Labour MEP Alfred Sant is “unconvinced” that the “significant increase in the number of MPs” will be useful.In his blog on The Malta Independent today, Sant refers to the bill meant to ensure that Malta will have a minimum num...

Employers must understand that just because they provide the option and the tools for their employees to work remotely, they have not bought one’s entire life, UĦM – Voice of the Workers CEO Josef Vella said in an interview with ...

British scientists are starting a study Thursday to find out if it's OK to mix and match COVID-19 vaccines.The vaccines being rolled out now require two doses, and people are supposed to get two shots of the same kind, weeks apart.Guidelines in Brita...

Business 1st was one of the frontline offices within Malta Enterprise during the past months, working tirelessly, at some points even 7 days a week, in order to help businesses to survive this crisis, The Malta Business Weekly was told.Mari...

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine shows a hint that it may reduce transmission of the virus and offers strong protection for three months on just a single dose, researchers said Wednesday in an encouraging turn in the campaign to suppress the outb...

Two have been hospitalised after a serious accident involving multiple vehicles in St Paul’s Bay on Wednesday evening, the police said.The accident took place at around 7.30 pm in Triq il-Mosta, near the fuel station. Four vehicles were involve...

Organic farming is still a priority, despite the challenges related to increasing the area designated for organic farming in the Maltese islands, a spokesperson for the Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and Animal Rights told The Malta Indepe...

The Super 5 Jackpot of €300,000 has been won by four winners, Maltco announced. The tickets were purchased from Tarxien, St. Andrews, Rabat (Malta) and Naxxar.Numbers Drawn:    1 • 43 • 45 • 44 • 2WINNING ...

Malta launched a new citizenship-by-investment scheme a few months ago which, it says, is an improvement of the highly controversial IIP. But its future is all but certain as the European Commission is still mulling taking Malta to court. The EC laun...

The thrilling day’s here tomorrow at 9 PM - are you ready for EuroMillions’ very first €130 Million Superdraw of the year? Place your bets while you still can and you might just possibly win the entire jackpot. EuroMillions is h...

Former government minister Konrad Mizzi was interrogated by the police’s financial crime investigation unit on WednesdayMizzi was seen entering the Financial Crime Investigation Unit’s headquarters in Santa Venera, although it remains unc...

138 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Wednesday, while three more patients have died while positive for the virus.In their daily update, health authorities said that during the last 24 hours, a 68-year-old man and an 84-year-old man had passed a...

The government would need to pay over €417 million for terminating the Electrogas power station deal, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) heard.Auditor General Charles Deguara was answering questions before the PAC. It was said that due to liabi...

Superintendent of Public Health Prof Charmaine Gauci has revealed that 12 new cases of the UK Covid-19 variant have been found in Malta. Gauci was speaking during a live Q&A session on the Times of Malta. This takes the total number of ...

The UĦM - Voice of the Workers has ordered industrial action at Karin Grech, St Luke’s and Gozo General Hospital – the hospitals operated by Steward Health Care – after they said that the government had failed to keep its word....

Murder middleman Melvin Theuma testified in the compilation of evidence against three men charged with executing the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017 continues.This is Theuma's first appearance on the witness stand since being cleared ...

Three men were charged on Monday over the discovery of 21 kilos of cannabis found hidden in a fridge and a freezer in Floriana. A fourth man is still being investigated.The police said on Tuesday that the drugs, which have an estimated street value o...

Opposition and PN leader Bernard Grech said that the Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) was not perfect before 2013 –when the PN was in Government – but it was in a much better state than it is today.The Malta Independent spoke to Grech a...

Valletta showed signs of recovery yesterday against Sliema but for the third consecutive match they still failed to find the back of the net. It was a fair result in a balanced encounter, a result that is of little use to both teams.Valletta were ver...

After going 68 Premier League games unbeaten at Anfield, Liverpool has slumped to back-to-back losses at the stadium that was its impenetrable stronghold for nearly four years.The latest defeat — to lowly Brighton — left the champions' ti...

Napoli held high-scoring Atalanta in check during a 0-0 draw Wednesday but may regret not scoring at home during the first leg of the Italian Cup semifinals.Atalanta had the better chances in a physical match at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.Napo...

