The world's population is projected to hit an estimated 8 billion people on Tuesday, according to a United Nations projection, with much of the growth coming from developing nations in Africa.Among them is Nigeria, where resources are alrea...

Enforcement officers were present in Comino every day in order to ensure that the conditions stipulated at Blue Lagoon were being followed, Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo said on Monday.Bartolo was replying to a Parliamentary Question filed by PN M...

A River of Love member denied suggestions he took Abner Aquilina home, gave him alcohol and a sleeping pill before trying to sexually abuse him, hours before Paulina Dembska's murder.The witness, Derek Spiteri, was testifying in the compilation of ev...

 The fines for people using a mobile phone while driving are set to increase, Prime Minister Robert Abela announced on Monday.Replying to questions from the media after a press conference, Abela said that besides there being more enforcement, dr...

NGO Moviment Graffitti said that Sliema residents cannot continue to suffer so that greedy developers can continue to make profit.During a press conference held in front of an old, derelict farmhouse standing between lower and upper Parisio street, t...

A planning application has been filed for the restoration of an abandoned Palazzo and Chapel in Wardija.The palazzo in question is Palazzo Gerxija, which is situated in the picturesque Wied Qannotta on the outskirts of Wardija.The Palazzo is believed...

Malta’s economy has proven to be successful over the years, but one must ask whether we have now entered a cycle which, in the long run, will cause problems, unless changes are made.First of all, the construction sector is a big contributor to ...

The PN's spokesperson for energy and enterprise Mark Anthony Sammut has accused the Ministry for Energy of changing the Enemalta data on the fuel mix for 2019.During parliament on Monday, Mark Anthony Sammut said that Enemalta is obliged to release f...

Prime Minister Robert Abela has said that the government had put a renewed proposal to fill the post of Ombudsman and of Parliamentary Standards Commissioner on the table, and that he is waiting for an answer from the Opposition leader.Asked by The M...

A girl who had been reported missing has been found alive and well, the police said.The 15-year-old student has been reported missing by police on 9 November.Khadia Al Aloush - who is also known as Jenna – had last been seen in Hamrun and was w...

Building on the encouraging momentum of over 5 million passengers travelling via Malta Public Transport services during October 2022, the company is launching a lottery with a grand prize of €1,000 in One4Alll vouchers drawn every month. This is...

The Minister for tourism, Clayton Bartolo said that the Malta Tourism Authority carried out around 200 inspections on the placing of tables and chairs between the first of June and the end of October 2022.He responded to a parliamentary question put ...

A PN spokesperson has said that it is not true that the Prime Minister is waiting for the PN Leader's answer regarding the posts of Ombudsman and Parliamentary Secretary for Standards in Public Life, as no common position between the two has yet been...

Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit has been assigned to take over the case instituted by NGO Repubblika against the Police Commissioner.The NGO is claiming inaction by the police in prosecuting senior Pilatus Bank officials.The case had been previousl...

Former Prime Minister Alfred Sant writes today that it is wrong to give the green light to developers who have flouted the law.In his opinion piece today, Sant says that he cannot understand the method “concerning people who break the law and b...

Novak Djokovic beat Stefanos Tsitsipas for the ninth straight time by 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the players’ opening match at the ATP Finals on Monday.Djokovic has beaten Tsitsipas in his third straight tournament following wins in Astana, Kazakhstan and...

Prime Minister Robert Abela inaugurated a new €12 million facility belonging to Burmarrad Group in Marsa on Monday, praising the company for its investment in sustainable technology and for its growth.Mario Gauci, who founded the family-run Burm...

This morning’s heavy downpour has flooded various parts of Malta and Gozo, as videos uploaded on Facebook on the Malta Dizastru Totali and Malta Islands Weather pages show.The footage above shows what happened this morning in Marsa, Marsalforn ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hailed the Russian withdrawal from Kherson as the “beginning of the end of the war” on Monday, as he lauded soldiers and took selfies with them in the recently liberated southern city.The&...

The government will, next year, launch a study regarding Wage Regulation Orders (WROs), Parliamentary Secretary for Social Dialogue Andy Ellul said.The study will lead to certain legal anomalies being addressed, he added.He said that in certain WROs,...

