Last Sunday, The Malta Independent on Sunday carried a feature highlighting the seven times in which the shadow of former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat loomed heavily over the shoulders of his...

Nearly 8,500 patients are waiting longer than stipulated in the Patient Charter to undergo surgical interventions. This is not a number. They are 8,454 people who, for different reasons, have not...

Yesterday saw the opening ceremony of the Games of the Small States of Europe which is being held in Malta: a prestigious sporting event bringing together the smallest nations in Europe – Malta,...

Saturday’s environment protest should serve as a wake up call for the government and planning institutions. It was not a protest that was supported by just one section of society, but...

European Mental Health Week comes to an end today and, unless something extraordinary happens this Sunday, the government has been totally absent and silent about it. Maybe it is too busy dealing...

In the list of most absurd responses by a government minister in the past decade, Economy Minister Silvio Schembri’s replies to this newspaper on Thursday surely rank quite high up. Asked...

Road safety must be a priority.  We have witnessed, over the past weeks, a number of traffic accidents where people suffered injuries, or worse, lost their lives. Here are just a few of the...

What President George Vella said a few weeks ago underscores a growing concern that the Maltese language is being lost, or at least not being given the importance that it deserves. “If...

On Saturday, a number of organisations and individuals will be holding a protest in Valletta. The activists will be calling form urgent changes in planning policies, in the way the authorities...

Mental wellbeing is something which many people don’t really pay enough attention to. We tend not to realise the toll that our surroundings and every day experiences have on us. This week...