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Esplora Interactive Science Centre in Kalkara officially launched its festive season with its annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony on December 5. During the event, guests were also given an exclusive preview of Esplora’s new Christmas programme: ‘Santa’s STEAM Factory’, which will be open to the public from December 21 until January 6. Read more

McLaren driver Lando Norris clinched his first Formula 1 title at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. Red Bull driver and defending champion Max Verstappen won the race with Norris placing third behind his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in second, which allowed Norris to finish two points ahead of Verstappen in the season-long standings

A Planning Control application which would slightly reduce the size of the font garden zoning of the site of two proposed multi-use blocks has the Naxxar local council concerned. The proposed revision of font garden zoning of the two buildings would reduce the width of front garden from 3m to 1.2m, however the local council said it "could have significant

Leader of the Opposition Alex Borg again pressed for full transparency from government ministers during an interview on NET Television. Borg argued that recent controversies, including the Gozo penthouse case linked to former minister Roderick Galdes, underline the need for complete asset declarations from Cabinet members. He said the Opposition has

Prime Minister Robert Abela said that he doesn't agree that public funds should be used to pay for the debt of political parties. "That is what others want as they don't have solutions for their problems," Abela said, speaking during a political activity in Zejtun on Sunday. Earlier this year, PN MP Adrian Delia had issued a post on social media, saying:

Prime Minister Robert Abela's refusal to publish Cabinet members' asset declarations has evolved into a question of political judgment, and the consequences of that reluctance are becoming increasingly evident. When Abela recently told this media house that the long-awaited reform to introduce a new asset-declaration system would be unveiled "in the

This coming January, a young Indian man named Jaydip Lakhankiya, dubbed the "Climate Walker", will begin a 12,000km walk from Malta to New Delhi, India, passing through 20 countries over around a year-and-a-half to raise awareness on climate change. The 25-year-old will first make his way from Malta to Sicily and then mainland Europe via Italy, before

Commissioner Micallef, when this interview is published, you will have been in office as the Maltese EU Commissioner for exactly one year and one week. How has it been for you? It has been quite a ride.  Almost 50 missions to 30 countries, more than 400 meetings and engagements with ministers, stakeholders and citizens. These are figures that underscore

Project Green has told The Malta Independent on Sunday that works on the Santa Venera regional road roofing project "cannot begin until the ongoing Msida Creek project is completed." The reason for this is "to ensure effective traffic management," given the close proximity between the two areas, the agency said. As yet, however, no date has been set