Russia retaliated Monday for an attack on a critical bridge by unleashing its most widespread strikes against Ukraine in months, a lethal barrage that smashed civilian targets, knocked out power and water, shattered buildings and killed at ...

A third police officer has been arraigned in connection with two separate incidents in which migrants were allegedly first abducted and beaten and then abandoned in an uninhabited area.20-year-old Police Constable Luca Brincat from Qormi was arraigne...

Former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat took the stand this morning in an ongoing court case which he had filed against lawyer Christian Grima, as attempts at reaching an amicable settlement between the parties have so far been unsuccessful.Muscat took G...

Magistrate Nadine Lia on Monday rejected another recusal request made by the president of rule of law NGO Repubblika Robert Aquilina.This is the second case in which Robert Aquilina has requested that Lia recuses herself. This case was in his name, w...

Several Mediterranean nations, including Malta, said last week that the European Union’s border agency, Frontex, needs to work inside third countries to stop smugglers from endangering the lives of migrants by sending them off to Europe on risk...

The PN is calling on the government to publish the entire presidential pardon given to Melvin Theuma, without any censorship. The party made the call after Melvin Theuma refused to testify against five men accused of giving him a phantom government j...

Medical staff have taken to social media to express their frustration with the sudden closing down of childcare services at Mater Dei Hospital.Speaking to medical staff who have been affected by this decision, The Malta Independent was informed that ...

What is being alleged is disgusting, Home affairs minister Byron camilleri said about the alleged police abuse case.Two police constables have been charged last Sunday with abducting and grievously injuring foreign nationals. A third police officer w...

Police inspections tied to irregular migration took place on Thursday, assisted by Detention Services officials as well as officials from the Occupational Health & Safety Authority (OHSA).They conducted inspections on construction sites in St Pau...

Minister for Health Chris Fearne revealed that there are 1,627 third-country national (TCN) nurses registered in Malta with the council of nurses and midwives.1068 of these are Indians, which make up 65.64% of the total number. There are also 238 nur...

A woman stumbled and fell as she carried a child out of the car when her car stopped as rainwater flooded the Ta’ Xbiex-Gzira promenade.The woman tried to take the child onto the pavement but slipped and fell, with both of them ending in the wa...

Fiorentina got a blast of Lazio's impressive domestic form when the visitor won 4-0 and moved into third place in Serie A on Monday.Ciro Immobile scored one and set up another while Sergej Milinković-Savić also starred with two assists in a...

17 inspectors and 64 police sergeants have been appointed in a ceremony at the Police headquarters in Floriana.4 of the new inspectors also took their oath as new members to the police force. After this appointment, the inspectors will attend a two y...

The Conventual Franciscan Order in Malta announced the death of exorcist Fr Elija Vella, at the age of 81.Vella was a popular figure on televised discussion shows. Beneath the announcement, many shared their condolences. "Eternal rest dear Fr Elia. E...

Prime Minister Robert Abela and the Chamber of Commerce discussed how to strengthen the private sector for entrepreneurs and businesses to thrive, during a pre-budget meeting in Castille.Ministers Clyde Caruana, Ian Borg, Silvio Schembri and Miriam D...

Former Marsaxlokk parish priest Fr. Luke Seguna had been contacted by his bank over his payments to pornographic websites, which the bank had thought were the result of him being scammed, a court has heard.Fr.Seguna is currently the subject of crimin...

'You're in for a lot of surprises', Finance Minister Clyde Caruana said when asked to reveal under what minister and administration the Air Malta pilots collective agreement was signed.Last week it was revealed that the government is planning to offe...

Cabinet has approved a legislative framework that will regulate what is known as platform work, Prime Minister Robert Abela announced in a pre-Budget meeting with the UHM Voice of the Workers.Details about a set of new robust rules will be given by t...

327 people have died while positive for Covid-19 this year alone. Information requested from the health ministry shows that this number is higher than what was recorded in 2020 and 2021, where the figures stood at 219 and 260 respectively. ...

