Mikhail Gorbachev, who set out to revitalize the Soviet Union but ended up unleashing forces that led to the collapse of communism, the breakup of the state and the end of the Cold War, died Tuesday. The last Soviet leader was 91.Gorbachev died after...

The passing of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union and for many the man who restored democracy to then-communist-ruled European nations, was mourned Wednesday as the loss of a rare leader who changed the world and for a time g...

Attorneys for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil complaint against two foreign individuals and a Malta-based company.Federal securities regulators on Tuesday formally accused a North Carolina-based insurance magnate, an associa...

The NGO Flimkien Ghal Ambjent Ahjar brought to public attention a plan to build offices, meeting rooms, a shop and a restaurant on public, open space between Gzira Gardens and the yacht marina quay.An application for the project was submitted by Tran...

Above all, there was shock. That's the word people use when they remember Princess Diana's death in a Paris car crash 25 years ago today.The woman the world watched grow from a shy teenage nursery school teacher into a glamorous celebrity, who comfor...

The Nationalist Party has proposed that speed trackers should be implemented on e-scooters in order to regulate their speed and that helmets for users should be mandatory for all scooter users.If the speed limit is exceeded then the user will receive...

A St Vincent De Paul employee, suspended over the disappearance of a dementia patient who was found dead two weeks later, has filed a judicial protest, accusing the authorities of ignor...

With Steward Healthcare registering a €6 million profit on concessions paid to it by the government to run three state hospitals, MUMN has expressed its shock at the news, stating that money could have been spent elsewhere.MUMN president Paul Pa...

A surge in fighting on the southern front line and a Ukrainian claim of new attacks on Russian positions fed speculation Tuesday that a long-expected counteroffensive to try to turn the tide of war has started.Officials in Kyiv, though, warned agains...

The Public Broadcasting Service has been ordered to pay a fine of €3,610 by the Broadcasting Authority for breaching the law by airing footage showing a murder victim receiving CPR.The footage in question related to the murder of Egyptian nation...

The Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) is being launched for a second time to aid and empower businesswomen once again. Following the success of the first entrepreneurship program by AWE, a second programme has been launched, which has received ev...

A boat with migrants on-board, including women and children, that had been lost in Maltese waters after escaping from Libya has been found.Originally, the boat was thought to have 17 people on-board, but the number turned out to be 18.A Tweet by M&ea...

Former Transport Minister Ian Borg has said that he was not involved in an alleged corruption racket at Transport Malta – a racket which was exposed in court on Monday.An unnamed government minister was linked to a corruption case surrounding d...

A survey conducted by the Faculty for Social Wellbeing revealed that 54.6% of people have a sense of loneliness. This was an 11% increase over a similar survey conducted in 2019.That is a significant rise in this statistic, and represents more than h...

Chelsea is getting precious little return for being the biggest-spending team in Europe this summer.And it's not escaping the attention of Thomas Tuchel, either.“It does not take a lot to beat us,” the Chelsea manager said after a 2-1 los...

his was just what José Mourinho had in mind when he lured Paulo Dybala to join Roma instead of a host of other suitors.Dybala scored twice in less than a quarter of an hour — his first goals since joining Roma after h...

Cleaning and consolidation works are being carried out in Fort Delimara to improve the fort’s appearance as well as provide better the accessibility in its main areas.In the past year, extensive works have been carried out inside the fort, some...

Developer Mark Agius, who is one of Joseph Portelli’s business associates, is requesting an additional floor for the already approved 10-storey hotel near university, to make it an 11-story hotel.The plans to construct this hotel are found on t...

A man has died after falling three storeys from his residence in Triq il-Ġojjin in Fgura on Tuesday morning.The man has been identified as a 59-year-old Maltese national.Police said in a statement that the tragedy happened at around 8:45am while...

26 new Covid cases were registered on Tuesday, as the number of active cases dropped by one.No more deaths were recorded.Malta currently has 129 active cases of the virus.Malta has had a total of 114,026 Covid cases since the start of the pandemic, o...

A government minister has been linked to a corruption case surrounding driving theory tests involving three Transport Malta officials. Transport Malta director for the Land Transport Directorate Clint Mansueto, former Żebbuġ Labour councill...

