The story that hit the headlines over the past few days is the fruit of successive governments ignoring the plight of people who were victims of human trafficking, working in a sweatshop right under...

The government's plan to stop absenteeism from schools was well intentioned, but seems to have had unforeseen effects that are resulting in class disruption. Speaking to this newspaper, the Malta...

As concern increases about the presence of an Islamic State offshoot in Darnah, Libya, the last troops are pulling out of Afghanistan as the US Marines and UK military pull out of Helmand...

Our sister newspaper The Malta Independent on Sunday published a story in the last issue, revealing that Opposition leader Simon Busuttil was receiving coaching on public speaking, delivery and body...

The European Central Bank yesterday gave the thumbs up to Malta's banks after having performed quite satisfactorily in reaching benchmarks. In fact, the Maltese Banks were quite well positioned when...

Just in time for the onset of the government's pre-budget negotiations with the social partners comprising the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development, another battlefront in the years' old...

This week's EU summit was a bit of a mixed bag. With the EU still dealing with the changeover of the European Commission Cabinet, the bloc decided that more contributions were needed to the upcoming...

The Western World has an ageing population, and Malta is no exception. It is estimated that by 2020, a quarter of the population will be over 60 and approaching retirement age. As things stand,...

The country has yet to hear anything concrete about the government's promise to build Malta and Gozo a new gas-fired power station. In Parliament on Monday night, Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi...

The first person in government to voice concern about the threat of ISIS was Foreign Minister George Vella. Speaking to this newspaper, the Foreign Minister said that he was concerned by the presence...