The budget is the continuation of an economic plan 'that failed,' Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said in Parliament on Monday.He was delivering his official reaction to the budget for next year.Grech launched an attack on the government's handling o...

The Malta Strategic Partnership Projects Ltd (MSPP) on Monday announced a call for proposals from the private sector to rehabilitate the Chalet site in Tower Road, Sliema. The public call will close on 1st February 2023. This project is part of a wid...

Albert Buttigieg has taken his oath to become a member of parliament.Buttigieg was elected into Parliament on Friday through a casual election to fill the seat vacated by the late Robert Arrigo, who passed away the week prior.  Before being appo...

The Malta Customs Department intercepted a shipment of 610kgs of cocaine at the Malta Freeport. The value of the drug s estimated at more than  €100 million.During the operation on Sunday, Customs officials stationed at the Freepo...

Emirates will be increasing the frequency of its Malta-Larnaca-Dubai route to a daily service starting 1 December 2022. This will bring the airline’s operations on this route back to pre-pandemic levels, signalling a steady recovery amid easing...

The senior official at the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra who admitted to sexually harassing a female former orchestra musician has been suspended, sources close to the orchestra told The Malta Independent.The 31-year-old Gozitan man, whose name cannot...

The Coalition for Gozo spoke against the development of Ħondoq Bay in Qala, Gozo, saying that a large-scale project will change the face of Gozo forever.In a statement, the Coalition for Gozo, which includes Din L-Art Ħelwa, Għawdix an...

 Participants of the 2022 Nescafé LifeCycle Challenge left Malta on 31 October 2022 to kick off this year's edition of the cycling challenge from Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires, to Santiago in Chile in a bid to raise further ...

Works on the new waste management facility at the ECOHIVE Complex in Magħtab, has reached its final stages, the government said.This facility will be able to process up to 40,000 tonnes of recyclable waste, and as from next year, recyclable wast...

Albert Buttigieg’s election to Parliament last week leaves the Nationalist Party needing to mount a search for someone to replace him in the St Julian’s local council.Buttigieg – up until Friday, when he was elected into Parliament ...

Transport Minister Aaron Farrugia took up a challenge to join a fitness social media portal and the NGO Rota for a bicycle ride over the weekend, and used the occasion to announce a new major investment in creating a national cycle network.Farrugia s...

A survey, which is an annual one commissioned by the Malta Developers Association and carried out by KPMG, confirmed last week what was already quite apparent: that housing has become less affordable in recent years.Indeed the survey showed that betw...

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has done it again: Twenty years after first winning the Brazilian presidency, the leftist defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro Sunday in an extremely tight election that marks an about-face for the country after four yea...

A motorcyclist and two other men were hospitalised on Sunday after being involved in two separate traffic accidents, police said on Monday morning.In a statement, the police said that the first accident happened at 1pm in Triq il-Kbira San Guzepp in ...

Military teams were hunting Monday for people missing after a century-old cable suspension bridge collapsed into a river Sunday in the western Indian state of Gujarat, sending hundreds plunging into the water and killing at least 132 in one of the wo...

An attacker threw firebombs an immigration centre in the English port town of Dover on Sunday before killing himself, officials said. Two other people were lightly injured in the attack and over 700 migrants had to be relocated.The Kent Police force ...

Environmentalists have spoken up and accused developers of doing whatever they want because they have control over the policies being passed. When contacted, independent election candidate Arnold Cassola said that “developers have politicians i...

The fate of the beautiful Ħondoq Bay will be decided on Thursday when the Environment Planning Review Tribunal decides on the pending appeal.In a unanimous decision, the Planning Board had rejected the plans for a marina and intensive tourist vi...

It was 100 years ago that the national anthem of Malta was written, although it was only in 1964 that it was officially adopted when Malta obtained its Independence from the United Kingdom.Written in the form of a prayer to God, the lyrics were the w...

Certain court procedures and practices that are “relics” of a time when the courts used to handle a lower number of cases should be changed, Chamber of Advocates president Louis de Gabriele told The Malta Independent on Sunday, explaining...

