It is commendable that government and the Opposition agreed on the issue of Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis (PGD). It is also commendable that politicians were allowed to vote their conscience. This was...

I and my wife have just returned to Italy after a week-long amazing vacation in Malta. We read your article (Traffic and tourists, The Malta Independent editorial, 27 July) at the airport and we have...

This multi-headed monster can be detected anywhere. It is commonplace to think that it is rife only on school premises but we cannot neglect looking also outside school premises, at the workplace,...

Palazzo de la Salle in Valletta has been the seat of the Malta Society of Arts since 1923. It is alive with activities and a pleasure to be there - even though there is no lift, essential at a certain...

A year has now passed since the public inquiry into Daphne Caruana Galizia’s death found that the state was responsible for creating an environment and culture of impunity which ultimately led...

So the heat is on within the UK both literally and metaphorically. Just when the nation was about to embrace itself for abnormal temperatures mirroring the effects of climate change it became clear...

A couple of weeks ago, Prime Minister Robert Abela said he wants to see the courts of law work in a more efficient and friendly manner.  This week, rule of law NGO Repubblika said that a case it...

29 July 2022 marks the first anniversary since the publication of the report of the board of inquiry appointed disheartenedly by former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat to investigate into the...

It took them quite a while to react, but it’s better late than never. A number of lecturers at the University of Malta who teach Maltese, English and mathematics a few days ago expressed...

There are around 5,000 higher education institutions in Europe.  Every single one of them is a centre of knowledge and innovation in its own right, whether you are looking at research...