As we near the end of the 2014-2020 funding period, a new funding call seeks to tackle issues of poverty, social exclusion and social dialogue.  The European Social Fund (ESF) is an EU funding...

The experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic clearly demonstrated the resilience, at different levels, of human endeavour. At the Institutional level, we witnessed excellent co-ordination between the...

The PN has likely dodged a bullet by not hosting major Independence Day activities this year. PN Secretary General Francis Zammit Dimech told The Malta Independent on Sunday that no traditional...

The news that Xarabank, one of the longest running television programmes to grace Maltese television, had been cancelled by the Public Broadcasting Services on Friday was greeted with what seemed to...

Water is a fundamental natural resource that every person needs in order to address their most basic of needs and functions. It also plays a central role in our environment for a healthy...

In January 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that the outbreak of COVID-19 was a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Two months later COVID-19 was declared a pandemic....

At a press briefing on Monday, the World Health Organisation leaders said that there is no indication that the coronavirus is seasonal and it could bounce back any time. “If you take...

The Government, while actively addressing the challenges concerning Covid-19, has definitely not lost sight of our country’s long-term goals. The Prime Minister, Robert Abela, during the...

In his court testimony, Edward Scicluna admitted to the existence of a "kitchen cabinet", which he refused to defy due to concerns over his political career.  By making his statement, he...

Last year, Malta had to endure an orgy of violence perpetrated against those who were thought to be helping or promoting the cause of the people held in detention camps – the ones who are known as klandestini. ...