The long-term effects of Covid-19 are not being studied in Malta, health superintendent Charmaine Gauci told The Malta Independent.Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many governments abroad are studying the effects Covid-19 has had on people after they re...

A rescue ship with 422 migrants aboard, a small number of whom tested positive for COVID-19, was headed to a port in Sicily on Sunday.SOS Mediterranee, the humanitarian group which operates the rescue ship Ocean Viking, told The Associated Press that...

The Msida Creek project being fronted by infrastructure Malta has sparked concerns about the long-term viability of the project which will cut through the old centre of Msida, A group of NGOs said.The Msida Creek project was announced in 2019, propos...

Malta’s minimum wage (€785 a month) ranked in the middle when compared to other EU countries, Eurostat said.As of 1 January 2021, 21 out of the 27 Member States of the EU have national minimum wages.In January 2021, ten Member St...

Dr Vella can you give us a brief description of your academic career?After leaving University in 1994, I read for a Master degree in Social Policy and Social Planning at the London School of Economics. After almost twenty years in the public sector, ...

Malta topped the charts of a Eurostat statistic showing energy dependency on fossil fuels, with a high of 97%.This is much higher than the European Union average of 71%. Gross available energy is the overall quantity of energy needed for all activiti...

Recently, calls have re-emerged for the restoration of one of Malta's abandoned landmarks, Selmun Palace.Over 5,700 people have signed a petition calling on the government to take action and start restoring th18th century heritage buildings, Selmun P...

The Business Start scheme saw 62 start-ups receive a total of €1.5 million in grants between 2015 and 2020.PN MP Jason Azzopardi asked a Parliamentary Question to Enterprise and Energy Minister Miriam Dalli, asking her to provide a list of grant...

Refereeing decisions have been the talk of the town in recent weeks.  This sector is currently in turmoil not only on the field but also off it. Recent strange decisions taken by the MFA Referees Department seem to be adding to the woes of the r...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu briefly appeared in a Jerusalem courtroom Monday to respond formally to corruption charges just weeks before national elections in which he hopes to extend his 12-year rule.Netanyahu was indicted last year fo...

Public Broadcasting Services Ltd – the company running the state broadcaster – could stand to lose a mammoth €10 million in court if they lose an appeal over a pension scheme, The Malta Independent on Sunday can reveal.If the appeal ...

100 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Sunday, the health authorities said in their daily update, while 157 people recovered.This brings the number of active cases down to 2,341.The health authorities also said that three more people have died - t...

Steward Health Care has been slapped with a €5.5 million garnishee order by the Maltese courts following a lawsuit filed in a London court by one of the original investors in the hospital operator’s predecessor – Vitals Global Health...

A new door has been opened for the possibility of more women being able to vote within the Church's ranks, recently elected Gozitan Cardinal Mario Grech, who heads the Synod, told CNN.This comes after French Sister Nathalie Becquart, with Pope Franci...

Each time a Sunday newspaper carries out a survey on the political situation – and we’re having regular ones these days – the reaction is always the same.Everyone is happy.Because numbers always are a matter of interpretation and if...

It would be a mistake to speak about an election at the moment, Prime Minister Robert Abela said during a political activity on Sunday.He said that the government after the past months (and the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic), has a duty and a resp...

Opposition leader Bernard Grech said that the government's failure to recycle more of the plastic waste which was collected is a clear showing that it is failing its objectives.Grech spoke during a political activity on Sunday."The government's failu...

French pharmaceutical startup Valneva had big news in September: a government contract for 60 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine candidate.The buyer? The United Kingdom — not the European Union, as might be expected for a company on the b...

 From a young age you have always been at the forefront of various organisations. Do you feel that these experiences will help you with your work at CRPD?Definitely, from a young age I grew up in activism. I was empowered and the girl guides had...

Hibernians crushed Valletta’s feebly resistance yesterday to keep up the challenge with league leaders Hamrun Spartans who in the evening match beat Gudja United to retain top spot.Hibernians were the better team against a struggling Valletta s...

