Manoel Theatre CEO Massimo Zammit has been suspended with immediate effect and was placed on half-salary, the government announced today.The recommendation to suspend Zammit arrived from an external and autonomous entity which was appointed to e...

ADPD chairperson Carmel Cacopardo will contest a casual election for Albert Buttigieg’s now vacated St Julian’s local council seat.Cacopardo himself announced this on his Facebook page on Wednesday morning, saying he was contesting the se...

Democrats mounted a surprising show of strength Wednesday as they repelled a series of Republican challengers in closely watched contests for Congress and governor’s mansions. Ultimately, control of Capitol Hill was unclear as votes were still ...

Former Nationalist parliamentary secretary Tony Abela died on Tuesday evening, the PN media is reporting. He was 66.He served as parliamentary secretary between 2003 and 2008, and was responsible for the economy and home affairs.Abela was born on 14 ...

Tributes are pouring in after the death of former parliamentary secretary Tony Abela.The Nationalist Party said he was a man loved by everyone. The party lost a loyal person who contributed greatly to the districts where he contested and the country....

The director of prisons, Robert Brincau, is facing court proceedings. He has been charged with threatening an ambulance driver with a weapon last August. He is also accused of causing slight bodily harm, insulting and threatening the man, being armed...

Prime Minister Robert Abela has stated that measures which truly address climate change must now be implemented.  This can be done by means of robust policies that incentivise investment in the digital economy together with policies that encoura...

Culture Minister Owen Bonnici and his Opposition counterpart PN MP Julie Zahra traded barbs during parliamentary question time over the sexual harassment case within the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra on Tuesday. Zahra started off by questioning B...

President of NGO Repubblika Robert Aquilina filed a constitutional case in his personal capacity on Monday, on the right to a fair hearing over the police's refusal of a Freedom of Information (FOI) request.He filed this case as he has been battling ...

A school-bus driver has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for having repeatedly sexually assaulted and raped an eight-year-old girl in a case which dates back to 2006.The sentence was handed down by Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit after the Cour...

The Nationalist Party will be putting forward amendments to legislation on agricultural leases at committee level in order to strengthen the agriculture industry and farmers while also respecting the rights of landowners.This was announced in a party...

Gilbert Agius, the Malta Under-21 coach, will take charge of the national team on an interim basis for the upcoming friendly matches against Greece and Ireland, being played at the National Stadium on 17th and 20th November, the Malta Football Associ...

Nine eNGOs have joined forces to submit their responses to the draft National Strategy for the Environment. The eNGOs are Din l-Art Ħelwa, The Archaeological Society Malta, BirdLife Malta, Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar, Friends of the Ea...

The Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) is set to welcome its new largest offshore patrol vessel, the P71.It is currently not in use and still owned by Italy; however, the AFM yesterday invited media on board to give them a tour of the new vessel which the A...

 Even without its most exciting player, Napoli is still finding ways to win.With dribbling wizard Khvicha Kvaratskhelia out with back pain, Hirving Lozano scored one goal and set up another as the Serie A leader beat visiting Empoli 2-...

A judge will provisionally hear submissions on the Pilatus Bank nolle prosequi case behind closed doors so as not to violate the confidentiality of linked proceedings before a secretive foreign court with which Malta has no treaties.The request was m...

Malta is a beautiful country that offers a lot to its visitors. However, there are certain things that you should be aware of before you travel there. One of these things is that Malta is one of the most heavily monitored countries in the world. This...

An ambassador for the World Cup in Qatar has described homosexuality as a “damage in the mind” in an interview with German public broadcaster ZDF only two weeks before the opening of the soccer tournament in the Gulf state, highlighting c...

A Nigerian social media influencer who called himself Ray Hushpuppi and flaunted a lavish lifestyle fueled by his efforts to launder millions of stolen dollars was sentenced Monday in Los Angeles to more than 11 years in federal prison.Ramon Abbas, 4...

The Turkish man who was seriously injured in a fall on a construction site four days ago has died in hospital, the police said.The man was seriously injured on Friday morning when he fell a height of one and a half storeys on a construction site.The ...

