The Nationalist Party has joined editors, journalists, and civil society organizations, including the management of the Institute of Maltese Journalists (IGM), in a call for an effective public consultation to take place before Parliament begins to d...

Rescuers searched for survivors among the ruins of Florida's flooded homes from Hurricane Ian while authorities in South Carolina waited for daylight to assess damage from the storm's second strike as the remnants of one of the strongest an...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties Friday to illegally annex more occupied Ukrainian territory in a sharp escalation of his war. Ukraine's president countered with a surprise application to join the NATO military alliance.Putin’s ...

PN spokesperson and EU official Peter Agius has today announced his bid to run for an MEP seat at the forthcoming European elections to be held in May 2024.Agius, a senior EU official, formerly Head of the European Parliament Office in Malta, was PN ...

The Parliamentary Ombudsman, Anthony C. Mifsud, presented the Ombudsplan 2023 to the Speaker of the House of Representatives on Thursday, and the document includes a proposal worthy of discussion.The Ombudsplan highlights the urgent need for an anti-...

A proposed public service contract for the Gozo Fast Ferry service will have a value of €12 million over two years and will allow patients who are receiving treatment at Mater Dei Hospital or the Gozo General Hospital to use the service free of ...

Maria Falcone will be in Malta at the invitation of NGO Repubblika for the commemorative activities of the fifth anniversary of the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.Falcone, a professor of law, is the sister of Giovanni Falcone, a j...

Former Prime Minister Alfred Sant has abstained on a European Parliament report on a ‘Renewed partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood – A new agenda for the Mediterranean’. He stressed that the political top down approach toward...

€123,000 was invested in the Day Centre for persons with disabilities in Fleur-de-Lys to continue improving the facilities offered to more than 60 people with disabilities registered. Works in the centre included a multi-sensory room, improvemen...

Only a limited number of election candidates provided a list of campaign donors as they are required to do by law, a report issued by the Standards Commissioner shows.The report, the last to be compiled by commissioner George Hyzler and published on ...

Malta has successfully negotiated another derogation from a European Commission proposal that imposes on member states mandatory reductions in electricity consumption, the government said in a statement. This derogation was sealed by Minister for the...

The draft legislation purported by government to strengthen media freedom fails to bring about the required change and to establish an enabling environment for free (or independent) journalism, the Media Reform Initiative has said.The group is compos...

NGO Repubblika has presented authenticated copies of International and European arrest warrants against Pilatus Bank officials in court.The copies of these documents were presented in court by the president of Repubblika, Robert Aquilina, on Friday m...

The Ministry for Gozo has submitted a planning application for a rural airfield in Gozo to the Planning Authority.The application was submitted following a public consultation process on the proposed airfield, led by the Gozo Regional Development Aut...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties Friday to annex parts of Ukraine in defiance of international law, saying Moscow would protect the newly incorporated regions by “all available means.”He also urged Ukraine to sit down for ...

Over the past weeks, the Malta Police Force arrested over 208 people living in Malta illegally, the government said in a statement.Out of these 208, 184 people have been deported from Malta, with the government saying that flights were coordinated to...

Alleged drug kingpin Jordan Azzopardi has been released on bail in connection with an incident that happened in July when he tried to evade a police road block.Azzopardi had already been on bail at the time over a separate case from 2019 when police ...

The Nationalist Party said today that the quality of life in Malta is fast deteriorating and it should not happen that workers need multiple jobs to keep up with the cost of living.This is depriving them of quality time with their family, the PN said...

A police inspector facing who is facing disciplinary proceedings following an investigation by the Police Complaints Board into how gaming consultant Iosif Galea was allowed to travel despite a European Arrest Warrant issued against him has filed cou...

There is going to be a €1 million increase in terms of investment in student stipends and grants for the 2022-23 academic year.With the additional €1 million investment, the overall investment into student stipends and grants will reach &eu...

A 17-year-old who was reported missing earlier this week has been found safe and sound, police said in a statement.Kurt Muscat was reported missing by police on Tuesday having been last seen in Siggiewi.Police said on Friday though that he had now be...

