Doctors for Life said in a statement that it shares the grave concerns that numerous prominent academics have recently expressed in their position paper about the legal amendment to the abortion law being proposed by the government.Doctors for Life b...

A man has died after he lost control of the car he was driving which crashed into two vehicles, the police said.The accident happened in Triq l-Ixprunara, Ghajnsielem, Gozo, on Wednesday at 9pm.The driver, a 79-year-old man of Ghajnsielem, lost contr...

The American tourist who was denied an abortion in Malta while she faced pregnancy complications has sued former PN MP Jason Azzopardi and academic Simon Mercieca for libel.Both Mercieca and Azzopardi claimed that Prudente was “brought to Malta...

The American University of Malta said Thursday it has updated its infrastructural master plan to better reflect its aspiration to be a positive contributor to the Cottonera community. The changes, the AUM said in a statement, came following extensive...

Carmen Tanti, who together with her husband formed the Greenfields duo, has died, aged 75.Carmen had been married to Joe and they had two children, Clive and Myra.Together with Charles Bajada, the couple had formed the Greenfields in 1970. Bajada die...

Independent candidate Arnold Cassola has asked the “future” standards commissioner to investigate parliamentary secretary Chris Bonett after a news report said that he had gone to Sicily on holiday with his family, using his ministerial c...

Opposition Leader Bernard Grech has said that Prime Minister Robert Abela is merely copying a law which other countries made, which led to allowing abortion in the country. This is because they did not specify on which health conditions constituted t...

Prime Minister Robert Abela said that the State Advocate had informed him that the State has technically been closing an eye to medical abortions, which were carried out to save the woman’s life for years.Asked about criticism that there were l...

No official declaration has as yet been made, but pressure is building on the President as Parliament seeks to pass a law making the termination of a pregnancy legal if there are health concerns for the mother.Times of Malta today reports that Vella ...

A man has been has been jailed after admitting to raping a woman’s sons while she was fighting cancer.Lawrence Micallef, 59, faced seven charges, including rape and sexual abuse against three people - two boys who were brothers, one of whom was...

Former Nationalist Party MP Jason Azzopardi has alleged that the American woman who faced pregnancy complications in Malta and was denied an abortion was purposely brought to Malta in order to create controversy over the termination of pregnancies.Az...

The European Commission has issued a proposal to review the current Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD). The objective of this review shall be to further improve packaging design to enable cost-effective recycling, and to reduce packaging ...

Government said that the Housing Authority would intervene in a serious case of domestic violence, by helping the victim relocate to alternative housing, Minister of Social Accommodation Roderick Galdes said on Wednesday.PN MP Ivan Castillo posed an ...

The Chamber for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) said that it is hopeful that consumers will shop for non-essential items during the upcoming Christmas season.Speaking to The Malta Independent, CEO of the Chamber of SMEs Abigail Agius Mamo said th...

 Christine McVie, the British-born Fleetwood Mac vocalist, songwriter and keyboard player whose cool, soulful contralto helped define such classics as “You Make Loving Fun,” “Everywhere” and “Don’t Stop,&...

Rest easy, soccer fans. Lionel Messi will grace the World Cup stage at least one more time.The Argentina great had a penalty saved but his team still beat Poland 2-0 Wednesday after second-half goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Julian Alva...

For a long time after the final whistle, Luis Chavez crouched on the field in anguish.He had just scored in Mexico's furious attempt to stay alive at the World Cup, but the 2-1 victory Wednesday over Saudi Arabia wasn't enough. Because of Argent...

Defending champion France won its World Cup group despite losing to Tunisia 1-0 Wednesday.Wahbi Khazri scored in the 58th minute to give the Tunisians the victory, but it wasn't enough to get them into the round of 16. Australia beat Denmar...

Australia advanced to the round of 16 at the World Cup, beating favoured Denmark 1-0 Wednesday on Mathew Leckie’s 60th-minute goal.It is Australia's first time in the knockout stage since 2006, the only other time they advanced out of the ...

