Works on the Kappara Junction project will start in 2014 after the project was approved by Mepa yesterday. The meeting attracted a full house.   The news will be welcomed by the vast...

For several years the ways and means by which the country purchases and imports its all-important oil to run its power stations on have been somewhat more than opaque.  But now with more and more...

Cor! Strike us down! You could have fooled us. There have been two substantial reports published over the past days and they come out pointing fingers and bad-mouthing the previous administration and...

The Justice Reform Commission has presented a second report to Parliamentary Secretary Owen Bonnici, outlining hundreds of proposals to shake up the justice system, which has long been stagnant and...

Labour MP Chris Fearne’s initiative to present a Private Members Bill to ban Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) to Parliament is laudible and shows a great appreciation of what is going on in our...

Malta’s coveted reputation as a nation friendly to foreigners was dealt yet another blow this week when the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the conditions in which it keeps its...

What this newspaper, other sections of the media, human rights organisations and other NGOs have been trying to raise awareness on for years was this week, at long last, reinforced and justified by...

The photograph which this newspaper and our portal published of a horse that had just fallen in a busy thoroughfare generated substantial interest. The author of this leading article had just...

Yesterday was quite a big news day in the international sphere. The death toll stemming from an earthquake in China was nearing 100. The eurozone’s government debt figures hit record highs,...

The white sands of Copacabana beach typically draw millions of sun-worshippers, New Year's Eve revellers and fans for free concerts by the likes of Stevie Wonder and the Rolling Stones. In the...