Chris Evans may have put down Captain America's shield but he's got a new badge of honor: he's been named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive.People's selection was announced Monday night on Stephen Colbert's late night show and on the magazine'...

Picking Qatar to host the World Cup was a mistake 12 years ago, FIFA’s president at the time Sepp Blatter said Tuesday, again citing a meeting between Nicolas Sarkozy and Michel Platini for swaying key votes.The 86-year-old Blatter spoke w...

Former Prime Minister Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici was laid to rest yesterday.The government respected his wish not to have a State funeral. Mifsud Bonnici wanted the last respects to be in conformity with the way he had always lived – humble and mod...

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

The UPE has commenced industrial action at the Institute of Tourism Studies, the union said Tuesday..Despite the UPE's best efforts to find a satisfactory resolution to the major problems at the Institute, ITS has failed in its responsibilities on se...

After waiting at sea for days, the German humanitarian group Mission Lifeline said Monday that Italy has directed its migrant rescue ship with 89 people on board to proceed to the port of Reggio Calabria.The 25-meter (80-foot) ship Rise Abo...

One more week.That’s the time coaches of World Cup teams need to wait before they finally get their hands on their players ahead of a truncated build-up to the tournament in Qatar.Some players might have checked out from club play alr...

A biker was grievously injured on Monday afternoon following a crash with a car, the police said Tuesday.The accident took place in Sqaq Bur il-Kbir at 3.15pm.The biker, a 35-year-old man of Qormi, was involved in a collision with a Toyota Aygo, driv...

Magistrate Nadine Lia and Attorney General Victoria Buttigieg should be impeached and removed from office following decisions by different judges on Monday, NGO Repubblika said Monday.Addressing the media in front of the law courts in Valletta, the N...

Malta on Monday paid its last respects to former Prime Minister of Malta Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, who died last Saturday, aged 89.The funeral was held at the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady Church in Hamrun on Monday.The private ceremony, led by Arc...

 The Executive Board of the Malta FA has today resolved to accept the resignation tendered by Mr Devis Mangia, who informed the Association that he would be relinquishing his post as National Teams Head Coach with immediate effect, the MFA said ...

A judge has rejected applications filed by a police inspector from the Financial Crimes Investigation Department (FCID) and the Attorney General who had asked the court not to compel them to testify in a case over the police’s failure to prosec...

The European Commission approved Malta’s National Programme for the Internal Security Fund for the 2021-2027 financial period, the government said. Collectively, the programme provides for a total budget of around €27 million and aims...

Academic staff at Junior College will be the beneficiaries of a new collective agreement which was signed between the Malta Union of Teachers and the University of Malta on Monday.The collective agreement, which was signed on Monday, will see academi...

PN MP Graziella Attard Previ said Monday that there is a lack of social workers in the country, and the recent Budget should have addressed social issues. During Parliament on Monday, both sides of the House spoke in the debate on the financial estim...

An application for a fireworks factory in the area known as il-Hbula, off of Triq Hal Tarxien in Ghaxaq, is set to be discussed by the Planning Authority Board on Thursday.The application was originally filed in 2012. However, in 2014 the case was su...

A judge has granted the State Advocate permission to file an appeal against a part-judgment that ordered challenge proceedings against the Police Commissioner to be taken out of Magistrate Nadine Lia’s hands and reassigned to another magis...

Government is set to amend laws on the expungement of crimes related to simple possession of drugs from the conduct certificate.During a conference titled 'Nagħtu t-Tieni Ċans' a consultation meeting was held with several stakeholders today...

A court case filed by 23 clients of the late notary Ivan Barbara against his widow, over funds held in escrow by the notary at the time of his death, has been ordered to continue by a judge after the widow’s preliminary pleas were rejected.The ...

Government has requested the Planning Authority (PA) to propose amendments to the Regularisation of Existing Development Regulations. These proposals include developments that fall within a Category 1 Rural Settlement, and pre-2016 properties which h...