NGO Moviment Graffitti has organized a crowdfunding to cover the costs of legal actions for the revocation of the 2019 permit for the demolition of a sham sheep farm in Bidnija’s ODZ.Moviment Graffitti had called for the immediate demolition of...

Between January and September, 408,143 outbound tourist trips were recorded, the National Statistics Office said.Total nights spent by outbound tourists surpassed 2.9 million nights. In addition, total estimated outlay by resident tourists stood at &...

ADPD leader Carmel Cacopardo did not obtain the necessary votes to be elected to the St Julian’s local council.The seat was vacated by mayor Albert Buttigieg, who was elected to Parliament.The Green party leader only got 30 votes from those who...

Lines formed Sunday at Italy’s northern border crossings with France following Paris’ decision to reinforce border controls over a diplomatic row with Italy about migration policy and humanitarian rescue ships that shows no end in sight.T...

Psychotherapist Mariella Dimech was last week fired as the executive chairperson of the authority responsible for the regulation of cannabis, only 11 months after she was handed a three-year contract to head the new authority.The authority was born a...

The Malta Employers Association will hold a national forum to discuss what kind of employment skills are needed to ensure Malta remains competitive. These are challenging times for the Maltese economy as businesses seek to adapt themselves throu...

 Some 300 people are currently homeless and sleeping in the rough, a number which parish priest and well-known champion of those in need, Fr Hilary Tagliaferro, says is beyond anything he, as a child of the Second World War, remembers.Fr Hilary,...

No woman should have to suffer sexual harassment, nor be silenced when she decides to speak out, singer Ira Losco told The Malta Independent on Sunday.Losco, who represented Malta twice at the Eurovision Song Contest and is one of the leading singers...

Malta is not a country that needs a heavy police presence in a particular area, Police Inspector Mark Cremona, who is in charge of Community Policing in the Southern District, told The Malta Independent on Sunday.In an interview with this newsroom, h...

Two historic military planes collided and crashed to the ground in a ball of flames during a Dallas air show, leaving six people dead, officials said.National transportation officials were investigating the cause of Saturday's collision, wh...

Alexandra Mamo has resigned from her post as deputy police commissioner, MaltaToday reported on Sunday.Sources informed MaltaToday that she has been on long leave for three months because she became frustrated with all the criticism that she was rece...

There has surprisingly been only one case of loitering for the purposes of prostitution in St Julian’s since 2017, police crime records have shown. The sole incident occurred in 2021.St Julian’s might be regarded as notorious for crime, b...

A bomb exploded on a major pedestrian avenue in the heart of Istanbul on Sunday, killing six people, wounding dozens and sending people fleeing as flames rose.Footage posted online showed ambulances, fire trucks and police at the scene on Istiklal Av...

Cristiano Ronaldo has blasted Manchester United and manager Erik ten Hag in an incendiary TV interview, saying he feels “betrayed” by the club and that senior figures have tried to force him out of Old Trafford.The interview is set to be ...

Irina Virganskaya-Gorbacheva, daughter of the former president of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, who passed away earlier this year, said that she was deeply touched by Prime Minister Robert Abela’s letter of condolences.Gorbachev, the last...

Besides being a priest and the well-known champion of those in need who founded the Millennium Chapel, Fr Hilary Tagliaferro is what one may describe as football mad.Having had a playing career cut short due to an injury, Fr Hilary went into coaching...

For Erik ten Hag, the goal that sent Manchester United into the World Cup break on a high note is the perfect symbol of the progress his team has made in recent months.In the last Premier League game before the tournament in Qatar, substitu...

Only AC Milan will end the year less than 10 points behind runaway Serie A leader Napoli.An own-goal in stoppage time saw Milan snatch a 2-1 win at home to Fiorentina on Sunday to remain eight points adrift of Napoli, which beat Udinese 3-2 the previ...

Gudja United's slump continued yesterday as they suffered yet another defeat, this time at the hands of Floriana.After a brilliant start to the season, Gudja have now appar‐ ently lost their touch and are in evident difficulty.For the Greens a ...

War is unjust because it is instigated by arrogant leaders who feel like they have the right to send youths to their death, said Archbishop Charles Scicluna during the homily.Scicluna celebrated mass on Remembrance Day at St John’s Co-Cathedral...

