There are plans to completely digitalise all the files in possession of the Lands Authority, a government body that manages public properties, Lands Minister Silvio Schembri said. Last month, an...

The squatters occupying the protected 19th-century Fort Bingemma for decades will "eventually" be evicted, Lands Minister Silvio Schembri said, which is the same update he gave three months...

The Active Ageing Ministry's door, and that of the St Vincent de Paul (SVPR) management 'is always open', Active Ageing Minister Jo Etienne Abela has said when answering a question about the crumbling...

Malta’s neutrality should not stop the country from condemning Russia’s actions, Foreign Affairs Minister Ian Borg told The Malta Independent on Sunday. Russia, he said, decided...

PN MP Claudette Buttigieg has said that some of her colleagues on the other side of  Parliament are going through a very difficult time because of the government’s abortion law. The...

The State has the obligation to protect life from beginning to end, Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech said. In a message for the New Year, Grech said that life must be protected “in...

Prime Minister Robert Abela said that that the time has come for our society to send a stronger message on the safeguarding of women’s rights. Now that we have the largest female...

Pope Benedict XVI dedicates his life to teaching, Archbishop Mgr Charles Scicluna said in a short message. The pope emeritus died on Saturday, aged 95. “In his humility and wisdom, he...

Thousands packed into the Empire Stadium in Gzira on 16 April 1975 to watch a footballing event like no other. The event was a training session for young footballers – not one which would...

Public transport use has increased by around 15% from last month, Transport Minister Aaron Farrugia has told The Malta Independent. Public transport was made free for everyone in possession of a...