The recent presentation of Malta's National Palliative Care Strategy 2025-2035 - incidentally just days before a national consultation exercise on a form of euthanasia was launched - marks a pivotal...

The number of vehicles on the roads is continuing to rise, data published by the National Statistics Office shows. In the first quarter of this year, each day 19 more vehicles were licensed than...

The election of Pope Leo XIV marked a watershed moment in the long history of the Catholic Church. Born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago in 1955, Leo XIV became the first American to ascend to the...

The Ministry for Social Policy and Children's Rights recently signed a social agreement with Fondazzjoni Sebħ, which is run by the Church, to support Il-Milja, a shelter that hosts women and...

Yesterday was the 80 year anniversary since the end of the Second World War in Europe – a day known now as VE Day, and a day which sees celebrations, parades, and memorials across the...

The rare convergence of opinion between unions and employer organisations on the issue of miscarriage leave presents the government with a unique opportunity and a responsibility to legislate swiftly...

As the Catholic Church looks ahead to the election of a new pope, it finds itself at a defining moment. The successor to Pope Francis will not merely inherit a symbolic mantle but a Church grappling...

A recent survey found that 70% of SMEs believe that Malta is moving in the wrong direction. The Malta Chamber of SMEs detailed its survey findings from the SME Barometer Q1 2025 and, while the...

As always happens on World Press Freedom Day, which was last week, World Press Freedom Index rankings for 2025 were published by Reporters Without Borders. Malta ranked 67th, an improvement over...

The European Court of Justice's ruling against Malta's citizenship-by-investment scheme is more than a legal setback. It's the culmination of a decade of political decay, institutional failure, and...