• Malta

    PN says government has last chance to adopt its proposal to save Air Malta

    The shadow minister for economic affairs, Claudio Grech urged the government today to adopt the PN's proposals on Air Malta, saying this would probably be the last chance to do so in the wake of the break down of talks with Alitalia.  Addressing a news conference at PN headquarters, he recalled ...

  • USA Regno Unito

    Pound sags amid 'hard Brexit' signals ahead of May speech

    The British pound fell to a three-month low on Monday amid reports Prime Minister Theresa May is about to set the U.K. on the road to a clean break with the European Union, pushing the country into uncertain economic territory.The currency fell below $1.20 before recovering slightly. It has lost ...

  • Russia USA

    Inauguration in sight, Trump continues Twitter assault

    His inauguration days away, President-elect Donald Trump is continuing to lash out at critics in the intelligence community and Democrats in Congress who are vowing to skip his swearing-in ceremony.The tough-talking Republican questioned whether the CIA director himself was "the leaker of fake news" in a Sunday night tweet.The extraordinary ...

  • USA Israele

    Dozens of countries urge Israel, Palestinians to commit to a 2-state solution

    Sending a forceful message to Israel's prime minister and the incoming Trump administration, dozens of countries called Sunday on Israel and the Palestinians to revive work toward long-elusive peace - including an independent Palestinian state.The closing declaration at a Mideast peace conference in Paris urged both sides to "officially restate their commitment to the ...

  • USA Malta

    Swieqi’s increasing problems with security, noise and vandalism - Swieqi mayor Noel Muscat

    What is the current situation in Swieqi? The current situation is a result of many years, security was always an issue. When I first became mayor, four and half years ago, it was the main problem. Take a look at Halloween, it used to be absolute havoc, but with cooperation ...

  • USA Regno Unito Malta

    Agreement signed between MCAST and Vitals Global Healthcare for new nursing degree programme

    Vitals Global Healthcare and MCAST today signed an agreement establishing a nursing degree programme, in collaboration with Northumbria University. VGH officials said that the degree shall explicitly meet all of the requirements of the EU Directive for General Nursing; the Malta Council for Nurses and Midwives' Scope of Professional Practice; and ...

  • USA Regno Unito Malta

    Editorial: Air Malta’s agony

    We have by now got used to the various statements by Minister Edward Zammit Lewis with regards to the hot potato dumped in his lap – Air Malta.Up till last Friday, when the government finally admitted what everyone had long known – that the deal with Alitalia is dead in ...

  • Malta

    BirdLife says injured mute swan seen in St Thomas Bay

    An injured mute swan was sighted in St Thomas Bay in Marsascala, BirdLife said in a statement.The sighting of another juvenile mute swan, this time at St Thomas Bay delighted those who had the opportunity to observe it in the early morning today. “Unfortunately it was evident after a while that ...

  • Malta

    Updated: PL slams Opposition Leader over Foundation for Tomorrow’s Schools; PN responds

    The Labour Party today slammed Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil on the state in which the Foundation for Tomorrow's Schools was found back in 2013, with the PL saying that it was €80 million in debt and had millions in unpaid bills."The irony is that the PN media are describing the ...

  • Malta

    €4 million given by government to Karin Grech Hospital not for bed capacity – VGH CEO

    The €4 million given to Karin Grech Hospital by government were operational funds, and are spent on paying salaries and ensuring that the hospital continues to run as it did before, Vitals Global Healthcare CEO Armin Ernst told The Malta Independent.A VGH statement published last week said that VGH Karin ...