The six-hour riot at the Hal Far migrants open centre was a main topic of discussion this week. It started on Sunday evening and spilled over into the early hours of Monday before it was brought...

The Finnish Presidency of the European Union yesterday saw one of the main objectives of its six-month tenure at the helm introduced when the Council of the EU approved its economy of wellbeing...

The Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition have at least one thing in common. Both have the gift of the gab, and any independent listener with no knowledge of current affairs – but...

The government is once again walking the tightrope between placating the hunting and trapping lobbies and pacifying Brussels, which has been taking consistent aim at Malta’s hunting and trapping...

Environment Minister Jose Herrera, during an interview which appeared in The Malta Independent last Sunday, made a particular argument which could raise concerns regarding land reclamation, not...

The statement issued this week on the second anniversary of the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia by the American Embassy took many members of the public by surprise. And it no doubt took some...

The dogged determination on the part of the Leader of the Opposition to have access to the full Egrant magisterial inquiry is not being given enough credit where it is certainly due. After all,...

While the Prime Minister brags about a virtual doubling of the Maltese economy since he took office back in 2013, it is quite clear that not everyone is enjoying the spoils. In fact, a good 8,000...

Judging by the reaction on the social media – this has become a sounding board of people’s emotions and thoughts – the budget measure that garnered most attention was the one giving...

The recent days have seen the two main banks in Malta face serious difficulties while a third bank has announced it will not offer correspondent services to Maltese investors.  HSBC came up...