Bank of Valletta has announced that it has settled a massive €363 million claim by bondholders of a defunct Italian shipping company for €182.5 million without admitting any liability on its part.The news comes while the bank was appealing ...

The Nationalist Party said it will not back the re-appointment of Anglu Farrugia as Speaker of the House of Representatives.In a statement issued late Tuesday, the PN parliamentary group invited the Prime Minister to hold a discussion with the opposi...

The World Health Organization says the rates of people who are obese and overweight in Europe have hit “epidemic proportions," with nearly 60% of adults and a third of children in one of those categories.In a report issued Tuesday, th...

A woman was grievously injured in Ta’ Xbiex early Wednesday morning in a stabbing incident.The police said the attack took place in Testaferrata Street at 12.30am.The woman, aged 47, from Birkirkara, was involved in an argument with another wom...

The European Union's top official on Wednesday called on the 27-nation bloc to ban oil imports from Russia in a sixth package of sanctions targeting Moscow for its war in Ukraine.European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also proposed t...

The State opening of Parliament will take place on Saturday, a full six weeks after the election was held on 26 March.That day, the Labour Party obtained a record victory, the third in a row, and will be governing the country for the next five years....

On the 21April 2022, the Industrial Tribunal decided that, based on the elements of the case at hand, the employee CS (the “plaintiff”) was not forced to resign from his employment with the company RS&S Ltd (the “Company”)...

Ukrainian officials and the United Nations held out hope for more evacuations from the bombed-out steel mill in Mariupol as scores of civilians reached relative safety after enduring weeks of shelling that targeted city's last pocket of resistance.Wh...

MEXICO CITY — Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees are camping out in Mexico City and waiting for the U.S. government to allow them into the country.About 500 evacuees were waiting Tuesday in large tents under a searing sun on a dusty field on the ea...

Malta has risen three places in the World Press Freedom Index, but remains one of the European countries with the worst record, according to an annual assessment carried out by Reporters Without Borders.The NGO’s report was published on Tuesday...

A prison inmate and his girlfriend have been awarded compensation after a court declared that their right to their private and family life was breached by the prison authorities' refusal to allow the man leave in order for them to get marri...

Families are spending over €100 more every month on food when compared to 2020, a newly published study by Caritas Malta shows.NGO Caritas Malta presented the MiniMEBDL research study for the year of 2022, referring to the Minimum Essential Budg...

George Hyzler has been formally approved as a member nominee of the European Court of Auditors (ECA) by the European Parliament on Tuesday, with 551 out of 629 members voting in favour. This is the second stage that Hyzler needed to undergo. The...

An events company which is one of the main providers for equipment relating to the Labour Party’s political events netted over €430,000 in direct orders related to the Malta Metro, newly published data reveals.Data published in the Governm...

Two more Covid-19 patients have died while positive for the virus, taking Malta’s pandemic death toll up to 702.Health authorities reported 175 new cases of the virus on Tuesday.196 people meanwhile have recovered from the virus, meaning that t...

On World Press Freedom Day, the IĠM salutes journalists for the work they do to uncover the truth, keep power to account and give a voice to the voiceless."Many times, this work is done with great personal sacrifices in a climate that is no...

A judge has dismissed a case filed two years ago by Vince Muscat, in which he had claimed conspiracy behind the decisions to refuse several of his pardon requests.Muscat, the only man so far that was jailed for the murder of Daphn...

Liverpool players stared at each other in disbelief. By the bench, manager Jürgen Klopp watched in awe.Just like that, Liverpool had squandered its two-goal lead from the first leg of the Champions League semifinals against Villarreal, and its s...

The Nationalist Party administrative council on Monday night expressed its unanimous confidence in leader Bernard Grech.The vote was taken after Jason Azzopardi failed to produce evidence before the party’s Commission for Ethics, Discipline and...

The Beverage Container Refund Scheme (BCRS), together with The Malta Chamber of Commerce and Circular Economy Malta, are expected to launch a waste management project across Malta and Gozo promoting the recycling of plastic steel and aluminum beverag...

