Parliament has resumed its business after the summer recess, a break of two and a half months. And it re-started with two important rulings given by the Speaker of the House, Anglu Farrugia, both...

It's been a year since the brutal attack by Hamas on Israel. The situation in Gaza has plummeted into disaster since then. Hamas, in its terror attack, killed some 1,200 people and took hostages,...

PN MP Mario de Marco told The Malta Independent on Sunday, in response to questions posed by this newsroom, that a carrying capacity exercise should be carried out, but should not focus on the tourism...

Surveys are always a subject of general interest and discussion, more so when they deal with the political situation. Over the years we have learnt, however, that they are not always correct, and...

The recently published Eurobarometer, for which surveys were taken after the MEP elections, provides a snapshot of people’s thoughts right after the elections took place. One of the...

After an academic year characterised by industrial directives and protests by educators over working conditions, a situation which eventually severely impacted students because their examination...

The Chief Justice has apologised for what he described as a miscommunication incident. Last Tuesday, photographers and videographers, other than those employed by the government, were prohibited...

A few days ago, residents of various localities joined activists from several NGOs to protest what they say has been a take-over of public places by restaurant owners. They argue that public...

The government talks a lot about protecting the environment and greening up the country, but is not doing enough. One understands, for instance, the need to construct certain types of...

As the corridors of the government's and the Labour Party's highest offices no doubt chatter with some degree of alarm about an election poll published yesterday which showed that the Nationalist...