Historically, Western powers occupied most Muslim countries for a number of centuries. In many countries, there were attempts to introduce democracy, but in the end the West imposed autocratic...

“Salvu Mallia is doing a good job, especially since he is making politics interesting again.” Simply incredible! These words were said by Simon Busuttil as if in response to the many...

I would like to thank The Malta Independent for publishing my article / study entitled “St Paul's Shipwreck on the island of Malta” on 9 February. I understand that because of space...

We are living in a world full of anxiety. For instance, psychology has it that we are living in a climate of social anxiety. As psychologist Dr Thomas A. Richards defined it, “social...

Employment is the best way to safeguard human dignity in that it secures an independent living, based on a person’s ability to contribute to his/her own fulfilment and to the wellbeing of...

As we predicted in yesterday’s editorial, the clrows funding put up by David Thake found it almost ridiculously easy to get people to contribute no less than €69,500 in 36 hours to annul...

It is now open warfare: Minister Chris Cardona has used the nuclear option - even before lodging a libel case against Daphne Caruana Galizia for her allegations that he visited a brothel while on...

Now that 16-year-olds have been given the right to vote in their respective local council elections, it may just be time to start considering giving 16-year-olds the right to also run for office in...

There is no known calculation how much money was lost yesterday with the double power cut Malta has suffered. But it must have been huge. With our known patience and infinite resourcefulness,...

Now that the Malta Summit is over, it is only right that the immense work undertaken at all levels which led to the success of the Summit be acknowledged. From the officers at Air Traffic Control...