PBS had spent €10,000 on lunches over two years, it emerged during John Bundy's testimony before the Industrial Tribunal.Bundy on Tuesday won an unfair dismissal claim against the public broadcaster, with the tribunal ordering PBS to pay him &eu...

Malta Enterprise (ME) approved almost €350 million in payments under the Wage Supplement Scheme, which was introduced to help businesses cope during the Covid-19 pandemic.This information was tabled in parliament by Enterprise Minister Miriam Da...

Jesmark Scicluna, a Siggiewi-based fisherman, who was cast as the lead of the Maltese film, Luzzu, has won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award in Acting at the Sundance Film Festival. Luzzu was directed by Alex Camilleri and made its world p...

26 years ago today, nine dockyard workers were tragically killed in an explosion on board a Libyan tanker which they were working on in the drydocks.The Um El Faroud, a tanker built in the UK in 1969 but, by 1995, owned by the General National Transp...

The European Commission is still analysing the replies sent by the Maltese government after the EC launched infringement proceedings on Malta and Cyrpus’ ‘golden visa’ schemes. Last year, Malta phased out the controversial Individua...

Gozo Channel did not breach its public service obligations when it stopped the Mgarr-Marsamxett cargo route, Transport Minister Ian Borg told Parliament on Wednesday.He was replying to a parliamentary question by PN MP Joe Ellis, who asked how the mi...

God's Soldiers was the first major production to shoot and complete in Malta after the first wave of Covid-19, according to the website Prolific North.The production was released in Austria in late 2020 according to IMDB.The drama documentary “...

The government will this year launch a number of new projects and services for persons with a disability, including laws that were forgotten for a number of years, Inclusion Minister Julia Farrugia Portelli said on Wednesday.Farrugia Portelli and Pri...

Britain’s health chief said Wednesday that a new study suggesting that a single dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine provides a high level of protection for 12 weeks supports the government’s strategy of delaying the second sho...

England has begun house-by-house COVID-19 testing in some communities as authorities try to snuff out a new variant of the coronavirus before it spreads widely and undermines a nationwide vaccination program.Authorities want to reach the 80,000 resid...

Bank of Valletta has said that it will continue with its defence in relation to the Deiulemar case, stating that the ECHR's rejection of its case is on the basis of the fact that they had not exhausted all avenues in Italy yet.In 2019, Bank of Vallet...

Pete Buttigieg won Senate approval Tuesday as transportation secretary, the first openly gay person to be confirmed to a Cabinet post. He’ll be tasked with advancing President Joe Biden’s ambitious agenda of rebuilding the nation’s ...

A particular bit of news published this week is a major cause of concern.In 2020, Malta registered the highest number of prisoners it has ever experienced in its recorded history, with over 900 inmates being held at the Corradino Correctional Facilit...

A 50-year-old man from Marsa was grievously injured in Hamrun on Wednesday, after he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed.Thi accident took plact on Triq il-Kbira San Guzepp at 6.15am.The man, who was riding a Junak 806, was taken to Mater Dei ...

World Health Organization investigators on Wednesday visited a research center in the Chinese city of Wuhan that has been the subject of speculation about the origins of the coronavirus, with one member saying they'd intended to meet key staff and pr...

Former European bank chief Mario Draghi was positioned to lead what could quickly become Italy's next government after the Italian president concluded Tuesday that squabbling political parties failed in a last-ditch effort to form a new coalition and...

John Bundy has won an unfair dismissal case he had filed before the industrial tribunal after he was sacked as CEO of the Public Broadcasting Services in 2017. The veteran presenter announced the verdict in a Facebook post. PBS will have to...

An eyewitness who saw Daphne Caruana Galizia’s car explode has told the court of the horrific scene he saw on the day of the murder.Francis Sant, a Bidnija resident, was driving up the hill towards the hamlet at around 3pm on 16 October 2017 wh...

Patients who need to travel abroad for medical care will, from tomorrow, start having the Covid-19 vaccine administered to them before they leave, Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne has said.This process will be organised by Mater Dei Hospital and th...

