The country fell ‘silent’ on Thursday as all demolition and excavation work ceased for a few hours while the victim of the latest house collapse was being laid to rest.  But the token...

Illegal hunting and trapping is still taking place on the island, despite the public outcry over the past years. The hunting lobby has always condemned the shooting of protected birds, and has...

They say that politicians and contractors are the fat cats, but when it comes to the literal definition of fat, one in four of us are deserving of that title.  Data published by the National...

Two weeks ago the European commission published with much fanfare a white paper on artificial intelligence (duly reported on our front page of two issues back). Other media did not bother, and...

A report by the European Commission has found that there is a heavy reliance on foreign workers in Malta, but also that there is no strategy in place to keep foreign workers in Malta for longer...

Sooner or later, it was bound to happen. After a series of building collapses last year left several families homeless, this time the tragedy that occurred in Santa Venera on Monday was far...

Opposition Leader Adrian Delia has made the privatisation deal the government reached for the transfer of three hospitals as his pet subject, never failing to refer to it each time he speaks in...

In a country where controversy is the order of the day, fingers were pointed this week at the producers of Othello – a play that will be performed at the Manoel Theatre next month.  This...

In a move that builds on the commitment made by Environment Minister Aaron Farrugia to publish a transparency register, the Commissioner for Standards has proposed the setting up of a law that would...

We do not need a windy day to realise how dirty this country is. But when it is gusty we get to realise better what we have already known for years and did nothing to change – the Maltese are...