Carnival festivities and celebrations were introduced to Malta with the arrival of the Order of the Knights of St John in the 1500s and have continually evolved since then. Although we retain certain...

I am writing this because Dr Ian Tomlin passed away last month. His health, in the last four years or so, has been increasingly diminished and his death, though very sad for all of us who knew and...

The artwork was conceptualised and created by a student of Senglea Primary and selected following an internal competition for the best slogan. Altogether, a total of 120 magnets were distributed to...

FimBank plc has partnered with the Public Broadcasting Services Ltd in an initiative which has seen the broadcast of a series of 30-second video-spots, focusing on Malta's linguistic heritage. The...

"I recently found myself alone in a room of the Cathedral Museum of Mdina, with some virtually hidden gems created by Albrecht Dürer.  I had no idea before I came to Malta of the exquisite...

We have had other problems, but we have never had this Carnival merry-go-round of political appointments to sensitive posts. The country has become a huge meat market, with posts up for sale and...

It is often said that change is the only constant in life and yet many people are predisposed to resist change because of the risk associated with the unknown. Despite this resistance, change is more...

If, as The Malta Independent reports, political satire is truly alive and kicking in this year's carnival, the government's own political farce seems to be unstoppable. What was supposed to be the...

As a destination, the Island of Gozo is working hard to define what makes it distinctive in order to enable operators and other stakeholders in their incessant search for the best strategy to be...

The government’s decision to announce the controversial nomination of two magistrates has jarred with the legal profession, legal experts, the political sphere and the general public. In short,...