In the last few years, a number of IT services have been developed for the purposes of speeding up the process of civil cases, Justice Minister Owen Bonnici said this morning. “We gave the...

Kidney failure, cardiac problems and hallucinations are some of the effects users of legal highs have experienced in Malta.  The so-called legal highs have caused a shift in Europe’s drug...

The Order of Malta has taken quite an active role in providing aid and supporting refugees and migrants fleeing from conflict zones, trying to make a better life for them and their families. The...

Two Syrian refugees who fled the city of Palmyra are trying to reach relatives in Malta, according to a Reuters report. The two men tried twice to cross the sea from Turkey to Greece and, on both...

A Belgian diver claims he has found the wreck of a submarine that left Malta in 1942 and was sunk off the coast of Libya, appealing for NATO and the EU help to document the wreck because it is located...

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker began delivering his first State of the Union in the European Parliament in Strasbourg at 9 am this morning. He is presenting a review of...

Sometime after 5.30pm today, Queen Elizabeth II will become the longest-reigning monarch in British history. Queen Elizabeth will surpass Queen Victoria’s record of 63 years, seven months and...

The National Council of Women said it is very concerned with the arbitrary way in which the Prime Minister has expressed himself, imposing his opinion on the future of the Embryo Protection Act, which...

The budget for 2016 is expected to be presented by Finance Minister Edward Scicluna on 12 October, The Malta Independent has learnt. The cost of living adjustment is expected to be €1.75 per...

As forecast, a thunderstorm hit Malta in the early hours of Wednesday morning, with rain reported in various parts of the island too. Temperatures are also cooler than the stifling heat we...