The Nationalist Party is demanding that the minister who is being linked to the Transport Malta corruption case which emerged on Monday resigns from his role.This comes after it was revealed on Monday afternoon that an unnamed minister is linked to a...

The sun was shining, the sand was glistening and the rugby was flowing as almost 100 members of Malta’s rugby community flocked to Pretty Bay in Birzebbuga earlier this month to play out what can be considered as the first competition of the 20...

MALTA 5CROATIA 19(0-2), (1-3), (2-7), (2-7) The defeat against the hosts was expected and it materialised with Croatia proving to be too strong for Malta.Malta could do little or nothing against one of the top teams in the waterpolo world and on...

A 46-year-old woman from Għaxaq was handed two year suspended sentence and fined €28,000 after she was found guilty of fraud, money laundering, and of failing to declare her income from fortune telling. Maria Magdalena Sultana had also been...

A boat with 17 migrants, including women and children, has been lost in Maltese waters after escaping from Libya, an NGO said on Monday.NGO Alarm Phone tweeted that contact with the boat was lost last night. Alarm Phone also attempted to get in conta...

Kayak for Charity duo Dorian Vassallo and Albert Gambina will set off on their 75km kayak journey around Malta Tuesday.Announced on Gambina’s Facebook page, the duo will set off from the beach in front of Alfresco restaurant in Birzebbuga early...

Fresh from their successful run in the Uefa Conference League, Ħamrun Spartans finally kicked off their domestic campaign againt reigning Champions Hibernians. And they started with a bang grabbing the first three points following a tense match....

A ship which ran aground off Qawra in 2018 has been sunk off Gozo, becoming a new diving attraction.The Hephaesteus, which ran aground in February 2018, was scuttled near Xatt l- Aħmar in Gozo, with the Tourism Ministry saying that it would pres...

Ramzi Abdulhafid Ib Abukem is still being sought after by police, the force said in a statement on Monday morning.Ib Abukem is wanted in relation to an ongoing investigation, police had said when they first released a statement on him last Thursday.L...

A survey conducted by the Faculty for Social Wellbeing revealed that 54.6% of people have a sense of loneliness, which is a significant rise from the last survey the faculty conducted in 2019, when the figure stood at 43.5%.The survey was conducted w...

A new focus on innovative ways of reaching real sustainability and effective management to safeguard marine biodiversity is urgently needed, University of Malta Conservation biologist professor Adriana Vella said.The degradation of the Maltese seas a...

In the second quarter, Malta's economic growth rose to 9%, the highest in the EU and more than twice the average, Prime Minister Robert Abela Tweeted.A statement by the National Statistics Office read that provisional estimates indicate that the Gros...

€4,600 in donations has already been collected in the fundraiser set up for the repatriation of Kristina Zivanovic's body.Zivanovic was the 23-year-old Serbian woman who was involved in a bus traffic accident in Birkirkara last Wednesday. She wa...

A former official of the Foundation for Tomorrow's Schools (FTS), Edward Caruana, who faced criminal charges of bribery and corruption, has been acquitted.Caruana, who was a former canvasser for Education Minister Evarist Bartolo, was facing charges ...

Italian authorities scrambled on Sunday to relieve overcrowding in shelters after scores of boats carrying a total of about 1,000 migrants reached Italy’s southern shores and two of its tiny islands over the weekend.Nearly 50 boats ar...

11 new Covid cases were registered on Monday, as the number of active cases continued to drop.No more deaths were recorded.Malta has had a total of 114,000 Covid cases since the start of the pandemic, of which 112,673 recovered. A total of 801 people...

In July 2022, the number of persons registering for work stood at 925, decreasing by 617 when compared to the corresponding month in 2021, the National Statistics Office said."Data provided by Jobsplus for July 2022 indicates a year-on-year decrease ...

The Highway Code is set to be updated.This news was revealed by the senior inspector of the police traffic branch, Nicholas Vella, during an interview with The Malta Independent on Sunday.The last time the Highway Code received an update was in ...

Two major trade unions said they are open to discussions on a review of the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) mechanism, but only after the 2023 Budget is presented.As a result of a high inflation, the COLA for 2023 is expected to be between €8 a...

