Provisional estimates indicate that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter of 2015 amounted to €2,116.1 million, an increase of 7.3 per cent over the corresponding period last...

The Ombudsman Commissioner for Environment and Planning has hit out at the government’s plans on the demerger of the Malta Environment and Planning Authority, saying that the proposals undermine...

Some 35 inmates required medical attention in an episode of food poisoning at the Correctional Facility of Kordin, The Malta Independent has learnt. Informed sources told this newsroom that...

The Maltese government gets first prize for sporadic proposals and ideas that are not well-planned, the latest being that of staggering the opening of school hours in an attempt to ease the traffic...

They say a picture has the power of a thousand words. Over the years, journalists, photo journalists, editors and news publications have published images that many have deemed shocking. Media houses...

A 32-year-old man of Gzira is in critical condition after the motorbike he was riding was involved in a collision in Hal Far, limits of Birzebbuga, yesterday evening. The Honda CBR was involved...

Carmelo 'Charlie' Grech, the Maltese man who has been arrested in Libya over visa issues returned to Malta late yesterday evening, The Malta Independent has learnt. The sea captain is in a...

A Maltese EU administrator is being investigated by Belgian police for allegedly beating an Italian woman with a plaque during an “anti-Semitic rant” outside the Brussels...

The Totally Gaming Academy’s Online Gaming Masterclass is hosting its inaugural course with great success, at the scenic Dragonara Casino from 1– 4 September 2015. The course is...

Despite the Opposition Leader’s claims that Malta would end up with 8,000 unemployed persons and a disastrous economy the country has the second lowest unemployment rate in the EU and government...