Former Infrastructure Malta CEO Frederick Azzopardi has requested the recusal of the magistrate tasked with hearing the criminal case filed against him over breaches of environmental protection legislation, on the grounds that the same magistrate had...

Olivia Newton-John, the Grammy-winning superstar who reigned on pop, country, adult contemporary and dance charts with such hits as “Physical” and “You’re the One That I Want” and won countless hearts as everyone’s...

Labour Party CEO and MP Randolph Debattista said that if parliamentary speeches become shorter, the work carried out by the government would increase and the speeches would become more engaging for all MPs as well as for those following proceedings.&...

A construction worker suffered grievous injuries when he fell one and a half storeys in a construction site he was working in.The man, who police were unable to identify at the time, fell while he was carrying out works at a site located in Triq l-Im...

A woman was injured when she lost control of the car she was driving and crashed into a wall, the police said.The accident took place in Borg Gharib Street, Ghajnsielem, at 11.45pm on Monday.The woman, aged 40, from Ghajnsielem, was driving a Chevrol...

A judge has ordered the release of a man wanted by the Bulgarian authorities in order to serve a three-year prison sentence for rape, in view of the failure by the Attorney General’s Office to make the necessary travel arrangements to return hi...

The Information and Data Protection Commissioner Ian Deguara has recognized that former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat's government kept a potentially unlawful agreement hidden from the public, the Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation said, adding that th...

The Malta Union of Teachers (MUT) has taken Mario Mallia’s sacking as the headmaster of St Albert the Great College to the industrial tribunal, as it filed an unfair dismissal case on Monday morning.This news was announced during a press confer...

PN MPs Ivan J. Bartolo and Ivan Castillo said that there are no issues between Opposition leader Bernard Grech and former deputy leader Robert Arrigo.“There is no issue. The fact that he says he was hurt is normal in a workplace. I believe wher...

The German vessel Sea-Eye 4, carrying 87 migrants has been denied entry to Malta and is now on its way to Southern Italy, in the hopes that they will be able to dock there.Sea-Eye is a German civil sea rescue organisation, well known for carrying out...

The former Gozitan residence of renowned British novelist Nicholas Monsarrat will remain as a protected Grade 2 scheduled building, after the Environment and Planning Review Tribunal (EPRT) turned down an appeal lodged by third parties for its protec...

Former Manchester United star Ryan Giggs, adored by fans throughout a 24-year career, has a more sinister side to his character, prosecutors said Monday as he went on trial on charges of assault and use of coercive behavior against an ex-girlfriend.P...

The government’s plan for the last-ditch restructuring of the national airline Air Malta has proven to have failed, the PN said on Monday.PN MPs Ivan J Bartolo and Ivan Castillo addressed a press conference on the government’s plans to re...

Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar held a meeting with President George Vella in order to discuss the increasing threat to Malta’s quality of life due to the congestion of over-development combined with  loss of trees and open spaces.&n...

Plans to construct the new hospitality campus of the Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS) in Smart City are set to be discussed by the Planning Board on Thursday.The application, which was filed in 2016, proposes the construction of the campus as well ...

An agreement between Arts Council Malta and the National Book Council aiming to strengthen the existing collaboration between these two entities for the promotion of several artistic and educational initiatives, particularly during the National Book ...

A biker was grievously injured in a traffic accident in Burmarrad on Monday morning.The biker, a 46-year-old man from Mellieha, was riding a Honda which was involved in a collision with a Suzuki Swift driven by a 46-year-old man of St Paul’s Ba...

Former Labour Prime Minister Alfred Sant said that the “potentially fatal” confusion within the Nationalist Party is a result of how the Lawrence Gonzi administration worked between 2008 and 2013.In a post on Facebook, Sant said that one ...

The area around the Neptunes Waterpolo pitch in Balluta is once again safe for swimming, the Environmental Health Directorate said in a statement on Monday.The Environmental Health Directorate within the Superintendence of Public Health notified on M...

Let’s start off by stating that alternative modes of transport are important and very much needed as Malta faces ever increasing transport problems. An increase of 56 cars per day on our roads is no joke and it’s about time we look into t...

