They say a week is a long time in politics. Normally, in summer, things go very quiet in the traditional holiday month of August. Last year, the PL and the PN had pledged to allow people to enjoy...

The Joe Sammut scandal has not only besmirched the good name of the accountancy profession at large, but it has also darkened the name of some of the country’s most important institutions:...

The strife and fighting in Libya, along with the extended Frontex Triton operation, has led to much fewer migrant arrivals by boat in Malta. But the phenomenon continues with navy warships...

Last week earth overshoot day was registered. No, that is not the earth overshooting its orbit around the sun, or anything as fancy. But it is extremely worrying. Earth overshoot day is the day when...

Should the new and improved, gas-fired power station come to fruition and the power supply agreement which the government has struck with the consortium of companies responsible for its construction...

Today, Malta will be a very sleepy place. The Feast of the Assumption is celebrated every year on 15 August and marks the ascent into heaven by the Virgin Mary. This festa is the peak of the...

With financial scandal after financial scandal coming to light over recent weeks – from Mafia clans having used Maltese to launder untold millions in proceeds of crime, to false companies being...

The weather Malta has been experiencing over the past week or so is uncannily weird. We have been prone to the occasional spattering of rain around Santa Marija weekend in the past, but the likes of...

Every summer it happens. Residents of St Julian’s and Swieqi are subjected to behaviour that results in their cars being damaged, their properties being violated and defaced, sleep patterns are...

Neither the heat nor the holiday period seem to have doused the sparks of the political debate, such as it is, in our country. On the contrary, the Gaffarena case continues to turn corner after...