A man was grievously injured on Saturday after he was hit by a bottle in Sannat on Saturday evening, the police said.The injured man was admitted to Gozo General Hospital at around 6.30pm.The victim, a 36-year-old Somali who resides in Żebbu...

Diabetes is a silent pandemic which the world has learnt to live with, professors in the Department of Podiatry at University of Malta have said.Tomorrow, 14 November, marks World Diabetes Day, a day dedicated to the condition which is a “globa...

Chased to the end by Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton, a tearful George Russell won his first race in Formula One on Sunday by 1 1/2 seconds at the Brazilian Grand Prix.It was also Mercedes' first GP win of an otherwise disappointing season with Hami...

More than 18 months have passed since the Ombudsman’s term expired. Anthony Mifsud was supposed to have been replaced in March 2021, but he is still leading the Office, ad interim, until an agreement is reached on his successor. In a report tab...

Michael Mock started studying and performing magic at the tender age of 13.Forty four years have passed since then, and still, magic remains his passion. He attended lectures and performed in the US, UK, France, Latvia and Italy. His presen...

“Malta considers the subject of climate change as a very important one and as one of the members of the United Nations Security Council, Malta will be giving it priority and will work towards seeing that it is addressed in the best possible way...

Four Mediterranean European Union nations have issued a joint statement on a dispute over a deal for Europe to jointly help asylum-seekers.In their statement Saturday, Italy, Greece, Malta and Cyprus repeated their positions that they “cannot s...

Qatar made a promise to fans 12 years ago when it started campaigning to host the World Cup: We love football just like you, so come and enjoy it with us.The message acknowledged there would be skeptics that a tiny emirate whose team had never b...

Rafael Nadal’s bid to win one of the few titles missing from his glittering career started poorly as he was beaten in straight sets by eighth-seeded Taylor Fritz in their opening match at the ATP Finals on Sunday.After a close-fought opening se...

Ukrainian police officers returned Saturday, along with TV and radio services, to the southern city of Kherson following the withdrawal of Russian troops, part of fast but cautious efforts to make the only regional capital captured by Russia livable ...

A man from Valletta was arrested on Saturday morning after he was found to be in possession of 84 sachets of drugs, the police said.The 33-year-old was seen behaving suspiciously in Hgejjeg Street and was also observed by officers passing on some ite...

Independent candidate Arnold Cassola has presented police commissioner Angelo Gafa' with first hand evidence regarding what he said were "grave illegalities in relation to a major project" and has asked for an urgent investigation into the matter.In ...

Many roads ended up being flooded this afternoon after heavy rainfall hit parts of the islands.Low-lying places such as Msida, Qormi, Marsa and Birkirkara were hit, as were newly opened roads including the one at Ghadira.The extent of the downpour &n...

Valletta: Empire Pharmacy (Branch), 46 Melita Street; Marsa: Vivien Pharmacy, Patri Magri Street; Zebbug: Santa Marija Pharmacy, 40, Għasfura Street; Birkirkara: Brown's Pharmacy, 32, Fleur-de-Lys Road; San Ġwann: Spiżerija Kappara, &#...

A man was seriously hurt while two others were injured in a traffic accident in Xewkija early this morning, the police said.The accident took place in Mgarr Road at 12.45am.It involved a Toyota Starlet, driven by a 19-year-old man of Xewkija, and a S...

A public consultation on the palliative care national strategy will be launched in the coming weeks, said Deputy and Health minister Chris Fearne on Saturday.During the first conference on palliative care in paediatrics in Malta, Fearne said that sta...

President George Vella called on everyone to recognise the mounting urgency of developing safer roads and better driving attitudes for all, as the figures are a terrible stain on our nation and one which should be urgently addressed.Addressing the Na...

Tenders issued by the Mosta Local Council, and public funds disbursed by the Planning Authority from the Development Planning Fund (DPF), are the subject of a complaint The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation filed with Malta’s National Audit Off...

Birkirkara and Gzira United figured out in a 1-1 draw in a match which was suspended midway through the second half due to heavy rainfall that hit the Centenary Stadium.A result which left Gzira in second place with Birkirkara falling into fourth pla...

