This paper, like the rest of Malta, observes the ongoing developments at Air Malta with interest. There is an ever-present proprietary interest like there is in most Maltese: the airline is 'ours', it...

We may get to a point where we see so many miracles happen on a daily basis that we tend to expect them every day. But we may overdo this and certainly miracles tend not to happen when we need them...

Terrorism. A white male opened fire into a festival crowd, killing at least 50 on Sunday. Somehow, this horrible incident was not classified as terrorism by the mainstream media. Instead, the Las...

This is a real case that happened in real time in a real Maltese household last week. Of course, one case, even if it involves, as we shall see, multiple players, is not statistically valid. But...

It’s October, which means people and places everywhere are ‘going pink’ for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is also time for one of this newspaper’s two annual calls for...

The Malta Developer Association's 'social conscience' proposals have immediately come under fire and this came as no surprise. In a meeting with Parliamentary Secretary Roderick Galdes, who is...

By the time it elects two new deputy leaders and the rest of its leadership structure, the Nationalist Party will have lost a good six months out of a five-year legislature. New PN leader Adrian...

Last week, the competition watchdog made a big thing about the insurance market. As we reported on our front page last week, the Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority came down like a...

In having pressed charges against a BirdLife activist for trespassing in Miżieb, the FKNK hunting lobby has ended up shooting itself in the foot.  And by having chosen to open the can...

It is no mean feat for Angela Merkel to make her fourth electoral victory in Germany’s election. The scientist from East Germany, a former member of the Communist Party, now stands to have...