The Local Councils Association has come up with a proposal to gradually eliminate door-to-door waste collection. Instead, what it is suggesting is having a network of public waste containers, above...

Last week, The Malta Independent carried a short story about how Malta’s Permanent Representative at the United Nations was watching a football game while she was attending a meeting on...

There was a time when the Labour Party shunned Independence Day and all that was associated with it. It had even gone as far as to deem it to be so insignificant that it removed 21 September from...

Both the Nationalist Party and the Labour Party held mass political rallies on Monday evening, on the eve of Independence Day, and both parties pledged very different things.  Prime Minister and...

Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri has kept Alexander Dalli in charge of the prison, despite the serious concerns over his style of leadership. 13 deaths have occurred in prison over the past...

Last Thursday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was in Malta to give the green light for the country’s Covid-19 resilience and recovery package. The package is one which...

The Office of the Commissioner for Standards in Public Life this week launched a very interesting and much-needed project.  The two-year exercise, which is supported by the European Commission...

The Nationalist Party may still be trailing in opinion polls, but things could soon start to change as the Opposition rolls out an impressive set of electoral proposals. Over the past couple of...

Justice Minister Edward Zammit Lewis has for the past two months been resisting calls for his resignation.  The opposition, civil society groups, and the media have been calling for the...

A few days ago, 20 people pleaded guilty to hate speech charges, and were each given suspended sentences and fines, depending on the extent of their written outburst. The case concerned comments...