A series of stabbings at an Indigenous community and at another town nearby in Saskatchewan left 10 people dead and 15 wounded, Canadian police said Sunday as they searched across the expansive province for two suspects.The stabbings took place in mu...

Homeless people should not be allowed to refuse shelter when offered, Marsa mayor Josef Azzopardi told The Malta Independent on Sunday.“It is not the first time that help was offered to these people, but they have refused seeking shelter,&rdquo...

The PN members of the Public Accounts Committee are going to ask former minister and former MP Konrad Mizzi to again appear before the committee, following recent revelations.The Daphne Foundation said on Sunday that it has obtained a copy of the LNG...

The roles of the Environment and Resources Authority, local councils as well as NGOs should be ingrained in the planning process, PN spokesperson for Planning, Stanley Zammit said.In an interview with The Malta Independent on Sunday, Z...

The number of reports of domestic violence received by the Police has doubled in a decade, up from the 851 received in 2011 to 1,745 in 2021, statistics obtained by The Malta Independent on Sunday from the Police show.The surge in the number of cases...

Pope Francis on Sunday beatified one of his predecessors, John Paul I, a briefly serving pontiff who distinguished himself with his humility and cheerfulness, and whose abrupt death in his bedroom in 1978 shocked the world and fueled suspicions for y...

21 new Covid-19 cases were recorded on Sunday, while one person died while positive for the virus.Figures released by the health authorities show that the number of active cases is now 105.In all, there have been 114,135 cases recorded in Malta, with...

A 25-year-old man is in danger of dying after he suffered an electric shock while carrying out maintenance works.Police said that they were advised of a need for their assistance at 1:30pm in a residence at Triq il-Gdida in Paola on Sunday.Preliminar...

NGO Repubblika will be holding what it said was a protest march against corruption on Tuesday in Valletta.Day after day, Maltese and Gozitans learn about new facts involving corruption. Despite this, impunity still reigns supreme. A class of politici...

Ħamrun Spartans registered their second win of the campaign this time defeating Pieta Hotspurs in a one sided match played at the National Stadium.The Spartans kept marching on in the recent brilliant form and after crushing champions Hibernians...

The first Pride March was celebrated this weekend in Gozo, marking a historic day for the LGBTI+ organisation in Gozo.Minister for Gozo Clint Camilleri said that just a year ago the ministry was inaugurating a new office which was handed to the LGBTI...

Government has made the decision to freeze several infrastructural projects which were to be entirely financed by national funds, as the country continues to face increasing energy prices, Times of Malta reported on Sunday.Top civil servants have sai...

Sociologist Michael Briguglio believes that the dangerous condition of the “third-world” pavements in Malta is preventing social interaction.“It is important that we strive to invest in society from the basic things, such as pavemen...

Two individual errors from Roma players led to two goals and saw José Mourinho’s side slip to its first defeat in Serie A as it was surprisingly crushed 4-0 at Udinese on Sunday.Roma went into the game having conceded only one goal in fo...

Remember that time, not so long ago, when there was a crisis at Manchester United?After four straight wins, it seems like a dim and distant memory.The latest sign that United is well on the road to recovery came on Sunday with a 3-1 win over Arsenal,...

You would be hard-pressed to find a more significant weekend in the political history of the 20th century post-war world than the first three days of December 1989.It was then that US President George W. Bush Snr and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorba...

Members of the police force arrested five youths who allegedly stole from warehouses around the Marsa area, seemingly as they prepared to do the same thing.In a statement, the police said that it was told at around 1am that some suspicious men had be...

Max Verstappen stood on his car to milk the applause as the 100,000-strong Orange Army engulfed their national hero in a sea of their favorite color after he won the Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday.A second straight win at the Zandvoort track by the seasi...

The St Paul’s Bay Community Police arrested a 20-year-old English man yesterday, in connection with alleged possession and trafficking of drugs, which was suspected to be cannabis.The police noticed a Ford Transit vehicle which looked suspiciou...

A Libyan man reported missing by police back in December 2021 has been found safe and sound, some nine months on from when he was last seen.Police said in a statement on Sunday morning that they had found Alsagheer Mohamed Rajab Ali safe and sound wh...

