111 new nurses have started their work with the public health service earlier this week. 89 of the nurses have just graduated from the University of Malta, while 22 have graduated from the...

The Highway Code is set to be updated and regulations for e-scooters are planned for the near future, the senior inspector of the police traffic branch, Nicholas Vella, told The Malta Independent on...

The story starts in mid-March, almost a month after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “Many of us had relatives living in Mykolaiv. We knew the city would come under attack, so...

UHM Voice of the Workers CEO Josef Vella wants the upcoming Budget to include a set of measures aimed at strengthening the middle class. In an interview with The Malta Independent on Sunday,...

A proposal being made by the General Workers Union for the coming government Budget is for the drafting of legislation for gig and platform workers, for them to start being considered as...

The government plans on increasing the number of members of the judiciary in the near future, Justice Minister Jonathan Attard told The Malta Independent. In answering questions posed by this...

Finance Minister Clyde Caruana confirmed that work on a second Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) mechanism that was promised in the last budget has been concluded....

Paul Pace, the president of the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurse (MUMN), said that the newly-appointed Minister for Active Ageing, Jo Etienne Abela, used nurse Rhys Xuereb as a scapegoat because the...

The president of the Malta Chamber of Commerce Marisa Xuereb has warned that granting the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) increase to everyone will lead to widespread price increases and more...

Minister for Active Ageing Jo Etienne Abela has said that the circumstances which led to Carmelo Fino’s disappearance had nothing to do with the fact that the nurse on duty lacked experience,...