The fireworks being set off behind the Kop provided a flashback to last season’s Premier League trophy celebrations. But little on the Anfield pitch suggested these were the champions in action.Jürgen Klopp's side appears a faded force pre...

Zlatan Ibrahimović took his tally to more than 500 club goals as he scored twice to help AC Milan beat Crotone 4-0 and move back top of the Serie A standings on Sunday.The 39-year-old Ibrahimović is in his second spell at Milan, where he ha...

This coming Wednesday 10th February, Malta will be celebrating the feast of St. Paul's Shipwreck. Although usually celebrated with particular fervour in Valletta, it is a public holiday across the whole country, for this feast has for centuries held ...

A video on Tik Tok of a man working on the side of a building without a proper harness has raised some safety concerns.The man climbs over the side of a building, without any harness around him, and stands on a plank of wood held by two ropes.Such wo...

From Today, Sunday, Malta will have another cannon against Covid-19, Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne posted on Twitter.Fearne was referring to the AstraZenica vaccine which is expected to arrive on Sunday.The vaccine is arriving two weeks early, t...

Be it at a recreational or elite level, athletes have all been greatly affected by the pandemic in some way or another. The virus has made an impact and disrupted structured training within various sporting disciplines. Well-known sports doctor Kiril...

Malta’s Covid-19 reproduction number is now below 1 after the number of cases found in the past week decreased significantly, statistician Vincent Marmara told The Malta Independent on Sunday in his exclusive weekly video blog on the Covid-19 s...

Malta has once again been shaken to the core by allegations of sexual abuse carried out by clergymen, and a feeling of great anger has swept over our society. But will the rage we are collectively feeling lead us to become a more alert and compassion...

Dar Merhba Bik was proactive in its efforts to help women face domestic difficulties which were compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic.The home is where many women seek shelter from abuse in their home. The Covid-19 pandemic made matters more difficult ...

Former PN leader Adrian Delia defended what he described as a “sincere gesture”, saying he will not stop trying to help people in need.On Saturday, Dar tal-Provvidenza issued a statement saying it was rejecting a €500,000 donation wh...

The message was tucked into a bouquet of chrysanthemums left by a mourner at the back of Wuhan Central Hospital to honor a Chinese whistleblower doctor who died from the coronavirus a year ago. It was simply the number of a Bible verse: Matthew 5:10....

Marcon Saywell (Bezzina) was born on 11 September 1985. She is married to Judoka Jeremy Saywell, who is still competing and they are the proud parents of two-year-old Craig.Marcon started this interview by talking about her childhood days which she d...

Italian Premier-designate Mario Draghi on Saturday secured preliminary support from two key parties for forming a new government that will decide how to spend more than 200 billion euros ($240 billion) in European Union funds to help relaunch Italy's...

The €500,000 donation fronted by former PN leader Adrian Delia to the Dar tal-Providenza has been rejected, the home said in a statement on Saturday.Following the pledge of €500,000 from CATCO Group, Id-Dar tal-Providenza signed a letter of...

134 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Saturday along with two more deaths related to the virus.The number of new cases bucks the trend of the past two days, where 79 and 57 cases respectively were found.Authorities said in their daily update tha...

The President of Malta George Vella today announced that a conference on Malta’s national unity will be organised on 27 February at the Verdala Palace.The conference follows Vella’s word of honour taken in his April 2019 speech upon his a...

Jesmark Scicluna never thought he’d win an award when he signed up to act in the film Luzzu. It was his first ever film.Jesmark is a Siggiewi-based fisherman who was cast as the lead in the Maltese film, Luzzu. He won the World Cinema Dramatic ...

Valletta: Regent Pharmacy, 70, Merchants Street; Ħamrun: The Cross Pharmacy, 859, St Joseph High Road; Qormi: St George's Pharmacy, 21, Main Street; Birkirkara: St Anne Pharmacy, 24, Misraħ Sant’Elena; Msida: Deby's Pharmacy, 1, Misra...

