I walk towards the square with 30 balloons in my pocket. When I reach the center of the square I throw them up in the air. Seconds later all the balloons land on the ground and people around me stare...

V18 allows its chairman Jason Micallef to say what he likes, but imposes on people it has contracts with not to speak on matters pertaining to V18, sociologist Michael Briguglio says in his vlog...

The decision taken by Australian scientist David Goodall to end his life at age 104 makes for interesting reflections. We debate much about every individual’s right to life but much much less...

Imperial India - A Pictorial Historyis the title of a book just published in England by Austin Macauley Publishers. Its author,Dr. A.S. Bhalla,is Indian.I specifically mention theauthor’s...

We at the Independent now cannot say we are exempt from the problems of the country. Over the past weeks, they demolished two one-storey homes (on top of Balsons). For some months, they have been...

While the PN rank and file are preoccupied with the ‘traitors’ in their midst, the PN leadership is apparently worried that the party is out of touch with reality, as indeed it...

Many movements start in order to deliver people from a suffering, an injustice, a dictatorship, rampant corruption or to lead them to a better life. During the dark days of communism in the 80s,...

Rapid advances in technology have transformed the world into a global community and nowadays everything is at a touch of a button away. These developments in technology have seen a large amount of...

In its proposal regarding how EU budgets should be structured between 2020 and 2027, the European Commission had to consider how funds were going to be sourced, not just how they would be spent. Given...

In these last years trying to understand the Maltese society has become even more complex because distinctions are increasingly blurred. Nonetheless, it is evident that we are witnessing an...