By the end of August 2022, the government's consolidated fund reported a deficit of €359 million, the National Statistics Office (NSO) said.In the first eight months of 2022, government's recurrent revenue amounted to €3,623.9 million, 12% ...

nflation in the European countries using the euro currency has broken into double digits as prices for electricity and natural gas soar, signaling a looming winter recession for one of the globe's major economies as higher prices undermine consu...

Photos published on the social media show the terrible state of the San Ġorġ Qormi Primary School, where a classroom’s wall is shown to be deteriorating. Concerns have been brought to the PN shadow Minister for Finance Jerome Caruana ...

Speaker of the House Anglu Farrugia has said that the decisions he has taken on the proceedings in the Committee for Standards in Public Life, in his capacity as Chair of the Committee, "were always accompanied by a detailed motivation and in line wi...

40 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Friday.No more deaths were recorded.Currently, there are 275 active cases in the country.Since the start of the pandemic, Malta has had a total of 114,692 Covid cases, of which 113,215 have recovered. A total ...

The European Commission has decided to refer Malta to the Court of Justice of the European Union for its investor citizenship scheme, also referred to as the ‘golden passports', the commission said in a statement Thursday. The Co...

Mosta priest Fr David Muscat was on Thursday cleared of hate speech charges, with the court not finding any malicious intent in his writings on the social media.Muscat was accused of incitement to hatred or violence over comments made in two Facebook...

At the end of the day today, Malta will not have a Standards Commissioner in place.Incumbent George Hyzler will be finishing his term today to take up a post as Malta’s representative on the European Court of Auditors.Hyzler was appointed for a...

Malta definitely cannot take five million tourists, and the government will not be going in the direction of aiming to attract that number of tourists to the country, Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo told The Malta Independent on Thursday.Bartolo was...

The Parliamentary Ombudsman, Anthony C. Mifsud, presented the Ombudsplan 2023 to the Speaker of the House of Representatives on Thursday.The Ombudsplan 2023 highlights the urgent need for an anti-deadlock mechanism to unblock situations where the req...

A baby was among four persons who were injured in a traffic accident in St Paul's Bay on Thursday afternoon.The accident happened in Triq Għajn Tuffieħa at 1.30pm, the police said.It involved a Toyota Vitz that was being driven by a 71-year...

33,472 students are attending primary and secondary State schools in the scholastic year that has just started.There are 27,484 students in primary and secondary; next week government schools will see an additional 5,988 kindergarten students.In a st...

Anthony Brincat has admitted and was found guilty of hate speech against the co-founder of NGO Repubblika, Robert Aquilina, during a court sitting on Thursday morning.Brincat received a conditional discharge and was fined €100.The court was pres...

Nationalist Party Justice Shadow Minister Karol Aquilina said that the government’s efforts on the media reform 5 years after Daphne’s murder are too little too late.On Wednesday, Justice Minister Jonathan Attard presented the new bill fo...

Malta's first National Policy for Yachting is expected in the coming months, the government has hinted.Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects Aaron Farrugia led a delegation which participated in the Monaco Yacht Show, the world'...

24 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Thursday and no more deaths were recorded.Malta currently has 255 active Covid-19 cases.Since the start of the pandemic, Malta has had 114,652 cases of the virus, of which 113,195 have recovered. A total of 80...

A man was seriously injured in a crash between a car and a truck in Zebbug on Wednesday evening, the police said.The man, aged 22 of Zebbug, was driving a Renault Megan Classic which was involved in a collision with a Toyota Dyna driven by a 25-year-...

Students attending post-secondary courses can apply for their stipends as from Friday, the Education Ministry said on its Facebook page. Eligible students are to access the online application through this link: https://studentgrants.gov.mt/login.New ...

The Vatican said Thursday that it imposed disciplinary sanctions on Nobel Peace Prize-winning Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo in the past two years, following allegations that he sexually abused boys in East Timor during the 1990s.The Vatican admission ca...

A man was grievously injured on Wednesday afternoon after falling one storey in a quarry, the police said.The accident took place in Triq Lapsi, Siggiewi, at 2.30pm.The man, aged 57 of Siggiewi, was taken to hospital with grievous injuries. 

Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo has announced the launch of the Malta Tourism Observatory.During a press conference, CEO of the Malta Tourism Authority MTA Carlo Micallef stated that "the Observatory shall be the medium through which the delivery an...

Over the past few weeks we have seen something of a clampdown on people living illegally in Malta.The police have carried out a number of raids in varying localities which resulted in tens of arrests which will no doubt result in deportations for the...

Hurricane Ian left a path of destruction in southwest Florida, trapping people in flooded homes, damaging the roof of a hospital intensive care unit and knocking out power to 2 million people before aiming for the Atlantic Coast.One of...

Russia confirmed on Thursday it will formally annex parts of Ukraine where occupied areas held Kremlin-orchestrated “referendums” on living under Moscow’s rule that the Ukrainian government and the West denounced as illegal and rigg...

Coolio, the rapper who was among hip-hop's biggest names of the 1990s with hits including “Gangsta's Paradise” and “Fantastic Voyage,” died Wednesday at age 59, his manager said.Coolio died at the Los Angeles home of a friend,...

Malta has become a member of an independent international organisation that works to promote different ways that countries can safeguard against threats from other countries or third parties against a democratic country or institution, the government...

The principle of freedom of speech and of independent journalism will be enshrined in Malta’s constitution as part of the government’s proposed reforms to the media sector, Justice Minister Jonathan Attard announced on Wednesday.The annou...

A number of NGOs are hosting multiple events to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia.The NGOs are Repubblika, Occupy Justice and manueldelia.com.“We reiterate our commitment to insist that the whole truth be...

The Malta Football Association has confirmed the suspension of national coach Devis Mangia while ordering an internal investigation into his behaviour.Mangia was suspended Tuesday, hours before Malta played Israel, after what the MFA has said allegat...

Energy Minister Miriam Dalli has said nothing new in announcing that the ARMS mechanism will be changed in the coming days, as she is just repeating what she has been saying throughout the year, PN MP Mark Antony Sammut said during a press conference...

An open letter addressed to Attorney General Victoria Buttigieg has called for charges against the El Hiblu 3 to be dropped. The “El Hiblu 3”, the name given to Amara, Kader and Abdalla who arrived in Malta over three years ago and were a...

In the coming days, the government will announce a revision of the ARMS bills mechanism in order to address a legal anomaly, Energy Minister Miriam Dalli said on Wednesday.This was announced after the launch of the Startup Festival by Malta Enterpris...

Two people were left hospitalised with grievous injuries in separate accidents on Wednesday afternoon, the police said.In one accident – a traffic accident – a 76-year-old motorcyclist from Cospicua was injured after he was riding his Pia...

Government will continue to push the electrification of vehicles on the island towards the goal of zero-emission vehicles in Malta, despite GoTo rental car service’s decision to quit its services on the island, Environment Minister Miriam Dalli...

A second footballer has come forward alleging sexual misconduct by national team head coach Devis Mangia (who is currently suspended), according to a report by the Times of Malta.The newspaper said that a report was filed with the Malta Football Asso...

Ponte Ferries has said that it will pause its operations for the winter months, starting from the end of September.Ponte has been operating a route between Valletta and Augusta in Sicily for most of the summer, with more than 32,000 passengers and ov...

The premium private jet operator Flexjet has made a new fleet addition, registering its first Gulfstream G650 in Europe in Malta, reflecting the company’s continuing operational growth in our country.  This wa...

The Board of Directors of the Farsons Group has announced its interim unaudited results for the six months ended 31st July 2022. The Group's performance during the first half of the current financial year reflects the continued economic recovery from...

A 21-year-old man who was a passenger in a vehicle involved in an accident on 24 September, when an underaged driver crashed into a wall in Swieqi, has died.The accident had taken place at 1.30am on Triq il-Madliena. The driver, a 17-year-old girl re...

A 32-year-old male from Qormi has been taken to hospital after being hit while on his motorbike by a car in Sliema.Police later identified the man as a LESA official and said that he has suffered grievous injuries.Police confirmed that the car, a Hyu...