Over 5,700 people have signed a petition calling on the government to take action and start restoring one of Malta’s 18th century heritage buildings, Selmun Palace, which has been left in a terrible state over the past years. The petition ...

Captain Sir Tom Moore, who raised over £32 million for the National Health Service (NHS) has passed away at the age of 100. Moore was taken to Bedford Hospital on Sunday after struggling with his breathing.  His daughter Hannah Ingram...

A package which caused alarm due to its resemblance to a possible car bomb turned out to be a false alarm in Pieta on Tuesday afternoon.Police told this newsroom that alarm was raised in a parking lot in Triq ix-Xatt, Pieta, when a bomb was thought t...

Fifteen months later, it happened again to Southampton.Ralph Hasenhuttl’s team has another 9-0 loss to get over after Manchester United cleaned up at Old Trafford to tie the biggest margin of victory since the Premier League began in 1992.There...

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice to help Juventus fight back to win 2-1 at Inter Milan in the first leg of their Italian Cup semifinal on Tuesday.Ronaldo netted a penalty and took advantage of a horrendous defensive error to give his side the advantage...

Malta’s policy against the use of drugs has not been changed or updated in 13 years, Parliament has been told.Replying to a question by Nationalist Party deputy leader David Agius, who asked the government to table the country's policy on drug ...

141 new cases of Covid-19 were registered on Tuesday, as one more victim passed away.The latest victim was a 92-year-old woman, who died while Covid-19 positive at the Good Samaritan Long Term Care Facility. The total number of deaths has thus risen ...

Russian scientists say the country's Sputnik V vaccine appears safe and effective against COVID-19, according to early results of an advanced study published in a British medical journal. The news is a boost for the shot that is increasingly bei...

Four people have been arrested after a drug bust yielded 21 kilograms of what is suspected to be cannabis, police said on Tuesday.The street value of the drug if it were to be sold would have amounted to some €420,000.Police said that at around ...

The updated vision which will take the Malta Information Technology Agency (MITA) up to 2023 has been launched, with it being built on the premise of Malta being a pioneer in digital innovation.“With a leadership mentality in the digital econom...

The European Union on Monday defended its flagging coronavirus vaccine program, which has come under criticism from the World Health Organization, EU states and recently departed member Britain.Ten days of bad news about stalled deliveries from produ...

Recent statements by the Finance Minister, parachuted into parliament without ever having contested an election, Clyde Caruana, reveal the government’s attitude to workers and to the economy in general, ADPD said in a statement.Chairperson Carm...

The government should help farmers switch to local organic production by bolstering demand, by buying their products through a requirement for sourcing organic foods in local public tenders, MEP candidate Peter Agius told The Malta Independent.This c...

The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses (MUMN) has expressed its concern over the “substantial number” of foreign nurses leaving the country, something which is coming to the detriment of the whole health service in Malta. In an open ...

Robert Vella has been appointed as the new CEO of the Lands Authority following a public call at the end of last year, the Economy Ministry announced on Tuesday. Economy Minister Silvio Schembri said that the Lands Authority will “now pave...

“Saved by the Bell” star Dustin Diamond died Monday after a three-week fight with cancer, according to his representative. He was 44.“Dustin did not suffer. He did not have to lie submerged in pain. For that, we are grateful,”...

There is nothing wrong if journalists conducting TV shows on the national station ask tough questions to the Opposition Leader when he is invited for an interview. They are doing their job when they put him on the spot, like any other media with no l...

Friends of the Earth Malta and Moviment Graffitti have submitted joint recommendation on the ‘Long term Waste Management Plan (2021-2030) in the Maltese Islands’ as part of government’s consultation process. The two NGOs have parti...

Much of Italy gingerly reopened Monday from pre-Christmas coronavirus closures, with the Vatican Museums welcoming a trickle of visitors to the Sistine Chapel and locals ordering their cappuccinos at outdoor tables for the first time in weeks.While m...

The Senate is poised to approve Pete Buttigieg to be transportation secretary, the first openly gay person ever confirmed to a Cabinet post, tasked with advancing President Joe Biden’s wide-ranging agenda of rebuilding the nation’s infras...