An education that is simply driven by concerns of profitability is an impoverished one that does not respect the human being in its totality, Kurt Borg, a philosophy of education lecturer in the Department of Educational Studies told The Malta Indepe...

21 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Monday, and no more deaths were recorded.Currently, there are 294 active Covid-19 cases.Since the start of the pandemic, there have been a total of 114,887 Covid cases in the country, of which 113,391 recovere...

A court has rejected a prohibitory injuction filed by St. Albert the Great College with the intention of stopping the Malta Union of Teachers from issuing directives to its members at the school.In a statement, the MUT said that it had been proven th...

The Institute of Maltese Journalists (IGM) is requesting the withdrawal of the bills related to the media as presented by the government and is prepared to withdraw from the Committee of Experts unless a "meaningful consultation" exercise takes place...

Russia unleashed a lethal barrage of strikes against multiple Ukrainian cities Monday, smashing civilian targets including downtown Kyiv where at least eight people were killed amid burnt-out cars and shattered buildings that brought back into focus ...

Malta’s Finance Minister has said that the government will not create any new taxes or raise any tax rates. On the other side of things, he said that the government has no intention of reducing any tax rates. The minister said this during an in...

The dates when Malta will be playing its games against Italy and England have been revealed.Malta was drawn to play against the two football giants in the preliminary round of the Euro 2024 championships.Both Italy and England have solid following in...

Finance Minister Clyde Caruana told The Malta Independent on Sunday that government has "no intention at all" to reduce any tax rates, but reiterated government’s pledge for no tax rate increases.The minister sat down for an interview with The ...

If the PN was in government today, it would also be subsidising the energy sector, the PN’s spokesman on energy, Mark Anthony Sammut, said. However, the PN MP says that the exercise would cost government much less since we would most likely hav...

Parents have written to the Education Minister to seek his help in solving what they say is a crisis at St Albert the Great College.The school was in the spotlight all through summer after its headmaster Mario Mallia was dismissed. The Malta Union of...

Two police constables were charged on Sunday with abducting and grievously injuring foreign nationals.Rica Mifsud Grech, 22-years-old from Floriana and Jurgen Falzon, 24-years-old from Santa Venera, pleaded not guilty to the charges on Sunday as they...

Amid the controversy surrounding the relaxation of entry requirements into Junior College, the University of Malta’s rector Alfred J. Vella has said that there was also a relaxation in entry requirements for the University of Malta.Speaking in ...

Malta has been grouped with England, Italy, Ukraine and North Macedonia in their EURO 2024 qualifying group.The Euro 2024 group draw took place on Sunday.At a time when UEFA is considering changes to revive interest in European Championship qualifyin...

Business 1st serves to bridge the gap between entrepreneurs and government services, the CEO of the company, Marika Tonna, said.In an interview with The Malta Independent on Sunday, Tonna explained how the company’s main goal is to be the first...

A man was seriously injured in Għajn Tuffieħa at 4.30pm yesterday.The police said that the man was injured during a sports activity around Triq in-Naħħalija, limits of Mellieha.The 30-year-old man from Gzira was injured during a r...

There are conflicting views on the Campus Hub at the University of Malta, with the University Students' Council (KSU) saying that it represents the suffocating overdeveloped nature of Malta, while the University of Malta (UM) said it provided additio...

The back-to-back shipwrecks of migrant smuggling boats off Greece has once again put the spotlight on the dangers of the Mediterranean migration route, the risks migrants and refugees are willing to take and the political infighting that has thwarted...

The Labour government didn't have a single contract that doesn't have a serious smell of corruption, Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said on Sunday.He was being interviewed on PN media. Grech made this comment when he was asked about the Marsa projec...

Gzira United registered their third consecutive win when they found the going easy against Sirens. This win meant that the Maroons are still unbeaten after six matches.On the other hand the St Paul’s Bay outfit are still in search of their firs...

Bukayo Saka has come a long way since missing that decisive penalty in the shootout at the European Championship final.More than a year later — and with his most important spot kick since — Saka stepped up and coolly converted his effort ...

