That the extreme-right views associated with Salvini, Le Pen and Boris Johnson – to say nothing of Trump – are taking a hold in Malta is evident. This normally happens because people find...

Earlier this year The Malta Independent ran an insightful article about mental health literacy, warning parents about over-protecting children and hindering their ability to cope with everyday stress....

Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi should deserve widespread kudos for the action he has been taking on the country’s beaches to limit the deckchair, sun bed and umbrella infestation that invades the...

Aperol, the iconic Italian bittersweet aperitif, is celebrating its 100th birthday in true Italian style this year, kicking-off merriments from its birthplace in Padova, Italy spreading outwards...

It is said that politicians are ready to do anything for an extra vote. Many of them practise the hobby of door-to-door visits, with some maintaining contact with their constituents during the whole...

The Government of Malta and certain news media insist that the cost of petrol and diesel in Malta are still well below the EU average. Different calculations produce different conclusions but what...

An NSO report published on Wednesday shows that the number of people living below the at-risk-of-poverty line has increased slightly – by 0.1 percentage points - over the previous year. There...

The Malta Business Weekly always pays serious attention to the results of the regular European Commission survey of economic sentiment, both when the sentiment is getting better and also when it is in...

A 57-strong contingent from The Scout Association of Malta is at the 24th World Scout Jamboree in North America to Unlock a New World.  The Maltese scouts will join over 45,000 young people from...

On 31 July a group of 17 Mission Fund volunteers, under the direction of John Sammut and Vincent Xiberras, and with Fr Franco Fenech as spiritual director, left Malta for Kenya to help in a...