The build up to this year’s Notte Bianca was very low key. Many expected it to attract crowds, but not be as popular as the last few years it has been organised. What a mistake....

Malta has had cause to extend it thanks to Ireland on two occasions – once when its electorate voted against the Lisbon Treaty in 2008, and again for yesterday’s vote in favour of the treaty....

Irish voters yesterday turned out to vote in a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty and by this afternoon, Europe should know the verdict....

Yesterday was International Day for the Elderly. Sadly, in today’s mad rat race, the elderly tend to be excluded and set aside as a ‘burden’ on families who are desperately trying to make a living and keep up....

Two of the front page stories in The Malta Independent on Sunday last Sunday dealt with political matters. ...

The Labour Party, and in particular its leader Joseph Muscat had been very quiet during the summer months. Almost quiet enough for people to start thinking that stagnation had set in....

It was yesterday announced that the European Cities Against Drugs (ECAD) Mayors’ Conference is to be held in Malta next year...

The concept behind having a night shelter for elderly people, providing accommodation and food for people who feel alone and lonely during the night, is to be commended....

It was welcome news yesterday when the FKNK, Malta’s main hunting lobby, called for the establishment of a wildlife crimes unit and when it said it was in perfect agreement with BirdLife Malta on the subject after witnessing ...

Malta’s parliamentarians will be brushing the metaphorical sand from their shoes and the dust off their pre-summer recess notes in preparation for the resumption of Parliament tomorrow. And while the next stretc...