Let this not be a generalisation, but it is true that a huge number of Brits do miss their empire. So it is understandable that someone like Ian Birrell, who is contributing editor for what is...

Sustainability is the discipline of living within one's means. It means spending wisely and in a way that ensures that future financial commitments can be met. While balancing the books at the end of...

I never thought it a good idea to spend time mulling over the past and how life leads back to what should have already been done but was not. Still there are times when it is not possible to keep away...

This year, the Augustinian Province in Malta is celebrating its bicentenary of ‘independence’ from Sicily. In 1817, after forty years of arduous lobbying, this community, in Malta,...

Transport Minister Joe Mizzi, whose successful handling of his portfolio has pushed transport and traffic to the top of the league table of electors’ gravest concerns, beating even corruption,...

I do not know whether it was planned or not but the announcement Malta had a surplus came right in the nick of time. It came on the last day of the EPP congress in Malta, pulling the carpet out...

The current controversy as to whether it is appropriate for the Electoral Commission to be the authority overseeing the implementation of the Financing of Political Parties Act was anticipated over...

Rumblings coming out of our sister island, Gozo, have increased significantly.  For a small island with its own Ministry and its own budget, it has lately been in the news for rather the wrong...

The Nationalist Party’s first obligation should be towards Malta, not towards its internal affairs, PN candidate Salvu Mallia says today. In his vlog on The Malta Independent, Salvu Mallia...

Vitals Global Healthcare is the private entity taking over the running of three public hospitals. Don't be misled by the 'Global' in the name: they are the first hospitals ever to be run by VGH. And...