Malta has retained its A- sovereign credit rating with a stable outlook following the latest annual review by international ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P).Unlike previous reviews, however, S&P did not publish an updated economic r...

The latest Eurobarometer survey on corruption should serve as a warning to Malta's political class, Repubblika said Saturday.The survey shows that Maltese citizens remain deeply concerned about corruption. An overwhelming majority of respondents beli...

In what is set to be his final major address at the historic Sette Giugno commemorations, the Speaker of the Maltese House of Representatives, Anglu Farrugia, delivered a stirring, comprehensive, and uncompromising call for sweeping institutional ref...

Civil Protection Department (CPD) firefighters from Station 4 were called to the scene of a major vehicle fire in Żebbuġ earlier today.Upon arrival, emergency crews found an internal combustion engine vehicle and an electric vehicle complet...

Pope Leo XIV's trip to Spain will bring the American pontiff to a traditional center of European Christianity, where the Catholic Church has a complex legacy and the Socialist-led government is in the midst of a political crisis.Leo's weeklong visit ...

Nationalist Party leader Alex Borg will be ceding the 12th district and keeping the 13th, ending days of speculation that will now lead to the holding of casual elections to replace PN candidates who were elected on two districts in last week's elect...

A sect of PN supporters – not party officials, to be clear – has made an argument that the people to blame for the party’s defeat are those almost 11,000 people who elected to vote for smaller parties. They are in part responsible, ...

A four-month-old baby boy is fighting for his life in hospital after losing consciousness at a childcare centre in Msida earlier today, the police said Friday.The incident occurred at around noon at a childcare facility located in Garcin Street, Msid...

Prime Minister Robert Abela attended the European Union and Western Balkans Summit held in Tivat, Montenegro, where leaders discussed strengthening collaboration amid increasingly complex geopolitical challenges.During the meetings, Abela emphasized ...

Montenegro is on track to become a member of the European Union by 2028, the bloc's leaders and the Balkan country's president said on Friday following a summit focused on expanding the EU to include other countries in the region.Leaders from across ...

Prime Minister Robert Abela received warm greetings and congratulations by European leaders attending a summit in Montenegro on Friday.In a Facebook video posted on the PM's Facebook page, Abela is seen shaking hands and embracing his counterparts as...

The Electoral Commission has announced the opening of nominations for a series of casual elections to fill vacancies in the House of Representatives across eight electoral districts following the ceding of seats by elected Members of Parliament.In a ...

The government has published the full list of responsibilities assigned to each ministry and parliamentary secretariat on Friday.The detailed breakdown, issued by the Department of Information, outlines the entities, sectors and responsibilities fall...

A police surveillance operation in Mosta culminated yesterday afternoon in the arrest of three individuals and the seizure of approximately 1.3 kilogrammes of suspected cocaine, carrying an estimated street value of 160,000 euros, the police said Fri...

Players at this month's World Cup will earn their clubs about $5,000 per day from a $355 million FIFA fund.FIFA gave details Friday on how it will allocate the clubs' share of revenue for those whose players are among the 1,248 picked for the 48-team...

Following the publication of Eurostat's Euro indicators on Friday morning, Malta recorded the second-largest economic growth from all EU countries between the first quarters (Q1) of 2025 and 2026, only trailing Denmark.Between Q1 2025 and Q1 2026, Ma...

A bowser carrying cement and a trailer have overturned in Ħal Far earlier on Friday, in an accident that occurred on the main road, police have said. The trailer was driven by a 44 year old man from Msida, and the bowser was driven by a 49 ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday rejected a proposal by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a face-to-face meeting on the 4-year-old conflict, saying he sees "no point" in it.Thursday's letter, the first public message Zelenskyy has...

Valletta Cruise Port Ltd on Friday announced the signing of a Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) agreement with Valletta Bridge Ltd for the restoration, redevelopment and operation of the historic Power Station building, marking another important mile...

The gender corrective mechanism was introduced with good intentions. Few would dispute that Malta needed to address the chronic underrepresentation of women in Parliament, a problem that persisted for decades despite repeated promises of reform.The r...