As the Premier League gets ready to pause for the World Cup, some unlikely storylines are in place for the second half of the season.Arsenal has a five-point lead and is undoubtedly Manchester City's biggest challenger for its title.Newcastle is incr...

Napoli could end the year with a double-digit points lead at the top of Serie A.Goals from Victor Osimhen, Piotr Zieliński and Eljif Elmas saw Napoli beat Udinese 3-2 on Saturday for its 11th straight league victory and open up a significant gap...

Formula One team Mercedes had a day to remember at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Saturday.Alpine had a day to forget.Mercedes driver George Russell will start Sunday in pole position after winning the sprint race at Interlagos — his team's first ...

A maritime rescue ship docked Friday in a southern French port carrying 230 migrants whose fates have sparked a diplomatic row between France and Italy — a dispute that's threatening EU efforts to share around asylum-seekers.The French wel...

Climate Change is hitting our world faster as we speak. News about the current changes in the planet's climate are transforming the world. Over the last two decades we have experienced 18 of the warmest years on record, and extreme weather events, su...

A deal reached between the Maltese government, the Lands Authority and the hunters’ federation FKNK for the latter to administer land at Miżieb and l-Aħrax areas as hunting reserves, was declared illegal by a Court of Appeal earlier t...

25 new women participants in the the Labour Party's LEAD programme were presented on Saturday during a press conference led by Minister for Environment Energy and Enterprise Miriam Dalli, who has been responsible for such programmes since their launc...

Participants of the 2022 Nescafé LifeCycle Challenge have successfully completed the 22nd edition of the challenge – involving a mammoth 1,700 km cycling adventure from Buenos Aires in Argentina to Santiago in Chile. The participants arr...

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Malta's Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'A+' with a Stable Outlook.In a statement, Fitch said it expects that Malta's fiscal deficit will narrow to 5.8% of GDP in 2022 from 7.8% in 2021, in line wi...

Twenty-four new Covid-19 cases have been recorded Saturday.In all, the total number of cases has reached 115,587, with 808 deaths.There have been 114,105 recoveries, while the number of active cases stands at 278.

“Why do we enact laws and regulations are put in place if we are always finding ways how to go around these and absolving those who flout them?” ADPD – The Green Party Chairperson Carmel Cacopardo said at a press conference in front...

The police force is seeking information from the public in connection with a “slippery material” which caused the traffic accident which saw motorcyclist Marie Claire Lombardi lose her life.Lombardi died on 23 October after skidding into ...

With its insistence on not improving the proposed amendments to the Agricultural leases (Reletting) Act, the Government is ensuring that this sector receives a mortal blow, the Nationalist Party said in a statement on Saturday.Earlier last month the ...

A van carrying 12 students crashed into a wall in Msida on Friday, with two of the children onboard being taken to hospital.Police told The Malta Independent that a medical team went on site and assisted the children and the driver.The accident happe...

Environment Minister Miriam Dalli stated that she is of the opinion that parks such as the Mizieb area and L-Ahrax should be accessible in full to the public.This week, the court annulled an agreement signed by the Lands Authority and FKNK in late 20...

Kevin Conroy, the prolific voice actor whose gravely delivery on “Batman: The Animated Series" was for many Batman fans the definitive sound of the Caped Crusader, has died at 66.Conroy died Thursday after a battle with cancer, series...

Gallagher, the long-haired, smash-'em-up comedian who left a trail of laughter, anger and shattered watermelons over a decadeslong career, has died at age 76.Craig Marquardo, in a statement identifying himself as Gallagher's “longtime former ma...

The European Economic Forecast for Autumn 2022 revealed that Malta’s deficit is among the highest in the European Union (EU).Malta’s government deficit sat at 6% of GDP in 2022, which is a decrease from 7.8% of GDP in 2021.The main reason...

Kevin Magnussen shocked Formula One in Brazilian Grand Prix qualifying by earning pole position for the sprint race at Interlagos on Friday.It was the first pole after 142 races for the Danish driver, who celebrated by making faces at the cameras bef...

The Nationalist Party has expressed its worry at how the discussion on traffic has now turned into speaking about the tragedies on Malta’s roads.The PN said that the statistics show that there is a “crisis” on Malta’s roads wh...

