It’s very common to hear the reasoning that a person isn’t into the environment because he or she works within a different field at work. The environment is seen as the task of a certain...

In Malta, nobody or almost has any idea regarding what “covered bonds” refer to. We just do not use them here. In countries like Germany, Italy and Denmark they served for centuries as one...

This three-part piece started off, a fortnight ago, with something I noticed while watching a video recording of the performance of the rock opera Ġensna. The lyrics spoke of dying in vain, for...

So Pope Benedict XVI, who was the first Pope to resign in 600 years and who recently celebrated his 92nd birthday, has blamed the Catholic clerical abuse scandals on the 1960s sexual revolution...

In one of the many fairy tales spun by government advisors, we have been informed that the heavy infrastructural investment in roads will result in all of us having the possibility of an additional 12...

Easter is a time of rebirth, new beginnings. For true Christians, Easter is the day when God who was made man rose from the dead and somehow redeemed us – past, present and future, sinners...

Just before breaking of for the Easter recess, our Parliament voted with near unanimity, minus two votes, in favour of the tunnel that will link Malta to Gozo. Having a Gozitan mother, and...

One of our priorities is that of making culture accessible to all. We have implemented several measures and schemes to make this possible. Results are very encouraging. We are always planning to...

In his Vlog MEP Francis Zammit Dimech speaks about the adoption of a directive to improve working conditions and a regulation to set up a European Labour Authority to ensure rights of workers are...

This week's edition of Indepth takes a look at Holy Week in modern times. As the Church commemorates the Death and Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ, The Malta Independent editor in chief...