A 45-year-old father has avoided immediate prison time after pleading guilty to a series of gruesome threats directed at his former partner and her new partner, as well as her children.The accused was charged with harassment and causing fear of viole...

The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) said Friday it has stopped all works on a construction site in Sliema to conduct an investigation into the significant water leaks emerging from the plot.The BCA said on Friday that it took "immediate act...

The jury of a man who is to stand trial over alleged rape and sexual abuse of a 13-year-old has been dissolved after the head juror informed the court the defence leading the case is his lawyer in a separate case against him. The defence informe...

Pope Leo XIV is delving into the hotly contested issue of migration by visiting two flashpoints - Spain's Canary Islands in the Atlantic next week, and Italy's Lampedusa island in the Mediterranean in early July.These rocky, remote outposts of Europe...

The new Cabinet of Ministers was sworn in this morning.The list of ministers and parliamentary secretaries was announced on Wednesday evening following a string of meetings the Prime Minister had with individual MPs.Many will be retaining the positio...

The Nationalist Party has suffered its fourth consecutive electoral defeat. In politics, a loss is a loss, and no amount of spin can change that reality. Governments are formed by those who win elections, not by those who narrow margins. Yet it would...

In a bid to end its decades-long wait to win a second World Cup, England has put its fate in the hands of a German.It's fair to say the appointment of Thomas Tuchel was not universally well received."I'm sorry I have a German passport," the serial-wi...

The Court of Appeal has rejected a claim by No Deposit Cars owner Christian Borg for €160,000, confirming a previous ruling that his case was based on a private agreement featuring a signature that was likely forged.In a judgment delivered on Tu...

Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Thursday that Malta "will absolutely not return to excessive deficit procedures," while assuring that national finances are trending positively and are forecasted to improve over the coming years.During a press con...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dr Anglu Farrugia, today received a courtesy call by eight Ambassadors and High Commissioners based in London. The diplomatic delegation included the Ambassadors and High Commissioners of Malta, Luxembourg...

Today, the Ombudsman, Justice Emeritus Joseph Zammit McKeon, presented the 2025 Annual Report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Anġlu Farrugia.The report includes an overview of the work of the Ombudsman's Office during the past ye...

Momentum said Friday it sees an urgent need to protect our environment and address the growing climate crisis on World Environment Day.Matthew Agius, member of the executive committee of Momentum, said, "Environmental challenges are often discussed a...

Prime Minister Robert Abela has strongly defended his decision to re-appoint Chris Fearne and Rosianne Cutajar back into his latest Cabinet.Both politicians had resigned in the last legislature for different reasons, though were both named ministers ...

The House for the first time Wednesday approved a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran, defying President Donald Trump as a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to end the three-month-long conflict that ...

A small plane crashed in Croatia on Thursday, killing at least four people, police said.The plane crashed near Medulin, a town on the Istria peninsula, a statement said. The official HINA news agency reported that it was a German plane that took off ...

The CEO of Residency Malta Agency, Jonathan Cardona, has passed away, the Prime Minister said Thursday.In a Facebook statement, Abela paid tribute to Cardona, describing him as a dedicated and loyal individual who served the country in a number of se...

 Argentina has bitter memories of 1994, the last time the United States hosted the World Cup.After the second group stage match, national icon Diego Maradona was expelled from the tournament due to a positive doping test. Maradona would never pl...

As the compilation of evidence against the Pace family regarding usury and money laundering continued on Thursday, the court heard testimony from a Nepalese national residing in Marsa.The family of six are facing charges of a usury and money launderi...

The Malta Federation of Organisations of Persons with Disability (MFOPD) has criticised a decision that will see some students with disabilities removed from their mainstream school environment from next week, warning that the move undermines their r...

Iran is heading to the World Cup while the country is at war with the primary host nation, a situation that is unique in the tournament's history.In exclusive interviews with The Associated Press during a team camp in Turkey, two members of Iran's sq...

The Planning Authority has launched direct enforcement action to remove large quantities of illegally dumped material from a Ta' Qali field after years of alleged non-compliance and repeated breaches by the landowner, with penalties linked to the cas...

