Knowing Nelson Mandela, he will be smiling. His memorial service in South Africa was one of the largest gatherings of dignitaries in recent times and it brought together many from far and...

When the Financial Times picks up a story and runs with it, you can guarantee that it will gather steam and that its sources generally hold true. Just ask anyone that has been to an EU summit. EU...

    Things just don’t go away. Last week, our sister paper The Malta Independent on Sunday published a story in which it was revealed that the company belonging to a consultant to...

There was a huge abyss between the way a meeting Finance Minister Edward Scicluna had with the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee was reported by the Department of...

The environment is now at the forefront of the national discourse at the present moment perhaps more than it has ever been in the past.    From rampant, unchecked development to...

It is not often that you get a figure that transcends race, creed, national borders, political school of thought and above all else, people’s hearts and minds.   Late on Thursday...

Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovych will follow up his China visit with a visit to Malta next week as thousands of his countrymen continue to protest his decision to re-enter the sphere of Russian...

In his book Animal Farm – a masterpiece dealing with the illusion of egalitarian society – author George Orwell wrote that “some pigs are more equal than...

Let us be clear from the off. Nothing should be taken away from young Gaia. Her performance in winning the Junior Eurovision song contest is a great achievement. As a young 11-year-old who took to the...

The Justice Reform Commission yesterday presented its final report, and while the 450-odd proposals that were put forward are important, Parliamentary secretary Owen Bonnici hit the nail on the head...