Long awaited rights for homosexual couples are at long last beginning to take form, with a recent proposal to extend the definition of hate crimes to include the grounds of sexual orientation...

Cospicua, or Bormla as the Maltese call it, is one of the Three Cities and enormously proud of it. At the same time, the town and its residents are extra sensitive to what they may perceive as slights....

The crucial thing for the Libyan government right now is the unfreezing of assets which are held around the world...

In an old black-and-white photograph, one wore long hair and a rakish moustache, the other thick-rimmed glasses....

Sixty per cent of the students who are presently graduating from their University courses are women...

Newt Gingrich, a political gambler his whole life, is banking on unorthodox stands on immigration, social security retirement benefits and other issues to propel him past Mitt Romney in the Republican presidential contest....

Some things happen only in Malta. It’s a cliché, but when we come across certain events there is no other way how to describe such situations....

The more cross-party debate that we hear about the budget, the harder it becomes for us to live up to our name that we at this publication cherish – The Independent....

The Formula 1 season comes to an end this weekend with the Brazilian Grand Prix....

The Prime Minister will be heading to Libya tomorrow for a short visit to meet his counterparts. This is the first visit by the Prime Minister to the new, free Lib...