And so, the 30 April deadline came and went. Most MPs submitted their declaration of assets, but as of Monday, 16 had yet to do so.   It is not the...

The European Commission’s forecast for Malta’s economic performance over the next two years is positive and the most positive point that was put forward was that Malta’s debt to GDP...

The world watch in a mixture of hope and horror as the Arab Spring revolts broke out across much of North Africa and further afield.   The West and Europe intervened to help civilians in...

On 1 May, Malta celebrated 10 years of EU membership. On the day, we ran a leading article in which we stated, black on white, that the good far outweighs the bad in being part of Europe’s...

On Monday (28 April, 2014) Zeinab Badawi (the BBC television and radio journalist, perhaps best known for presenting BBC’s “Hard Talk”) delivered a talk at the Hilton’s...

Malta yesterday celebrated its tenth EU birthday, so to speak. It almost seems like those past ten years have shot by. To mark the event, the International Fireworks Festival grand finale was held in...

        There is nothing quite like the European Union in the world. 28 countries that come together around a table for discussion and lock in there until consensus on a...

        Barcelona FC superstar Dani Alves’ reaction to being thrown a banana by a hostile and racist Villareal supporter was a stroke of genius.   The...

Our sister newspaper, the Malta Independent on Sunday, broke the news that several schools are imposing rules that forbid teachers from being “friends” on Facebook.   The moves...

        Nine months of US-driven diplomacy have left Israelis and Palestinians less hopeful than ever about a comprehensive peace agreement to end their century of...