The Highway Code is set to be updated and regulations for e-scooters are planned for the near future, the senior inspector of the police traffic branch, Nicholas Vella, told The Malta Independent on Sunday.The inspector was interviewed on aspects reg...

A proposal being made by the General Workers Union for the coming government Budget is for the drafting of legislation for gig and platform workers, for them to start being considered as employees.“Currently they are not considered to be employ...

UHM Voice of the Workers CEO Josef Vella wants the upcoming Budget to include a set of measures aimed at strengthening the middle class.In an interview with The Malta Independent on Sunday, Vella was asked about the government’s plan to introdu...

The story starts in mid-March, almost a month after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “Many of us had relatives living in Mykolaiv. We knew the city would come under attack, so we brought our loved ones back to Lotskino. We be...

Not all career paths are conventional.  But it’s generally the less conventional career paths which are the most fascinating.That statement stands the test in the case of Jacqueline Grech Licari.  A Maltese University of Malta graduat...

The minister responsible for hunting Clint Camilleri and the FKNK have come to an agreement as to how hunters can hunt turtle doves and over a "research project" involving the capturing of songbirds during autumn.In a statement, the FKNK said that th...

A recent analysis conducted by FIFA entitled Analysis of a Talent Development Ecosystem revealed that “the MFA’s youth national teams play fewer matches than the top 20, 50 and 100 countries in the FIFA world ranking”.This informati...

Two high-rise apartment towers in India were leveled to the ground in a controlled demolition on Sunday after the country's top court declared them illegal for violating building norms, officials said. They became India's tallest structures to be raz...

Balzan registered their second consecutive win when in a match in which they dominated for long stretches they beat Santa Lucia by two first half goals.Balzan went into this match following a 3-1 win over Zebbug Rangers in their first outing. Their o...

Harry Kane used to be regarded as a slow starter to Premier League seasons.Not this time.The England captain scored for the third straight game with his double earning Tottenham a 2-0 win at Nottingham Forest on Sunday and taking Kane to third in the...

Three rounds into Serie A and parity is again the theme of the Italian league.After last season's title was decided on the final day of the season, there are already no longer any clubs with perfect records in this campaign.Napoli, the last squad tha...

17 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Sunday, and the number of active cases has dropped to 145.No more deaths have been reported.Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 113,989 virus cases in the country, of which 112,647 recovered. A to...

A 27-year-old woman was grievously injured in a traffic accident at 8.15pm on Saturday.The accident was on Triq Alamein, in Pembroke and involved a Toyota Hi-Ace van driven by a 43-year-old man, and an Opel Adam driven by the woman.She was taken to M...

Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen quickly carved his way through the field from 14th to win the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday and widen his lead in the title race.Verstappen, who in the final race before F1's summer break drove from 10th ...

We have been told that when Prime Minister Robert Abela was on holiday this summer, and on other occasions, he did not pass on his duties as Malta’s head of government to the second-in-command.No notice was published in the Government Gazette t...

Deadly clashes broke out Saturday in Libya's capital between militias backed by its two rival administrations, portending a return to violence amid a long political stalemate.At least 23 people were killed and 140 more wounded, the Health Ministry sa...

Pope Francis elevated 20 more churchmen to the rank of cardinal on Saturday, formally expanding those now eligible to vote for his successor in case he dies or resigns — the latter a step he has said he’d consider if the need arises.Of th...

Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar is strongly objecting to a planned project to build offices, meeting rooms, a shop and restaurant on thepublic open space/road between Gzira Gardens and the yacht marina quay. This violates the need for open...

A biker was grievously injured on Friday evening after he lost control of the hike he was riding and crashed, the police said.The accident happened in Great Siege Road, at 10.30pm.The biker, a 30-year-old man residing in St Paul’s Bay, was take...

A deep-cover spy from Russia’s military intelligence agency, the GRU, who spent a decade posing as a Latin American jewellery designer and partied with Nato staff based in Naples, had earlier been in Malta, investigators say.A team of investiga...

