A delegation of the Malta Maritime Forum (MMF) travelled to Brussels to discuss the EU's Emission Trading System with the EU Institutions, Industry Associations and Maltese policy interlocutors. The visit, the MFFS said, was intended to influence the forthcoming review of the Directive expected in July and served to present data on the negative repercussions
Carmel Cacopardo, the Deputy Chairperson of ADPD-The Green Party, has formally requested an investigation into the conduct of Transport Minister Chris Bonett. The request, submitted to the Commissioner for Standards in Public Life, follows allegations that the minister breached ethical standards by using partisan political channels to communicate official
Despite having a continental shelf over 200 times its landmass, Malta's oil and gas potential remains virtually untapped after seven decades of minimal activity, President of the Malta Chamber of Geologists Dr Peter Gatt said. In an interview with The Malta Independent, Gatt described Malta's continental shelf as vast in proportion to the islands themselves
By December 2025, 98% of the third country nationals working in the tourism sector had a skills pass, the CEO of the Institute of Tourism Studies said. "Those who did not pass had to leave, and others replaced them." In an interview with this media house, Fenech said there was a shift since the skills pass was introduced, in terms of pass rate. "The
This season's FA Cup just keeps on delivering shocks. Third-tier Port Vale pulled off a massive upset on Sunday by beating Premier League Sunderland 1-0 to advance to the quarterfinals of the historic competition. That was after Championship side Southampton knocked out another top-flight team with a 1-0 win against Fulham. Port Vale is bottom of League
AC Milan isn't ready to yield to city rival Inter Milan in the Serie A title race. Pervis Estupiñán scored the winner as Milan beat Inter 1-0 again in the Derby della Madonnina on Sunday. The Rossoneri cut their city rival's lead to seven points with 10 rounds of the season remaining, setting off joyous celebrations in the San Siro while Inter's players
French President Emmanuel Macron is traveling to Cyprus on Monday, days after dispatching a warship to the east Mediterranean island nation, where a Shahed drone struck a British air base on its southern coast last week during the Iran war. Macron ordered the French frigate Languedoc to waters off Cyprus to bolster the European Union member country's
On International Women’s Day, Momentum said that it stands in solidarity with the women who have become the heartbeat of social and environmental justice across our islands. “We are honouring a year of relentless courage with a renewed call for fair pay, safe homes and modern workplaces,” the party said in a statement. “Following daily contact Momentum
Children living through the latest war in the Middle East or seeing images of the conflict may need help making sense of events that many adults find unnerving. Exposure to war, even if it is indirect, can affect how kids think, feel and behave, according to mental health experts. Child psychologists and development specialists encourage parents to
What was presented as a sweeping tax break for pensioners risks proving, on closer inspection, a far narrower measure that benefits very few ordinary retirees while allowing the government to claim a generosity the law itself does not deliver. In the Budget Speech on 27 October, the finance minister declared: “Pensioners will not pay tax on the equivalent