There are just over 27,093 registered organ donors in Malta, Alexandra Gatt, Director of the Health Care Standards Directorate within the Department for Health Regulation said. The National Human Organ and Tissue Donation Register came into effect in...

A six-year-old girl suffered grievous injuries after falling out of a window on Sunday afternoon police said in a statement.Police said that they were informed of the accident at around 2:45pm on Sunday in Triq ix-Xwieki in Gharghur.Preliminary inves...

Three new police superintendents received their appointment on Monday, the police said.They were appointed by Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri in the presence of police commissioner Angelo Gafa.The three new superintendents are Jesmond Micallef,...

Real Madrid will play Liverpool in the round of 16 of the Champions League in a rematch of last year's final.Madrid beat Liverpool in both the 2018 and 2022 finals and the two giants will meet again in February after being paired up in Monday's draw,...

One of Europe's most driven by economic accomplishments and a quickly expanding sector of its creative fields is video games.Some believe that the video game's role in Europe's digital world must be strengthened through policies encouraging invention...

The World Cup stage is set for perhaps one final shootout between the two greatest soccer players of their generation — and to many, the two greatest of all time.Surely, this year's tournament in Qatar presents Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronald...

The captain of a charity-run migrant rescue ship refused Italian orders to leave a Sicilian port Sunday after authorities refused to let 35 of the migrants on his ship disembark — part of directives by Italy's new far-right-led govern...

Traffic on Maltese roads is still a major problem. A route that should take 10 minutes, could end up taking 30, or even 45 minutes. Realistically speaking, the government’s strategy to tackle traffic isn’t working.There are a number of is...

A man is in danger of dying after he was attacked by two individuals in Marsa on Sunday evening, police said.Police said that they were informed at 7:30pm on Sunday that earlier in the day health authorities had admitted a man to Mater Dei Hospital b...

The reported death of four-year-old Loujin and the 2020 Easter Sunday pushback which cost 12 people their lives are individual tragedies which are a small percentage of the 29,000+ deaths that have taken place on migration routes to Europe since 2014...

ADPD chairperson Carmel Cacopardo has described the high price of fuel as a possible “godsend” solution to Malta’s traffic problem.In an interview with The Malta Independent on Sunday, Cacopardo argues that removing the subsidi...

Just halting development is no solution, as this will only lead to higher prices of property, the president of the Malta Developers Association said.In a letter to The Malta Independent on Sunday (see below), Michael Stivala was giving his reactions ...

Organ donation is one way how a person can help those in need, even after the person has left this world. Although it is a very noble gesture, many still think of organ donation as a taboo subject. In trying to diminish the negative views and attribu...

Attorney General Victoria Buttigieg together with Justice minister Jonathan Attard are complicit in covering up the Pilatus bank scandal, Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said on Sunday.In an interview with Andrew Azzopardi, Angelo Gafa put all the bl...

The Mosta Local Council did not know what parkour was when this park was designed, a parkour enthusiast told The Malta Independent on Sunday. It’s like having a football game played in a triangular ground, it does not work, he added.A space loc...

Reducing emissions from road transport, mobilising funds towards sustainable investments and increasing energy efficiency in buildings emerged as the three main priorities to speed up Malta's transition towards a green economy that combats climate ch...

The Civil Protection Malta responded to a basement fire involving two vehicles early on Sunday morning in Sliema at approximately 4.40am.Six senior officers, 20 firefighters and ten fire engines responded.The fire was kept contained within the garage...

A 63-year-old Birkirkara resident was seriously injured in an accident on Triq Burmarrad, Mosta.The accident occurred on Sunday at 7am. The police said that the accident involved a Toyota Vitz, driven by the 63-year old, and a Honda Accord, driven by...

Hamrun Spartans registered their ninth win of the campaign when they beat Balzan by a solitary goal scored ten minutes from the end of the match. It was no easy match for the runaway leaders who found the going tough against a stubborn Balzan reargua...

At 11.45pm on Saturday, the police were informed of a theft from a shop on Triq J. Quintinus, St Paul's Bay.The police said that two men armed with a knife entered the shop and told the cashier to hand over money. The two ran off with an amount of ca...

