The most important breaking story right now is without doubt the mass murder at the offices of the Parisian satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, yesterday. At least 12 people, including two...

I write weighed down with emotions, captivated by the attack on the journalists of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo in France. A tragedy that is unfolding as I scribble some thoughts. It is...

2015 has kicked-in. Wearing a clean, well-ironed white shirt and a pin-striped dark suit, executives are once more behind the wheels preparing to take the fast lane again as the amber lamp light goes...

As has become customary on our islands, the last few weeks of last year were  dedicated to accommodate the culmination of charity raising endeavours. Never in my entire life have I...

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to be one of the guest speakers at a Maritime Conference organized by the School of History at University College Cork. To my surprise, one of the speakers...

I really cannot understand our Prime Minister. On the one hand he pushes to sell our Maltese identity to people with money to spend through the infamous citizenship scheme that led to so much...

This country of ours is a riddle. I just can’t get around to understand what ticks in our collective deliberation.  One jiffy we are flooding telethon after telethon with cash,...

Ched Evans, 26, is a British former Sheffield United striker and convicted rapist. He received a five-year prison sentence, of which he served two and a half years (he was released in October), for...

At the beginning of the new year, Europe is caught in a pincer movement at both ends of its south. On the one hand, in Greece, there is the likely winner of the 25 January snap election. The...

2014 is gone. It's been a great year for Standard Publications Ltd, home of The Malta Independent on Sunday, The Daily and online portal, The Malta Business Weekly, along with FIRST, Taste &...