Udinese never give up.The latest example of the Italian team's fighting spirit saw it recover from two goals down to draw 2-2 against high-flying Atalanta in Serie A on Sunday.Nehuén Pérez and Gerard Deulofeu canceled out goals from Ade...

Renowned Maltese chef Rafel Sammut had a good idea of what he was to see before he travelled to Ukraine last month, but nothing could have prepared him for the stories he was to hear. Sammut travelled to the Kyiv region in early September as part of ...

Pope Francis on Sunday denounced Europe's indifference toward migrants risking their lives to cross the Mediterranean Sea as he elevated to sainthood an Italian bishop and Italian-born missionary whose work and life paths illustrated the di...

Actress, producer and TV presenter Clare Agius made a fascinating choice when asked with whom she would like to have dinner. Rather than pick four people, she chose four types of people, indicating that she prefers personalities to names.But what is ...

That the tourism industry is picking up nicely after the mayhem brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic is welcome news.The latest statistics show that in the first eight months of this year the number of tourists was nearly 91% of the total that had ...

Max Verstappen is now a two-time Formula One world champion, both titles awarded under bizarre and unprecedented circumstances long after he crossed the finish line.The Red Bull driver won the rain-shortened Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday and didn't l...

Several Mediterranean nations said Saturday the European Union’s border agency Frontex needs to work inside third countries to stop smugglers from endangering the lives of migrants by sending them off to Europe on risky boat trips.Top officials...

President of NGO Repubblika, Robert Aquilina said Saturday the Maltese institutions are still promoting impunity.He said this during a press conference commemorate the fifth anniversary of Daphne Caruana Galizia. This press conference was held to lau...

A three-year-old girl was taken to hospital after she was hit by a car in Ta’ Xbiex on Saturday morning.The police said the accident took place at 11.30am in Abate Rigord Street.The girl was hit by a Renault Caotur driven by a 35-year-old man o...

An explosion Saturday caused the partial collapse of a bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia, damaging a key supply artery for the Kremlin's faltering war effort in southern Ukraine. Russian authorities said a truck bomb caused t...

The police said today that three constables have been suspended as they are being investigated for allegedly not carrying out their duties.In a statement, the police said that the constables are alleged to have used excessive force against some perso...

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The Media Reform Initiative noted Saturday that support for the demand that Government launches a process of public consultation on the proposed media reform is growing in Malta as well as amongst international organisations. These various demands fo...

A packed San Siro erupted in celebration after Brahim Díaz's stunning solo goal he launched from his own half helped AC Milan beat Juventus 2-0 in Serie A on Saturday.Díaz made his mark nine minutes after the break when he intercepted a...

With Manchester City easing toward another big English Premier League victory, the only question still lingering an hour into the game was whether Erling Haaland would get in on the scoring.Of course he would.Haaland netted his 15th league goal in th...

Hamrun Spartans defeated Valletta with a Dodo goal in the first half to notch the sixth successive win of the season, and go two points clear at the top as Birki‐ rakar dropped the first of the season after their draw against high flying Gudja ...

The Nationalist Party (PN) is requesting that project supervisors get more support and are given greater authority to prevent more construction site deaths.In a statement, the PN said that immediate improvements are needed to improve health and safet...

Works are ongoing at St Michael Hospice Complex in Santa Venera which will offer palliative care for patients, the government said in a statement.This project is being carried out with an investment of €13 million, of which €8 million are f...

Melvin Theuma has refused to testify against five men accused of giving him a phantom government job, five months after he brokered the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia.Theuma’s refusal came after defence lawyers questioned whether the presiden...

The health authorities reported 17 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday.The total number has now reached 114,839, with 113,364 people who recovered.The number of deaths remained stable at 806, while the number of active cases is 273.The Health Ministry sto...

The new utility bill system which determines how the Automated Revenue Management Services (ARMS) calculates people’s water and electricity bills was this week – after many weeks and months of promises – announced by the government....

