Today marks the start of a conference organised by the Economist which will feature the participation of various keynote speakers, including the likes of Peter Mandelson, Mario Monti, Martin Schulz,...

Yesterday, Malta saw two examples of intolerance at its best. The first instance involved a Maltese man being made to get off an Air Malta flight in Heathrow after hurling racial abuse to an African...

At the time of writing, Russia had just sent an ultimatum, demanding that Ukraine surrenders the Crimean peninsula.   That deadline was set to expire at 3am. What the world will have woken...

Despite blunt warnings about costs and consequences, President Barack Obama and European leaders have limited options for retaliating against Russia's military intervention in Ukraine, the former...

Each election of a President seems to have become something quite different from the preceding one.   In 2008, Lawrence Gonzi lost no time in appointing George Abela, from the Opposition...

It’s that time of the year again, Carnival time. This year, the float builders and organisers will be hoping that last year’s ghastly weather will not repeat itself as many of the floats...

Malta is an archipelago that lies in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Our history has been shaped by that fact and over the millennia, various peoples have settled here and traded through the sea...

Valletta is going to be Europe’s Capital of Culture in 2018. Many are looking forward to the celebrations and activities, and rightly so. But it is not just about the year 2018. When people look...

Technology has penetrated into every facet of modern day life. People are more plugged in than ever. They carry their tablets, their laptops and their smart phones around. As soon as they get home,...

The Scottish company that was considering tendering for the new public transport system to replace the under par Arriva service yesterday said that it was scrapping the bid because it “feared...