Ten organisations have objected "for the fourth time" to the db Group's project on the ex-ITS site.The groups said that the new plans do not address the main concerns repeatedly raised over the past three years in relation to "this massive and intens...

A 116-year-old French nun who is believed to be the world’s second-oldest person has survived COVID-19 and is looking forward to celebrating her 117th birthday on Thursday.The Gerontology Research Group, which validates details of people though...

Malta in Acts of the ApostlesIt occurred during the Roman period; Malta had been part of the Roman Empire since 218 BC. It happened about AD 58/60. In the Acts of the Apostles it is narrated with incredible detail by someone who either had a first-ha...

On Tuesday night, Infrastructure Malta lifted in place the first of two interconnected footbridges that will form a 53-metre segregated pedestrian and cycling crossing over It-Tigrija Road, Marsa.  The agency's contractors used two cranes t...

Anyone arriving in England and found to have lied about a recent visit to a country on the British government's travel ban list faces up to 10 years in prison under new tough coronavirus border policies announced Tuesday.Health Secretary Matt Hancock...

A man and a woman were injured as the car they were in crashed into a private residence, the police said.The accident took place in Cospicua Road, Zejtun, at 12.30am.A man, aged 50 of Tarxien, lost control of the Lamborghini Urus he was driving and c...

The Adrian Delia-Dar tal-Providenza incident brought to the fore, once again, the division that exists in the Nationalist Party. Those who thought or were led to believe that his ousting in favour of Bernard Grech had closed a difficult chapter for t...

The Malta Police Force has categorically denied having offered legal immunity to a Dutch national who recorded conversations he had with Melvin Theuma, the pardoned middleman in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia. Sources had earlier told this news...

Konrad Mizzi has denied any link to a Dutch inmate with whom he appeared in a photo.The Malta Independent reported earlier today that Julian Hofstra has been offered immunity in return for recordings he made of Melvin Theuma, as well as information a...

The Malta Financial Services Authority's new Board of Governors has been appointed, with former Finance Minister Edward Scicluna being appointed as a member due to his Central Bank role, and John Mamo being reconfirmed as the authority’s chairm...

Teachers and school staff will start being vaccinated in six weeks when the current cohort of vaccinations is done, Health Minister Chris Fearne confirmed with The Malta Independent.During a press conference on Tuesday, Fearne gave a small update on ...

Two of the four men charged with the involuntary homicide of Miriam Pace have chosen to immediately stand trial in front of a jury, and in turn will not be judged by the Court of Magistrates.Ludwig Dimech and Nicholas Spiteri informed the Court that ...

202 new cases of Covid-19 were reported on Tuesday, while two more people have died while positive for the virus.It's the first time that the case numbers have gone back over the 200 mark since 28 January.Authorities said that during the last 24 hour...

The police are investigating claims of contradictory testimony delivered in court during the Daphne Caruana Galizia public inquiry.Politician Arnold Cassola had asked the police to investigate contradictory claims by a number of people who testified ...

A man has been jailed for eight years after forcing his seven-year-old son into partaking in sexual acts with a prostitute out of fear that the boy might be gay.The father – a 65-year-old man from Siggiewi – was sentenced to eight years i...

Manchester United is into the FA Cup quarterfinals for a seventh straight season. Bournemouth got there for only the second time in its 122-year history.Scott McTominay’s 97th-minute strike earned United a 1-0 win over West Ham in a lackluster ...

Juventus progressed to its sixth Italian Cup final in seven years after a 0-0 draw against Inter Milan on Tuesday to win 2-1 on aggregate.Atalanta hosts Napoli on Wednesday in the other semifinal after having drawn 0-0 in the first leg. The final is ...

To support the transport sector, MEPs will vote on a plan on how to etend some of the Covid-19 relief measures in the sector, including exemptions for air slot distribution. MEPs Josianne Cutajar and Cyrus Engerer were leading a press conference...

Malta International Airport started what is set to be another challenging year for the aviation industry with a drop of 90.7 per cent in January passenger traffic.During the month of January, 38,938 passengers travelled through Malta International Ai...

The number of licensed vehicles on Malta’s roads has exceeded 400,000 for the first time ever, data published by the National Statistics Office shows.This reverses, and over compensates for, the decrease in the number of cars registered in the ...

During a press conference on Tuesday, Health Minister Chris Fearne launched the remote patient monitoring pilot project which will benefit children under 16 years of age who suffer from type 1 diabetes.The Covid-19 pandemic made the concept of teleme...

In a webinar hosted by the Malta Hotels & Restaurants Association (MHRA), Minister for Tourism and Consumer Production Clayton Bartolo said that if need be, the wage supplement will be extended beyond March. “If we need to extend the wage s...

A drug rehabilitation centre for teenagers under the age of 18 should start operating this year, Social Solidarity Minister Michael Falzon told Parliament on Tuesday.“It should start operating this year. Our plan was that it would open last yea...