 The death toll from a gas station explosion that shattered a small village in northwest Ireland rose to 10 on Saturday, and emergency workers who combed through piles of rubble said they did not expect to find more bodies.Irish police said no o...

ADPD - the Green Party pledged to fight to save the little that is left of agricultural land.“As long as there is the last remaining fraction of a square metre of land that can be saved, we will continue our fight to safeguard agricultural land...

Local voluntary organisation Action for Breast Cancer Foundation on Saturday held what it described as a Fitness for Health activity.Held on Saturday 15 October – World Breast Health Day – the Fitness for Health event continues ...

A series of explosions rocked the eastern Ukraine city of Kharkiv early Saturday, sending towering plumes of illuminated smoke into the sky and triggering a series of secondary explosions.There were no immediate reports of casualtiesThe blasts came h...

The government’s unwillingness to open a package of media reforms to public consultation has been listed as a threat to media freedom in the country by the Council of Europe.The situation has centred around the government not opening a public c...

Max Verstappen of Red Bull will be on pole position for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix as he attempts to clinch his second straight Formula One drivers' title.It was Verstappen's fifth pole of the season. However, that has not been crucial for Verstapp...

The accused in the rape and murder of Paulina Dembska applied “unheard-of violence” to his unsuspecting victim, pathologist Mario Scerri has testified.Readers are advised that the following descriptions of the crime might have a triggerin...

A biker suffered serious injuries when he was involved in a collision with another vehicle in St Paul’s Bay on Friday afternoon, the police said.The accident took place in Tamar Street at 1.30pm.The biker, a 23-year-old Englishman who resides i...

It is abundantly clear that this weeks’ KSU Freshers’ Week was turned into a platform for big companies to sell their brand and create a hyper-consumerist environment on the University’s Quadrangle, Moviment Graffitti said in a stat...

The Nationalist Party is requesting that the Permanent Commission Against Corruption and the Auditor General investigate allegations of corruption in the Marsa flyover project.The European Union’s anti-fraud office is investigating the Marsa ju...

Officials in Europe praised the awarding of this year's Nobel Peace Prize to activists standing up for human rights and democracy in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine while authorities in Belarus scorned the move.Russia's invasion of Ukraine this...

European Union leaders struggled Friday to bridge significant differences over a natural gas price cap as winter approaches and Russia’s war in Ukraine fuels a major energy crisis, driving up prices for consumers and businesses.The pr...

Champions Hibernians contin‐ ued with their recovery as they beat newly promoted Zebbug Rangers by a solitary goal scored by international defender Ferdinando Apap early in the second half.After a rather dismal start to the season the champions...

There were 17 new Covid-19 cases recorded in Malta, health authorities said Friday.This takes the total number of cases reported in Malta to 114,822, of whom 113,344 recovered.The number of deaths remains at 806, while the number of active cases is n...

The public service will be embarking on a process to revise the disciplinary procedure regulations, the government said. This is being done with the aim of identifying opportunities for the delegation of powers, further simpl...

Minister for the National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government Owen Bonnici launched the first edition of The Valletta Local Food Festival organised by the Valletta Cultural Agency.Minister Owen Bonnici said that this festival centers around a var...

The second edition of the Animal Honours Awards was held this week, where people and animals were awarded from the hundreds of nominations received, a government statement said.It was an opportunity to not only celebrate the creatures that are human&...

The government this morning announced that free vaccination for both influenza and omicron (Covid-19) will be offered to the general public later this month.People aged 55, people with chronic conditions, pregnant women, people in institutions and ch...

Compensation amounting to almost €1 million ordered by the court to be paid to the owners of a Birzebbuga property, which housed a PL club, must be paid by the Labour party and not the Maltese taxpayer, the PN said.The owners of a Birżebbu&...

Over €1.6 billion was spent on pandemic response actions and measures since 2020, Finance Minister Clyde Caruana revealed in Parliament earlier this week.Over €1.5bn came from national funds. This is no small amount. These funds were needed...

