Tinderboxes were the precursors to matches and basically consisted of a box filled with charcloth, possibly some straw and a piece of flint. It gave rise to the English expression when a spontaneous fire broke out: “It went up like a tinder box”....

Ever since Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi was elected, the two successive Nationalist governments he has headed have preached the virtues of consultation and discussion...

Taking the oil bull by the hornsAnd all the country together said “Ouch!” And all the representative bodies, normally at loggerheads, ...

Each and every year, the Forensic Year starts in October. And, each and every year, one of the main topics that is dealt with by the Chief Justice and the Chamber of Advocates president is the need to find ways and ...

The current impasse between the government and the University lecturers was an accident waiting to happen ever since the government announced it had reached an agreement – and later signed it – with the Medical Association of Malta last year....

This newspaper has received letters from parents complaining about the problems they encounter at the start of every scholastic year because of what they describe as lack of planning on the part of schools. ...

It has taken the Malta Labour Party more than six months to complete the full change after the defeat at the last election...

The government and the Nationalist Party have described it as a victory for Malta. The Malta Labour Party, Alternattiva Demokratika and Azzjoni Nazzjonali...

Parliament will resume after the summer holidays this evening with a discussion on the Malta Freeport Act....

The results of The Malta Independent-commissioned survey of the public’s perception of the government, six months after the general election, will probably surprise the government itself, but hardly anybody else....