The Occupational Health and Safety Authority (OHSA) said hazardous work situations should be immediately reported for it to take action.The OHSA issued a statement after being alerted to the case of the dangerous scaffolding that got detached from th...

A man suffered grievous injuries after he fell off a truck which he was loading with material on Tuesday afternoon.Police said in a statement that they were informed of the accident at around 12:30pm on Tuesday in the Corradino Industrial Estate in P...

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told Ukraine’s parliament that their country has achieved the “greatest feat of arms of the 21st century” by repelling Russia’s attempt to capture Kyiv.Johnson addressed ...

Jason Azzopardi has resigned from member of the Nationalist Party, which means that he will not be investigated by the party structures over allegations he has made against PN Leader Bernard Grech.Azzopardi submitted his resignation to PN secretary g...

The Civil Protection Department succeeded on Monday in rescuing two dogs which had gotten lost in the cliff area around Mtaħleb.Sharing the news on their Facebook Page, the department said that Civil Protection personnel were alerted that two do...

The victim of a knife attack has told a court how, a week before the incident, he had been involved in a prolonged argument with the man accused of attacking him, over a rebuke for littering.Magistrate Ian Farrugia continued to hear evidence in the c...

On 3 May, the World Press Freedom Day, the European Parliament officially launched the call for submissions for entries to the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism.The Prize rewards on a yearly basis outstanding journalism that promotes or def...

Pope Francis has told an Italian newspaper that he offered to travel to Moscow to meet the Russian president about three weeks into the invasion, but that he has not received a response.Francis was quoted Tuesday by Corriere della Sera as saying his ...

The Nationalist Party plans to press for a number of changes to Parliament this legislature, and their ideas are generally quite good.One suggestion is for the introduction of Prime Minister’s Question time, a concept that is used in the UK, wh...

A senior U.S. official warned that Russia plans to annex large portions of eastern Ukraine later this month, and the Mariupol steel mill that has become the city’s last stronghold of resistance came under renewed assault a day after the first e...

A scaffolding affixed to the façade of the Barracuda restaurant in St Julian’s came undone on Monday afternoon, threatening to topple over and crash into the street below.The area was cordoned off by police, leading to massive traffic ja...

The court has asked the Commissioner of Police to investigate allegations made that Neville Gafa attempted to bribe witnesses in a libel case regarding the medical visas scandal.The request was made in judgements in which the court, presided by Magis...

Two more Covid-19 patients have died while positive for the virus, taking Malta’s pandemic death toll up to 700.Health authorities reported 114 new cases of the virus on Monday.185 people meanwhile have recovered from the virus, meaning that th...

A request by lawyers for MP Rosianne Cutajar, asking that the burden of proof be inverted in a defamation case she had filed against a critic, has been upheld by a court.Cutajar was once again present in Magistrate Rachel Montebello’s courtroom...

Learning to identify and defuse explosives is something Anastasiia Minchukova never thought she would have to do as an English teacher in Ukraine. Yet there she was wearing a face shield, armed with a landmine detector and venturing into a field dott...

The Malta Union of Midwives & Nurses has lambasted the Police Force and expressed shock that “for the second time nurses are being taken to court on issues beyond their responsibilities.”The union said that the cases centre around pat...

Almost all of Malta’s Covid-19 restrictions will be removed as from today, while the second Covid-19 booster shot will also be offered to those over the age of 65 from today.As from today, only those who are positive for Covid-19 will need to i...

Malta International Airport (MIA) welcomed today's removal of the requirement to wear face masks indoors and the requirement to fill in a passenger locator form (PLF), calling them positive steps in the right direction."Another important change for t...

Since 2013, the Public Service has implemented a total of 1,250 measures aimed at reducing bureaucracy, Principal Permanent Secretary Mario Cutajar said on Monday at the launch of this year’s Public Service Week.Over the past year alone, 186 si...

Total cruise passenger traffic during the first quarter of 2022 amounted to 25,200. There were 23 cruise liner calls during the first quarter, an increase of 14 when compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year, the National Statistics ...

