The turnout for today’s national protest against government over the “theft of Malta’s quality of life” is of secondary importance, PN Secretary General Michael Piccinino said.“We can discuss calculations and whether the...

The legal age of marriage should be raised to 18 years to specifically prevent children from being promised for arranged marriages by their parents, the Office of the Commissioner for Children said.Cultural and legal experts last Sunday told The Malt...

All eyes in Europe were on Italy last week as the country went to the polls to elect what is its 71st government since the end of the Second World War.The result of the polls over the weekend led many to say that Italy had somewhat come full circle s...

The deputy president of the Malta Chamber of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Philip Fenech said that “there will be blood” if the tourism market does not regulate itself.He was reacting to the study by the Malta Hotels and Restaurants...

A wide spectrum of viewers can benefit from subtitles on television programmes, said Translation, Terminology and Interpreting Studies lecturer Giselle Spiteri Miggiani. In this respect, the Department is offering consultancy as to which types of pro...

38 more people have been found living in Malta illegally by police and are set to be deported.The Police force said in a statement on Sunday that inspections were carried out in St. Paul’s Bay and Bugibba where 38 people were found to be living...

Nationalist Party (PN) spokesperson for social housing and poverty, Ivan Bartolo, is seeking a change in the law for organ donations which would make everyone an organ donor unless they “opt-out” of the system.An “opt-out” sys...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has played a role in bringing “me and my husband” together, and keeping us as a couple, Jessica Portelli said.Portelli, in her 30s, was diagnosed with the condition only last year.To commemo...

Anyone who knows musician Vinny Vella knows that he is a Valletta FC and Liverpool supporter. But what else does he like to do? What is his favourite pizza topping and which mjusic event would he have liked to attend? What was the last book you ...

The death toll from panic at an Indonesian soccer match climbed to 174, most of whom trampled to death after police fired tear gas to dispel riots Saturday, making it one of the deadliest sports events in the world.Riots broke out after the game...

Dozens of Florida residents left their flooded and splintered homes by boat and by air on Saturday as rescuers continued to search for survivors in the wake of Hurricane Ian, while authorities in South Carolina and North Carolina began taking st...

The Nationalist Party said Saturday that it has information which indicates that there are plans for Gozo Channel company to be privatised.The claim was later denied by the government.In a news conference held by the PN spokesperson for Gozo Alex Bor...

After being encircled by Ukrainian forces, Russia pulled troops out Saturday from an eastern Ukrainian city that it had been using as a front-line hub. It was the latest victory for the Ukrainian counteroffensive that has humiliated and angered ...

A student with a terminal illness has completed his studies and graduated in a special ceremony held a few days ago, the University of Malta website reported.A special graduation ceremony was held a few days ago at the private residence of the gradua...

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni, who is poised to become Italy’s next premier, vowed Saturday to put national interests first in tackling soaring energy costs as she made her first public outing since her Brothers of Italy party ...

VALLETTA: Collis Williams Pharmacy, 15, Republic Street; ĦAMRUN: Fra Diego Dispensary, 94, Villambrosa Street; ŻEBBUĠ: Brown's Pharmacy, 47, Vjal il-Ħelsien; BIRKIRKARA: The Local Dispensary, Kan. K. Pirotta Street; SAN ĠWANN...

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...

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 ...

Former PN MP David Thake breached both the Standards in Public Life Act and the Code of Ethics of Members of Parliament when his companies failed to settled unpaid VAT and when he did not declare his shareholding in a company in the declaration of as...

Hamrun Spartans continued with their brilliant start to the season with yet another very good performance, brushing aside another aspirant for the title race.No doubt that the Spartans are the team to beat this season and yesterday they confirmed all...

It's looking increasingly like Arsenal is the real deal in the English Premier League.It's also looking like Liverpool hasn't got what it takes to mount another title challenge.Arsenal made it seven wins from eight games to open the season by be...

André-Frank Zambo Anguissa earned notice for his physical presence in the Napoli midfield across 30 matches during his first season on loan from Fulham — without a goal.Ten matches into his second season with the southern club — wh...

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 ...

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-...

Max Verstappen looked on course for pole position at the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday when his Red Bull team aborted his lap with just seconds left in qualifying because of a fuel issue and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc took pole instead.“Why? ...

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...

The Labour Party on Saturday announced a new call for the LEAD programme which aims to further increase the participation of women in politics.This will be the seventh group of the LEAD programme. In the first six calls, LEAD attracted many people to...

Eighteen new Covid-19 cases have been recorded on Saturday, the health authorities said.This has taken the total number of cases registered in Malta to 114,710.Of these, 113,229 have recovered, while the number of deaths remained at 806.The number of...

The sale of citizenship and passports by the Maltese government runs counter to the principle of loyalty, ADPD leader Carmel Cacopardo said. A Maltese passport grants the holder freedom of movement, rights to residence and employment across the Europ...

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...

Most mammals, including humans, have two sex chromosomes, X and Y. One sex chromosome is usually inherited from each parent, and they pair up as either XX or XY in every cell of the body. People with XX chromosomes typically identify as female, and p...

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...