A man has died after falling six-storeys at a construction site in Zabbar, police said in a statement.Police said that at around 7:45am their assistance was requested at a construction site in Triq is-Silla in Marsaskala.Preliminary investigations sh...

Vaccination against Covid-19 has begun at Agenzija Sapport, with residents and staff there starting to receive the vaccine.A total of 15 people – 8 residents and 7 staff members were vaccinated on Tuesday.In a short press conference, Minister J...

Members of the Armed Forces of Malta have started to receive their Covid-19 vaccinations. In a joint statement, the Health Ministry and Home Affairs Ministry said that members of the AFM’s medical team are administering the vaccine at the ...

The Malta Football Association today launched its first ever strategy which will serve as the basis for the association’s commitment to raise the game across all levels.The strategic plan, covering the period 2020-2024, sets out eight goals ass...

The coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and is more likely to have jumped to humans from an animal, a World Health Organization expert said Tuesday.WHO food safety and animal diseases expert Peter Ben Embarek (photo) made the as...

Evidence is mounting that having COVID-19 may not protect against getting infected again with some of the new variants. People also can get second infections with earlier versions of the coronavirus if they mounted a weak defense the first time, new ...

Municipal waste per person was the highest in Denmark, Malta, Cyprus and Germany in 2018, according to data published by the European Parliament.While the amount of municipal waste as measured per capita declined in the EU from 2005 to 2018, Malta wa...

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will quarantine for 14 days after a member of his security detail tested positive Monday for the coronavirus.The agent had been “in close contact” with Buttigieg, including Monday morning prior...

A motorcyclist was grieviusly injured on Monday afternoon in a crash in Gudja, the police said.The accident took place in Dawret il-Gudja at 6pm.The biker, a 45-year-old man of Zurrieq, was riding a Yamaha Crypton R which was involved in a crash with...

It is common in contracts to include clauses which would safeguard both parties from the other failing to uphold its end of the bargain. Two particular agreements in Malta are currently the topic of concern – the agreement the government signed...

Yorgen Fenech’s lawyers Gianluca Caruana Curran and Charles Mercieca wanted a press campaign that would “lead up to undermining the credibility of Melvin Theuma as a witness", Times of Malta journalist Ivan Martin testified in court on Mo...

137 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Monday, while 126 people recovered, the health authorities said in their daily update.No new deaths were recorded.This means that the number of active cases has risen to 2,352. In total, since March 2020, the...

Former health minister Konrad Mizzi has chosen not to respond to questions in the court case filed by former Opposition leader Adrian Delia to have the Vitals hospitals concession terminated.Asked repeatedly for details, Mizzi replied that he will no...

Five persons were arrested in a case of ‘romance fraud,’ the police said.The suspects – four Nigerian men and a Maltese woman – were arrested after months of investigations by the Paola Police and the Anti-money laundering squ...

The PBS Board will be appealing the judgment handed down by the Industrial Relations Tribunal wherein it found that former CEO John Bundy had been unfairly dismissed.The tribunal had ordered the national broadcaster to pay Bundy €226,500 in comp...

Salvu Dalli, the man accused of shooting dead his son last August, has been released on bail after spending seven months in jail.In a sitting on Monday, the magistrate granted bail after taking into account the circumstances of the situation and havi...

Lent and Easter Week outdoor activities, including Good Friday processions, have been cancelled by the Church for this year.In a statement, the Curia said that this decision was taken “with responsibility” because of the Coronavirus pande...

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...

There were 96 known cases of human trafficking in 2018 and 2019, with the majority of victims found working in the hospitality sector, information tabled in Parliament shows.The data was tabled by Social Solidarity Minister Michael Falzon in reply to...

A 55-year-old woman from Qormi was grievously injured in a head-on collision with a truck in Luqa on Monday afternoon.The accident took place at around 2.50pm in Triq Hal Luqa. The woman was driving a Chevrolet that was involved in a crash with a DAF...

A man has been hospitalised after being run over by a car in December 13 road, Marsa.This occurred at around 3:30pm.The driver is a 48-year-old woman from Zurrieq, while the victim is a foreign man whose nationality is not yet known.The man has been ...

The heirs of Daphne Caruana Galizia have been ordered to pay €750 in damages to the head of the 2015 CHOGM over a blog post that was deemed to be defamatory.The libel case was filed in 2017 by Phyllis Muscat against Caruana Galizia, but the heir...

UHM Voice of the Workers has called for the immediate lifting of a directive whereby during Carnival passengers aboard Gozo Channel ferries are to be “encouraged” to remain in their car for the entire duration of the trip. Such practice g...

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...

Pope Francis urged governments on Monday to use the coronavirus crisis as a revolutionary opportunity to create a world that is more economically and environmentally just — and where basic health care is guaranteed for all.Francis made the appe...

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...