Air Malta has not benefitted from the recent slump in oil prices and cheaper aviation fuel as it is still bound by past hedging agreements.  Far from hitting out at his predecessors for entering...

Two nursing aides at St Vincent de Paul were transferred to another ward some five weeks ago after they allegedly assaulted elderly patients in separate incidents, this newsroom has been informed....

Hundreds of desperate refugees were charged between €1,100 and €1,650 for a place on board the boat which capsized in the Mediterranean this week. The vessel, believed to be carrying...

Frontex says Greece and Hungary are buckling under an unprecedented influx of migrants. The EU’s border agency wants nations to commit more vehicles and personnel.  The European Union made...

Desperate choices faced a Palestinian family who were tossed off a capsizing boat full of migrants into the Mediterranean Sea with just one life jacket. The father’s heroic effort to save...

Charles Camilleri, former president of Premier League club Valletta FC for four years, has died, aged 60. A respected businessman who was honoured with the Gieh Il-Belt Valletta award...

Four packets containing a suspicious substance and a pointed instrument were found during a search carried out at the Corradino Correctional Facility, the Department of Information said in a...

As foundations specifically set up to raise awareness and speak on behalf of the unborn child from conception, the Life Network Malta and Gift of Life foundations cannot accept any proposed changes to...

Parliamentary Secretary Chris Fearne has assured The Malta Independent that senior Mater Dei Hospital surgeons will operate on persons who are currently on the MDH waiting list but who will be...

Calls are being made for compensation to owners of establishments in Hamrun after the celebrations for the feast of St Cajetan on Friday were cut short because of a power cut. The calls are being...