A Maltese company has developed its proprietary aquaculture technology which is now exported all over the world.  These research activities span from the development of next-generation aquaculture systems (aquaculture 4.0) and marine biotec...

Two Polish historians are facing a libel trial for a scholarly examination of Polish behavior during World War II, a case whose outcome is expected to determine the fate of independent Holocaust research under Poland’s nationalist government.A ...

This article is continuously being updated - refresh the story for updates.Gozo bishop Anton Teuma told a court of how he had met the alleged victim of sexual abuse at the hands of two priests some 19 times, and of how he had urged the man to report ...

A suspected drug trafficker has won a constitutional court case in which he requested a statement he had given to police in the absence of a lawyer is not used as evidence in his trial.Morgan Onuorah was arrested and interrogated in 2010 over his all...

A lawyer representing former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat in a libel case has insisted that Pilatus Bank whistleblower Maria Efimova should physically come to Malta to testify in the next sitting.Muscat testified on Monday in the libel case ha had in...

124 cases of Covid-19 were reported on Monday, while two more people have died while positive for the virus, according to the latest update provided by health authorities.Authorities said that an 81-year-old man and an 88-year-old woman passed away d...

A National Audit Office report has found that Malta is lagging behind when it comes to meeting its targets on recycling, and that any investment in infrastructure needs to be coupled with the increased adoption of the principles of the circular econo...

In 2020, Malta registered the highest number of prisoners it has ever experienced in its recorded history with over 900 inmates being held at the Corradino Correctional Facility in November.Last week, Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri, alongside ...

Aggravated theft, conversion of fines and possession of false documents, are the three most common offences committed by people serving time in prison, information tabled in Parliament reveals.The information was tabled by Home Affairs Minister Byron...

In 2020, Malta reached a new record of illegal hunting, with 210 known illegally shot protected birds retrieved by the police and BirdLife Malta, the bird conservation NGO stated. “The first year of Prime Minister Robert Abela’s rule...

An 18-year-old Eritrean had to be tasered after he threatened police officers with a hammer.The case took place inside a residence in Telgħa tal-Giżwiti in Marsa after the owners reported a break-in. The police received the report at around...

The salary of the Governor of the Central Bank of Malta was increased to address anomalies created when the salaries of the Deputy Governors were increased, Finance Minister Clyde Caruana told Parliament on Monday.He was replying to a Parliamentary Q...

Two people were remanded in custody on Monday after they pleaded not guilty to a string of offences committed in Gozo on Sunday.A 27-year-old man from Zebbug was accused of having threatened to use violence and causing slight injuries. The incident t...

Malta recorded the worst statistic out of all European Union member states for organic farming areas, with its record of 0.5% well below the 8.5% EU average, new statistics showed.Organic farming is a technique which involves the cultivating and...

Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses has expressed its “disgust” at the attitude of the Mental Health Commissioner John Cachia regarding the issue of illegal immigrants admitted to Mount Carmel Hospital. In a statement two days ago, th...

Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has agreed to supply 9 million additional doses of its coronavirus vaccine to the European Union during the first quarter, the bloc's executive arm said Sunday.The new target of 40 million doses by the end of March ...

Labour MEP Alfred Sant told the European Parliament that now is the moment for European countries to revaluate national housing policies as the on-going economic crisis is leaving behind a new poverty class on the continent.Sant voted in favour of a ...

The transportation situation in Malta has long been a source of debate. Most, if not all, people agree with the suggestion that, with almost a car per person registered in Malta, there are simply too many cars for such a small country.  However,...

While Air Malta's headcount has already gone down over recent years, the airline could operate with even fewer people, the airline's new Executive Chairman, David Curmi, said on Indepth.Curmi, who hails from an insurance and financial services backgr...

The first line of a mass transportation system would take 8-10 years to complete, if the country decides to implement such a project, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Ian Borg told The Malta Independent on Sunday during an intervi...

182 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Sunday, while two more patients suffering from the virus have passed away.In their daily update, health authorities said that two people – a 78-year-old man and a 63-year-old woman – passed away ...

