One of the major preoccupations before the start of the Olympic Games in Beijing was that doping scandals would have marred the beauty of the event and dealt a big blow to the credibility of sport. ...

The curtain came down on the Olympic Games in Beijing yesterday, and the countdown leading to the 30th edition of the Games to be held in London in four years’ time – between 27 July and 12 August 2012 – has already started....

Now that the Labour Party has finished choosing the people to occupy its various top posts, how does it look like?...

Two letters published recently in The Malta Independent highlighted what seems to be a growing problem – noise pollution. One mentioned loud music coming from a night club which goes on till the early hours of the morning, ...

It is probably a parent’s biggest nightmare – that one fine day he or she realises that a son or a daughter is abusing drugs....

The weeks on either side of the Santa Marija feast are usually a holiday period for most of the Maltese, and Maltese politics also slows down...

The involvement of a mediator in the issue concerning the privatisation of Malta Shipyards should hopefully bring the two sides – the government and the General Workers Union – closer to a solution....

Paceville businessmen are up-in-arms against the police for enforcing a law that lays down that no music can be played after 4am...

Although it was the quietest day of the year last Friday, a story came to light in which a blind passenger travelling to Malta was to be separated from her guide dog on the flight....

Malta’s 15-year local council experience has been at times colourful and at others painful. But, with hindsight, it is undeniable that Malta’s localities have benefited on a number of counts from the adventure....