From the perfectly legal yet ethically questionable sale of citizenships, to the visa and residency permit racket run by Joe Sammut, to the abnormally high number of visas given to Algerians and...

The UN humanitarian chief says conditions in Syrian rebel-held eastern Aleppo have gone "from terrible to terrifying and now barely survivable." Stephen O'Brien told the UN Security Council on...

The prime minister has become a sort of a globe-trotter. One day he is here, the next he is there. In recent days he has spanned the world’s continents: holding a conference in New York one...

Today Dr. Toni Abela will join his long time friend and political partner Judge Wenzu Mintoff. He will be appointed to serve on the bench.  On a personal level we congratulate Judge Abela on his...

One can understand the European Commission’s reluctance to step on the toes of member states and one can also understand the fact that diplomacy has its many shades and tones. One can also...

On Friday 28th October, this paper reflected on the closure of the Malta International Airport the day of the crash of the French private plane and stated that the closure of the whole airport shows...

Around 21,000 Maltese children are estimated to be at risk of poverty. This amounts to 28.2 per cent of the total population. The figures refer to 2015 and are worse than the figures in 2010...

Much has been said over the past week following the publication of The Malta Independent’s iSurvey which, amongst other things, has revealed that as things stand Labour will win the next...

These are still, obviously, early days to see what will happen to the world's economy after Brexit and during the Trump presidency. It is clear, however, that there will be major impacts considering...

Listening to Minister Helena Dalli speaking in Parliament on Monday made one realize how much ground has been covered in the past few years to bring Malta into the contemporary world. It must be...