A standard brain scanning technique is showing promise for helping doctors distinguish between patients in a vegetative state and those with hidden signs of consciousness. A study released...

Watch out for this Sunday's edition of Taste&Flair out with The Malta Independent on Sunday. Creative food ideas by Michael Diacono, Claire Borg, Jade Camilleri, Ramon Muscat, Jamie Vella and...

Parliamentary Secretary for EU Funds, Ian Borg, announced the second call under the Endeavour scheme which will make more scholarships available to students who wish to specialise in a particular...

The Office of the Commissioner for Children said children should not become symbols, as this could lead to excessive media exposure and being idolised or demonised. The office issued a statement...

A new kind of drug for the deadliest form of skin cancer helped some patients survive for at least three years, a study shows. It's a remarkable advance for patients who until recently faced dismal...

The Prime Minister’s wife, Michelle Muscat, will be attempting another long swim to raise money for the Marigold Foundation, the NGO she presides. Mrs Muscat last year had crossed the...

MEP Marlene Mizzi is the first Maltese MEP appointed as an ambassador for the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs Programme 2016-2017. The programme is a pan-European cross-border mobility scheme for...

Greek authorities say a rescue operation is underway for a "significant number" of migrants on board a boat in the Mediterranean south of Crete, and about 340 people have been rescued so far. The...

The mother of a transgender child has expressed her heartbreak after comments received by the family following the publication of a book by her eight-year-old Willa, in which she describes her...