An eight-year-old boy was among two persons injured in a traffic accident in Rabat on Sunday evening.The accident involved a KTM bike and a Ford Fiesta, driven by a 39-year-old man of Zebbug. The boy was riding as a passenger in the car.The biker, a ...

42 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Monday, and the number of active cases has dropped to 857.No more deaths have been reported.Since the start of the pandemic, 113,288 Covid cases were registered in Malta, 111, 240 of which recovered. 795 peopl...

Qala mayor Paul Buttigieg said Gozitan business tycoon Joseph Portelli was so sure that he would have been granted permission to build swimming pools in protected land in the locality that works started well before.In an interview with The Malta Inde...

Labour Party CEO and MP Randolph Debattista said that if parliamentary speeches become shorter, the work carried out by the government would increase and the speeches would become more engaging for all MPs as well as for those following proceedings.&...

 Dean Donovan Frendo, 23, has been remanded in custody over a hit-and-run incident which killed Antonie Degabriele in Zejtun.Frendo was charged with killing Degabriele, driving a vehicle without a licence and insurance policy, driving over the s...

Former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has jumped to the defence of former roads chief Frederick Azzopardi as he is set to face charges over illegal roadworks at Wied Qirda in Żebbuġ.In 2019, Infrastructure Malta ignored a stop and compliance ...

Only 26 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Sunday, the lowest since last year.The last time fewer cases were reported was when 20 cases were reported on 1 November 2021.The cases were reported from 706 swab tests.This has taken the overall figure...

The Malta Union of Teachers (MUT) and the Union of Professional Educators (UPE) both expressed a passionate desire to address the teacher shortage and improve the conditions of their members, all the while criticising each other.They both fervently s...

A biker was grievously injured when he lost control of the bike he was riding and crashed.The police said the accident took place in Qui-si-Sana, Sliema, on Sunday at 10am.The biker, a 47-year-old man from Siggiewi, was taken to hospital. 

Adrian Delia, who is the PN’s spokesperson for Transport, Mobility, Major Projects and Aviation, has expressed concern over an EU proposal to tax aviation fuel, arguing that this is not the way to tackle air pollution.The European Commissi...

A planning application which will include the construction of a new English language school in a vacant plot in St Julian’s has been filed with the Planning Authority.The application is for the “excavation of the existing site, and constr...

Erik ten Hag pleaded for time after starting his Manchester United reign with a disappointing loss. Erling Haaland didn't need much time at all to show what kind of impact he will have at Manchester City.The two biggest offseason arrivals in Manchest...

The Police Force has said that it cannot, by law, divulge details on whether former OPM official Neville Gafa is being investigated or not.The Police were asked to investigate Gafa by Magistrate Victor Axiak last May, as the court ruled against the f...

The police have defended themselves against accusations raised by the Malta Police Union that some police stations are “horror houses” and “not adequate”, admitting however that the quality of the environment in which officers...

At the end of July the Nationalist Party completed its four-month exercise to first confirm Bernard Grech as its leader and move away from a two-deputy leader system to having just one. In this particular election, we had the uncontested Alex Perici ...

Librarianship is unfortunately not seen as the important profession it is, which sometimes takes away from the importance of a library, librarian Christopher Cilia said.The National Library of Malta in Valletta, often known as the Bibliotheca, is con...

Wine expert and TV presenter Josef Bonello, as many know, supports Manchester United. But what is his favourite ice-cream topping? And favourite colour?And with whom would he like to have dinner?  What was the last book you read?Normal Peop...

A motorcyclist was grievously injured in a traffic accident in Zurrieq early on Sunday.The police said the accident involved a Kia Sportage, driven by a 46-year-old man of Zurrieq, and a Honda bike.The biker, a 52-year-old man of Naxxar, was taken to...

Russian forces began an assault Saturday on two key cities in the eastern Donetsk region and kept up rocket and shelling attacks on other Ukrainian cities, including one close to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, Ukraine's military and loca...

A trunk with its lid left open. A wooden dishware closet, its shelves caved in. Three-legged accent tables topped by decorative bowls. These latest discoveries by archaeologists are enriching knowledge about middle-class lives in Pompeii before Mount...

A fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility raged uncontrolled in the Cuban city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames injured 121 people and left 17 firefighters missing. Cuban authorities said a unidentified body had bee...