Malta……13Slovenia…9(3-2), (2-3), (3-3), (5-1)A fourth session surge gave the Maltese national waterpolo team a 13-9 win over Slovenia to book a place in the final for 13th place at the European championships.It was the first ever...

A court of law was told a few days ago that a man felt “pressured” to help people pass the driving test because they were working in a villa that belonged to a government minister.The revelation was made as three Transport Malta officials...

Gejtu Vella attended the former Polytechnic were he successfully completed a course in Hotel Management and Food Preparation. He worked in the hotel industry for ten years, following which he joined the trade union movement.  In the Union Haddie...

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Saturday that the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine was disconnected to its last external power line but was still able to run electricity through a reserve line amid sustained shellin...

A man was seriously injured in a car fire in Valletta on Saturday morning.The police said that it was informed that a car was ablaze in the Marsamxett area.A 41-year-old man from Ta’ Xbiex was found lying on the ground near the car when officer...

English Language Schools are in the midst of a crisis and presently find it difficult, if not impossible, to source qualified teachers, the Union of Professional Educators said.The situation can be put down to two factors. Many qualified English lang...

Two motorcyclists were grievously injured in separate accidents in Luqa and St Paul’s Bay on Saturday, the police said.At 7am, in Council of Europe Street, a biker riding a Honda was involved in a collision with a Toyota Ractis driven by a 37-y...

An airport worker who knew how to take off but not land stole a small airplane Saturday and threatened to crash it into a Walmart, circling for five hours over unnerved Mississippians before ending the flight safely in a soybean field where police ar...

The government is allowing a private foreign company to make profits off the backs of the people from a contract riddled with corruption, said the PN in a statement.The fact that Steward Healthcare Malta made a pre-tax profit of €6 million means...

Flimkien Ghal Ambjent Ahjar on Saturday accused the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage of failing to do its job to protect Malta’s heritage.Speaking in Ta' Xbiex, activist Astrid Vella said that the Superintendence has become inconsistent and...

Seventeen new Covid-19 cases were recorded on Saturday, as the number of active cases continues to drop.Figures released by the health authorities show that the number of active cases is now 111.The last time the number of active cases was so low was...

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who launched drastic reforms that helped end the Cold War and precipitated the breakup of the Soviet Union, was buried Saturday after a farewell ceremony attended by thousands of mourners but snubbed by Russian...

Valletta: Empire Pharmacy (Branch), 46, Melita Street; Marsa: Vivien Pharmacy, Patri Magri Street; Żebbuġ: Santa Marija Pharmacy, 40, Għasfura Street; Birkirkara: Brown's Pharmacy, 32, Fleur-de-Lys Road; Ġżira: Tony's Pharmac...

It might be time for Liverpool to start worrying about its slow start to the English Premier League.Jurgen Klopp’s team dropped points for the fourth time in six games after an eventful 0-0 draw at Everton in the Merseyside derby on Saturday, w...

In front of the club’s new owners, Rafael Leão inspired AC Milan to a 3-2 victory over fierce rival Inter Milan in a fiery Serie A derby on Saturday.With his teammates and coach Stefano Pioli, Leão celebrated wildly with the fans ...

Birkirkara maintained their 100% record beating Floriana 10 thanks to a Kevin Tulimieri goal 15 minutes from time.Birkirkara now have 9 points from three matches as this was their successive victory. For the Greens this was the first defeat of the se...

Max Verstappen produced a brilliant final lap to take pole position for Sunday's Dutch Grand Prix just ahead of Charles Leclerc.The Red Bull driver edged Leclerc's Ferrari by just .021 seconds on Saturday to huge roars from Verstappen's Orange Army o...

NASA’s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies.The first attempt earlier in the week was also marred by e...

A new European study has revealed how Maltese men left their parents’ homes, on average, after the age of 30 during 2021.This is an older age than the European average for men across all countries, which stands at 27.4 years.When it comes to Ma...

ADPD – The Green Party Chairperson Carmel Cacopardo insisted that the Police must once and for all stop treating Cabinet members and their entourage as untouchable demi-gods.In a press conference in Valletta, Cacopardo insisted that the licence...

