It is perhaps a sign of the times. The largest Cabinet in Maltese history has so many members that on a normal day they hardly find anything to do. So once they heard that a Court of Appeal was...

Imagine a forest of glassy high-rise towers sprouting out of designer pedestrian plazas and sprawling seaside promenades, and beneath it all, a state of the art transport network. That could be...

Our summer, now thankfully over, is a long summer, and our parliamentary summer is even longer. Parliament is due to resume after the Summer Recess today fortnight. It will maybe be at that time...

With the killing of yet another protected bird yesterday, a Honey Buzzard, the toll of illegal hunting on protected bird species so far this autumn season has risen to 21 birds that have actually been...

When we are all in dread of Monday, especially if it rains on the first day of school, as it usually does, talk turns to the traffic situation.  This is the time of the year when politicians come...

Was it just a diversionary tactic to bring up in a dramatic way the issue of online gaming as it was brought up over the past weekend? The threat has always been there although it has become more...

The Archbishop has since his appointment provided something of a voice of reason in the wilderness that is the country’s political atmosphere.  It is not a voice of one political party or...

Fifty-two years ago, Malta was celebrating its first day of Independence, attained without bloodshed from the British. Today, 52 years later, Malta is once again celebrating its birth as a...

In 2008, controversy was rife in Malta over the application by the St John’s Foundation to extend the cathedral museum by digging a huge hole outside the cathedral to house the priceless Gobelin...

This paper has been the only one to question the Prime Minister’s presence at the Athens mini-summit a few days ago. Nor were its points replied to by the government. Now more details have...