ATHENS, Greece — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that half a million Ukrainians have been “illegally taken to Russia, or other places, against their will.”Speaking to Greek state TV ERT, Zelenskyy said the remaining civ...

After nearly two months of siege, civilians holed up at a steel plant in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol began to be evacuated over the weekend, and people sheltering elsewhere in the city were to be allowed out on Monday, local officials said.Video p...

Yesterday – 1 May – happened to be International Workers’ Day, a day celebrated in over 80 countries globally in recognition of all workers and of how they are the backbone of every society.It’s a day which has over the years ...

There were some embarrassing moments on One TV on Sunday as a viewer, in reply to a question, said that the name of the Prime Minister’s wife is “Michelle”.It happened during a fund-raising telethon on the Labour Party’s TV st...

The Nationalist Party has given Jason Azzopardi 24 hours to substantiate claims he made on the social media.The decision was taken at a hastily-convened meeting of the administrative council.Earlier Sunday, PN leader Bernard Grech denied an allegatio...

Former Labour minister Carmelo Abela told The Malta Independent on Sunday he cannot say whether the HSBC heist allegations levelled against him had any bearing on the PM’s decision to leave him out of the 2022 Cabinet. He argued, however, that ...

120 new cases of Covid-19 were reported by health authorities on Sunday.224 people have recovered from the virus, and no new deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, meaning that the number of active cases currently stands at 3,424.1,620 swab tests...

Hibernians are the Champions of local football after beating Birkirkara by three goals to one and opening an unassailable lead of six points at the top of the table. The Paolites needed just one point in order to make the Championship theirs. Bu...

Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech on Sunday denied an allegation made by one of his own former MPs that the party had received a donation in exchange for working towards a presidential pardon for somebody. During an interview on NET TV the ...

The Opposition plans to press for a number of issues from the first day Parliament convenes, including to change the frequency of Parliamentary sessions allocated for discussing Private Members' Bills or motions presented by the Opposition and to int...

As from next week anyone over the age of 65 can take their second Covid-19 booster shot, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health Chris Fearne announced on Sunday. During a programme on One TV, Fearne said that this was being done in order t...

Less than 1,000 people are now registering for work, Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Sunday as he promised that his government would continue to sustain the employment sector. Addressing a mass rally in front of Castille to commemorate Worke...

Now that in the last election we saw the implementation of the gender-corrective mechanism, we know that the concerns that were being expressed when Parliament was debating the issue and later amended the Electoral Law were justified.As expected, the...

The police are seeking public assistance to locate a man wanted to serve a jail-term.The police want to trace Osabuohien Monday who is wanted in order to serve a jail term which was handed by the Gozo courts, the police said in a statement.If anyone ...

Speaker Anglu Farrugia is likely going to be nominated for his third term as Speaker of the House, and while he would prefer to have unanimous backing, he has indicated that he would accept the position even without the backing of the Opposition. Pri...

As you were in the pursuit of Champions League qualification. At the other end of the Premier League, though, the relegation scrap just got even tighter.Arsenal remained in fourth place after Gabriel's header secured a 2-1 win at West Ham to stay two...

Goalkeeping blunders continue to make a major impact on the Serie A title race.Following inexcusable errors by Inter Milan’s and Napoli’s goalkeepers in recent matches, AC Milan was the beneficiary of a massive mistake by Fiorentina&rsquo...

Tens of thousands of people marched Sunday in cities around Europe for May Day protests to honor workers and shame governments into doing more for their citizens. In France, protesters shouted slogans against newly elected President Emmanuel Macron, ...

International Workers’ day, which occurs on 1 May every year, is celebrated in over 80 countries around the world.Although it has been remembered on a yearly basis since its first European celebration in 1890, its scope hasn’t changed; th...

People from all walks of life will participate in the ALIVE cycling adventure around the coastline of the island of Sicily, to raise funds for cancer research and awareness.This year, after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, ALIVE Charity Foundat...