The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation has questioned Glenn Bedingfield's appointment as Minister for Home Affairs, pointing to findings of the public inquiry into the journalist's assassination which identified him as a key figure in a campaign that ...

The compilation of evidence against 25-year-old Tammy Caruana continued on Thursday, with several alleged victims testifying about how they were deceived into revealing banking details in an alleged phishing scheme.Caruana is pleading not guilty to c...

A woman was critically hurt on Thursday morning following a fall in Birzebbuga, the police said.The woman, aged 53, fell two storeys from a window.The accident happened in Qajjenza Street at 7.45am.She was taken to hospital with critical injuries.

The number of registered unemployed persons stood at 1,397 in April 2026, representing a year-on-year increase of 359 individuals compared to April 2025 and an increase of 110 persons compared to the previous month.Data provided by Jobsplus for April...

Prime Minister Robert Abela formally announced his new Cabinet on Wednesday night, having spent the better part of the day meeting most of his newly elected MPs.Abela’s new team features a whopping 21 ministers and two Parliamentary Secretaries...

Prime Minister Robert Abela is expected to nominate veteran Labour MP Carmelo Abela as the next Speaker of the House of Representatives.Carmelo Abela, who was re-elected from the Third Electoral District in Saturday's general election, has served in ...

At the first meeting of the National Executive of the Labour Party, held jointly with the Parliamentary Group after the general election, the Labour Party decided which seats are to be ceded by the candidates who were elected on two districts.By secr...

Inspections carried out in recent days by the Animal Welfare Directorate and the Environmental Health Directorate have led to the discovery and rescue of many birds found in a condition of serious neglect.These inspections were carried out at residen...

NGO Repubblika has criticised Prime Minister Robert Abela's decision to appoint Chris Fearne and Rosianne Cutajar to Cabinet positions, arguing that the circumstances which led to their previous resignations from government remain unchanged.In a stat...

At the end of April 2026, Central Government debt stood at €11,974.2 million, an increase of €1,139.0 million when compared to 2025, the NSO said Wednesday.This was one of two statements that the NSO withheld last Friday, citing election ru...

The European Commission has recommended that Malta be removed from the European Union's Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP), after the country reduced its budget deficit below the EU's 3% threshold earlier than expected, the government said Wednesday.I...

A prison nurse has told a court that inmate Erin Tanti had repeatedly spoken about his desire to start a family and had requested assistance to undergo fertility treatment while serving his sentence.The nurse was testifying before Magistrate Leonard ...

During the month of April alone, the final month before calling an early general election, the government borrowed no less than €558 million, the Nationalist Party said.This emerges from statistics published today by the government's statistics ...

The Labour Party said that statistics published today by the NSO showed that Nationalist Party leader Alex Borg had lied about the country's finances in the week leading up to the election.A week ago, Alex Borg, at the height of the electoral campaig...

After hinting that she would quit politics following last weekend's general election, ADPD leader Sandra Gauci has apparently had a change of heart after the support she said she received since making that announcement.On Sunday, in an Instagram post...

Speculation on the ministerial appointments that Prime Minister Robert Abela has in mind is making the rounds after several MPs were summoned to Castille this morning and afternoon.All MPs who were called up did not give any hint of what they discuss...

Momentum has called for full transparency, accountability and stronger enforcement following the Salini fireworks factory explosion, saying Malta can no longer continue tolerating such disasters close to communities, farms, sanctuaries and homes.The ...

Investigators are focusing on what caused the fire that preceded Monday's devastating explosion at the Ta' Lourdes fireworks factory near Salini.The site remains closed to the public and under police guard as investigations continue into the blast, w...

Hili Ventures on Wednesday announced its consolidated financial results for the year ending 31 December 2025, reporting profit before tax of €69.6 million. Revenue also reached €1.17 billion - a 7.6% increase over 2024. Total assets su...

MTV today announced that award-winning producer and DJ Afrojack will perform at Isle of MTV Malta 2026, returning to the festival's iconic stage, the Malta Tourism Authority said Wednesday.Afrojack will appear on the lineup alongside headliner and gl...