The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses has requested an urgent meeting with the Hon.Prime Minister and Hon deputy prime minister and Minister for Health regarding the termination of pregnancy in cases of "life threatening" situations.The proposed dra...

BCRS Malta Ltd, operator of the Beverage Container Refund Scheme, has distanced itself from companies that form part of the Kasco Group, run by the former chief of staff Keith Schembri.Neither the company nor its reverse vending machines have any con...

The pharmaceutical company Teva Malta is investing over €30 million to produce better quality pharmaceuticals.The investment began in 2020, with €20 million being invested by the end of this year, and a further €11 million is planned n...

The debate over who owns ancient artifacts has been an increasing challenge to museums across Europe and America, and the spotlight has fallen on the most visited piece in the British Museum: The Rosetta stone.The inscriptions on the dark grey granit...

The CEO of Mater Dei Hospital, Celia Falzon, and the President of Dr Klown, Eric Muscat led a tree-planting ceremony and unveiled a plaque within the precincts of Mater Dei Hospital, to commemorate the 10th Anniversary from the setting up of Dr Klown...

Minister for the National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government Owen Bonnici said that this year will be remembered as the year characterised by Russia's ongoing aggression in Ukraine. "This war has inflicted substantial materia...

HSBC Bank Malta said Wednesday it has been notified that on 30 November 2022, HSBC Europe B.V. (‘HEBV’) transferred its direct shareholding in the Bank to HSBC Continental Europe (‘HBCE’). As a result of this transaction, HBCE...

Japan will probably not win the World Cup, but their fans have already lifted the trophy as the cleanest and most civic-minded.Footage of Japanese fans bagging garbage in the stadium after a match – irrespective of the result – is always ...

When responding to claims made by the Nationalist Party (PN), Prime Minister Robert Abela said that the abortion law exemption bill does not make abortion legal.Abela said that after consulting with the State Advocate, it was revealed that Malta's an...

Bernice Cassar was killed by a gunshot to her face, a court heard on Tuesday as the compilation of evidence against her husband began.The compilation of evidence against Roderick Cassar started on Tuesday with Inspector Wayne Camilleri testifying on ...

The Nationalist Party is concerned that Malta is losing its human resources, as an EY Survey showed that many youths would rather live outside Malta.The EY 5th Generate Youth Survey revealed that 77% of Millennials and 72% of Gen-Z said that they wou...

The Ministry for National Heritage, the Arts, and Local Government has said that it is currently in the advanced process of making the first group of acquisitions of private properties presently leased or used by social band clubs that are under thre...

Heavy rain has resulted in traffic and caused flooding in some areas around the Maltese islands.The Facebook Group Malta Roads Traffic Update reported that the slip road coming from University roundabout direction towards Iklin was closed by police s...

His Holiness Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, will make a historic visit to Malta next week during which he will meet refugees as well as the sizeable Orthodox Christian community on the isl...

Scandal. Titles. More scandal.Successes and controversy are never far apart at Juventus, which is back in crisis mode following the resignation of club president Andrea Agnelli and the team’s entire board of directors following an inv...

Christian Pulisic kicked the ball, scored the goal and crashed into the goalkeeper, a collision that sent the American star to a hospital and the United States into the second round of the World Cup.More than an hour later, he contacted his teammates...

Marcus Rashford dropped to his knees and pointed up to the sky.The England forward had just scored against Wales at the World Cup, starting off a 3-0 victory that sent his team into the round of 16.His celebration, he said, was in tribute t...

The Maltese Association of Psychiatry (MAP) has expressed concern over ongoing attempts to differentiate between physical health and mental health in the debate over government's bill to amend abortion laws."MAP believes that healthcare needs to be h...

A court has called on the authorities to consider limiting gambling adverts which are hounding gambling addicts to keep playing.The accused gambler was Oreste Zammit, a 63-year-old former customs officer who was accused of money laundering, misapprop...

Senegal can now put the disappointment of 2018 to rest.Kalidou Koulibaly led his team into the last 16 of the World Cup on Tuesday by volleying home the winning goal in a 2-1 victory over Ecuador, four years after the African champions were...