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed that an evacuation is underway of civilians at a steel plant in the bombed-out city of Mariupol.Zelenskyy said on social media Sunday that a group of 100 people are on their ...

Parliament is set to convene on Saturday, the first time after the election which solidified the Labour Party’s grip on the nation with a record majority, the third in a row.MPs will be wearing their best suits and we will see a fashion parade ...

Paula Mifsud Bonnici is back in Parliament. She was one of the six Nationalist Party candidates who were given a seat via the gender-corrective mechanism. She has since been also named as assistant whip and a spokesperson for active ageing.She loves ...

The Labour Party leadership was confirmed in a general conference vote which took place over the weekend.The conference started Friday and will come to an end with an activity in Valletta, which is also linked to the Workers’ Day celebtration.I...

An interdisciplinary group of researchers has completed a study of the underwater remains of the iconic Tieqa tad-Dwejra, or as it was commonly known, the ‘Azure Window’, which collapsed on the 8th of March, 2017, and has since become a p...

Ukrainian forces fought village by village Saturday to hold back a Russian advance through the country’s east, while the United Nations worked to broker a civilian evacuation from the last defensive stronghold in the bombed-out ruins of the por...

Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said on Saturday that the Nationalist Party will fulfil its commitment to those who invested in the party’s ċedoli scheme.In an interview with Andrew Azzopardi on 103 Malta’s Heart, Grech said that des...

Pharmacies open today9am to 12pm & 4 to 7pmValletta: Collis Williams Pharmacy, 15, Republic Street; Ħamrun: Brown's Pharmacy, 706, St Joseph High Road; Qormi: Pinto Pharmacy, 43, St Sebastian Street; Birkirkara: Mint Care Pharmacy, 5B-71 Bra...

Health authorities said today that 136 new Covid-19 cases were registered.No deaths were recorded, leaving the number of victims at 698.No details have been provided on how many people are in hospital with the virus.In all 91,741 cases have been regi...

 In a dominating season for Real Madrid, it was fitting that it didn’t even need its best players to win the Spanish league.Using its backups before the Champions League semifinals, Madrid earned a record-extending 35th Liga title with a c...

 It’s still advantage Manchester City in the English Premier League title race after the league leader and Liverpool won tricky away matches at in-form teams on Saturday.First up was Liverpool, which won at Newcastle 1-0 despite resting se...

Napoli salvaged some pride as it crushed Sassuolo 6-1 on Saturday to consolidate third place in Serie A and bounce back from a miserable run.Dries Mertens scored twice, while there were also goals from Kalidou Koulibaly, Victor Osimhen, Hirving Lozan...

Mosta will be playing once again in the Premier League next season when they gained a much important win over Valletta. Three points which they needed in order to be mathemically safe and sound.After losing to Sliema in the first match from the Play-...

The call for applications for the post of Nationalist Party leader closed on Saturday at noon, with Bernard Grech the only nominee.Grech took over the PN leadership in October 2020, and is set to be confirmed when the general council is held.A due di...

A lawmaker from Britain’s governing Conservative Party has been suspended after colleagues alleged he watched pornography on his phone in the House of Commons chamber.The party’s whips — officials responsible for enforcing disciplin...

Nationalist Party Spokesperson for the maritime sector and employment Ivan Castillo has called for immediate action to be taken to save the Madonna tal-Aħrax statue.The Madonna tal-Aħrax statue is located in front of the Immaculate Concepti...

The European Commission has said that it is taking action to improve protection of journalists and human rights defenders from abusive court proceedings.Finally, some sort of action is going to be taken against Strategic lawsuits against public parti...

Mino Raiola, the influential and often controversial sports agent to some of soccer's biggest players, has died. He was 54.Raiola died after a long illness, his family confirmed on Saturday. He had been undergoing treatment at Milan’s San Raffa...

Five new deacons were ordained on Saturday during a ceremony led by Archbishop Charles Scicluna at St John’s co-Cathedral in Valletta.The five deacons are three seminarists and two religious members.During the homily, Scicluna urged t...