A more contagious variant of the coronavirus first detected in Britain now accounts for almost 6% of all cases in Germany, officials said Friday.The head of Germany's disease control agency said labs examined the genome of the virus in more than 30,0...

Labour MEP Alfred Sant has abstained on a European Parliament report on the implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy as it may imply support for further militarisation of Europe. “I did so out of prudence. The text ignores the n...

At the initiative of the Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Sustainable Development Miriam Dalli and the Energy and Water Agency (EWA), discussions are underway with local councils to facilitate access to the water conservation kits.“Together ...

Tarxien gained some momentum when in the first match played on Saturday afternoon at the National Stadium they beat Sirens by a 3-1 margin. It was a well deserved win for the Rainbows who can now start believing that they can make it to avoid the dro...

By scoring 12 goals in two matches over four days, Manchester United’s players are showing they have the firepower to challenge Manchester City for the English Premier League title.The problem is, they don’t have the defense to go with it...

Cristiano Ronaldo marked his birthday by setting up Juventus to beat Roma 2-0 in Serie A on Saturday.Ronaldo turned 36 on Friday then showed little sign of slowing down as he scored and also hit the crossbar in the first half. An own goal by Roma def...

The past week saw yet another saga relating to money (or lack thereof) and Maltese football.This time it was Sliema Wanderers, one of Malta’s most storied clubs, which was in the news. It is unusual for Sliema to be associated with such a negat...

Everyone arriving in the U.K. from countries identified as coronavirus hotspots will have to spend 10 days in hotel quarantine starting Feb. 15 in a bid to stop new virus variants reaching the country, the government said Friday.But authorities are f...

Malta has remained a ‘flawed democracy’, according to the 2020 Democracy Index drawn up by The Economist, having an even lower score than last year.The yearly index is drawn up by The Economist Intelligence Unit, which is the research and...

PN MP Kevin Cutajar has said that he will not be discouraged by those who choose to make fun of him due to his disability after a Facebook post doing just that spread on social media.In a statement on his Facebook page, Cutajar thanked every for thei...

Leon Spinks, who won Olympic gold and then shocked the boxing world by beating Muhammad Ali to win the heavyweight title in only his eighth pro fight, has died. He was 67.Spinks, who lived his later years in Las Vegas, died Friday night, according to...

Former President Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial begins Tuesday, forcing the Senate to decide whether to convict him of incitement of insurrection after a violent mob of his supporters laid siege to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.While T...

Christopher Plummer, the dashing award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film “The Sound of Music” and at 82 became the oldest Academy Award acting winner in history, has died. He was 91.Plummer died Friday morning at his ...

Melvin Theuma feared that Yorgen Fenech wouldl try to eliminate him after Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered, a court heard.Testifying in the compilation of evidence against three men accused of executing the murder, Theuma said he threw away food a...

Static artistic installations in various streets around Malta and squares in Valletta will replace the traditional float parade for this year’s Carnival period.In a press conference detailing how this year’s Carnival edition – which...

57 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Friday with four new deaths related to the virus also reported, health authorities said.Today’s case numbers come after 79 were reported on Thursday: the lowest tally since 50 cases were found on Christ...

A 29-year-old man was arrested in connection with an attempted murder in Gzira early this morning, police said.In a statement, the police said that they had found substances suspected to be drugs in the man’s residence.Police said that at aroun...

The MUMN has said that it is "really surprised and at the same time disappointed" over how Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne "misguided the public and conveyed false information" over the news that 50 Covid-19 vaccine doses were lost.Fearne had told...

The head of the U.N. mission in Libya said Thursday that a top military commander who runs eastern regions has given his backing to efforts to unite the divided country around an interim government before elections can be held late this year.Stephani...

Inter Milan moved to the top of Serie A after winning at Fiorentina 2-0 on Friday.Nicolò Barella scored a great first-half opener and Ivan Perišić doubled the lead shortly after the break to hand the Nerazzurri their first win in F...