Denmark believes “deliberate actions” caused big leaks in two natural gas pipelines running under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany, and seismologists said powerful explosions preceded the leaks.European leaders and experts pointed to...

Malta is open for business, Energy Minister Miriam Dalli said on Wednesday, during the launch of the second post Covid-19 edition of the Start-up Festival organised by Malta Enterprise.The festival is spread over two days, between 13 and 14 October.T...

23 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Wednesday, and two people died while positive with the virus.Currently the country has 246 active Covid-19 cases.Since the start of the pandemic, Malta has had 114,628  Covid-19 cases, of which 113,180 re...

The Justice Ministry will be presenting the report drawn up by a committee of media experts and the set of media reforms which the State has drafted as a result of the feedback this afternoon.The bills will be presented in a press conference which st...

Four people have been hospitalised, with one in danger of dying, after they were hit by a car while waiting on a bus stop on Wednesday morning. The driver of a vehicle was also injuredThe police said that the accident happened at around 8:45am in Tri...

The Kremlin paved the way Tuesday to annex more of Ukraine and escalate the war by claiming that residents of a large swath overwhelmingly supported joining with Russia in stage-managed referendums the U.S. and its Western allies have dismissed as il...

The start of the new academic year always brings changes and challenges.In the past days one would have certainly noticed more cars, minivans and coaches on the road, as the transportation of students to and from school, in the morning and afternoon,...

Prime Minister Robert Abela said that the Malta Stock Exchange must facilitate the transformation of the Maltese economy to a climate-neutral one.The Prime Minister delivered the opening address at the General Assembly of the World Federation of Exch...

A 7-year-old boy was grievously injured in a traffic accident on Triq Bir Rikka, Marsaxlokk on Tuesday.The accident occurred at 5.45pm. Preliminary investigations, the police said, found that the boy was hit by a Daelim motorbike ridden by a 39-year-...

A man was seriously injured after falling from a height of 1.5 storeys.The accident occurred in a construction site on Triq Mons. A. Buhagiar, Rabat at 10am on Wednesday.The 35-year-old man from Mosta was taken to Mater Dei Hospital and was certified...

Outgoing Standards Commissioner George Hyzler gave his final press conference Tuesday outlining new recommendations for Members of Parliament and public life while warning on the repercussions of delayed decision in naming his successor.Hyzler, who w...

A driving examiner has described how a Transport Malta director would tell him to help certain candidates to pass their driving tests, because they were “the minister’s.” The compilation of evidence against Transport Malta dire...

BirdLife Malta said today it is satisfied that the hunter who was witnessed shooting down and killing four Greater Flamingos in October 2021 from Qawra Point has been found guilty. He has been sentenced with a one-year jail term along with the confis...

PN Spokesperson for Tourism Robert Arrigo said that €500 million is wasted in one government term on non-standard public sector wages.He said that a lot of public sector workers receive a wage way above what is standard because of political link...

A 17-year-old young man named Kurt Muscat has been reported missing, and was last seen in Siggiewi, the police said.Anyone with any information about him is asked to pass it on to the police, even confidentially, by calling the police HQ on 21 224001...

In the case ZP Services Limited (the "Plaintiff") vs. Gennaro Lanza (the "Defendant") (collectively "the Parties") Honourable Judge Christian Falzon Scerri delved into and examined certain clauses which were included in the employment contract (the "...

A cycle of fresco paintings that date back to the rule of Grand Master Alof de Wignacourt (1601 – 1622) have been discovered during the restoration works currently ongoing at the Grand Master’s Palace in Valletta, Heritage Malta said in a...

Luis Enrique was ready for the criticism to start pouring out back home. He knew another setback so close to the World Cup would raise questions about his team and his work.Then a late goal changed it all, and it was all joy and praise for La Roja he...

Two late goals gave Malta a more than deserved victory over Israel, who have gained promotion to Group A in the next UEFA Nations League. It was a very good overall performance by the boys in red, yesterday led by Davide Mazzotta after the suspension...

The Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) approved an application for an IPPC permit for a new by-product treatment facility to reduce and reuse waste generated by the aquaculture industry. This facility, the first of its kind in Malta, will redu...

The Malta FA said Tuesday that Devis Mangia has been relieved temporarily of his duties as Head Coach of the National Teams following a report it received about alleged breach of its policies.Mangia has given his full availability for the facts of th...

Criminal proceedings against former Infrastructure Malta CEO Fredrick Azzopardi are to be assigned to a new magistrate, after his request for the recusal of magistrate Elaine Mercieca was upheld this morning.Azzopardi had requested the magistrate&rsq...

Just in time to celebrate his 86th birthday, former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi is making his return to Italy's parliament, winning a seat in the Senate nearly a decade after being banned from holding public office over a tax fraud conviction.B...

A discussion on the decriminalisation of abortion was the main theme during an informal dialogue at the National Youth Parliament led by the Speaker of the House of Representatives Anglu Farrugia.This meeting which was held in collaboration with the ...

22 new Covid-19 cases were registered in Malta on Tuesday, and no more deaths were reported.There are currently 237 active cases.Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 114,605 Covid cases in the country, of which 113,168 have recovered. 804...

Voluntary organisations have the opportunity to apply for a scheme issued by the Sustainable Development Directorate and the Malta Council for the Voluntary Sector. This scheme includes an investment of €50,000 in order to assist organisati...

A woman who handed money to a Transport Malta offical told police that she got in touch with him was to "speed up the process" of getting her nephew a driver's license. Maria Assunta Camilleri appeared before the court on Monday and was charged ...

 The final day of voting was taking place in Russian-held regions of Ukraine on Tuesday in preordained referendums that are expected to serve as a pretext for their annexation by Moscow.The ballots are heightening tension between the K...

The CEO of the Occupational Health and Safety Authority, Mark Gauci, made a strong point during an interview with The Malta Independent on Sunday, arguing that fines for infringements related to health and safety matters should be increased to serve ...

There is no shortage of teachers in the state’s schools, Education Minister Clifton Grima said today.Answering questions by the media about the concern of teacher shortages around the island, Grima said that workers at the Education Ministry wh...

A motorcyclist was hospitalised after a traffic accident in Mdina Road in Birkirkara on Monday afternoon.The police said that a Kymco Agility motorcycle being ridden by a 24-year-old man from Gzira was involved in a traffic crash with a Mazda Demio b...

PN MP Jerome Caruana Cilia has proposed the appointment of a specialised person to assist Gozitan students in the shift in their life they would have to face as they start living alone to attend tertiary education.Following meetings with the Gozo Uni...

Another 25 people have been arrested for living in Malta illegally, police said on Monday.In a statement, the police said that it had carried out inspections in Paola and Fgura early on Monday morning which resulted in the arrests.Those who were arre...

A convicted thief and a former policeman have been jailed over the violent mugging of an elderly woman in Sliema, beating her with a 19cm metal tow hook and breaking her arm in three places.Miriam Elabed, a 30-year-old woman from Xghajra and former p...

Wizz Air Malta has been granted an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and an Operating Licence (OL) by the Malta Civil Aviation Directorate (CAD).The new airline will commence operations Tuesday...

A young man shot a Russian military officer at close range at an enlistment office Monday, in an unusually bold attack reflecting resistance to the Russian leadership's efforts to mobilize hundreds of thousands of men to wage war on Ukraine. The...

Part one of the healing process is complete for Italy.Looking to regain respect after failing to qualify for a second straight World Cup, the Azzurri advanced to next year’s finals tournament in the Nations League by winning at Hungary 2-0 than...

A man admitted in court to sending threatening letters to Opposition MPs and will be sentenced in October, 10 months after charges were brought against him.Joseph Mary Borg, 71, of Valletta, had been charged last November, accused of sending threaten...

16 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Monday.There are currently 229 active Covid cases in the country. No more deaths have been reported.Since the start of the pandemic, Malta has had 114,583 Covid-19 cases, of which 113,154 recovered. 804 people...