A woman was grievously injured when she was hit by a car which rolled towards her after the brakes failed, the police said.The car, a Volkswagen Golf, was parked in a complex in Luqa Road, Luqa.The police said the vehicle rolled towards the 28-year-o...

Ukrainian forces fought to hold off Russian attempts to advance in the south and east, where the Kremlin is seeking to capture the country’s industrial Donbas region, and a senior U.S. defense official said Moscow's offensive is going much slow...

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron has conveyed to Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy his “wish to actively work to re-establish the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine during his second mandate,” in coordinatio...

On the occasion of Worker's Day, The Left think - tank organisation Zminijietna urged the government to close a loophole surrounding exploitation of food delivery couriers, domestic workers and assisted migrants.  "In relation to all this, ...

A biker was injured after he lost control of the Kymco he was riding and crashed, the police said.The biker, aged 41 of Birzebbuga, was taken to hospital for treatment.The accident happened on the Marsa-Hamrun bypass at 3am Saturday.

A woman was grievously injured in a traffic accident in Paola early Saturday morning, the police said.The accident took place in Santa Lucija Avenue at 1am.It involved a Mercedes Benz driven by a 46-year-old man of Zebbug and a Renault Clio driven by...

Minister for Finance Clyde Caruana said on Friday that Malta's corporate tax regime will go through a major overhaul and a new structure and rates will be adopted by the year 2025.Speaking at a press conference, Caruana said that a draft of the docum...

UHM Voice of the Workers CEO Josef Vella on FRiday called on the government to lead by example in the fight against precarious work by ensuring that employees of contractors engaged in public entities, benefit from the protection offered by trade uni...

The Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has approved and made public a report on a complaint against Maltese MP Rosianne Cutajar, concerning a breach of t...

Now is the time for the Labour government to work on implementing its electoral manifesto, Prime Minister Robert Abela said while addressing the party's General Conference on Friday.The party's General Conference launched on Friday at its headquarter...

By the end of March 2022, the Government’s Consolidated Fund reported a deficit of €371.6 million, the NSO said Friday.At the end of March 2022, Central Government debt stood at €8,466.3 million, a €1,170.8 million rise from 2021...

Co-CEO of CC Finance Group and Founder Alan Cuschieri today launched Malta’s first ever digital payments, titled ‘Moneybase.’“Moneybase is focused on making finance easier for the consumer and redefines how people make use of,...

No new Covid-19 related deaths were recorded Friday as health authorities registered 178 new cases.The total number of Covid-19 cases in Malta has now reached 91,605, of whom 86,759 have recovered.The number of victims remains at 698, while the numbe...

A teacher's water bottle at the San Ġorġ Preca College secondary school in Ħamrun was allegedly spiked with a chemical, LovinMalta reports.It reported that a teacher allegedly foamed at the mouth and vomited. LovinMalta reported that t...

In a brief message addressed to Archbishop Charles Scicluna, Pope Francis thanked Malta for the commitment that was exhibited during the preparations for his visit in April."I greet the priests, the Catholic people in Malta and the laity who worked t...

Inflation hit a record in April for the 19 countries that use the euro as skyrocketing fuel prices boosted by the war in Ukraine weigh on the region's economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.Annual inflation reached 7.5% for the month, toppin...

For the quarter ended 31 March 2022, the Group and the Bank posted a pre-tax profit of €1.9 million (same period 2021: €3.8 million) and €8.7 million (2021: €3.9 million), respectively. These contrasting outcomes emerge from a mix...

Tennis great Boris Becker was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison on Friday for illicitly transferring large amounts of money and hiding assets after he was declared bankrupt.The three-time Wimbledon champion was convicted earlier this month on four c...

Russia pounded targets from practically one end of Ukraine to the other Thursday, including Kyiv, bombarding the city while the head of the United Nations was visiting in the boldest attack on the capital since Moscow's forces retreated weeks ago.Nea...

The US-funded broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty says one of its journalists was killed by a Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, Thursday night.Vira Hyrych died when the building she lived in was hit and her body was fou...