PN spokesperson for Finance Jerome Caruana Cilia said that the recently announced Budget is a budget which does not address the challenges people are facing and is one without ambition and no long-term vision, lacking strategies and planning. Mixed r...

Fathers who are under 18 years of age are set to be recognised by law as a legal anomaly is about to be addressed, PL MP Amanda Spiteri Grech said.In a parliamentary session a few days ago, Spiteri Grech, who is a family lawyer by profession, said th...

A mass of mostly young people among tens of thousands who gathered to celebrate Halloween in Seoul became trapped and crushed as the crowd surged into a narrow alley, killing at least 151 people and injuring 82 others in South Korea’s...

Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said that arrogance is synonymous with Prime Minister’s Robert Abela’s government, which does not truly care about the people. Speaking at a PN political activity in Zurrieq, Grech said that Malta and its p...

We had not heard the word for quite a while.It was mentioned only once in the Budget speech last Monday, but it was enough to spark its use.“Our heart was, still is and will remain socialist,” Finance Minister Clyde Caruana declared in hi...

Hamrun Spartans came from behind to beat Gzira United in a top of the table clash.For the Maroons this was the first defeat of the season as Hamrun claimed their eighth victory of the season.The Spartans have now opened a seven-point gap at the top o...

David de Gea may appear surplus to requirements for Spain but he remains pivotal to Erik ten Hag's plans at Manchester United.The goalkeeper was outstanding in United's 1-0 win against West Ham at Old Trafford on Sunday, producing three spectacular s...

Defending champion AC Milan fell to a surprise second loss of the season in Serie A with a 2-1 defeat at Torino on Sunday.Koffi Djidji and Aleksei Miranchuk netted in two first-half minutes for the hosts before Junior Messias pulled one back for Mila...

It quickly became clear this would be the season that Max Verstappen set the record for most wins in a Formula One season.It was never a question of if the Dutchman would win 14 races.It was only a question of when.And now? By how much will Verstappe...

Several thousand black-clad fascist sympathizers chanted and sang in praise of Benito Mussolini as they marched to the slain Italian dictator’s crypt Sunday, 100 years after Mussolini entered Rome and completed a bloodless coup that gave rise t...

As many would say, volunteering freshens up the mind with new perspectives and ideas.The same thing happened to 19-year-old Elena Attard, who after being raised on the small island of Gozo and moving on from one scholarship to another, is now in Indo...

A 22-year-old man was hospitalised after suffering injuries in a traffic accident in Gudja on Saturday night.Police said that they were informed of the accident at around 10:30pm in Triq Hal Tarxien in Gudja.Preliminary investigations showed that the...

Flimkien Ghal Ambjent (FAA), together with the Malta Planners' Association, the Malta Touristic Association as well as Moviment Graffiti, have slammed what they described as touristic over-development that is taking place in St Julian’s.The NGO...

An 88-year-old Toronto woman was stranded in Malta, 7,600 kilometres from home, after a medical emergency and a fruitless search for a hospital bed in the Greater Toronto Area, Canadian media report.Mike Pace’s mother, Carmen, was on vacation o...

Russia announced Saturday that it will move to suspend its implementation of a U.N.-brokered grain deal that has seen more than 9 million tons of grain exported from Ukraine during the war and has brought down soaring global food prices.The Russian D...

The Regional Simulation on Referral of Victims of Human Trafficking in the Southern Mediterranean entitled "Human Trafficking on Migration Routes" took place in Valletta, Malta. It was a first regional simulation exercise of this scope organised by t...

Valletta: Collis Williams Pharmacy, 15, Republic Street; Ħamrun: Thomas' Pharmacy, 796, St Joseph High Road; Żebbuġ: Plaza Pharmacy, 86, Main Street; Birkirkara: Herba Pharmacy, 166, Salvu Psaila Street; San Ġwann: San Ġwann ...

The husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was attacked and severely beaten with a hammer by an assailant who broke into the couple's San Francisco home early Friday, searching for the Democratic leader and shouting, “Where is Nancy, w...

A passenger was taken to hospital after the car he was in was involved in a crash with a parked motorbike, the police said.The accident took place in Sanctuary Road, Zabbar, on Satursay at 2am.The passenger, a 35-year-old man of Zejtun, was in a Toyo...