Mohamed Salah struck twice to fire Liverpool to a 2-1 win at Tottenham in the Premier League on Sunday.Jurgen Klopp's team had not won away from home in the league all season and had to hold on in the face of a second-half fightback from Spurs with H...

 José Mourinho and Maurizio Sarri are going in opposite directions in their second seasons in the Italian capital.Roma is struggling to meet the higher expectations produced in Mourinho’s first term when the Gialloros...

There was a collective sigh of relief last Thursday when the Environment and Planning Review Tribunal closed the Hondoq chapter, at least for now. Only the developers were disappointed with the outcome; they had been hoping for a different result.The...

The annual November wreath laying ceremony was held Sunday morning on the Malta police graves at the Addolorata Cemetery, paying tribute and respect to the officers who served their country.

Italy allowed a humanitarian rescue ship carrying 179 migrants to enter a Sicilian port and begin disembarking minors early Sunday, while refusing to respond to requests for safe harbor from three other ships carrying 900 more people in nea...

Ukraine's state electricity operator on Saturday announced blackouts in Kyiv and seven other regions of the country in the aftermath of Russia's devastating strikes on energy infrastructure.The move comes as Russian forces continue to pound Ukrainian...

Former Prime Minister and Labour Party leader. Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici has passed away, the Labour Party said in a statement. He was 89.Mifsud Bonnici's niece Paula, who is a Nationalist Party MP, said on Facebook that the funeral will be held on Mond...

There will not be a State funeral for Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, according to the former Prime Minister’s wishes.In a statement, the government said that Prime Minister Robert Abela informed the family that it was ready to organise a State funeral...

PN MP Paula Mifsud Bonnici was among the many who paid tribute to Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, who died on Saturday.Paula Mifsud Bonnici wrote on Facebook that the former prime minister was “a great uncle to all of us. We shall surely miss your sens...

Malta Philharmonic Orchestra CEO Sigmund Mifsud on Saturday was charged with tampering with evidence after he allegedly instructed MPO employees to keep quiet on sexual harassment scandal. A few days ago a senior official at the Malta Philharmon...

The Nationalist Party said today that the position of Minister for the National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government Owen Bonnici is no longer tenable due to the events which happened in the National Orchestra under his political leadership.The PN...

Valletta: 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 Business Distric...

A woman was taken to hospital this afternoon after she was hit by a car in Victoria, the police said.The woman, aged 68 of Qala, was hit by a car driven by a 51-year-old man of Santa Venera.She was taken to Gozo Hospital with grievous injuries.The ac...

Aaron Carter, the singer-rapper who began performing as a child and had hit albums starting in his teen years, was found dead Saturday at his home in Southern California. He was 34.Representatives for Carter’s family confirmed the singer’...

Twenty-eight migrants were found to be living in Malta illegally on Saturday, the government said.Inspections were carried out in Hamrun, Marsa and Santa Venera.The 28 persons are from Senegal, Ghana, Gambia, Mali, Bangladesh, Somalia, Eritrea, Niger...

A man from Mali was arrested after being caught in possession of drugs in the Paceville area, the police said.The arrest was made on Friday at 5.30pm in St George’s Road, St Julian’s.The police said the man was acting suspiciously, with o...

England coach Gareth Southgate hopes that gay soccer players “come out soon" because "it would have an enormous impact on society,” he said in an interview with an Italian newspaper published on Saturday.“The teams and players would...

A boy aged eight was seriously injured on Saturday morning when he fell three storeys onto a parked car, the police said.The accident took place in Villeggatura Street, St Paul’s Bay, at 9.30am.The boy fell off the balcony in the residence wher...

Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa said that last year, there was a 35% decline in the number of cases of violence against police officers due to the implementation of bodycams.In an interview with Andrew Azzopardi on 103 radio station, Gafa spoke about...

Pep Guardiola celebrated like Manchester City had won the Premier League title.Erling Haaland celebrated like Sergio Aguero.It is early November and this was a 2-1 home win against Fulham – but the reaction from the reigning champions underline...

