It might interest those who today are crying “Foul” about the Panama Papers scandal, to know what happened as soon as the PN won the 1987 general election. After Labour won the...

The recent scandals exposed by the international media are of great concern to each and every honest citizen and society at large. Nevertheless, offshore banking allows the wealthy to launder...

Today is European Obesity Day and to mark the event, new guidelines have been issued by the Health Department to encourage Maltese citizens to make the most of the Mediterranean diet. Malta, slap...

Yesterday’s crashing of an EgyptAir plane into the Mediterranean is concerning on any level.  But, if as several authorities were suggesting at the time of writing yesterday, that the plane...

The government is all the time telling us that we have had record growth over the past years, beating the growth registered in other European countries. But then comes Caritas, the church-funded...

The reality of the situation is that until Malta develops and implements a mass transport system to service the whole island, with intermodal buses, trams and boats, the traffic problem might be...

The Malta Independent’s stable has been named as an official partner to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists that released the Swissleaks and subsequently the much talked...

Today is the international day against homophobia, transphobia and biphobia. Up to just a few years ago, Malta was considered a backwater when it came to gay rights and recognition of same sex...

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The Maltese are well known for their generosity. ...