From an abandoned area of 190m², Hibiscus Garden  has been transformed into the first pocket garden, thanks to Parks Malta. This pocket garden will serve as an example to other parks and gardens which will be regenerated in the coming month...

After a six-match barren spell Valletta returned to winning ways beating Balzan 3-1 to receive a much needed boost. This win slightly lifts the Citizens to a healthier position in the table even though this victory does not solve all Valletta’...

Well before halftime, Brighton supporters were already taunting the manager they once adored with chants of “You’re getting sacked in the morning.”Graham Potter may not have to worry about being fired just yet, but his return to Bri...

What a shame for most soccer fans that Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia won’t be at the World Cup in Qatar.The Napoli forwards have been two of the most exciting players in Europe this season.When he’...

Perhaps it never really was, but this year has driven the point home: from a safety perspective, Malta’s road infrastructure simply is not safe for those who have no choice but to use it.This week alone, in and amongst the road accidents which ...

Max Verstappen inched closer to a record 14th victory of the Formula One season by holding off a pair of Mercedes and Mexican favorite Sergio Perez to win the pole Saturday for the Mexico City Grand Prix.It was the sixth pole of the season for Versta...

President of Malta George Vella said that the proper safeguarding of the environment, a widespread policy and a strong social pulse are crucial ingredients to fully protect the identity of Gozo and the physical and psychological health of Gozitans.&l...

Sixteen new Covid-19 cases have been recorded, with no new deaths.The total number of cases registered is now 115,323, with 113,764 people who recovered.The number of active cases is 355, while the number of deaths remains 808.The Health Ministry sto...

Last Monday’s Budget while containing a number of positive measures was a lost opportunity: it failed to project a long-term view of the necessary changes needed to address the country’s upcoming challenges. The Budget fails to offer a vi...

A senior official at the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra has been placed under a restraining order, as well as a suspended sentence, after admitting to having sexually harassed a young female orchestra musician over a span of more than three years.The 3...

29 people were arrested by police during inspections which took place in Marsa and Hamrun on Friday morning.Police said in a statement that the people, who are from Senegal, Ghana, Gambia, Afghanistan, Senegal, Mali, Egypt, and Syria, were all arrest...

On Friday evening, #occupyjustice activists set up an illuminated spider’s web outside the office of the now-defunct Pilatus Bank in Ta’ Xbiex. Yet this was no Halloween prank.Over six years have passed since investigative journ...

Italian club Inter may be spending a few days in Malta during the World Cup break, Italian media report.The visit is as yet to be confirmed by the club, but if it happens, it is also likely that Inter will be playing a couple of friendly games agains...

A study commissioned by the Malta Developers Association (MDA) showed that households earning an average income cannot afford the average price of any property.The study carried out by KPMG showed that between 2015 to 2021, housing affordability drop...

A survey commissioned by the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (MHRA) confirmed that Malta’s tourism industry has continued its post-pandemic recovery, but the association noted that more connectivity is required if Malta is to reach pre...

Malta has acquired EU funds under the Maltese Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) for the purchase of zero-emission electric vehicles, Transport Minister Aaron Farrugia and Parliamentary Secretary for European Funds Chris Bonett said.These funds, amou...

A man has been hospitalised after he was hit by a motorcycle in another traffic accident on Friday.Police said that the accident happened at around 8:15am in Sqaq is-Sigra in St Julian’s.Preliminary investigations showed that the man – a ...

Jerry Lee Lewis, the untamable rock ‘n’ roll pioneer whose outrageous talent, energy and ego collided on such definitive records as “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and sustained a career oth...

Formula One's governing body ordered Red Bull to pay a $7 million fine and forfeit wind tunnel time as punishment for overspending the 2021 cost cap by $1.8 million during Max Verstappen's first championship season.The penalties announced Friday at t...

St Julian’s mayor Albert Buttigieg has been elected to Parliament, filling the seat vacated by former PN deputy leader Robert Arrigo who died last week.The casual election was held today in Naxxar, with Buttigieg facing off against Emma Portell...