Valletta: Chemimart 20/21, Republic Street; Ħamrun: Remedies Pharmacy, 211, St Joseph High Road; Qormi: Pinto Pharmacy, 43, St Sebastian Street; Birkirkara: Brown's Quad Pharmacy, The Quad Q2, Unit 3, Level 00, Mrieħel Bypass Central Busine...

There were 21 new Covid-19 cases reported on Saturday, with the number of deaths now reaching 801.The total number of cases registered is now 113,972, with 112,621 people who recovered.The number of active cases is now 154.The Health Ministry stopped...

Keywords Studios, an international technical services provider to the global video games industry employing 11,000 people, has now set firm plans to set up operations in Malta. Established in 1998, and now with over 70 facilities in 24 countries...

This week’s announcement that the University of Malta will have its budget allocation for this year reduced by more than €1 million with more reductions next year is a sheer example of this Government’s misguided priorities, ADPD sai...

Floriana and Sirens shared four goals and took a point each in an entertaining match which saw Sirens take a two goal lead and the Greens levelling matters in the space of two minutes following the dismissal of Alexander Cini.In the first match of th...

After a winless start to the season and a dispiriting loss to its archrival, Liverpool needed to make a statement against Bournemouth on Saturday.A 9-0 win, equaling the record for the biggest ever victory in the English Premier League, sends a loud ...

Roma forward Paulo Dybala returned to Juventus and helped in the equalizer though his new team lost its perfect start to Serie A on Saturday and it could have been much worse for José Mourinho’s side.Dušan Vlahović scored aft...

COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna is suing Pfizer and the German drugmaker BioNTech, accusing its main competitors of copying Moderna’s technology in order to make their own vaccine.Moderna said Friday that Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine Comi...

Fourteen of the 15 boxes recovered from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate early this year contained classified documents, many of them top secret, mixed in with miscellaneous newspapers, magazines and personal correspondence, ...

The economic belt is tightening. Rising prices across Europe have made pretty much everything more expensive. Some of these burdens (such as rising food prices) are being shouldered by the consumer, while others (such as subsidies to keep energy pric...

A Lebanese submarine has found the remains of at least 10 migrants who drowned when their boat sank earlier this year off the coast of Lebanon with about 30 people on board, the navy announced Friday.The boat, carrying dozens of Lebanese, Syrian...

Carlos Sainz Jr. will start from the pole Sunday at the Belgian Grand Prix because runaway Formula One points leader Max Verstappen was among the many drivers to be hit with grid penalties.Sainz was actually second fastest to Verstappen in Saturday q...

Prime Minister Robert Abela played down inflation woes, saying that there is the reassurance that government income is a positive and strong one. Speaking in an interview on ONE Radio, Abela spoke about facing international challenges on three main p...

The judge who will be presiding Yorgen Fenech’s trial announced that she would be delivering her judgement on his preliminary pleas in December at the end of a pre-trial hearing this morning. During today’s sitting, Yorgen Fenech’s ...

A Partizan Belgrade football fan has denied throwing a flare on the pitch during his team's football match against Ħamrun Spartans on Thursday.Inspectors Sarah Zerafa and Matthew Attard arraigned Serbian national Damir Andrijevic, 34, residing i...

After 11 years since its last visit in 2011, the Italian Navy Training Ship Amerigo Vespucci, carrying the Italian Naval Academy 1st year midshipmen, entered the port of Valletta on Friday, where it will be moored for two days.From the technical poin...

By the end of July 2022, the Government’s Consolidated Fund reported a deficit of €514.9 million, the NSO said Friday.In the first seven months of 2022, Recurrent Revenue amounted to €3,014.5 million, 14.7 per cent higher than the &eu...

There were 35 new Covid-19 cases reported on Friday, with the number of deaths now reaching 800.In all, there have been 113,951 reported Covid-19 cases in Malta, with 112,525 recoveries.The number of active cases stands at 170.The Health Ministry sto...

Gudja United and Gzira United produced a spectacular match yesterday sharing six goals between them.It was an important point especially for Gzira who played for most of the match with ten men as Riascos was shown two yellow cards in the first half.J...

Inter Milan dropped its first points of the fledgling Serie A when it lost at Lazio 3-1 on Friday.Lazio coach Maurizio Sarri’s substitutions made the difference as Pedro and Luis Alberto came off the bench to score two goals in the final 15 min...

