The whole issue concerning the granting or withholding of a presidential warrant to practise the profession of advocate to two law graduates who have undergone criminal proceedings, irrespective of...

Today is the first anniversary of the general election, a general election that was called particularly early despite the fact that the incumbent government had been put in power with an...

What exactly were they happy about? Why the celebrations? Why should a medical procedure lead to... celebrations? “We are free!” some of them chanted. Free from what? These...

After a turbulent period of well over 80 days, during which the Italian political scene was more reminiscent of a roller-coaster than a steady ship of state sailing in calm waters, on Friday we...

However pleasant and celebratory anniversaries can be, their real meaning should be a throwback to where we started off and a useful reminder of lessons learnt along the course of time. June this...

I have recently come to the conclusion that rationality is no longer enough to form a basis for political and other social debate. When man removed God and theology from his calculations for...

It has been one year since the last general election. The election was called within days of the signing of the Forza Nazzjonali coalition. We found ourselves in the thick of it, with the election...

On Thursday 24 May The Malta Independent reported that the “number of births in Malta skyrocketed between 2008 and 2017”. In fact it was reported (quoting an answer to a Parliamentary...

Minister Chris Fearne’s contribution to your newspaper on the imminent changes to the law on IVF, with the title ‘Let’s talk-but respect our principles’, on the 21st. of May,...

Corporal punishment, or physical punishment, is intended to cause pain to a person. It has, historically, been most often practised on children, especially in the home or in a school setting. Such...