What was supposed to be a sizeable protest against Identity Malta’s delays in issuing residency and work permits, turned into a one-woman activity as other third-national citizens are “too scared to show their faces”.Patricia Graham...

It is no secret there are many ultra-wealthy people in Malta. Regardless of how a person becomes rich, they want their wealth to continue for many years. Some people inherit money or come into a fortune in business or a settlement. Others play Mega M...

Transport Minister Aaron Farrugia announced that the government is going to release a plan to address the high number of road deaths in the coming days, when responding to the media's questions.He announced this in response to the major increase in r...

A man was  hospitalised early on Friday morning after a car hit his stationary vehicle while he was looking under its bonnet.Police said that they were informed of a traffic accident at around 7:40am on the Coast Road in Naxxar.Preliminary inves...

BirdLife Malta is urging people to object to the "premeditated twist in the Bidnija sheep farm saga.""Unlike all NGOs, the Planning Authority was taken for a ride when the applicants had applied for a massive construction under the Rural Development ...

The Standards Commissioner’s office said Friday that the funds it had been allocated were the total of the budgetary allocation it asked for.In a statement, The Office of the Commissioner for Standards in Public Life said it has taken note of t...

A car ended up overturned at the Tal-Qroqq skate park after the driver lost control, the police said.The accident took place in Mikiel Anton Vassalli Street, Msida, on Thursday at 10.45pm.The driver, a man aged 29 of Hamrun, lost control of the car h...

By the end of September 2022, the Government’s Consolidated Fund reported a deficit of €467.8 million, the NSO said Friday.In the first nine months of 2022, Recurrent Revenue amounted to €4,072.6 million, 11.7 per cent higher than the...

New plans have been filed for the redevelopment of the Mellieha Bay Hotel, with a reduced number of rooms when compared to previous plans.The new plans propose a hotel with 359 guest bedrooms. This is a reduction from previous plans which proposed 42...

NGO Repubblika slammed the decision taken by the government to slash the funds of the office of the Standards Commissioner.The cuts were announced in the budget last Monday.The government is cutting the funds of this office – which keeps the go...

Total tax revenue in 2021 amounted to €4,580.4 million, implying a tax burden of 31.2 per cent, the NSO said Friday.Tax Revenues: 2021 Following the economic downturn in 2020, overall tax revenue in 2021 increased by €616.5 million over the...

29,000 lives. That’s how many died while making the migration journey to Europe since 2014, the author report by the International Organization for Migration said. 29,000 people leaving families behind to mourn their loss. 29,000 people who lef...

Elon Musk has taken control of Twitter and ousted the CEO, chief financial officer and the company’s top lawyer, two people familiar with the deal said Thursday night.The people wouldn’t say if all the paperwork for the deal, originally v...

A man grabbed a knife from a supermarket shelf Thursday and stabbed five people, killing one and wounding four others, including Spanish soccer player Pablo Mari, Italian authorities said.Police arrested a 46-year-old Italian man suspected in the att...

The U.S. and its Western allies on Thursday dismissed Russia’s claims that banned biological weapons activities are taking place in Ukraine with American support, calling the allegation disinformation and fabrications.Russia’s U.N. ambass...

The Justice and Peace Commission has criticised the government's decision to cut the budget for the Standards Commissoner's office for 2023, saying this does not bode well for the principle of good governance.The Standards Commissioner has been vocal...

The government financially assisted the Richmond Foundation’s mental health helpline, particularly during Covid-19, until it could set up its own services, Health Minister Chris Fearne said.The government has been criticized for deciding to sto...

The Nationalist Party (PN) filed a motion to amend Legal notice 201 of 2022 from the European directive on work-life balance. During a press conference, the spokesperson for the maritime sector and employment Ivan Castillo, the spokesperson for ...

The European Central Bank piled on another outsized interest rate hike aimed at squelching out-of-control inflation, increasing rates Thursday at the fastest pace in the euro currency’s history and raising questions about how far the bank inten...

The government won't make any decisions about the Steward hospitals concession agreement until January, when the courts will rule on whether the contract should be rescinded or not.The government, said Health Minister Chris Fearne, will wait for Mr. ...

