The government has received the report regarding the public inquiry into the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and plans on publishing it today, a letter sent by Prime Minister Robert Abela to the Speaker of the House, Anglu Farrugia...

Inland Revenue Commissioner Marvin Gaerty will be called to testify before the Standards Committee in Public life on the case of Rosianne Cutajar’s breach of ethics, it was decided today.The decision was taken at a sitting of the Committee, in ...

During a visit to the Spittelau waste-to-energy plant, located in the centre of Vienna, Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning Aaron Farrugia discussed the advantages related to this high-level environmental system for waste manage...

Public funding schemes which encourage shift to more renewable energy resources when it comes to produces and consumption are welcome, and more of such schemes should be introduced in order to encourage this shift, Director of Friends of the Earth Ma...

A man was seriously injured on Wednesday evening when he fell one storey from a balcony, the police said.The accident took place in Guardamangia Hill, Pieta’, at 11.30pm.The man, aged 34 and from Nepal, was taken to hospital with serious injuri...

Fully vaccinated travelers from the United States and much of Europe will be able to enter Britain without quarantining starting next week, U.K. officials said Wednesday — a move welcomed by Britain’s ailing travel industry.The British go...

Federal health regulators on Wednesday again extended the expiration dates on Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, providing health workers with six more weeks to use millions of doses of the shot.The Food and Drug Administration said in a lette...

Whoever watched the recent funeral of Italian entertainment icon Raffaella Carra’ would probably agree that the most poignant part of the ceremony was when tributes were paid to her life by people who knew her. They talked about her character a...

The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:___The German Olympic team says a cycling official will be sent home a day after he used a racist slur du...

Ninety-one new Covid-19 cases were recorded on Wednesday, while two more deaths were registered, health authorities said.The number of cases registered in Malta so far has climbed to 33,995, while active cases dropped by 125 to 2,194.The total of rec...

While the companies that were affected the most by the Covid-pandemic will continue to receive the full Covid-19 wage supplement, businesses in other categories will lose up to two-thirds of the amount they receive from the government.It was announce...

The Nationalist Party has formally extended an invitation to the government to set up a bi-partisan effort to enact the recommendations of the public inquiry into the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, once they are known.This was sa...

A man who stole a cash register from a grocery store at gunpoint, has avoided prison after showing the court that he was seeking professional help to change his ways.49-year-old Themistocles Attard of Birżebbuġa was arrested in December 201...

Parliament’s ethics committee will meet again on Thursday morning to resume the debate on the standards commissioner’s report on Rosianne Cutajar.The committee last met on 12 July, with the Speaker walking out of a rowdy meeting after gov...

Investigations as to whether there were any breaches of Covid-19 regulations during a protest held last Saturday are “ongoing”, a police spokesperson told The Malta Independent.Last Saturday, a protest was held in Valletta against vaccina...

A Eurostat study found that the Maltese are in second place in terms of daily consumption of soft drinks.Belgium leads in first place (20% of the population consuming soft drinks at least once a day), with Malta in second place with 12%, followed clo...

A reform of the Pitkalija fruit and vegetable distribution centre in Ta’ Qali and the launch of its newly founded managing body, Malta Food Agency (MFA) was announced on Wednesday.This reform was presented by the Minister for Agriculture, Fishe...

Everyone is free to choose between being vaccinated and not getting the jab. Everyone is also free to protest against anything, although a protest against something which is not obligatory is rather bizarre.But then, given the state of affairs brough...

Different workplaces are adopting different Covid-19 measures, creating confusion, UĦM Voice of the Workers said.The union said it had received complaints from employees regarding certain Covid-19 measures which are being introduced on the initi...

Fully vaccinated travelers from the United States and much of Europe can enter England without quarantining starting next week.The British government says people who have received both doses of a vaccine approved by the FDA in the U.S. or the Europea...

The British government said Tuesday it will ease coronavirus quarantine rules for thousands more essential workers — including prison guards, veterinarians and garbage collectors — in an attempt to end staff shortages that are hobbling pa...

