Unfortunately, the media that reports what happens in our Parliament failed to report this. Some days before Parliament broke for the Summer Recess, the youngest MP in the House spoke during the...

Nobody from the political parties, NGOs or other social partners seems to have listened to the alarm bells Julian Sammut’s sounded over the weekend. Speaking to The Malta Independent on...

Research carried out by Net Check GmbH, a leading, independent German firm specialising in performance testing of mobile networks (www.netcheck.de), has conclusively shown that GO has the best mobile...

Frank Salt Real Estate held the official opening of its new Fgura branch office in Zabbar Road last week. Led by one of the company's seasoned managers Stanley Bonello, the office offers highly...

Wine coins will be the common currency at this summer's Delicata Classic Wine Festival, exchangeable for glasses of delightful Maltese wines. Each one of the four wine-and-joy filled evenings promises...

Noel Grima   This book has a fascinating background. Its author, the well-known author of such novels as Il-Gagga, Samuraj, etc, as well as books about history such as about...

"Solitude is a kind of freedom," writes Umberto Eco. Sometimes, it is a freedom that relieves and purifies as, within the walls of solitude, the individual can withdraw from the negativity of the...

What can make a book gripping for children who are reluctant readers? Children who are not keen readers, are usually faced with a crucial problem: they usually find books aimed at their age quite...

Richard Spiteri   Pierre Dimech has reached a venerable age. He is the best reporter on behalf of the Maltese community of Algiers of yore. He lived through 1962 and remembers well the...

A Thorne in the Flesh is the latest novel to come off the word processer of the Anglo/Maltese novelist, E.L Darbishire. Set in Eastern England and Gozo, it tells the coming-of-age story of its 22...