The Netherlands finished off the worst showing by any World Cup host nation by beating Qatar 2-0 on Tuesday.The Dutch advanced to the round of 16 by winning Group A while the Qataris, who were already eliminated, became the first ...

A performance audit on the 'Care for the Elderly in Gozo' has elicited 'mixed results' in the provision of community and residential care services.Auditor General Charles Deguara presented the performance audit to the Speaker of the House of Represen...

Culture Minister Owen Bonnici has said that information on the funds to run the popular British reality show Love Island in Malta is of a confidential nature.Bonnici was asked a parliamentary question by PN MP Graham Bencini, who raised questions abo...

Civil Protection Malta (CPD) firefighters responded to a second floor apartment fire yesterday in Msida, and rescued a dog trapped inside.Posting on Facebook, the CPD said that once inside, firefighters managed to locate and rescue a dog that was tra...

Malta’s local films are not getting the attention they deserve. The government seems to be all too focused on attracting foreign films, and as such local filmmakers end up playing second fiddle.In an interview with The Malta Independent on Sund...

44 NGOs, organisations, groups, and associations, together with former President of the Republic Marie Louise Coleiro Preca have appealed to the government to take note of concerns raised by the Group of 80 experts on the proposed bill regarding Malt...

The EU road transport reform has increased the transportation expenses to Malta by €360 more on each container when compared to other countries, prospective Nationalist Party MEP candidate Peter Agius said.In February 2020, the European Parliame...

Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service says it has rescued three stowaways found on a ship's rudder in the Canary Islands after the vessel sailed there from Nigeria. The men, found on the Alithini II oil tanker at the Las Palmas port, appeared to...

The government and opposition sparred over a proposed bill to allow doctors to carry out the necessary medical procedures on prospective mothers who are facing severe pregnancy complications in Parliament on Monday.Health Minister Chris Fearne said i...

There is enough prima facie evidence to indict the CEO of the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) over allegations that he suborned witnesses from giving information on an alleged criminal act, a court declared on Monday.Magistrate Gabriella Vella, wh...

Juventus' board of directors and president Andrea Agnelli resigned en masse on Monday.The stunning move follows a preliminary investigation by the Turin Public Prosecutor's Office into fraudulent accounting, of alleged hidden payments to players.At t...

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola has been awarded the “Donna e innovazione” award.The award was given by TuttiMedia, an institution that deals with communications issues, with particular attention to the changes brought about...

The 22nd edition of the FIFA World Cup broke with tradition by deviating from the regular tournament calendar to accommodate footballers not used to the intense heat of Qatar. Although 20th November signalled the start of the World Cup, the colder we...

An Iranian national was injured in an argument in St Julian’s on Monday night, police said in a statement.Police said that they were informed of an argument at around 10:30pm in Triq San Gorg in St Julian’s on Monday night.Preliminary inv...

Waves of orange, glowing lava and smoky ash belched and sputtered Monday from the world’s largest active volcano in its first eruption in 38 years, and officials told people living on Hawaii’s Big Island to be ready in the event of a wors...

An Armed Forces of Malta soldier who tragically died while out diving last summer might have been hit by a boat, police believe.In a statement, the police said referred to an incident on 12 August, when the body of 35-year-old Christian Degabriele &n...

Prime Minister Robert Abela is abusing his position and will be legalising abortion via a misleading amendment, the Nationalist Party said Monday.In a statement ahead of the start of the debate in Parliament this afternoon, the PN said that what Abel...

Bernice Cassar had written her thesis campaigning against the sexual objectification portrayal of women, focusing on policewomen in her study.Cassar, a mother of two, was shot dead shortly after 8am at Corradino industrial estate in Paola last Tuesda...

A number of NGOs have said that the introduction of the legal amendments which would allow an abortion to take place if the mother’s life or health is in grave danger are the “least that can be done” and that a broader discussion on...

Cristiano Ronaldo wheeled away in celebration, acting as though he had scored once again at the World Cup.Not this time.Instead, it was Bruno Fernandes eventually credited with the goal that set up Portugal’s 2-0 win over Uruguay on Monday...

