One of the most ambitious global ecology schemes put forward to date has suddenly come crashing down as the proponents of it are massively let down with promises broken by many of the world’s...

Just days after the government announced the dates of this year’s autumn hunting season, which does not begin until next month, the first reports of illegal hunting, in four different locations...

We had expressed our opinion on this subject once, but of course, the powers that be in the Maltese Church took no notice of us.   The Curia’s legal representatives recently made their...

The European Union last week announced that the eurozone had finally emerged from its longest recession period ever.   Politicians Europe-wide back slapped and smiled. The worst is...

A resurgence of violence and a renewed threat from al-Qaida have recently revived flagging US interest in Iraq, as Baghdad asked for new help to fight extremists less than two years after it forced...

The great hunting debate was back on the radar, if in fact it ever left it, this week after the government announced the dates and conditions of this year’s autumn hunting season. The main bone...

The scenes from Cairo and other Egyptian cities are too macabre to see, let alone ponder on what they mean for the dead and their families.   Seen from our insular point of view while we...

We know this in Malta. As the summer lazily crawls into August, and it gets hotter and drier, so do our tempers. We argue more, sporadic fights break out and the driving… well, the least said...

Love it or hate it, the practice of bird hunting stands little chance of becoming completely extinct in Malta anytime soon.    First of all, it would simply not be correct to ban the...

This time a year ago, we were still discussing whether the Arriva drivers should wear ties or not.   A year later, this problem has been solved. No one wears a tie in this heat. Not even in...