A hat trick last weekend. A goal and an assist this weekend to move atop the Serie A scoring chart.Victor Osimhen put together another strong performance to extend Napoli’s winning streak to nine games in the Italian league ...

Hibernians and Birkirkara took a point each from a direct clash between two sides in need of points in order to continue pushing in the top part of the table.Following a 1-1 draw with surprise team M’Xlokk, Hibernians wanted to return to winnin...

Government’s transparency is very much in question.We see it time and again, through Freedom of Information (FOI) request refusals and also through the refusal to publish certain contracts citing ‘commercial sensitivity’.The governm...

NGO Repubblika on Saturday called out Police Commissioner Angelo Gafa over the ‘pathetic attempt’ to blame everything on the Attorney General.Gafa spoke in an interview with Andrew Azzopardi on his radio programme on 103 Malta’s Hea...

Italy's new far-right led government adopted a measure Friday formalizing the closure of its ports to rescue ships run by humanitarian groups as four vessels with more than 1,000 migrants continued to press for a safe port.Interior Minister Matteo Pi...

An explosion has caused damage at a farmhouse in Bidnija, the police said.The accident took place on Friday at 5.45pm, the police said Saturday.The farmhouse is still under construction, with its owners reporting the incident to the police.Members of...

A Turkish sailor was injured in an accident on a ship which was leaving the Malta Freeport, the police said.The accident took place at 6.30am, with the sailor injured as the rope got tangled around him.The 38-year-old was brought to shore by members ...

Twelve new Covid-19 cases were reported on Saturday, taking the total to 115,459.Health authorities said that no deaths were recorded, leaving the total at 808.The number of people who recovered stands at 113,949, with 306 active cases remaining.

The proposal for  ‘crushing on site’ and ‘stock piling’ in an Mqabba quarry will not only be damaging to the environment but also will be detrimental to the physical and mental health of the nearby residents, ADPD, the Gr...

 Enemalta is launching the final repairs of the Malta-Italy Interconnector, after it was damaged by a ship’s anchor earlier this year, Enemalta said in a statement.Weather permitting, works on the damaged section of this subsea cable, whic...

The Kamra tal-Periti (Chamber of Architects) welcomes the announcement made by the Minister for Public Works and Planning, Dr Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi, regarding the imminent publication of draft regulations on licensing of contractors for public cons...

A bus without any passengers crashed into a wall of a construction site and into a petrol station in Mellieha early on Saturday, the police said.The bus, an Otokar Vectio, was being driven by a 41-year-old Indian man, resident in Qormi.He was driving...

Palumbo-MSC has said it is baffled by the letter of complaint sent by residents to the Environment and Resource Authority, complaining about loud noise emanating from the shipyard.A group of 141 residents from the Cottonera and surrounding area said ...

President George Vella said that he is convinced that, like many others, Dr Eddie Fenech Adami believed that by taking an active role in politics he could help improve the quality of life in our country.“Like many others, he believed that he ha...

The winners of the 2022 National Book Prize were announced earlier this evening during a private ceremony held at the National Museum of Arts (MUŻA) in Valletta, and attended by the Ministry for Education Permanent Secretary, Matthew Vella. The ...

The Attorney General should identify the individuals who have officially been spared prosecution in connection with the Pilatus Bank inquiry, the Nationalist Party said Friday.In a press conference outside the AG’s office in Valletta, Justice s...

The Nationalist party on Friday presented a motion to amend the Legal Notices so that Maltese and Gozitans receive back all the money which was stolen from the overcharging of electricity and water bills.Legal Notices 243 and 244 of 2022 must be amen...

Minister of Public Works and Planning Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi said that recommendations for Ħondoq ir-Rummien are outside the Planning Ministry's remit.The Malta Independent asked Zrinzo Azzopardi whether government will take the Qala Mayor&rsqu...

A man was seriously injured on Friday morning when he fell a height of one and a half storeys on a construction site.The police said the accident took place at 11am in Victor Denaro Street, Msida.The man, a 43-year-old Turk who lives in Msida, was ta...