The European Union has achieved a major goal of providing at least one coronavirus shot to 70% of adults across the 27-nation bloc but member countries must step up their vaccination rates to combat fast-spreading variants of the disease, the EU&rsqu...

 The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:MEDAL ALERTLatvia’s Karlis Lasmanis drained a shot from behind the arc to close the game and ...

The Malta Women's Lobby has welcomed the pilot project to extend the hours of childcare centres.Minister for Education Justyne Caruana had announced that a pilot scheme to extend the hours and days of government run childcare centres will start opera...

The unemployment rate for June 2021 stood at 3.6%, at par with the previous month and down by 0.9 percentage points from June 2020, the National Statistics Office said in a statement.During June 2021, the number of unemployed persons was 9,840, with ...

This year’s Ball of the August Moon will take place on Saturday 21 August 2021, President George Vella announced on Wednesday. The event will be held at the Verdala Palace gardens. This will be the third edition being organised under the P...

The Malta Union of Teachers said that one cannot continue to have more shelved documents without an analysis of findings and actions to solve issues that emerge.In a statement, the MUT said it is following with interest the findings of the resea...

Earlier this year, in January 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered a judgement relating to two German citizens who sought to pay a radio and television licence fee, due to Hessischer Rundfunk (the broadcasting body), in c...

The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has fully vaccinated 90% of its eligible adult population within just seven days, its health ministry said Tuesday.The tiny country, wedged between India and China and home to nearly 800,000 people, began giving out se...

142 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Tuesday, while 174 people recovered.This means that the number of active cases has continued to fall, now standing at 2,230.Thus far, 746,883 doses of the Covid vaccine have been administered. 393,967 of thes...

A 21-year-old man was found injured on Locker street in Sliema, after an argument occurred in a block of apartments close by.The incident occurred at 4.45pm, when the police close by saw a man on the ground.The man seemed to have tried to escape the ...

Journalist Matthew Caruana Galizia told a court today that he and his mother’s investigation into the Electrogas deal was “like a train on tracks heading towards the station and someone would have to blow it off the tracks to stop it." Te...

A €26 million investment, over the span of 20 years, has been allocated for a large-scale renewable energy project in which investors have a “golden opportunity” to show their interest, Minister for Energy and Enterprise, Miriam Dall...

At 2 pm today, the first Malta Air B737-8200 Gamechanger arrived at Malta International Airport - an aircraft which was made possible with an investment of €100 million.Malta Air's fleet consists of six aircraft, a number that is expected to inc...

Italian singer Gianni Nazzaro has died in an Italian hospital, Italian media report. He was 72.Nazzaro was mostly famous in the 1970s with songs such as "Quanto è bella lei", "L'amore è una colomba", "Non voglio innamorarmi mai", "...

Malta's Federation of English Language Teaching Organisations (FELTOM) welcomed recent amendments to the legal notice LN 314 of 2021 related to language schools, aimed to allow for exceptions and special permissions in line and in full respect with d...

Malta Union for Midwives and Nurses (MUMN) President Paul Pace informed The Malta Independent about industrial action being taken by the nurses working at all health centres due to relaxation of directives from Primary Health Care.Pace said...

Three local councils, nine organisations and several Pembroke residents have filed an appeal with the Environment and Planning Review Tribunal (EPRT) against the Planning Board’s decision to give the go-ahead to the db Group’s project on ...

An awareness campaign about the various forms of violence against persons with disabilities with the theme: 'My disability does not give you the right to abuse me', has been launched by the Minister for Equality, Research and Innovation Owen Bonnici ...

The government’s decision to introduce travel restrictions a few weeks ago, in addition to other issues, have led to a number of locals cancelling their trips abroad, the Federated Association of Travel and Tourism Agents (FATTA) said, while th...

The news that businesses will continue to be assisted while the tapering of the wage supplement is introduced was welcomed by the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development (MCESD).Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Sustainable Development Mi...

