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  • USA Regno Unito

    Terrorism suspected in car-and-knife attack at Ohio State

    A Somali-born Ohio State University student plowed his car into a group of pedestrians on campus and then got out and began stabbing people with a butcher knife Monday before he was shot to death by a police officer. Police said they were investigating whether it was a terrorist attack.Eleven people were ...

  • USA Malta

    Language Council says ‘people proposing amendment have no basic knowledge of Maltese'

    The Maltese Language Council is calling on the Minister of Education Evarist Bartolo and the Prime Minister not to go on with the proposed amendments in the Council. In a press conference organised by the Council, Bernard Micallef, the Head of the Maltese Language Department at the University of Malta, ...

  • USA

    Gozitan ordered to return vintage Canada Dry truck to its rightful owner

    A Gozitan man who spent €8,000 on the restoration of a vintage truck was made to return it to its original owners after a court ruled that he had no legal claim over the vehicle. The case revolved around an old Bedford truck that once belonged to Angelo Grech, who ...

  • USA Malta

    Updated: Ministry insists amendments in language council came after ‘wide public consultation’

    The Ministry of Education insists that the decision to amend the Maltese Language Council was reached after 'wide consultation with the public.' In a statement published this morning following the press conference by the Council which called on the Minister to scrap the amendments proposed, Evarist Bartolo reacted by saying ...

  • USA Malta

    Workers employed through outsourced GWU scheme 'working public sector jobs due to demand'

    Jobsplus Executive Chairman Clyde Caruana told this newsroom that workers employed in the scheme outsourced to the General Workers Union (GWU) are working in the public sector because there is a demand for such jobs.He was responding to a question posed by this newsroom, following an article published on The ...

  • Malta

    Creditreform Rating AG gives A+ rating to Malta, outlook stable

    Creditreform Rating AG has given Malta an A+ rating with a stable outlook, the government said in a statement. This is the first time that the German agency gave a rating to Malta’s economy.Among the factors mentioned in its report, the agency said that Malta has great economic potential, has ...

  • Malta

    Filming of feature film 'Papillon' successfully completed in Malta

    Filming in Malta on the remake of the 1973 classic film starring Dustin Hoffman and Steve McQueen was successfully completed last week. “Papillon” was mainly filmed at the water tanks in Kalkara and in Rabat. The producers thanked the Malta Film Commission for their extensive support to the production and ...

  • USA Panama Malta

    Medical Association of Malta denies it refused to meet Vitals Global Healthcare

    Medical Association of Malta President Gordon Caruana Dingli said that Vitals Global Healthcare’s statement, which said that MAM and the UHM had continuously refused to meet VGH officials to discuss the projects, is not correct.The MAM president told The Malta Independent: “We deal with government and not VGH as our ...

  • Malta

    Evarist Bartolo brushes off opposition to changes in Language Council

    Minister for Education Evarist Bartolo has brushed off the harsh opposition by the Maltese academics and those members of the Maltese Language Council regarding the proposed changes in the council’s formation. In comments to The Malta Independent, the minister said that he still cannot understand what the concern of the ...

  • USA

    GWU chosen to operate Community Work Scheme because it provided best offer – Minister Bartolo

    General Workers Union was chosen to operate the Community Work Scheme because they had the best offer. Speaking to the press following a press conference which launched the National Sills Council, the Minister, accompanied by Jobs Plus Chairman Clyde Caruana, said that GWU participated in the tender together with two ...

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