Malta was rocked by the shocking murder of Bernice Cassar last week – the third incidence of a woman being violently murdered by a man this year, with Paulina Dembska being the first and Rita Ellul being the second.Each time such cases are gree...

A protest against the introduction of abortion is being organised by the Life Network Foundation in collaboration with Doctors for Life and I See Life.The protest will be held on Sunday 4 December, starting from in front of Castille Square, Valletta ...

From time to time, we are looking for a new hobby and a way to experience bright emotions. Many people find them in gambling. It offers a unique atmosphere and allows you not only to play fun games but to suit up, make new friends, and be treated as ...

Brazil struggled without Neymar at the World Cup on Monday. Still, the five-time champions played well enough to secure a spot in the next stage.Brazil overcame the absence of its injured star to beat Switzerland 1-0 and make it to the roun...

Mohammed Kudus said there wasn’t much difference between the way Ghana played in its opening World Cup match against Portugal or its second game against South Korea.Except the result, of course.Kudus scored twice, including the go-ahe...

Malta will receive €21.8 million from the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF), the European Commission said in a statement.Following the adoption of the Partnership Agreement 2021-2027 with Malta, the Europea...

Cat lovers and Real Animal Rights Foundation volunteers Jade Borg and Fiona Broome Camilleri say that the cat population problem is spiralling out of control, and unless the matter is addressed in a serious manner, the situation will only become wors...

As part of the Government’s ongoing commitment to regenerate Valletta, Malta Strategic Partnership Projects (MSPP) said that it has issued a request for proposals to rehabilitate the Evans Building site in the lower part of the capital city, an...

Search teams have recovered seven dead, including a 3-week-old infant and a pair of young siblings, buried in mud and debris that hurtled down a mountainside and through a densely populated port city on the resort island of Ischia, officials said Sun...

Substitute Vincent Aboubakar scored one goal and created another as Cameroon rallied from 3-1 down to draw 3-3 with Serbia at the World Cup on Monday.He lobbed goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic in the 64th minute and then set up striker Eri...

Riots broke out in several Belgian and Dutch cities after Morocco’s 2-0 upset win over Belgium at the World Cup Sunday.Police detained about a dozen people after they deployed water cannons and fire tear gas to disperse crowds in Brussels and e...

On Friday 25 November, a conference with the theme Understanding Mental Health and Well Being of Students was held at the Catholic Institute in Floriana. This international conference was organized under the auspices of the Ambassador ...

The Gozo Channel service is back in operation after a storm on Sunday led to the suspension of trips between the two islands.Gozo Channel said on its Facebook page that the service is being operated from the Cirkewwa south quay.On Sunday, the service...

The Malta Film Commission is primarily concerned with attracting foreign films, rather than supporting local filmmakers, says producer Pierre Ellul. “All the focus is on the foreign projects and the Maltese filmmaker is left out in the cold.&rd...

New admissions at St Vincent de Paul home for the elderly are unlikely anytime soon as negotiations between the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses (MUMN) and government are at a standstill.“There can be no place for negotiations, before Rhys Xu...

People who shift their own blame onto others can be likened to the behaviour of perpetrators, the Malta Women’s Lobby said in a statement.It was referring to what Prime Minister Robert Abela said Sunday with regard to the killing of a woman las...

Only a win for Germany in the final group game will give the four-time World Cup champions a chance to avoid a second straight early elimination.At least they’re improving.Substitute Niclas Füllkrug scored in the 83rd minute Sund...

Tuesday, 29 November marks a thousand days since the first case of Covid-19 was registered in Malta.It was on 7 March 2020 that the first case was announced, sending Malta into panic mode as so little was known about the virus at the time, except tha...

Government’s fragmented approach to amend the abortion law without the necessary backup support structures for women can do more harm to society, former independent MP Marlene Farrugia said. Last Monday, government tabled amendments to make it ...

A biker was grievously injured in an accident on the Birkirkara by-pass on Sunday morning.The accident took place at 6.15am, involving a Ford Fiesta driven by a woman aged 52 of Dingli, and the biker, who was riding a Honda PCX.The biker, aged 45 of ...