The Labour Party youth section on Friday launched the INDAQS campaign.In a statement, the party said that this campaign will serve as the driving force for the next two years, addressing the theme of equality in its broadest view.The Labour youth sec...

We are approaching the start of the scholastic year.  Later this month, thousands of children and youths up and down the country will return to their classrooms – be it at primary school, middle school, sixth form or even University.There ...

Malta Enterprise, in collaboration with the Chamber for Small and Medium Enterprises, announced the first edition of the Malta Business Awards, which will take place on the 28th of October at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Vall...

The Levant Gozo Music Fest will be held next week, Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri said.This is the first festival of its kind for Gozo, which is going to be spread over two days.Camilleri said that the festival will take place at the Heliport in ...

A team of three psychiatrists, appointed to assess whether Abner Aquilina was fit to stand trial have confirmed their assessment that Aquilina was “angry towards women” and had wanted to have sex with a dead body.Psychiatrists Joseph Cass...

The Malta Union of Teachers noted Friday that the situation at the St Albert the Great College is critical, with many pressing issues now that the scholastic year is approaching. There are many serious issues that the MUT is flagging:The school is op...

A German man has died after encountering difficulties while diving in Wied iz-Zurrieq, police said on Friday evening.In a statement, the police said that they were informed at around 4pm that a German man had encountered difficulties while in the wat...

Kunsill Studenti Universitarji (KSU) is holding a demonstration on the University Quadrangle on Wednesday 7 September at 4 pm, to protest against the construction of a high-rise hotel.Through a Facebook event, KSU said “It is time to rally as a...

Malta 8France 15(1-1), (2-4), (4-3), (1-7) Malta: 1. Jake Tanti, 2. Sam Gialanze (1), 3. Liam Galea (1), 4. James Gambin, 5. Darren Zammit, 6. Matthew Zammit (2)(Captain), 7. Ben Plumpton (2), 8. Nicholas Bugelli, 9. Jeremy Abela, 10. Nikolai Za...

Ophthalmic operations have been cancelled because of missing consumables, the Malta Association of Ophthalmologists said in a statement Friday.The Association said it has reliable information from its members working in Mater Dei Hospital, that since...

After a Code Red was issued by the United Nations regarding the ever-increasing climate emergency, Din L-Art Helwa has launched a campaign encouraging all individuals and groups to come forward and do their part to fight this pressing crisis.Followin...

22 new Covid cases were registered on Friday, as the number of active cases dropped by seven.No more deaths were recorded.Malta currently has 117 active cases of the virus.Malta has had a total of 114,097 Covid cases since the start of the pandemic, ...

The Malta Police Force has released a public call for the whereabouts of a man who must appear in court.The police said that Mahmud Abd al Salam el Adaw is wanted in relation to a pending court case.The 44-year-old was accused of stabbing another man...

In Lisbon, Parliament President Roberta Metsola spoke of the importance of Europe rising to meet today's global challenges. “The world needs Europe at its best. We need that hope.”"Europe is a choice - a choice countries made because they...

Five organisations are appealing ERA's approval of an extensive village, restaurant and retail outlet on Comino.The organisations - BirdLife Malta, Din l-Art Ħelwa, Friends of the Earth Malta, Moviment Graffitti, and Nature Trust - Malta - said ...

Restrictions prohibiting homosexual men from donating blood have been removed, deputy prime minister and health minister Chris Fearne said Friday.“The discrimination employed – for patient safety – will no longer stand on blood dona...

Prime Minister Robert Abela stressed on the importance of the government taking key decisions on the interest of the people in today’s reality.While being interviewed on ONE radio, Abela talked about the road to recovery, the effects of the Ukr...

12 new specialised vehicles for the police force were inaugurated on Friday, after an investment to the tune of €500,000. The 4x4 type vehicles will be used in addition to the existing fleet in the districts, and with other fleets of specialized...

A man tried to kill Argentina's politically powerful Vice President Cristina Fernández outside her home, but the handgun misfired, the country's president said.The man was quickly overpowered by her security officers in the incident Thursday n...

