As the entire country – the world, really, given the extensive coverage – knows by now, Malta goes to the polls on 3rd June. And we still don’t know the reason why.  The story...

Calling an early election can never be an easy decision – I know this from experience. You take it because you consider there is no serious alternative. The perspective is mainly that of the...

Election And as anticipated by many and all, the election will be held in 4 weeks’ time, almost a year before it is due.  As is always the case, elections seem to be ‘the...

The whistle-blower who revealed the existence of documents that allegedly show that Egrant Inc is a Panamanian secret company owned by the Prime Minister’s wife Mrs Michelle Muscat was yesterday summoned by magistrate Aaron Bugeja to give more details on the case revolving around Pilatus Bank where she worked. ...

If I owned a pizzeria I would change the name of some of the pizzas available on the menu. A Margherita, a Capricciosa and a Quattro Stagioni would be replaced by an Egrant, a Pilatus and a Panama....

Yesterday the PN closed the door to an electoral coalition with Alternattiva Demokratika with the aim of trying to defeat a government dominated by political delinquents of the calibre of Konrad...

This is not the time to put thepolitical blinkers on. Nor is it the time to get tribal orparochial. This is no party time.  The national interest and the common good are by far greater than the...

On May Day, Labour MP Miriam Dalli speaks about the measures taken by the Labour government in the last four years to improve workers’ conditions. She mentions the struggle against...

Over the years, the significance of May Day has greatly declined. As the middle classes grew in numbers, the belief also spread that nobody is a worker and everybody is one. This undermined the sense...

The Malta Independent’s editorial on Sunday, 15 April was about the possibility of an early snap election in July. This opinion started to be aired by various political commentators and became a...