Labour has achieved what no political party in Malta has ever managed before. By securing a fourth consecutive electoral victory, it has written a new chapter in the country's political history and reinforced its position as the dominant force in Mal...

In judgment 1/2023/2, Mifsud v Camilleri, the Court of Appeal ("COA") revisited the essential elements of the actio rei vindicatoria.The dispute concerned a parcel of land situated between an alley and a road, which originally formed part of a smalle...

The Food Safety and Security Authority has said that it is taking precautionary measures in response to the explosion of a fireworks factory in Maghtab early on Monday morning.The explosion, which rocked surrounding localities and caused the death of...

The Nationalist Party's Rebekah Borg has become only the fifth woman ever to be elected from two electoral districts in a general election, joining a small group of female politicians who have managed the rare feat under Malta's electoral system.Borg...

Now that the election has passed, MPs have been elected and Robert Abela has been sworn-in as the Prime Minister, attention now turns on the formation of the Cabinet of Ministers and parliamentary secretaries.In the coming hours Abela will be meeting...

Repubblika expressed its solidarity with the volunteers of the Malta Ranger Unit and BirdLife Malta, "who have been ridiculed and slandered".The NGO was referring to how supporters of Labour candidate Alicia Bugeja Said mocked NGOs while celebrating ...

Gozitan politician Abigail Camilleri on Monday announced that her "political chapter ends here" after failing to get re-elected as a Member of Parliament.She said that she looks back at her time in politics with great pride and thanked everyone who b...

ADPD chairperson Sandra Gauci will miss out on a seat in Parliament, despite securing results that surpassed those of candidates expected to benefit from Malta's gender corrective mechanism.The gender corrective mechanism excludes candidates who do n...

Occupy Justice Malta has condemned the latest vandalism of the memorial to murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, saying the repeated attacks reflect a "continuity of hatred" and ongoing hostility towards peaceful protest.Caruana Galizia's makes...

Three people were hospitalised following a traffic accident in Attard on Tuesday afternoon, with one of those three facing life threatening injuries.Police said they were informed of the collision at around 1.30pm in Triq Vjal l-Istadium Nazzjonali, ...

Total inbound tourists April 2026 were estimated at 409,403, an increase of 16.6 per cent when compared to the corresponding month in 2025, the NSO said Tuesday.During the month under review, a total of 383,664 inbound tourists visited Malta for holi...

Former Nationalist Party MP Charles Azzopardi is recovering in hospital after being admitted to intensive care following what he described as a collapse late on Sunday night.In a social media post published on Tuesday, Azzopardi said he had been unab...

Repubblika on Tuesday publishing the report Reclaiming Spaces, Building Communities: Mapping Social Reuse Practices of Confiscated, Abandoned, and Unoccupied Assets Across Europe, prepared as part of the European RESTART project. The report examines...

A 12-year-old boy gave closed-door testimony on Tuesday morning regarding an alleged assault by his father. The incident took place in March at the abandoned White Rocks complex, where both the boy and his 10-year-old sister were allegedly attacked b...

Election day has come and gone, the votes have been counted, and attention has naturally turned to the winners and losers of the general election. Yet amid the celebrations, analyses and political calculations, there is another group whose voice shou...

Prime Minister Robert Abela has described his party’s latest electoral victory as a historic moment for Malta, saying voters had chosen stability, economic growth, and an ambitious long-term vision for the country’s future.In an address t...

Robert Abela has been sworn in as Malta's Prime Minister during a ceremony at the Palace in Valletta.The ceremony was presided by President Myriam Spiteri Debono and was attended by Chief Justice Mark ChetcutiLabour supporters gathered in Valletta as...

A crowd of Labour Party supporters was present in Valletta on Monday morning for Prime Minister Robert Abela’s official swearing in, despite intense heat.During this official ceremony, St. George’s Square was packed with celebratory PL su...

A powerful explosion followed by a series of smaller blasts rocked the Magħtab area early on Monday morning after the Ta' Lourdes fireworks factory exploded, sending a thick plume of white and grey smoke high into the sky.A police spokesman told...