A man has been arrested in connection with the hit-and-run incident which took place in Zejtun on Friday.The police said that the Major Crimes Unit and the Zejtun district identified the car and driver which hit and killed Antoine Degabriele, 51, in ...

A worker was injured when he was hit by a mechanical shovel on a construction site in Marsaxlokk on Saturday, the police said.The accident took place in the Xrobb l-Ghagin area at 11,30am.The worker, an Albanian man aged 34 and resident in Zebbug, wa...

Rota president Daniel Vella yesterday slammed the Minister of Transport, Aaron Farrugia, for the “misleading” comments Farrugia made that Rota is only interested in roads being made for bicycles.“Our message has always been that roa...

Floriana: Chemimart Pharmacy, 14, St Anne Street; Ħamrun: National Pharmacy, 17, St Mary Street; Qormi: Drugshop Dispensary, Vjal De La Cruz; Birkirkara: Mint Care Pharmacy, 5B-71 Brared Street; San Ġwann: Brown's Medical Plaza Dispens...

The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses has postponed a press conference scheduled for Monday as a sign of good will.The presser was set to take place in front of the St Vincent de Paul residential home for elderly people on Monday.The decision was ma...

VisitMalta will once again be the official destination partner of Manchester United as the Malta Tourism Authority and the club announce they are renewing their partnership agreement with the club promoting Malta as a tourist destination to its 1.1 b...

Another 50 Covid-19 new cases were reported Saturday – the same number as Friday.This has taken the overall figure to 113,220, with the number of deaths remaining at 795.Health authorities said that the number of people who have recovered has r...

A motorcyclist was injured on Friday evening in a traffic accident in Naxxar, the police said.The accident took place in 21 September Avenue at 9pm.It involved a VW Golf driven by a 39-year-old man of San Gwann, and a Honda bike.The biker, a 24-year-...

Three more ships carrying thousands of tons of corn left Ukrainian ports Friday and traveled mined waters toward inspection of their delayed cargo, a sign that an international deal to export grain held up since Russia invaded Ukraine was s...

The news cycle is constantly moving. What was making headlines six months ago is vastly different to what is making headlines today.Back in February, the recovery from the Covid19 pandemic dominated the headlines, until Russia suddenly opened fire on...

Israel unleashed a wave of airstrikes Friday on Gaza, killing at least 10 people, including a senior militant, according to Palestinian officials. Israel said it targeted the Islamic Jihad militant group in response to an “imminent threat&rdquo...

While Liverpool made a stuttering start to the English Premier League, Tottenham showed it might be ready to take another step forward under Antonio Conte.Liverpool had to come from behind twice to salvage a 2-2 draw at promoted Fulham on S...

SIRENS MECCA MARINE.... 14EXILES............................... 11(3-3), (2-3), (4-3), (5-2) For the third time this summer, Sirens Mecca Marine ended on the winning side against Exiles, this time claiming the Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports ...

Hiroshima on Saturday remembered the atomic bombing 77 years ago as officials, including the head of the United Nations, warned against nuclear weapons buildup and fears grow of another such attack amid Russia's war on Ukraine.“Nuclear weapons ...

The Anti Poverty Forum Malta believes that when implementing the EU Adequate Minimum Wage directive, Malta should focus on the term ‘adequate’ as we cannot have a one size fits all system. What is adequate to a single person is not adequa...

The Faculty of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) at the University of Malta has published a book with the theme 'Education, Research and Collaboration' for 2022.This year's edition includes projects classified under many areas in ICT, i...

The Nationalist Party has requested a joint meeting to take place in September between two parliamentary committees in order to discuss the regulations on the work-life balance.This request was made by the Nationalist Party’s Opposition Whip Ro...

Transport Minister Aaron Farrugia’s comments this past week where he tried to ridicule NGO Rota.mt’s proposals towards more sustainable transport belies the Government’s strong lack of vision, political will and awareness of how a m...

A 51-year-old man has been found dead on the roadside in Zejtun in what is thought to be a hit and run.Police told The Malta Independent that they received a report at around 11:45am that there was a body in a field on Triq Anton Buttigieg in Zejtun,...

