Figures released to The Malta Independent by WasteServ – and which have been published over the past week – show a steady rise in the amount of recyclable waste that is being collected from households every Tuesday....

The figures regarding the number of immigrant arrivals this year – published by The Malta Independent yesterday...

It’s been known for quite a while that the Maltese population is growing and will continue to grow for another 25 to 30 years, but then it will start to decrease from the peak of about 429,000 that will be reached some time around 2035....

As in anything else in life, there are local councils that work hard, and others that don’t. ...

The beginning of September normally sees a gradual return to normality after the summer holidays. But the hot months were not idle for the government, although most of the political focus has been on the Labour Party, ...

In the beginning, says the Good Book, there was water. And in any discussion on Malta’s long-term environmental sustainability, there has to be some deep thought and action about water. As this leader will show, even a short excursus ...

Opposition Leader Charles Mangion and Finance Minister Tonio Fenech had a go at each other over inflation this past week. It is not the first time that this has happened; neither will it be the last....

The president of the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association, Kevin Decesare, last week described the international situation with regard to the tourism industry as “very worrying”. Speaking to this newspaper...

The idea floated by Labour leader Joseph Muscat that 16-year-olds should be allowed to vote in local council elections has been received with a mixture of enthusiasm and scepticism...

Labour leader Joseph Muscat’s intentions to appoint a chief executive officer to administer party affairs has not helped the MLP to emerge from a period of controversy that has characterised its changes since the election was lost in March....