A lawyer for the Daphne Caruana Galizia family has accused the men charged with the journalist’s murder of creating "self-inflicted" problems to have their trial postponed.Therese Comodini Cachia told a court this morning that constitutional pr...

At least 28 protected birds have been shot since the start of the autumn hunting season on 1 September, BirdLife said today.The past days saw the end of this year’s three-week long Raptor Camp in which an average of three teams of volunteers an...

The war in Ukraine was among the topics that were discussed today in a one-day meeting of heads of state, known as the Arraiolos Malta 2022.In his concluding remarks, President George Vella said the war in Ukraine brought about the wide-ranging conse...

Former PN MP Jason Azzopardi retracted a Facebook post calling National Heritage Minister Owen Bonnici a criminal and a liar.Bonnici had filed for libel in 2019 after Azzopardi had made the Facebook posts. Posting on Facebook, Bonnici said: "Do ...

A new utility bill system will see 80% of Automated Revenue Management Services Ltd (ARMS) consumers receive a refund of up to €8 a year for overcharging due to inconsistency of legal notice passed in 2009.The new legal notice for the revised sy...

The leaders of 44 European countries stretching from Iceland all the way to Turkey met Thursday in what many said was a united stand against Russia's war on Ukraine, as an energy crisis and high inflation fueled by the conflict wreak havoc ...

Manchester United overcame an early deficit to beat Omonia Nicosia 3-2 in the Europa League on Thursday and begin the healing process after a humiliating derby loss in the Premier League.Seeking some respite in Cyprus following a 6-3 loss at Manchest...

The Maltese authorities must ensure that legislative work launched pursuant to the public inquiry report into the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia complies with international standards and is fully open to public scrutiny and participation, th...

Malta Public Transport is announcing a special transport service operating to and from Birgu during the annual Birgu Fest. The festival aims at highlighting the town’s historical heritage whilst providing musical and cultural entertainment to s...

Total inbound tourists for August 2022 were estimated at 305,624, while total nights spent amounted to 2,498,251, the NSO said.Inbound Tourism: August 2022 During the month under review, a total of 288,627 inbound tourists visited Malta for holiday p...

Two 14-year-old youngsters, a boy and a girl, were taken to hospital after being hit by a car in Mqabba, the police said.The accident took place in Konvoj ta’ Santa Marija Street on Wednesday at 3pm.The boy and girl were hit by a Volkswagen Pol...

28 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Thursday, an no more deaths were recorded.Currently, there are 280 active cases in the country.Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 114,805 cases in total were registered in the country, of which 1...

Bodies floated amid splintered wreckage in the wind-tossed waters off a Greek island Thursday as the death toll from the separate sinkings of two migrant boats rose to 22, with many still missing.The vessels went down hundreds of miles apart, in one ...

Three popular restaurants have joined forces to raise funds for people affected by the war in Ukraine. The stand-up event, featuring a variety of street foods and drinks, and which is taking place on Monday, is curated by renowned chef Rafel Sammut o...

In 2021, the electricity supplied in Malta amounted to 2,671.8 GWh, an increase of 7% when compared to the previous year, the National Statistics Office said.During 2021, the electricity supply in Malta comprised of net generation from power plants (...

A gunman who attacked a child care center in Thailand and then fired from his car as he fled killed more than 30 people Thursday, including two dozen children, authorities said.It was the deadliest mass shooting in the country's history. The assailan...

For years on end, we have heard the Chief Justice complain about lack of resources, lack of space, an overburdened court system and backlogs.Last year, Mr Justice Mark Chetcuti listed the same issues, in different words. His predecessors had more or ...

Leaders from around 44 countries are gathering Thursday to launch a “European Political Community” aimed at boosting security and economic prosperity across the continent, with Russia the one major European power not invited.The meeting i...

On 25 January 2022, the Court of Justice (“ECJ”) in delivering a ruling in the case of Vysočina Wind A.S. V Česká Republika (C- 181/20) held that Directive 2012/19 dealing with waste electrical and electronic equipme...