Russia relinquished its final foothold in a major city in southern Ukraine on Friday, allowing Ukrainian forces to move cautiously toward reclaiming the country’s only Russian-occupied provincial capital in what would be a major morale-boosting...

The Union of Professional Educators’ industrial action at the ITS (Institute of Tourism Studies) has been ongoing for the last five days after the union registered a trade dispute over the conditions of work of its members at the institute.Addr...

Psychotherapist Mariella Dimech (above) was fired as executive chairperson of the cannabis authority which was set up only 11 months ago.In a terse statement, the government did not give any reason why Dimech was sacked, simply saying that she was to...

A sarcophagus, built on the grave of Colonel Morshead’s tomb is being rebuilt from scratch following painstaking research by Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna through Bank of Valletta’s support.Colonel Henry Anderson Morshead was Colonel Commandant ...

The Nationalist Party (PN) has called out the government for having a weak regulatory framework which has negatively affected the rushed cannabis bill.  This criticism follows the sacking of psychotherapist Mariella Dimech from her position as t...

Nature Trust Malta has officially taken guardianship over the Romeo Romano Gardens to be used for educational purposes while keeping the garden open for the public.WasteServ was in charge of the restoration of the garden as well as that of the adjace...

The eNGOs defending the historical setting of Xagħra’s Ta’ Kola windmill at the Planning Authority were dismayed to witness a repeat of the ‘develop at all costs’ approach that the politicians profess to be turning their ...

Malta’s culture sector has been rocked by events over the past couple of weeks, with two of its most well-known institutions being subject to separate scandals.First, the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra suspended a senior official, who was then ch...

A man was grievously injured after a car crashed into a tractor which he was driving in Gozo on Friday morning.Police said in a statement that a 29-year-old man from Xewkija was hospitalised after a traffic accident in Triq l-Gharb in Gharb on Friday...

Two children and a woman were hurt after a car overturned in Qormi on Thursday evening, the police said.The Accident took place in Vjal de La Cruz at 8.30pm.The driver, a 24-year-old woman of Vittoriosa, lost control of the Toyota Vitz she was drivin...

Total cruise passenger traffic during the third quarter of 2022 amounted to 223,480, the NSO said Friday.There were 97 cruise liner calls during the third quarter of 2022, an increase of 53 when compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous y...

Festivals Malta, through the National Festivities Committee, commemorates the victims of the two World Wars on Sunday, 13 November 2022 on the occasion known as Remembrance Sunday.For this occasion, a concelebrated mass will be held in...

China’s capital Beijing has closed city parks and imposed other restrictions as the country faces a new wave of COVID-19 cases.Elsewhere, more than 5 million people were under lockdown Friday in the southern manufacturing hub Guangzhou&nbs...

Matthew Zerafa has been appointed chief executive officer of the Housing Authority, the government said.He replaces Leonid McKay, who was named as the CEO of the Responsible Use of Cannabis Authority.In a statement, the social affairs ministry said t...

BirdLife Malta has filed a court case challenging the decision – taken by the Ministry for Gozo and the Environment Ministry – to open a spring hunting season in April 2022, on the Vulnerable European Turtle-dove (Gamiema).BirdLife Malta ...

The Malta Public Transport has cancelled an agreement which was to bring 15 bus drivers from the United Kingdom after controversy raged over their wages.It was reported that these drivers were to receive 18.50 sterling (€21.20) an hour, against ...

Rental car entrepreneur Christian Borg has been cleared of illegally employing foreign workers at a car wash, after a court ruled that his ties to the company specified by the prosecution had not been proven. Borg, 28 – together with five other...

18 organisations and animal rights activists have written to the Prime Minister to express their concern about animals that are suffering.The letter appeals for immediate action to stop the suffering of animals in Malta, as activists are arguing...

15 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Thursday, health authorities said.The total number of cases registered is now 115,547, with 808 deaths.Statistics show that 114,071 people have recovered, while 272 cases remain active.The Health Ministry stop...

A motorcyclist has died after he was involved in a traffic accident in Sliema, the police said.The accident took place in Tower Road at 11pm.The biker, a 32-year-old man from Macedonia, was riding a Piaggio Vespa which was involved in a crash with an...