Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovych will follow up his China visit with a visit to Malta next week as thousands of his countrymen continue to protest his decision to re-enter the sphere of Russian...

In his book Animal Farm – a masterpiece dealing with the illusion of egalitarian society – author George Orwell wrote that “some pigs are more equal than...

Let us be clear from the off. Nothing should be taken away from young Gaia. Her performance in winning the Junior Eurovision song contest is a great achievement. As a young 11-year-old who took to the...

The Justice Reform Commission yesterday presented its final report, and while the 450-odd proposals that were put forward are important, Parliamentary secretary Owen Bonnici hit the nail on the head...

EU leaders Friday revived Cold War rhetoric, accusing Russia of bullying Ukraine into ditching a landmark deal so the former Soviet republic would stay locked in Moscow's...

Today’s issue represents yet another milestone on The Malta Independent’s 21-year road. As many of our regular readers will have undoubtedly noticed, today’s issue sports a brand new...

Day after day news reaches the country of yet another controversial appointment made by the various sections of the government.   One does not question the government’s right to...

From wearing a bandana to cover his plastic surgery, to consorting with underage escort girls at his infamous Bunga Bunga parties, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had weathered all...

The official number of rape cases reported in Malta each year is an average of 20, but the truth shows a starkly different fact, many victims of rape suffer in silence and never speak...

Part of Malta very unique charm is our skyline. Our villages’ skylines are beautiful because they are usually focused on the parish Church, normally with a cupola whiohc is silhouetted against a...