When people report actions to me that are causing environmental degradation, I feel like if I live in a parallel universe than the one of the offenders. From time to time I just can't understand that...

It must be the sun that has imbued this persistent obsession with things Maltese into the German MEP Sven Gielgold’s psyche. For a German born in sun-drenched Las Palmas in the Canaries, there...

The divergences between high income earners in this country and those whose earnings are low to too low have greatly increased. The reason is that the income of people earning a lot continues to rise....

In 1865, a cholera epidemic broke out on  the island and Dr John Sutherland working for the War Office was asked to compile a report on the sanitary conditions of Malta and Gozo. It was published...

It is not just the meteorology and the dark autumn clouds. The long hot summer is over even, and especially, on the political scene, not just in Malta but also and especially on the international...

Everything we throw away has value: all our rubbish can be put to good use. Today, waste separation is an essential part of our daily chores – or it should be. We already separate paper, glass,...

One of the cultural highlights of the year is without any doubt Notte Bianca, held yearly on the first Saturday of October, this Saturday. Notte Bianca is a much sought-after event and now firmly...

In her blog today, Labour MEP Miriam Dalli speaks about her report on the reduction of car emissions and about a “damaging” statement made by Greens MEP Sven Giegold....

In his vlog, MEP Francis Zammit Dimech speaks of changes made to EU media law to protect minors from harmful audio-visual content. Strict rules on advertising in children’s programmes including...

Many in Europe consider as heroes members of those NGOs which are organizing the rescue at sea of immigrants in the Mediterranean. They believe that this is a humanitarian job and deserves full...