Malta's small political parties registered their best showing in a general election in a long time, as almost 11,000 people put their number 1 vote towards a non-PL or PN option.Malta's small parties, however, will have mixed feelings over the result...

A number of candidates elected to Parliament in two districts during the 2026 general election will be required to relinquish one of their seats, setting in motion a series of casual elections to fill the resulting vacancies.Under Malta's electoral s...

A 42-year-old man residing in Rabat, who cannot be named by court order, has been sentenced to two years in prison after the court found him guilty of corrupting and sexually abusing his four young nephews over a decade ago.Magistrate Nadine Sant Lia...

The number of unemployed people in Malta rose by 22.1 per cent in April when compared to the same month last year, according to figures published by the National Statistics Office on Monday.The NSO said that 12,400 people were unemployed in April 202...

Sixty-seven MPs were elected on Sunday, with several who served in the last legislature not making the cut.Here are the names who have not been re-elected directly by the people and who are now hoping to be re-elected through the casual elections to ...

In a significant turnaround from the previous election, ten women won 12 out of 67 parliamentary seats during the initial count. This result more than doubles the tally from the early stages of the 2022 election, which marked a 20-year low when only ...

A number of leading business, tourism and trade union organisations have congratulated the Labour Party on its general election victory and the re-election of Prime Minister Robert Abela, while pledging continued cooperation with the Government durin...

Malta has voted for its preferred candidates, with the Labour Party securing a fourth consecutive term in government.The 65 candidates elected directly from the country's 13 electoral districts - five from each district - have now been confirmed.Five...

The Labour Party has won its fourth election in a row, becoming the first ever political party to achieve such a feat.Robert Abela will be sworn in as Prime Minister of the country in a ceremony to be held on Monday morning, as thousands of Labour su...

The Labour Party has won a record fourth electoral win in a row, with an official margin of 21,721 votes between the two parties.There was disagreement on the margin of Labour's victory during the course of the day.The first indications, according to...

Prime Minister Robert Abela has urged all Maltese citizens to unite and move the nation forward following Labour's historic general election victory.Speaking to thousands of supporters at a mass meeting in Floriana on Sunday night, Abela emphasized h...

Nationalist Party leader Alex Borg obtained the highest number of votes among all candidates of all parties.He secured 9,614 first-count votes on the 12th district, the first time he contested there, and 12,211 first-count votes on the 13 district, h...

Speaking on the theme "Advancing Tolerance and Peace: The Strategic Role of Parliaments in Shaping and Legislating Policies for the Future", Speaker Farrugia stated that parliaments must not remain passive observers of instability but must exercise t...

The Labour Party has just about held onto the majority of seats in the Gozo district by a wafer-thin margin.Labour delegates started cheering at 6:45pm after all votes for the 13th district had been scanned by Electoral Commission officials, chantin...

What we started together in 2013 lives on, former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said on Facebook hours after a fourth electoral win for Labour was declared.Muscat served as Prime Minister between 2013 and 2020 when he was forced to resign following de...

The Nationalist Party registered gains across all electoral districts in Malta and Gozo, leader Alex Borg said, describing this as evidence that support for the party is growing.The result showed growing support for the Nationalist Party and a signif...

Prime Minister Robert Abela said that Labour's fourth consecutive electoral victory marks a historic moment for Malta, as he spoke at Labour party headquarters at the celebration after results were announced.Addressing supporters, Abela thanked voter...

Prime Minister and Labour Party leader Robert Abela visited the counting hall just after 1pm, greeted to chants of "Viva l-Labour" as party candidates and agents embraced him, kissed him and made merry as Labour celebrated its fourth electoral win in...

Nationalist Party candidate Conrad Borg Manché told this newsroom that he is "very happy" with his personal results as well as the "great inroads" made by the PN this general election.Speaking to The Malta Independent about his and the PN's pr...

Prime Minister Robert Abela declared victory for the Labour Party after indications showed it had secured a fourth consecutive general election win, describing the result as a historic achievement and a mandate from the Maltese and Gozitan people.Spe...