Following a report on The Malta Independent on Sunday about illegal works in a valley near Għasri, Gozo, the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) has ordered the site to be returned to...

Consumer Affairs Minister Helena Dalli today announced a reduction in the price of 22 medicines.  These include medicines for the treatment of major depressive disorders, scabies, erectile...

Two BirdlifeMalta members claimed to have been assaulted today as they approached an illegal bird trap after hearing calls from an artificial bird caller in Delimara. The three BLM members were...

Virtu Ferries announced today that it was making temporary rescheduling changes to its Malta-Pozzallo-Malta service after one of its vessels, the M/V Jean De La Vallette made “slight...

Andrea Busuttil, 27, of Sliema today was charged with escaping police custody, resisting arrest, putting a police inspector’s life in danger and slightly injuring him. He was remanded in...

A widespread power cut has hit Malta.   The Malta Independent has received calls from St Julian's, Marsa, Siggiewi, Valletta, Attard, Naxxar, Fgura and Mosta....

A fight which broke out on 2 August between two neighbours over a barbeque held on the roof of an apartment block in St Julians left one of the neighbours sustaining fractures and the other facing a...

Mepa chairman Vince Cassar this afternoon reprimanded Flimkien Ghall-Ambjent Ahjar coordinator Astrid Vella for sending emails related to environment issues on personal addresses. Addressing Mrs...

The Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) today suspended a decision on the extension and renovation of St John's Cathedral Museum after UNESCO expressed concerns. The scope of the...

Malta Public Transport announced that the second batch of 40 new buses arrived today and they will be put into service this weekend. As promised, this followed the first batch of 40 new buses that...