Former minister, now MP, Charles Mangion has been put on the government’s payroll as an adviser like most of his colleagues on the backbench. Dr Mangion, a notary by profession, who was...

An Italian company risks bankruptcy because the Maltese government is still to pay €3.2 million in dues for the new Parliament building, Italian media report. Filiberti CFF, a company based...

Archbishop Charles Scicluna and Gozo Bishop Mario Grech expressed their gratitude for the goodwill and commitment shown in the migration summit. The bishops said:  “On the occasion of...

European Council President Donald Tusk warned yesterday that saving the 30-nation Schengen passport-free travel zone is going to be a "race against time" after Germany, Sweden, Slovenia and other EU...

Migration is a common problem that needs to be addressed with common answers, European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker told The Malta Independent. Mr Juncker spoke to the media as he...

Somali Prime Minister Omar Sharmarke thanked Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat for giving the majority of Somali nationals landing in Malta protection. But he also half jokingly asked whether it...

The Head of the European Parliament Office in Malta, Peter Agius, said that he expected the Valletta summit to beef up already existing migrant return agreements that are not being put in...

The European Council has proposed an optimistic five-point action plan to help combat the migration crisis, including increased cooperation between the EU and Africa for the readmission of irregular...

Katrine Camilleri, Malta director of the Jesuit Refugee Service, told euobserver.com on Wednesday that the reason why Malta sees so few arrivals “is clearly not a...

Changes to Schengen rules are needed to safeguard the free movement of people, but also to ensure that migrants who were moved through the burden sharing mechanism would not profit from current rules...