As summer moves into September and begins to draw to a close, the Parliamentary season comes ever closer.  The key appointment in the House’s calendar is the Budget, which will set out the government’s plans for the upcoming year.Whi...

111 new nurses have started their work with the public health service earlier this week.89 of the nurses have just graduated from the University of Malta, while 22 have graduated from the University of Northumbria, United Kingdom.During a visit at Ma...

NGO Repubblika is summoning former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat's lawyer Pawlu Lia to testify after his daughter-in-law, Magistrate Nadine Lia, refused to recuse herself.Addressing the media on Thursday, Repubblika president Robert Aquilina said that...

The Federation for Hunting and Conservation (FKNK) said Thursday that research shows that turtle dove hunting is sustainable.The FKNK said that the result obtained from the data collected voluntarily by the organisation in September 2021, with regard...

A senior police officer has confirmed under oath that the police have no established protocols in place on how to handle situations where arrested persons are suspected of having swallowed drugs before their arrest. This emerged from the testimony of...

The European Medicines Agency has recommended the authorization of two coronavirus vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Inc., tweaked to include protection against an early version of the omicron variant.In a statement on Thursday, the EU dru...

25 new Covid cases were registered on Thursday, as the number of active cases dropped by three.No more deaths were recorded.Malta currently has 124 active cases of the virus.Malta has had a total of 114,075 Covid cases since the start of the pandemic...

One stood for freedom, openness, peace and closer ties with the outside world. The other is jailing critics, muzzling journalists, pushing his country deeper into isolation and waging Europe’s bloodiest conflict since World War II.Such are hist...

The EU institutions demonstrated considerable resilience in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, a report published today by the European Court of Auditors concludes.The European Parliament, the Council, the European Commission and the Court of Justice...

The SOS Mediterranee charity is urgently seeking a port to safely unload 460 people rescued from the sea in 10 different operations last week who are now packed onto its Ocean Viking rescue ship.A nurse on board, identified only as Rebecca, said the ...

Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar, together with a community of Cospicua residents, yesterday "succeeded in saving the roof of the Cospicua public library from being taken over by a café," the NGO said in a statement."After many objections...

The moment that the black wall telephone rang early on the morning of Sept. 29, 1978, in Stefania Falasca's Rome apartment is imprinted in her mind. Then 15, Falasca remembers her father answering and hearing the voice of her uncle, a priest who work...

It was in December 1989, on what will remembered as one of the coldest and stormy weekends ever to hit Malta, that then Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met then US President George H. W. Bush in Marsaxlokk Harbour, a meeting which is regarded as havi...

On the night that Atalanta bid goodbye to emblematic striker Josip Iličić, the overachieving Bergamo club may have found a new star.Teun Koopmeiners scored all three goals in a 3-1 win over Torino and Atalanta moved level on points with Ser...

The Board of Governors of the Malta Financial Services Authority has appointed Chief Officer Enforcement Michelle Mizzi Buontempo as the Acting CEO of the Authority with effect from 9 September 2022. She will be taking over from Joseph Gavin who is s...

Principal Permanent Secretary Tony Sultana announces the appointment of two new Permanent Secretaries and a Cabinet Secretary, after these nominations were approved by the Public Service Commission.Jonathan Vassallo (left) has been appointed Permanen...

Manchester United secured its third straight win in the Premier League by beating Leicester 1-0 on Thursday, with Cristiano Ronaldo again only making a late appearance off the bench.Jadon Sancho finished off a flowing move on the break for the only g...

The Labour Party has put up an LGBTIQ+ flag at their headquarters in Hamrun to commemorate the first day of pride month.This version of the LGBTIQ+ flag was revealed last year and it includes the symbol representing intersex people. The Chief Executi...

A 20-month old baby girl died after being hit by a massive hailstone during a fierce storm in the northeastern Spanish town of La Bisbal d’Empordà, officials said Wednesday.Town mayor Carme Vall told Spanish National Television the baby ...

The magistrate compiling evidence against Marsaxlokk parish priest Fr Luke Seguna has decreed that there are sufficient grounds for his indictment.The decree was given by Magistrate Natasha Galea Sciberras at the end of Wednesday’s sitting in t...

