• USA

    PM says PN in breach of party financing law, issued fraudulent invoices in db saga; PN replies

    Prime Minister Joseph Muscat today reiterated that the Nationalist Party was breaching the party financing law and was guilty of fraud in the db Group salaries saga. The db Group, owned by Silvio Debono, says it gave the PN a donation of some €77,000, claiming that the PN had requested ...

  • Malta

    Residents petition government for right to be placed on lower utility tariff for primary home

    A number of people who are renting property have launched a petition in order for them to be able to register themselves on the lower 'residential' utility tariff for their primary homes.As it stands, residents require the permission of their landlords in order to be moved from the 'domestic rate' ...

  • Spagna

    Editorial: Big business bullying journalists is completely unacceptable

    The bullying of journalists takes place on a regular basis by those who are adverse to the bad publicity that comes along when one’s dirty deeds are exposed to the general public. Such matters are not often reported but any journalist worth his or her salt is very well familiar ...

  • Malta

    Public sector ‘not utilising employees optimally’ – MEA President

    The public sector is not optimally utilising its employees, Malta Employers Association President Arthur Muscat told The Malta Independent in an interview being published in tomorrow's edition."I believe there is over-employment in the public sector, but not in all sections. There is still a shortage in the education and health ...

  • Malta

    PN says yes to state-funded assistance for transgender surgical, hormone treatment

    The Nationalist Party is categorically in favour of state-funded assistance for surgical and hormone treatment for transgender individuals. When contacted, both Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil and Shadow Health Minister Claudette Buttigieg told The Malta Independent that they are “all for it” and would be making their proposals “when the time ...

  • Regno Unito Malta

    Cardinal praises Malta’s Archbishop and Gozo Bishop over Amoris Laetitia guidelines

    Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster, has praised Maltese Archdiocese of Malta and the Diocese of Gozo’s approach to the Pope’s apostolic exhortation on the family, Amoris Laetitia, according to a report in the Catholic Herald.Malta’s two bishops last January released "criteria" on interpreting Chapter 8 of the Pope’s apostolic exhortation on ...

  • USA Malta

    Environmental NGOs condemn and oppose proposal for Bidnija development

    Environmental NGOs Din L-Art Helwa, Front Harsien ODZ and Flimkien Ghal Ambjent Ahjar, have all condemned and opposed the Bidnija development outline application. The controversial application, which was highlighted by The Malta Independent on Sunday, proposes the construction of 18 large garages, lodged by storage and recycling company U-Store. Residents ...

  • USA

    Joni Sledge, member of Sister Sledge, dies at 60

    Joni Sledge (second from left), who with her sisters recorded the enduring dance anthem "We Are Family," has died, the band's representative said Saturday.She was 60.Sledge was found dead in her home by a friend in Phoenix, Arizona, on Friday, the band's publicist, Biff Warren, said. A cause of death ...

  • Turchia USA Paesi Bassi

    Turkey-Dutch relations shatter: Second Turkish minister escorted out of Netherlands

    The escalating dispute between NATO allies Turkey and the Netherlands hit a new low Sunday, with a Turkish minister escorted out of the country less than a day after Turkey's foreign minister was denied entry, prompting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to call the Dutch "Nazi remnants."The diplomatic clash was over plans by ...

  • Germania

    Bayern Munich extend Bundesliga lead; Leipzig, Dortmund both lose

    Robert Lewandowski scored twice for Bayern Munich to extend its Bundesliga lead on Saturday with a 3-0 win over an Eintracht Frankfurt side hit by injuries and illness.Bayern, which stretched its unbeaten run to 18 games across all competitions, capitalized on second-placed Leipzig's 1-0 defeat at home to Wolfsburg to ...