It was certainly a big blow, but it was not quite as painful as some had predicted it would be....

Much has been said and written about the hospital waiting lists over the past months, if not years. It was thought that the shift from St Luke’s Hospital to Mater Dei Hospital in late 2007 would have led to a reduction of such...

It took a long time for the government, and the Church, to realise that public opinion was very much against the plans for the extension of the St John’s Co-Cathedral Museum. But ultimately the correct choice has been made....

Eluana Englaro, the woman who was in a vegetative state for 17 years following a car accident in 1992, has died....

The government is set to invest some e70 million in an overhaul of the water and electricity metering and billing system, aiming to become the first country in the world to implement a holistic power line data transfer system....

The Acts of the Apostles and history books say that St Paul gave Malta its faith when he was shipwrecked here on his way to Rome.Although different historians hold different views as to whether Malta main...

Soon after the election, the two major political parties engaged themselves in a heated public discussion on the way Parliament should operate....

The ongoing events regarding STMicro need some background to be fully appreciated and contextualised....

Nearby Italy was shocked recently when it was reported that a woman wanted to sell one of her kidneys in exchange of cash. The 55-year-old woman told the newspaper where she wanted to advertise her ...

A comment that was made by a mother who phoned up The Malta Independent offices to complain about the behaviour of a particular teacher deserves to be given attention. ...