At least 40 have died and around 300 have been rescued from overcrowded smugglers boat off Libya, the Italian Navy said today. Details about the incident are still sketchy.  The Italian navy...

People who have divorced and remarried and “still long for Christ” are still welcome in the Church, Gozo Bishop Mario Grech said today.  In a pastoral letter issued on the occasion of...

Archbishop Charles Scicluna today gave his approval to the Mosta Parish to initiate proceedings to turn the rotunda into a basilica. The term basilica usually refers specifically to large and...

Minister for Finance, Prof. Edward Scicluna, expressed his satisfaction at how Friday night’s agreement on Greece managed to bring all the relevant parties on board.  “Eagerness to...

Animal Rights Group is calling on the authorities to stop the traditional Santa Marija horse races from taking place in the scorching sun. On the 15 August – today - horse, mule and donkey...

Both the Labour Party and the Nationalist  Party have not answered questions as to whether either had accepted donations from the Gaffarena family. The Malta Independent sent questions to...

Former minister and Government Whip Godfrey Farrugia is in hospital, undergoing tests, sources have told this newsroom. Speaker Anglu Farrugia visited him at Mater Dei Hospital and wished him a speedy recovery. ...

A man who stands charged with the attempted murder of another man in Valletta after shooting him in the leg has been granted bail.  Massimo Caruana, 35, had been held in custody since the...

ElectroGas Malta today insisted that the construction of the power plant is not a Government project, but a project entrusted to the ElectroGas Malta after being awarded...

The council of Mosta has proposed the development of an underground car park beneath the Mosta square.  This morning the council met up with Minister Owen Bonnici, after mayor Edwin Vassallo had...