Public corporations established by government or by other public corporations have registered a deficit of €22.7 million in 2020, a decrease of €118.9 million when compared to 2019, a National Statistics Office statistic showed.The total re...

Magistrate Donatella Frendo Dimech presided over the rehearing of European Arrest Warrant proceedings against John Spiteri, a 56-year-old builder from Qrendi, who is wanted by the Italian authorities to face charges of conspiracy to commit a crime an...

Nine organisations in support of parental rights, workers’ rights and equality between men and women have sent a letter to the Hon. Dr Andy Ellul, Parliamentary Secretary for Social Dialogue, who was responsible for the transposition of the Eur...

The CEO of the Malta Financial Services Authority Joseph Gavin will be stepping down from his post later this year, the authority said in a statement on Friday.In a one-line statement, the MFSA said that Gavin had been absent recently for medical rea...

Arsenal's newcomers made an immediate impact as they opened the English Premier League by beating host Crystal Palace 2-0 on Friday.Left back Oleksandr Zinchenko set up the opening goal in the first half while striker Gabriel Jesus created a number o...

The issue should have been tackled in a better way, the Nationalist Party said on Thursday with regard to an internal investigation into the Naxxar mayor’s vote on development at the Naxxar fair grounds.In December, the PN had asked Naxxar mayo...

An open space serving for children’s recreation in Birgu was inaugurated on Friday.The open space, known as the Birgu Playing Field, was inaugurated by the Minister of Public Works and Planning Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi and Birgu mayor John Boxal...

Patients and their relatives should not bear the burden of suffering from industrial actions and disputes, NGO Malta Health Network said on Friday.Despite disagreements which arise occasionally in the health sector between government and unions, the ...

Hili Properties plc, the strategic real estate investment subsidiary of Hili Ventures, said Friday it has acquired a 75% shareholding in Baneasa Real Estate SRL, the owner of the imposing Miro office building in the Baneasa area of Bucharest from maj...

The Commissioner for Standards in Public Life has issued his annual report for 2021.The report outlines the role of the Commissioner as set out by the Standards in Public Life Act and the procedures he follows when considering complaints against memb...

50 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Friday by health authorities.The number of active Covid-19 cases in the country has dropped to 1,079 after 172 new recoveries were registered.The total number of cases now stands at 113,170, while total recove...

During the second quarter of 2022, road traffic accidents and casualties increased when compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Road traffic fatalities amounted to six, the NSO said. The number of reported traffic accidents during the seco...

The Malta Financial Services Authority launched its Corporate Governance Code for MFSA authorised entities on Friday.The regulatory authority for financial services in Malta said that the Code provides a list of guiding principles, complemented with ...

FK RFS Hibernians 1-1FK RFS: P. Steinbors, A. Jatta, V. Jgodinskis, Z. Lipuscek, D. Rakels (56’ C. Kouadio), S. Panic, T. Saric, P. Mares, A. Zjuzins (34’ V. Fjodorovs) (77’ E. Stuglis), E. Deocleciano, A. IlićHIBERNIANS: I. Ko...

Hamrun S. Levski Sofia 0-1Ħamrun S: H. Bonello, S. Borg, M. Guillaumier, E. Mashike (I. Nedelkjovic 68’), J. Soares (B. Domingos 82’), R. Prsa (L. Montebello 82’), O. Bjelicic, J. Corbalan (K. Micallef 88’), Jonny (M. Sow...

Since 2013, more than 5,000 students have benefitted from SEC revision classes, the government has said.For the ninth consecutive year SEC revision classes are taking place. This is a free initiative by JobsPlus under the Youth Guarantee Project, fin...

During an educational activity held at Ramla Bay in Gozo, 60 Gozitan students visited the turtle nest at Ramla Bay, in an opportunity to further learn about marine life.Organised by the Ministry for Environment, Energy and Enterprise, as part of the ...

A judge on Thursday ruled that Kevin Spacey and his production companies must pay the makers of “House of Cards” nearly $31 million because of losses brought on by his 2017 firing for the sexual harassment of crew members.The ru...

Karl Muscat, the prosecutor from the Attorney General's office who was found dead in his residence in Swieqi on Wednesday, died from cardio respiratory failure, the police said in a statement on Thursday.On Wednesday, the police received a call reque...