Between January and June 2021, spending on Social Security Benefits totalled €582.8 million, a 4.9% rise from the previous year. A €21.7 million rise in contributory expenditure was the primary reason behind the increase in spending, togeth...

The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:MEDAL ALERTThe German dressage team won its ninth gold medal in the past 10 Olympics by beating the Unite...

Two men from Somalia were injured in a fight that took place in Paola on Monday evening, the police said.At 10.30pm, a 30-year-old man from Somalia went to the police station to report a fight that broke out in a residence in Triq tal-Borg.The other ...

Temperatures are set to soar again later this week, reaching a feel like of 41 degrees Celsius, according to a forecast by the Met Office.Malta has already experienced a lengthy heat wave in the last 10 days of June and, after a "normal" three weeks,...

An explosion at an industrial park for chemical companies shook the German city of Leverkusen on Tuesday, sending a large black cloud rising into the air. Several people were injured and five remain missing.Germany’s Federal Office for Civil Pr...

A boat carrying African migrants capsized off Libya's coast Monday, leaving at least 57 people presumed dead, a U.N. migration official said. It was the latest disaster in the Mediterranean Sea involving migrants seeking a better life in Europe.The v...

Australia’s second-most populous city Melbourne will end its fifth lockdown on Tuesday with the Victoria state government declaring it had beaten an outbreak of the highly contagious COVID-19 delta variant for a second time.The five-day lockdow...

The United States served notice Monday that it will keep existing COVID-19 restrictions on international travel in place for now due to concerns about the surging infection rate because of the delta variant.It was the latest sign that the W...

Former St Andrew’s, Rangers and Scotland defender Ally Dawson has died aged 63 after a long illness, his family have said.Dawson, capped five times by his country, spent 12 years at Ibrox before joining Blackburn in 1987, the BBC reports. He al...

The Gozo Tourism Association told The Malta Independent that the domestic tourism market can never fully compensate for the lack of foreign tourists.Malta’s tourism market took another hit this summer, when the government had to change the trav...

94 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Monday, as 126 people recovered.This means that the number of active cases has dropped slightly, and currently stands at 2,262.So far, 744,521 vaccine doses have been administered. Of these, 393,062 were first...

Moviment Graffitti activist Andre Callus has confirmed that the appeal against the Planning Authority’s (PA) decision to approve the db Group project in Pembroke will be filed in the coming days.On 10 June, the Planning Authority approved the c...

The Gozo Tourism Association’s (GTA) CEO Joe Muscat said that he does not believe Gozo will return to a state of closure, “because we have the vaccine as a weapon against Covid-19.”Over the past year, tourism was among the sectors m...

A new initiative to enable small businesses like local grocery stores to reduce their water and energy consumption − and thus, their bills − was announced in a press conference on Monday by the Ministry for Energy, Enterprise and Sustaina...

France's parliament approved a law early Monday requiring special virus passes for all restaurants and domestic travel and mandating vaccinations for all health workers.Both measures have prompted protests and political tensions. President Emmanuel M...

In 2020, the total number of inbound and domestic tourists who visited the Gozo and Comino region amounted to 388,213, statistics issued by the National Statistics Office (NSO) show."Domestic tourists accounted for 89.8% of total tourism demand withi...

Three Maltese companies who operate Bolt have demanded that the plaintiff in a commercial case against the mobility operator publish a retraction of its claims or face court action, saying the other party “knew full well” that they were s...

A jilted lover has been charged with harassing his ex-partner and circulating sexually explicit photos of her which then went viral.Msida resident Jaysal Kuyil Kandam, a 31-year-old delivery driver from India, was accused of harassing and reproducing...

A cardinal who allegedly induced an underling to lie to prosecutors. Brokers and lawyers who pulled a fast one over the Vatican No. 2 to get him to approve a disastrous real estate deal. A self-styled intelligence analyst who bought Prada and Louis V...

