NGOs urge government to work together to avoid migrant hopelessness A statement signed by several human rights orientated NGOs has urged the government to work together to avoid migrant...

10 youths will benefit from an initiative by the President’s Trust Employment to help them get out of risk of poverty and social exclusion.  The initiative was sealed with a Memorandum of...

MZPN and FOIPN today said they are four-square behind Nationalist Party leader Simon Busuttil in his push to amend existing legislation to bring into force gay marriage. We note that this position is...

Civil Liberties Minister Helena Dalli revealed that her ministry is working on revisions to the marriage equality act, stating that while civil union awards homosexual couples the same rights as...

Scores of bodies, presumably of African migrants, washed ashore in Libya, in the western city of Zawiya on the Mediterranean Sea, Libya's Red Crescent spokesman said on Tuesday. At least 74...

Ongoing endeavours of civil society have brought issues of disability and employment to the forefront of the national agenda, President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca said today. Opening the European...

This is the adorable moment a baby sees properly for the first time. Little Emil is given +7.0 glasses by his mother in a sweet video that is taking the world by storm. The clip shows Emil...

Pope Francis, who was reunited Friday with one of the Syrian refugees he brought home with him from Lesbos, Greece, said migrants don't pose a danger to Europe's culture but rather a challenge for...

As another Valentine’s Day comes round, The Malta Independent sat down with Connie (89 years old) and Ludovico (Vic, 90 in March) Galea at Casa Arkati to hear about the secret to their...

President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca yesterday spoke about the responsibilities of the media in promoting peace and well-being, highlighting the initiative taken by three independent newspapers on...