The Nationalist Party has opened a new chapter in its history.   After its election defeat in March, which was by far the biggest ever, it has embarked...

With the sad honoraria having raised its ugly head once again this week, there are a number of points that need to be raised again about the contentious ‘raise’ that the former Nationalist...

Two men with butcher knives, a machete and a meat cleaver attacked and killed a soldier near military barracks in the south London neighbourhood of Woolwich on Wednesday. The attack seemed to...

Wednesday's summit which focused on energy and fiscal evasion will not go down in history as one of the most notable EU meetings of recent years. As a matter of fact its conclusions barely...

Malta has borne witness to something of a revolution over the last decade insofar as the cleanliness of its swimming water is concerned.  Malta’s beaches and swimming water have, once...

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat yesterday said he was optimistic about lowering the country’s deficit below the 3 % of Gross Domestic Product threshold as stipulated by the EU.   The PM...

Two news items which followed each other in quick succession have sent shock waves down the collective spine of the general public.   We celebrated the choice of Valletta as the capital city...

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat finds himself in Brussels for a meeting today, on one of the very issues which saw the Labour Party sweep to power in March – Energy.   According to the...

Many people think that Malta has a severe lack of tree cover because it is simply a barren island. This is actually not the case. Malta was once like Cyprus, to give an example. It was covered with...

It is now official. Valletta has been named European Capital of Culture 2018, and it is fully deserved.   All too often in Malta, we focus on the negative. We forget that we live on these...