The autumn hunting season on wild birds is set to open from Thursday, 1 September 2022, permitting the hunting of 500 Turtle-doves, against recommendations from an expert EU task force, BirdLife said in a statement. The Government’s decision to...

The Minister for Environment, Energy and Enterprise Miriam Dalli has promised that the government will continue to foster stability in energy prices, but stopped short of guaranteeing that there will be no price increases in 2023.In comments to journ...

Minister Miriam Dalli announced on Wednesday that the government will invest a maximum of €74 million in renewable energy over 20 years, through a new investment scheme for large-scale renewable energy projects.The Ministry of Environment, Energ...

Former Prime Minister Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici’s health has improved to the point that he is on the verge of being discharged from hospital, Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Wednesday.Mifsud Bonnici was admitted to Mater Dei Hospital on Sunday...

Malta will continue to strengthen its relations with Libya and its people, Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Wednesday.Following a one-on-one meeting with the Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, Abela said that Malta will continue to offer i...

24 new Covid cases were registered on Wednesday, as the number of active cases dropped by two.No more deaths were recorded.Malta currently has 127 active cases of the virus.Malta has had a total of 114,050 Covid cases since the start of the pandemic,...

The New York Yankees have purchased a minority stake in Italian soccer champion AC Milan, which announced the closing of its latest ownership change Wednesday.RedBird Capital Partners completed the deal to purchase a controlling interest in...

Judith Bakoush and Murat Nazwan had instructed the former's seven-year-old son to throw away drug sachets if police raided their Valletta property, a court has been told.The boy was found by police during a recent raid on two properties in Valletta, ...

Erling Haaland is taking English soccer by storm.Back-to-back hat tricks. Nine goals in five games. No player has ever made as good a start to the Premier League as the towering Norway striker.Haaland's latest three-goal haul came in the first half o...

Dušan Vlahović continued his impressive start to the season as he set Juventus on its way to a 2-0 win over Spezia in Serie A on Wednesday.Vlahović scored in the ninth minute for his fourth goal in as many matches. New signing Arkadi...

Prime Minister Robert Abela has not yet taken action on the Transport Malta corruption case, and Transport Malta had a mechanism in place which was working only to make things easier for the few, Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said Wednesday.Giving ...

SBT Japan has cut ties with Rokku and Tal-Qasab car dealers, independent politician Arnold Cassola has said.Early in June, Maltatoday reported how two car dealers ( Rokku and Tal-Qasab) sold imported cars from Japan after allegedly tampering wit...

The NGO Repubblika has reacted to the latest government scandal, which concerns Transport Malta, by saying that corruption has seeped into every area of life in Malta.An unnamed government minister and political party were linked to a corruption case...

Greece 25Malta 6(8-1), (6-2), (4-1), (7-2) Greece: P. Tzortzatos, K. Genidounias (5), D. Skoumpakis (2), N. Gkillas (2), S. Argyropoulos (7), A. Papanastasiou (2), G. Dervisis, I. Alafragkis (1), N. Kopeliadis (1), K. Kakaris (1), E. Solanakis (...

Mikhail Gorbachev, who set out to revitalize the Soviet Union but ended up unleashing forces that led to the collapse of communism, the breakup of the state and the end of the Cold War, died Tuesday. The last Soviet leader was 91.Gorbachev died after...

The passing of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union and for many the man who restored democracy to then-communist-ruled European nations, was mourned Wednesday as the loss of a rare leader who changed the world and for a time g...

Attorneys for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil complaint against two foreign individuals and a Malta-based company.Federal securities regulators on Tuesday formally accused a North Carolina-based insurance magnate, an associa...

In a joint initiative between various entities that fall under the responsibility of the Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Enterprise, just over two tonnes of waste was retrieved from the seabed off the Senglea shore.The entities involved were...

A motorcyclist was grievously injured in a collision in Birzebbuga on Wednesday morning.The police said the accident took place in Birzebbuga Road at 9.30am.The biker, a 57-year-old man from the locality, was riding a Keeway which was involved in a c...

Enemalta has announced the appointment of Inġ. Ryan Fava as the Chairperson of its Board of Directors. Fava graduated in engineering at the University of Malta and continued his studies at Brunel University London, before working as an engineer ...