We still need to understand well, how and to what extent technological developments in communciations media have altered the models by which we send messages to each other on a personal basis, or via...

Gender politics in Malta has never been so strong as it is today, and this is partly due to America’s interference in our home affairs. The Obama administration was not happy with Ambassador...

Or rather, this is how we know that there won’t be an early general election, and that it will be after 31 October next year. The government has given those refugees who have temporary...

When the Nationalist Party gathers together its delegates today in its usual bi-annual general council, it will do so after a week of intense internal angst. Two independent and unconnected...

As the short time allotted for public consultation on the proposed first draft of the Paceville Masterplan approaches its conclusion, it is time for some commonsense to prevail at the Planning...

Many parents in Malta, until a short time ago, and possibly, even now, raised their children in a strong authoritarian manner.  The “put-up” and “shut-up” method,...

Compensation fees demanded by football nurseries when children move in between clubs will be eliminated within one or two years, outgoing Malta Football Association general secretary Bjorn Vassallo...

Surgeons wash and scrub their hands meticulously before they operate, even though they wear gloves. They have been doing this since the 19th century. Unfortunately, even with the combination of...

Corruption is no longer a perception for the Maltese people, as The Malta Independent survey has shown that the majority believe that the government is corrupt, Salvu Mallia says in his vlog...

I caught sight of a Department of Information photograph as I began to write this column, showing Konrad Mizzi, Minister Within the Office of the Prime Minister, prominent in a row of Maltese cabinet...