A word we might not have often heard or read in our country. It is the process whereby the character of a poor urban area is changed by wealthier people moving in, improving housing, and attracting...

Some kings are born in public, as Frederick II 'Stupor Mundi', (born on a cold Boxing Day in 1194 in the main square of Iesi in full view of bishops and nobles, for dynastic reasons) but all popes in...

After severe health complications, the 88year-old Pontiff died on Easter Monday. The day before, Francis was in St Peter's Square, Rome, bestowing his blessings on the world's faithful. The pope we...

Recently, I participated in a seminar organised by the Gozo Regional Development Authority to discuss a very good report prepared by Professor Godfrey Baldacchino about the options that could be...

It is true that the national debt as calculated according to EU rules (that is as a percentage of the actual gross national product) is well under control, in the sense that it has been held at a...

Why was Alex Borg so offended by "what I wrote? Because it was the truth. And nothing offends like the truth. (Labour's Trojan horse, The Malta Independent on Sunday, 6 April) If Alex Borg was...

Last month, the unexpected nine-month mission for NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore finally came to an end. After an unplanned extension, their initial eight-day mission turned into a...

It's Easter Sunday, expecting a soft breeze and warm sunlight to spread across the Gozitan hills. Nature shakes off the last of winter's dust, and the island blooms into colour, fragrance, and quiet...

The agreement signed earlier this week between INDIS Malta and the Lands Authority as a result of which agricultural land earmarked for the extension of the Bulebel Industrial Estate was "saved from...

Strange as it may seem, a nation once celebrated for its irrepressible optimism now appears to be obsessed with decline. Malta's list of complaints seems endless. Real wages are falling. White-collar...