The University of Malta has embarked on a capital investment project of €38M, €30M of which have been funded through the European Regional Development Fund 2014-2020, to set up a Transdisciplinary Research and Knowledge Exchange (TRAKE) com...

“The PN’s goal must be to win the general election.” This was a statement made by the president of the party’s General Council, Mark Anthony Sammut.Realistically speaking, the odds of the PN winning are very, very slim. The su...

A number of illegal development cases carried out in ODZ areas in Malta and Gozo have been closed off during the past weeks, the Planning Authority said.This, after officers working within the Planning Authority’s Compliance & Enforcement D...

The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:MEDAL ALERTThe team representing the Russian Olympic Committee rode remarkable performances by Artur Dala...

Air Malta has received 15,000 booking cancellations for travel during the month of July since Malta introduced restrictions on travel earlier this month.In June, Malta actively opened up for tourism, allowing both fully vaccinated and unvaccinated to...

Sammut’s appointment to the post of President of the General Council is part of a number of changes in top party positions that have been announced, having replaced Ċensu Galea. Another PN Stalwart who will be stepping aside is Franci...

The financial services watchdog will be led by a non-Maltese CEO for the first time since it was set up in 2002, The Malta Independent on Sunday can reveal. A new CEO has been chosen and will be announced in the coming days, sources have confirmed wi...

A motorcyclist was seriously injured on Sunday afternoon in a crash in Luqa, the police said.The accident took place in Hal Farrug Street at 4.30pm.The biker, a 67-year-old man from Siggiewi, was taken to hospital with serious injuries.Magistrate Nat...

The Labour Party has recently presented a list of what it described were 100 ideas that were based on the principles of the past with a view to the future.The document is divided into 10 sections which deal with wealth, a just society, the environmen...

The fast ferry service which operates between Valletta’s Grand Harbour and the Mġarr Port in Gozo has had a “significant” impact on the Gozo Channel service since it started operating, Gozo Channel Chairperson Joe Cordina told ...

Maltese athlete Eleonor Bezzina was eliminated from the 10m Air Pistol competition at the Tokyo Olympic Games after finishing 26th overall in the qualifying phase with a score of 570.The best eight shooters from 53 qualified for the final.Bezzina wil...

German politicians were deeply divided Sunday over a warning by Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief of staff that restrictions for unvaccinated people may be necessary if COVID-19 infection numbers reach new heights in the coming months.Chief of staff H...

Site works for the Luqa Junction Project will begin shortly after having been approved by The Planning Authority, a spokesperson for roads agency Infrastructure Malta told The Malta Independent on Sunday. The project is expected to reduce travel time...

The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:___MEDAL ALERTUlugbek Rashitov won Uzbekistan’s first Olympic taekwondo gold medal in dramatic fash...

127 new cases of Covid-19 were registered on Sunday, as 109 people recovered from the virus.No new deaths were registered.The number of active cases currently stands at 2,294.In total, 743,712 vaccine doses have been administered. 392,994 of these we...

A 14-year-old Chinese youth who resides in Sliema was seriously injured after falling onto rocks, the police said in a statement.The accident occurred at 10pm on Saturday, in the Tignè area in Sliema.The youth was taken to Mater Dei Hospital. ...

Since Malta was added to the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) grey list, some people might face added scrutiny by financial auditors, but everyone should not suffer for the government's inaction on financial crimes, Opposition and PN leader Berna...

Malta cannot rest on what it has achieved so far, as doing so would endanger all of it, Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Sunday about the Covid-19 pandemic situation.The Prime Minister spoke about a report by the International Monetary Fund which,...

Despite the challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, SR Technics' new aircraft hangar is set to be complete in the coming months.World-leading MRO service provider SR Technics is set to complete its €44 million project investment in th...

MEP candidate and EU expert Peter Agius is expected to lead PN efforts to reach out to a wider electorate.He is expected to be appointed as the PN's Chief Spokesperson in charge of coordinating the PN message to effectively reach out to sectors of in...

