The government aims to close 2013 with a deficit of 2.7% of Gross Domestic Product and intends to get this figure down to 2.1% by the end of 2014.   Today is, of course, budget day. It is a...

Jim Swire, the father of one of the 270 Lockerbie bombing victims and a leading voice in the 25-year struggle to uncover the whole truth behind the UK’s deadliest terrorist attack, has called on...

Although the panel of three judges had given their verdict hard and fast yesterday afternoon in the Daniel Holmes case, the jury which is our society was still well and truly out.   Daniel...

Today is the last day of October, the month dedicated to breast cancer awareness. This month, Malta celebrated the life of one woman who lost her battle against breast cancer. We say...

Just a few weeks ago, hundreds of people escaping war and occupation of their territory perished as they tried to make their way to Europe to escape their plight back home.   Tragedy struck....

Former television presenter Norman Vella is currently in the news after he was questioned by the police at his current place of work, as an immigration officer at the Malta International...

The world has changed since 1929, when US Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson shut down the State Department's code-breaking office, declaring "gentlemen don't read others'...

These are certainly interesting times in which we are living here in Malta. In terms of civil rights, the country is being propelled into the 21st century and it is quickly making up for lost...

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat got what he wanted out of the EU Council meeting in Brussels. It started off with a coalition of three – MIGs (Malta, Italy and Greece). On the first evening of the...

Our front page story today tells of the inundation of jobs that mechanics have been facing in relation to diesel pump failures.   Our straw polls have shown that mechanics and garages are...