulita kiosk at the Sliema Strand promenade. The original abusive permit to place tables and chairs there was g...

Libya resumed oil exports Wednesday, ending a hiatus that lasted months.The resumption came after the country restarted production at oil fields following the firing of the chairman of the state-run oil corporation by one of the country&rsq...

A collective agreement for the improvement of working conditions for 130 LESA officers was signed on Thursday morning. The agreement was signed on Thursday, having only come after LESA officials resorted to industrial action to get their way.During a...

In February 2022, registered full-time employment increased by 5.3 per cent while part-time employment as a primary job increased by 5.7 per cent when compared to the corresponding month in 2021, the NSO said Thursday.Registered EmploymentFebruary 20...

Photos that were sent to the media by the Malta Police Union last week show the St Julian’s station in a state of utmost disrepair.The police station in that locality – one of the busiest, since it has to deal with a sizeable percentage o...

The Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture is investing half a million euros to provide 80 port pillars of water and electricity for registered fishermen.This news was announced by the Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries, Agriculture and Animal Ri...

€1.7 million have been invested in the Gozo Cottage factory, located in the Gozitano complex in Xewkija, in order to strengthen its operation, the government said in a statement.Minister for Gozo Clint Camilleri and Parliamentary Secretary for E...

A Somali man has been charged with raping a man and a woman in two incidents that took place close to each other in Hamrun on Tuesday. The victims were both elderly Maltese nationals.  21-year-old Abdul Yousef Abib was charged with having raped ...

The number of care order requests received by child protection authorities has doubled since 2020, and the number is still on the increase, the government said on Wednesday.Speaking at a press conference marking two years since the child protection l...

Thirteen businesses on Wednesday held a joint press conference to announce the setting up of the Malta ESG Alliance (MESGA).“Looking after the planet is not negotiable,” they said in their introduction. During the press conference, MESGA ...

A 34-year-old man of Valletta this morning was arrested after a dramatic car chase from Qormi to Paola during which an off-duty officer who was riding a motorbike was hit, the police said.The man, who was wanted by the police for a number of criminal...

Britain's Conservative Party chose former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss — a fiscal moderate and a low-tax crusader — as the two finalists in an election to replace departing Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The r...

The government will be submitting a planning application for an airfield in Gozo in the coming weeks, as the consultation period on the project concluded on Wednesday.This was announced by Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri, who said that the Regional Imp...

Italian Premier Mario Draghi won a confidence vote Wednesday in the Senate, but it was a hollow victory after three of his key coalition allies boycotted the voting, virtually dooming any prospects for his unity government's survival.The vote Wednesd...

An elderly woman was seriously injured on Wednesday morning while going for a swim at Bahar ic-Caghaq.The police said the woman, aged 83, from San Giljan, slipped as she was entering the water and hit against the rocks.She was given first assistance ...

219 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Wednesday, as another patient died while positive for the virus.649 recoveries from the virus were reported, taking the number of active cases down to 5,228.The Health Ministry has, sin...

The European Union’s head office on Wednesday proposed that member states cut their gas use by 15% over the coming months to ensure that any full Russian cutoff of natural gas supplies to the bloc will not fundamentally disrupt industries next ...

NEPTUNES VIDEOSLOTS... 10SIRENS MECCA MARINE.... 9(3-3), (2-2), (3-1), (2-3) Champions Neptunes Videoslots kept their perfect record in the BOV Premier League just two games before the start of the play-offs and just three days before the direct...

Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa together with Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri are the people who should be held responsible for all accidents which happen as a result of inaction when it comes to improving police officers’ working conditi...

The Malta Police Union has published images showing the state of the Valletta Police station, saying that the station is yet another which is “not an adequate working space” for officers.Sometimes called an "open-air museum", Valletta was...

Public sector Emergency Ambulance responders will benefit from better working conditions and more training as part of a new sectoral agreement signed between the Ministry of Health and the UĦM – Voice of the Workers.The agreement aims to o...

Heritage Malta is offering the public an opportunity to get as close as possible to the inaccessible islet of Filfla, while listening to several fascinating anecdotes recounted by John J. Borg, Senior Curator for Natural History, who has been studyin...

Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered Tuesday amid a heat wave that has seared swaths of Europe, as the U.K.'s national weather forecaster said such highs are now a fact of life in a country ill-prepared for such e...

Italian Premier Mario Draghi said Wednesday the spontaneous shows of popular support for his government were “unprecedented and impossible to ignore,” as he weighed appeals to rescind his resignation, offered after a coalition partner tri...

Ursula von der Leyen last week announced a deal with Azerbaijan’s autocratic leader Ilham Aliyev to double the amount of natural gas which Azerbaijan produces and sends to Europe by 2027 – a deal which comes as the bloc searches for new p...

Russian missiles struck cities and villages in eastern and southern Ukraine, hitting homes, a school and a community center on Tuesday as Russian President Vladimir Putin won strong support support from Iran for his country's military opera...

Nationalist MP Ivan Bartolo has said in a video that the amendments related to IVF were presented to the President of Malta a week ago, but up to this day, these amendments have not yet been signed into law.“Normally, once the laws are presente...

Nationalist Party MEP David Casa has said that the deal struck between Malta to Azerbaijan in 2014 is vastly different to that which the EU has struck with the autocratic nation this week. When asked for his reaction on the partnership signed be...

"Take it easy on me," said internationally known Maltese artist Shaun Farrugia in the run-up to his first ever live performance, which will be at Tuesday’s Isle of MTV. Farrugia who recently catapulted to fame after working with Dutch DJ a...

Din l-Art Ħelwa and the Coalition for Gozo (Din l-Art Ħelwa Għawdex, Għawdix and Wirt Għawdex) have decided to legally challenge in court the Planning Authority document named DC15, against the development of more floors than...

There were 261 new Covid-19 cases reported to the authorities, with four more patient deaths recorded, statistics issued Tuesday show.The total number of cases has now reached 111,410.There were 604 recoveries, for a total of 104,578 so far.777 peopl...

As the European Commission looks to the southern gas corridor to ensure a constant gas supply to Europe, President Ursula Von Der Leyen signed a Memorandum of Understanding on an energy partnership with Azerbaijan.The deal signed means that Azerbaija...

The fractious race to replace Boris Johnson as Britain’s prime minister entered an unpredictable endgame Tuesday as three candidates for Conservative Party leader were left battling for the two spots in a run-off vote.Kemi Badenoch, a previousl...

Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered Tuesday amid a heat wave that has seized swaths of Europe — and the national weather forecaster predicted it would get hotter still in a country ill prepared for such extremes...

The legal notice of the Work-Life Balance Directive which was announced by Parliamentary Secretary for Social Dialogue Andy Ellul regarding the new amendments to the paternal and parental leaves was done in a rushed manner, and government opted to of...

Hibernians          3Levadia Tallinn   2Hibernians: I. Kone, Z. Grech, L. Bravo, R. Soares, F. Apap, D. Vella, J. Grech (A. Attard 77’), A. Diakite, G. Artiles, J. Degabriele (G. ...

SLIEMA FRANK SALT.......... 16BIRŻEBBUĠA FREEPORT...... 5(4-1), (4-1), (3-3), (5-0) Sliema Frank Salt made it easy for themselves as their fifth win of the league was never in doubt. Birżebbuġa couldn’t catch up with th...

A heat wave broiling Europe spilled northward Monday to Britain and fueled ferocious wildfires in Spain and France, which evacuated thousands of people and scrambled water-bombing planes and firefighters to battle flames in tinder-dry fores...

Doctors are distancing themselves from potential consequences as an effect of the nurses’ industrial action, with their union arguing that they should not be held accountable if anything happened to patients between the time they are admitted t...

The CEO of BirdLife Malta has made it clear that the NGO is working towards holding a second referendum to abolish spring hunting. What is still not known is when this will be held.In an interview with The Malta Independent on Sunday, Mark Sultana sa...

A database of the invasive plant and animal species present in the Mediterranean area is being developed to counteract the loss of biodiversity and the degradation of ecosystem services and, at the same time, promote the restoration of sites. The tec...