Everybody has their difficulties, and like every family, we deal with them privately, PN leader Bernard Grech said during an interview on Thursday. Speaking to Dione Borg on NET FM, Grech – when asked about the most recent internal strife ...

The last General Election confirmed a new trend in the voting pattern.  The number of persons so disgruntled by the pernicious state of local politics has increased significantly; this time round some thousands scoffed at the idea of voting at a...

PL MEP Alfred Sant hit the nail on its head with a recent comment he made about Malta’s road infrastructure.He said that too many road works are taking place at the same time. In a post on Facebook, the Labour MEP said that this is causing endl...

The Archdiocese of Malta registered a surplus of €3.4 million in 2021 and its donations to families and people in need increased by 17% in the same year.The annual financial results of the Archdiocese of Malta were announced in a press conferenc...

Jordan Azzopardi claimed to have reversed out of a police roadblock last month because he hadn't noticed that the unmarked vehicles belonged to the police and was fearful of people who had threatened him in the past.Police Inspector Alfredo...

The Planning Authority has approved a proposal to redevelop the Ramla Bay resort in Mellieħa.The application filed by Holden Development Company Limited, proposes to demolish most of the existing hotel, to excavate the site, and construct a new ...

The Minister for Transport, Aaron Farrugia, said the government's primary aim is for roads to be safe and more efficient for cars. Then if there is space for a bicycle lane, it will be included.The Malta Independent asked him about the cycling NGO Ro...

895,096 tourists visited the country in the first six months of 2022, the National Statistics Office has said.The total nights spent reached almost 6 million nights. Total tourist expenditure was estimated at €695.9 million.The NSO said that tot...

The authorities have once again declined to give information about the cost of the Malta Film Awards event.In a reply to a Freedom of Information request submitted by The Malta Independent, the Malta Film Commission said that it is “not in a po...

Nobody was injured after a car caught fire in St. Julian’s on Thursday afternoon.Police told The Malta Independent that they received a report of a car catching fire as it was being driven in Triq Santu Wistin in St. Julian’s at around 1:...

A proposal to redevelop the Ramla Bay resort in Mellieħa will be debated by the Planning Authority Board today.The application filed by Holden Development Company Limited, seeks permission to demolish the existing hotel, excavate the site, and c...

64 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Thursday by health authorities.The number of active Covid-19 cases in the country has dropped to 1,201 after 203 new recoveries were registered.The total number of cases now stands at 113,120, while total reco...

A prosecutor from the Attorney General's office was found dead in his residence in Swieqi.The police had been advised that assistance was needed in a residence located on Triq is-Sirk at 12.45pm, after a man was found dead by his relatives, police sp...

Two bikers were injured in separate accidents in Floriana and the Coast Road, limits of Naxxar, in the past hours, the police said.In the first accident, a collision involving a Toyota IQ and a Honda bike took place on National Road, Floriana, at 5pm...

Statements made by former PN Deputy Leader Robert Arrigo on social media are not true, Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said in a statement.In December, the Nationalist Party asked Naxxar mayor Anne Marie Muscat Fenech Adami to resign from h...

The first Ukraine war documentary produced by The Malta Independent journalists Neil Camilleri and Giuseppe Attard is now available to watch on The Malta Independent website.Camilleri and Attard produced a 34-minute documentary on their fir...

The directives issued by the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses (MUMN) after the conclusions of an inquiry into the disappearance of a patient from St Vincent de Paul, "will affect the patients, elderly residents who will undeservedly bear ...

President George Vella said Wednesday that there was no reason for him to resign for failing to sign the IVF bill into law.Vella has been harshly criticised for not signing the IVF bill into law “without delay”, as stipulated in the Const...

A new garden roofed over a parking area will give a new lease of life to the community living in Misraħ Is-Sebgħa ta' Ġunju 1919 in Ħamrun, the environment ministry said.Through an investment of around €1.5million, "a space p...

Former PN deputy leader has lashed out as PN leader Bernard Grech, saying that he (Grech) lied about his own party and to himself on national TV.In a post on Facebook, Arrigo said that an internal report on the Naxxar mayor was concluded months ago, ...