The cost of living issue cannot be addressed if the government continues to waste funds, PN MP Ivan Bartolo said on Friday.During a press conference, Bartolo said that despite the government having been promising, for more than nine months, that it i...

The San Gwann Local Council will provide a total of 40 parking bays designated for e-scooters in the coming weeks, San Gwann mayor Trevor Fenech announced.In a Facebook post, Fenech said that the local council has identified a number of sites where t...

Manchester United will start another season in the Europa League in a group with Real Sociedad, Sheriff and Omonoia after the draw was made Friday.Man United, which won the Europa League in 2017 and was the beaten finalist two years ago, entered the ...

The body of the man found dead in Birzebbuga in July was that of Karmenu Fino, who had gone missing from St Vincent de Paule Home two weeks before, the police said Thursday.No foul play is suspected, the police said.The body in an advanced stage of d...

Jennifer Jones keeps feeding money into her energy meter, but it never seems to be enough. And when she can’t pay, she feels the impact immediately. The power in her London home has gone off suddenly three times recently, once when her par...

On Wednesday, Ukraine celebrated its Independence Day. But it was not a quiet day in the country. Russian forces on that day launched a rocket attack on a Ukrainian train station, killing 25 people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.Wednes...

Marsaxlokk parish priest Luke Seguna has been granted bail.The priest is facing charges of fraud and money-laundering, and is pleading not guilty.The compilation of evidence against Seguna continued today and witnesses testified in the case against t...

Eman Cross, the far-right activist who had been charged with terrorizing his mother and threatening to kill her partner during a domestic argument, has been cleared of the threat-related charges due to lack of evidence, after his alleged victims...

Barcelona faces another tough Champions League group after being drawn with Bayern Munich and Inter Milan on Thursday as it tries to avoid a second straight group-stage exit since losing Lionel Messi.Barcelona also faced Bayern in the group stage las...

Robert Arrigo said that he has just been discharged from Mater Dei Hospital after his fourth chemotherapy session.In a Facebook post, the former PN Deputy Leader praised the dedicated staff from the oncology department. "They are our pride.2Arrigo al...

Hamrun’s splendid euro run came to an end yesterday when they drew 3-3 with Partizan Belgrade  in the second leg at Ta’ Qali to go out 7-3 on aggregate. The 1-4 defeat in Belgrade last week left little room for an eventual recovery b...

A 21-year-old Ethiopian was arrested by police in the early hours of the morning in connection with a spate of car thefts in the Swieqi and Pembroke area.Police said that they received information of a suspicious individual going round some cars at a...

The police have called for public assistance in search of a man who is wanted in relation to an ongoing investigation.The man’s name is Ramzi Abdulhafid Ib Abukem.Anyone with information is asked to contact the police even in anonymity on 21224...

The 23-year-old woman who died after being hit by a bus in Birkirkara on Wednesday has been identified as Kristina Zivanovic.The Serbian national was hit by a bus in Triq Notabile in Birkirkara at around 12:5pm on Wednesday.She was rushed to hospital...

Malta is one of the top two best EU countries when it comes to attracting tourism throughout the whole year, Prime Minister Robert Abela said.During an event at the Valletta Cruise port, for which the media was not invited, the PM explained how Malta...

The proposed Gozo tunnel has had a “major negative impact” on Gozo’s environment even before it has started being built, Chamber of Commerce President Marisa Xuereb told The Malta Independent in an interview.Xuereb was asked for the...

Economic sentiment in Malta edged down in July when compared with a month earlier, but stood at its long-term average, which is estimated since November 2002, the Central Bank of Malta said.It was quoting from the European Commission's Confidence Sur...

There have been no Covid-19 deaths registered in the past seven days.The last time a death of someone with Covid was registered was on 19 August. A total of 799 people died while positive for Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic.24 new Covid-19 c...

Lawyers for a Qrendi man, who is wanted to face drug trafficking charges in Italy, are understood to be filing an appeal after the Court of Magistrates upheld a request for him to be transferred into the custody of the Italian judicial authorities.Jo...