There was a whole day of traffic chaos in the road leading to Mgarr Harbour as Gozo Channel announced delays and/or cancellations due to the inclement weather.The service was eventually suspended in the afternoon as the conditions worsened "util furt...

A man was taken to hospital after he was hit by a car in Hamrun on Sunday, the police said.The accident took place in St Joseph High Road at 11am.The man, aged 34 of Hamrun, was hit by a Suzuki Swift driven by a 49-year-old man of Cospicua.The pedest...

Prime Minister Robert Abela said that his government has no plans to remove laws making abortion illegal in Malta, adding that legal amendments set to be debated in Parliament next week were to give legal certainty to doctors and mothers in the case ...

Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said that medical intervention on a woman in case of difficulties in pregnancy has already been happening for several years in the country, and that the amendments on the abortion law is too quick and will allow aborti...

Maltese hip hop artist Chris Birdd went number one on the popular iTunes charts, as well as on Malta’s leading radio station 89.7 Bay Radio.Birdd, the award-winning artist making waves in London and Los Angeles, has received international recog...

A Bill that will make the termination of a pregnancy legal when the woman’s life is “at risk or her health (is) in grave jeopardy” because of a “medical complication” was presented in Parliament on Monday. The Bill ...

Andrej Kramaric scored a pair of goals and Croatia crushed Canada's hopes of advancing at its first World Cup in 36 years with a 4-1 victory on Sunday.Alphonso Davies scored Canada's first-ever World Cup goal seconds into the match but the ...

Morocco pulled off yet another World Cup shock, and it was Belgium’s aging “Golden Generation” that took the hit this time.The 2-0 upset left Kevin de Bruyne and the 2018 semifinalists in peril of a group-stage exit at wha...

Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou mysteriously disappeared before kickoff of his team's World Cup game against Belgium on Sunday.Bounou was named in the starting lineup, came out with his team and sang the national anthem before kickoff as ...

Keysher Fuller scored in the 81st minute to lift Costa Rica to a 1-0 victory over Japan on Sunday, leaving both teams with three points after two games in Group E of the World Cup.Fuller took advantage of a defensive error when Japan failed to c...

The Left think-tank organisation Zminijietna on Sunday appealed to the cabinet to legislate to make it illegal to hire persons for work without a 'work contract'. Companies caught exploiting these people should have their license withdrawn ...

Fleeing shelling, civilians on Saturday streamed out of the southern Ukrainian city whose recapture they had celebrated just weeks earlier.The exodus from Kherson came as Ukraine solemnly remembered a Stalin-era famine and sought to ensure that Russi...

Heavy rainfall triggered a massive landslide early Saturday on the southern Italian resort island of Ischia that destroyed buildings and swept parked cars into the sea, leaving at least one person dead and up to 12 missing.The body of a woman was pul...

A man has died after an explosion took place at the fireworks factory in Kirkop on Saturday morning, the police said.The St Joseph Musical Society, in a Facebook post, said that one of their members had died in the explosion, which took place at 7.10...

Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri told people to be vigilant as a storm is hitting Malta and things will get worse.In a post on Facebook, the minister made reference to the Kirkop fireworks factor explosion, saying that since the blast the weathe...

The police said that photos of lost number plates should not be uploaded on the social media.It has become a habit for people to post photos of number plates of cars which are carried away when there is heavy rain and flooding.This practice should st...

The man who on Saturday died in a fireworks factory explosion had survived a similar blast 10 years ago.Leonard Camilleri, 64, died when the San Ġużepp factory exploded on Saturday morning.Camilleri was a keen fireworks enthusiast and had s...

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This Black Friday is the closest one to pre-Covid levels with shoppers flocking the streets for Black Friday, from the early hours of the day, the Chamber for Small and Medium Enterprises said. Shop owners said the eagerness and will to shop was evid...

The information in the Register of Beneficial Owners must remain accessible to journalists and civil societies, the Nationalist Party said on Saturday.In a statement, the party said it considered the decision of the Malta Business Registry (MBR) to c...