Birkirkara kept the pressure on the front runners when they beat Żejtun in the first match played at the Centenary Stadium on Friday evening. It was a deserved win for the Stripes who have now jumped to fourth place.  Zejtun went into this ...

When it comes to fighting the coronavirus, Israel is discovering the limits of vaccines.The country famous for its high-tech prowess and spirit of innovation is home to the world's speediest vaccination drive, fueled from the top by national pride an...

Teachers – or, perhaps, the unions representing them – have missed a golden chance to dispel the idea, which other professions, offices and workplaces share, that they put holidays too high on their list of priorities.A few days ago, it w...

Infrastructure Malta invested over €7 million to rebuild ten roads in Zejtun, including some of the main access routes to this locality, during the last two years.This month, the agency is completing the reconstruction of Il-Hamsa u Ghoxrin ta&r...

A Dutch inmate who allegedly recorded his conversations with Melvin Theuma has been summoned to Malta both as a witness in the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder case and as a suspect in money laundering and computer crime investigations, The Malta Indepe...

People who are considered to be vulnerable will begin receiving appointments to get vaccinated against Covid-19 as from next week, Health Minister Chris Fearne announced on Thursday.This is two weeks earlier than was scheduled, with the impending arr...

Yorgen Fenech’s lawyers Gianluca Caruana Curran and Charles Mercieca will face charges in court over their alleged attempt to bribe a journalist, the Times of Malta said on Thursday.Caruana Curran and Mercieca got themselves into hot water when...

79 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Thursday, the lowest tally since 50 cases were found on Christmas Day.It’s the first time that the number of cases has dipped below 100 since 3 January.No new deaths were registered during the last 24 h...

Former OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri had his police bail lifted, after he was called in again by the financial crimes police, his lawyer said.Schembri arrived at the headquarters of the Financial Crimes Investigation Department in Hamrun at aroun...

An Iranian official on Thursday was convicted of masterminding a thwarted bomb attack against an exiled Iranian opposition group in France in 2018 and sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Belgian court that rejected his claim of diplomatic immunity.P...

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...

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...

A Chelsea victory that extended the team's revival under Thomas Tuchel left Tottenham experiencing new lows under Jose Mourinho.Not since 2012 has Tottenham endured three consecutive Premier League losses. Never before in his managerial career has Mo...

Labour MEP Alex Agius Saliba, together with his S&D colleagues, have launched EU Medicinal cannabis cross-party alliance.The objectives of this alliance will be to introduce the harmonisation of the standards of medicinal cannabis across the EU M...

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 ...

Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne and Minister Carmelo Abela visited the Sir Anthony Mamo Oncology Centre on the occasion of World Cancer day, where they laid out plans for the recovery from the pandemic, as well as combating cancer. Due to the pand...

A public consultation on the Condominium Act of 1997 has been launched, Minister for Justice, Equality and Governance Edward Zammit Lewis announced on Thursday.The Minister was joined by Parliamentary Secretary for Citizenship and Communities Alex Mu...

NGO Moviment Graffitti has condemned the proposal for the construction of 71 apartments over four storeys, 74 garages on two basement levels, and a communal pool over farmland in Nadur, Gozo. The development in Triq il-Qortin, is part of the 200...

A man was seriously injured this afternoon in a quadbike accident in Gozo, the police said.The accident took place at 1pm in Victoria Road, Nadur.The man, aged 36 of Zabbar, was riding a quadbike which crashed into a parked Isuzu van.He was taken to ...

A Nepalese man was grievously injured in an accident at a construction site on Thursday morning, police said.Police said that at around 10:20 this morning it was informed of a need for assistance at a construction site in the limits of Hal-Farrug.Dis...

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...

A German veterinary clinic has trained sniffer dogs to detect Covid-19 in human saliva samples, something that the canines manage to do with 94% accuracy.The dogs are conditioned to pick up the "corona odour" that comes from cells in infected people,...

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...

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...