On the same day and in the same hours when Malta was savouring the glory of becoming the EU president (even though it has not yet begun), a man was found dead under a bridge in Marsa. The news story...

We need to go beyond the immediate headings and the political spin and go much further into the Evarist Bartolo case. Now Mr Bartolo has all the faults and defects he has but we must go beyond...

These are interesting times in which we are living here in Malta. In terms of civil rights, the country is being propelled into the 21st century and it is quickly making up for lost time. And just...

Last week this paper organized one of its Business Breakfasts at the Hilton. The subject this time was health, specifically how can healthcare be rendered sustainable? Minister Chris Fearne...

The result of Sunday’s referendum in Italy is so crucial it just leaves no time to analyse the result, not even to speculate on what will happen – election?  The banking system in...

In recent days there has been an eruption of verbal language battles between the supporters of the Maltese language.  This paper, and others, have been involuntary bystanders in this war. It...

The Business Breakfast held by our sister paper The Malta Business Weekly at the Hilton on Thursday on the subject of the sustainability of the health system proved to be a smooth broad discussion on...

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) this week highlighted the fact that journalists have faced consequences both in nations where media crackdowns are common and also in...

Unnoticed by most Maltese, this weekend may well be decisive in the fortunes of the EU and thus of our country as well. The first shock to the system was on 23 June when the British electorate...

In other circumstances, we would have said it was clear the prime minister was abroad. Now, we are not so sure. The fact remains we had some testy moments in Parliament this week. There was...