A total of 44,000 people over 55 years of age have gone to health centres to receive the seasonal influenza and the Omicron variant of COVID-19 vaccine, since the roll out was started 10 days ago.Health Minister Chris Fearne said on Thursday that 63%...

The German non-governmental organization Sea-Watch on Wednesday accused the Libyan coast guard of threatening to shoot down their monitoring plane that helps the group document the interception of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.According to an aud...

A dead body was found floating out at sea in the area known as Hurds Bank on Thursday, police said in a statement.The police said that they were informed that a body had been spotted at around 3pm around 15 nautical miles off of Malta’s coast a...

The European Consortium for Church and State Research is holding a meeting in Malta with the theme: "The Impact of Covid-19 on Migration and Migratory Flows: New challenges in tackling cultural and religious diversity".The Consortium, founded in 1989...

Cristiano Ronaldo scored on his return to the Manchester United lineup to seal a 3-0 victory over Sheriff Tiraspol in the Europa League on Thursday that secured a spot in the knockout round.Ronaldo was brought back into the fold by United manager Eri...

A workforce strategy for the health sector will be presented in the coming days, Health Minister Chris Fearne said on Thursday.The minister said that the World Health Organisation has recognised the lack of workers within the health sector as a threa...

The university student who graduated while battling a terminal illness has died, the University of Malta said on its Facebook page.“Our deepest condolences go to the family and friends of Miguel Borg, who has sadly passed away earlier this morn...

The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses’ industrial action is costing Mater Dei hospital 100 beds, Health Minister Chris Fearne said on Thursday.Last July, the MUMN had ordered that staff at St Vincent de Paul and other homes for the elderly are...

A board that was appointed to investigate sexual harassment claims at the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) has suspended its investigation, following police involvement in the case, a source close to the orchestra told The Malta Independent.The sex...

The Nationalist Party wants Prime Minister Robert Abela to correct his asset declaration for the year 2021 to reveal how much money he earned from renting property to Russian citizens.In a statement, the PN's spokesman for justice Karol Aquilina is a...

The Royal Malta Yacht Club (RYMC) has been ordered by the courts to vacate its premises in Ta' Xbiex.The decision by the Court of Appeals follows a saga dating back to 2002.The Malta Playing Fields Association had said, in the judgement, that on 29 A...

23 new Covid-19 cases were registered on Thursday, and no more deaths were recorded.The number of active cases in the country stands at 374.Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 115,294 Covid-19 cases, of which 113,716 recovered. A total o...

The body of a woman was pulled out from the sea in Gozo, after it was spotted next to Marsalforn at 11:15 am this morning, police said in a statement.Members of the Armed Forces of Malta were called onto the scene and retrieved the body before bringi...

Next year’s Budget confirms that the government is going to continue moving in the right direction, the Labour Party said in a press conference on Thursday.“Before the challenges we are facing, we choose to be with the people.  That&...

APS Bank plc announced the publication of the financial results extracted from the Group and Bank unaudited management accounts for the nine months ended 30 September 2022, (also referred to as the "period" or "9M") as presented to the Board of Direc...

As well as being a splendid destination to which sun-seekers flock for a holiday, Malta is renowned for its authority as a regulator in the online gaming space. The island is home to several hundreds of online gaming operators. Thanks to an attractiv...

Never has Italy’s failure to come to terms with its fascist past been more evident as it marks the 100th anniversary Friday of the March on Rome that brought totalitarian dictator Benito Mussolini to power, a date that has only gained more scru...

Constance J. Milstein, US Ambassador to Malta, presented her credentials to George Vella, President of Malta, today.  Milstein is accompanied by her husband, Saïd Abu-Kaud.  In December 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Milstein to s...

The government’s ‘selfish move’ to cut funds on a mental health helpline operated by Richmond Foundation shows a lack of respect towards the foundation’s employees and robs people needing support of stability they desperately ...

As from November, the government will stop giving funds to the Richmond Foundation to run is 24/7 mental health helpline.The service has helped hundreds of people who needed comfort and attention at a time of difficulty, with the numbers growing duri...