It took Bernard Grech more than 100 days to line up his shadow cabinet but, at the end of the day, he left many portfolios as they had been established by his predecessor.But what is more significant is that some of his attempts to shift responsibili...

Contrary to popular belief, it is very rare that children and adolescents go missing purely as attention seeking behaviour. The Malta Independent on Sunday delved deeper into the subject of disappering children after what seemed to be a surge in miss...

Malta’s Covid-19 reproduction rate – also referred to as the r-factor – now stands at 1.25, statistician Vincent Marmara told The Malta Independent on Sunday in his weekly video blog.The reproduction number of the virus is...

Prime Minister Robert Abela has confirmed that plans for Covid-19 vouchers are still on, but they will be distributed within a timeline that respects what the health authorities have to say. “We gave our word, and this government keeps its...

The Nationalist Party has a plan for the energy sector which would see the harnessing of new technology in order to cut bills and emissions, PN leader Bernard Grech said on Sunday.Addressing a political meeting in Valletta, Grech said that the PN wan...

Gzira United registered a double over Valletta beating the Citizens with a Maxwell Maia brace, a goal in each half. It was a deserved victory for the Maroons over a struggling Valletta side who suffered the second consecutive defeat, and for the seco...

With a trademark left-footed curler into the top corner and the deftest of finishes from a clinical counterattack, Mohamed Salah ended one of his longest goal droughts in the Premier League for Liverpool in style.The champions’ chief scorer is ...

Lazio gained revenge for their Coppa Italia quarter-final defeat, inflicting Atalanta’s first Serie A loss of 2021 including a stunning Adam Marusic curler and classic counter-attacks.There have been 21 goals in the last four competitive meetin...

Moviment Graffitti is strongly in favour of the EU proposal for a directive on an adequate minimum wage; a proposal that has long been advocated for by European trade unions. While the proposal is a good start, Moviment Graffitti thinks that the...

After a decade or so of constant leadership changes, the national airline might have finally found the ideal candidate for the job. The airline’s new Executive Chairman, David Curmi, was interviewed on this week’s edition of Indepth. He o...

Chanting slogans against President Vladimir Putin, tens of thousands took to the streets Sunday across Russia to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, keeping up nationwide protests that have rattled the Kremlin. More than 4,...

The British government said Saturday that it does not expect any disruptions to its orders for coronavirus vaccines after the European Union emphasized it would not trigger an emergency provision of the Brexit deal as part of its strategy to monitor ...

A motorcyclist was rushed to hospital after he was seriously injured in an early morning crash on the Coast Road on Sunday, police said.Police said that they were informed of the incident at 5:40am, and preliminary investigations showed that a man &n...

Malta registered 136 new Covid-19 cases, while 149 patients have recovered, fuigures released by the health authorities show.Another person has died with the virus. He is an 85-year-old man who died at Mater Dei Hospital.So far, 25,822 vaccination do...

Opposition Leader Bernard Grech insisted on Saturday that party media should not take advantage on certain situations when reporting, as it does not matter who the person or what their occupation is.Speaking during a radio interview on 103 Malta&rsqu...

Three Slovakian men were arrested in connection with the kidnapping of a fellow countryman earlier this week.The police said the 30-year-old victim was approached by the three men in Salib Street, Mellieha, last Wednesday.They forced him into a car a...

Eight persons were arrested by the police in separate drug raids in Marsa, Zabbar and Marsascala, the police said.On Friday morning, members of the Rapid Intervention Unit arrested two men, a Somali aged 23 and a Gambian aged 27, who were in possessi...

Floriana: Floriana  Dispensary, 29, Vincenzo Dimech Street; Ħamrun: St Gaetan Pharmacy, Kappillan Mifsud Street; Santa Venera: Lantern Pharmacy, Misraħ il-Kebbies; Swatar: Collis Williams – St Mark's Pharmacy, P. Borg Olivier Str...

The Government and Opposition held differing views regarding a report from the office of The Commissioner for Standards in Public Life citing concerns with Bill 159 which is currently before parliament. This comes after The Malta Independent asked qu...