Malta registered the lowest annual inflation rate in the EU last June, but increased by 0.3 percentage points from last May, according to Eurostat data. Eurostat said in a statement that the euro area annual inflation rate was 8.6% in June 2022,...

The Head of the Maltese S&D Labour Party Delegation at the European Parliament Alfred Sant voted against a report to the parliament’s plenary on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the European Council to introdu...

The citizenship test helps to assess an individual's knowledge of the country they are applying for citizenship in. The test is used in the UK, Canada, and Australia as part of the citizenship application process. The Citizenship Test is not the only...

The Constitutional Court has overturned a decision by a judge which had ordered the police to hand data extracted from Keith Schembri’s phones to Yorgen Fenech’s lawyers. The State Advocate had filed an appeal against the decision handed ...

The Valletta Cultural Agency has launched its cultural programme for the period starting from July till December 2022. The programme includes new productions and collaborations with the involvement of several artists, which m...

With turtle nesting season well under way, volunteer Serena from Wildlife Rescue Malta spotted turtle tracks today at Ramla l-Hamra Gozo during the early morning checks on the beach.Currently, volunteers from Nature Trust, ERA and the Wildlife Rescue...

The St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation announced Tuesday that it has been recognised by Tripadvisor as the overall ‘2022 Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best’ award winner and is listed on the Top 25 Attractions in Europe.In a ye...

A dog in an advanced stage of decomposition was spotted floating out at sea near Ta’ Cenc area.The dog was apparently tied to a shipping basket.The Office of the Commissioner for Animal Welfare posted a video, taken Sunday, of a decomposing dog...

A road in Ghajnsielem, Gozo, has been closed to traffic after it partially collapsed.Photos uploaded by the local council on its Facebook page shows that a chunk of the road caved in, revealing what seems to be a sewer below.The incident took place i...

A court has heard how a young female passenger was subjected to an unwanted act of sexual intimacy on a packed bus last Saturday, when the man standing behind her sexually pleasured himself and ejaculated on her.Magistrate Gabriella Vella presided ov...

There is a rule of law deficit in public service broadcasting and broadcasting regulation, former law faculty dean Kevin Aquilina says in an opinion piece published in The Malta Independent, highlighting that this is now being flouted not only by the...

A man and a woman, both English, were injured in a traffic accident on Monday.The accident took place in Triq il-Wied, Iklin, at around noon, the police said.The couple were riding a Lexmoto motorcycle, which was being driven by the man, when they lo...

A Libyan man was granted bail after being charged with a string of thefts in Gozo but was held under arrest after he failed to pay his court guarantee.The man, 29, from Żebbuġ, was charged with having stolen two mobile phones, money, docume...

105 doctors have begun their employment with the public health sector after successfully completing their studies in medicine, the health ministry said.More new doctors are expected to join the group in the coming months, amounting to a total of 136 ...

The Environment and Resources Authority is in many cases a dog without teeth, and it does not have the same authority as the Planning Authority in Malta, CEO of BirdLife Malta Mark Sultana said. The Malta Independent spoke with Sultana (the first par...

Brent crude prices have pushed past $100 per barrel on Monday morning, rising more than 2.6% to $103.88, as traders digested the lack of progress in securing output hike pledges from Saudi Arabia over the weekend.The Guardian reports that US presiden...

There were 180 new Covid-19 cases reported to the authorities, with one more death recorded, statistics issued Monday show.The total number of cases has now reached 111,149, with 103,974 recoveries and 773 deaths.The number of active cases is now 6,0...

A 35-year-old woman from Tarxien was grievously injured on Monday in a traffic accident in Mellieha.The two-vehicle crash took place in Triq il-Mellieha at around 10:30am, the police said in a statement.One of the vehicles, a Peugeot Expert, was bein...

Eurostat recorded that in 2021, domestic material consumption of the EU economy went up by 4% following the pandemic in 2020. This means that in 2021 the domestic material consumption of the EU was around 14.1 tonnes per person, compared to 2020 whic...

Across Europe, signs of distress are multiplying as Russia’s war in Ukraine drags on. Food banks in Italy are feeding more people. German officials are turning down the air conditioning as they prepare plans to ration natural gas and&...