The former Sacra Infermeria in Valletta is very much linked with the origins of medical teaching in Malta. This is because it was in this place that in 1676, the School of Anatomy and Surgery was founded by the Spanish Grand Master Nicolás Cot...

Malta’s reputation and the future of our financial services sector have taken another severe blow after the UK placed Malta on its high-risk list for money laundering and terrorist financing. The move comes hot on the heels of Malta’s gre...

With all British schools now closed for the summer, airports and airlines were looking a tad more normal on Saturday, although the number of families heading off for warmer climes remains way down from before the coronavirus pandemic.This weekend tra...

171 cases of Covid-19 were found overnight and an elderly woman died in hospital while positive for the virus, the health authorities said.The woman who died was 73 years old.This was the first Covid death in over a month, with the last one reported ...

This Voxpop was conducted over two days in mid-July at Bizazza Street, Sliema and Republic Street, Valletta. Several females in their 20s stated that even though vaccinated, they believe one should continue to wear a mask outside − even when al...

The European Medicines Agency on Friday recommended authorizing Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 12 to 17, the first time the shot has been authorized for people under 18.The EU drug regulator said research in more than 3,700 childr...

Earlier this week, Justice Minister Edward Zammit Lewis announced that certain petty crimes will be dealt with by the Justice Commissioners, rather than the Court of Magistrates. The move aims to increase efficiency at the Courts of Law by easing the...

Both the Attorney General as well as two architects have appealed a court judgment in which the two men were found guilty of the involuntary homicide of Miriam Pace when her house in Hamrun collapsed next to an excavation site.Last month Perit Roderi...

Floriana: Floriana Dispensary,29, Vincenzo Dimech Street; Ħamrun: Lister Pharmacy, 678, St Joseph High Road; Qormi: Anici Pharmacy, Anici Street; Birkirkara: Brown's Pharmacy, 32, Fleur-de-Lys Road; Ġżira: Tony's Pharmacy, 100, Sir Pat...

Tens of people gathered in Valletta this morning to protest against vaccination and other measures implemented to combat the spread of Covid-19.The protestors, many of whom did not wear masks, walked from Castille Square to the Parliament building, c...

The British government has sought to ease food supply pressures in England by exempting more than 10,000 workers from quarantine rules that led to staff shortages and empty shelves and fears of panic-buying.However, it has come under criticism Friday...

The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:Beach volleyball player Phil Dalhausser has had a rough start to the Tokyo Games.The four-time Olympian a...

A motorcyclist was grievously injured after he lost control of the bike he was riding and crashed, the police said.The accident took place in Valleya Road, Iklin, at 6.15pm on Friday.The biker, a 25-year-old man resident in Iklin, was taken to hospit...

It is a shame that the tourism industry is expecting special treatment, taking advantage of the Covuid-19 pandemic, ADPD The Green Party said. At a press conference in Floriana today, Deputy Secretary General Sandra Gauci noted that it is a shame tha...

Voluntary organisations have benefited from a quarter of a million euro investment thanks to two schemes issued by the government to enable them to install photovoltaic systems on their property for free.Through the second call issued by the Ministry...

The quarantine period for fully vaccinated people who come into contact with Covid-positive persons will soon go from 14 days down to 5.The announcement was made by Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne during an interview with Times of Malta. Fearne sa...

Following the rehabilitation works of the main façade of the Archbishop’s Curia in Floriana, a new lighting system was inaugurated. This coincided with the feast of St Calcedonius, which is being celebrated today (24th July), whose remai...

Prime Minister Robert Abela took aim at the opposition during his closing speech of the PL's General Council, calling the PN amateurish and criticising the PN's actions during the pandemic."Less than two months after I took over, the pandemic hit," h...

The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry, and the General Workers’ Union signed a framework agreement on active ageing and intergenerational approach to ensure a healthy, safe, and productive working environment to enable workers ...