In a few hours time 2012 will be consigned to the history books. For Malta this has been the most eventful year since the turn of the millennium, with unexpected twists and turns being the order of...

Tonight is New Year’s Eve. 2012 went by in a blur, although at times, it seems like we were on an odyssey just to have some peace. Life really has become a conveyor belt. The hot and beautiful...

In 2009, President George Abela presented the nation with a worthy challenge to rise to when he made the surprise announcement that the Istrina annual fund-raising event would no longer dangle the...

In its Financial Stability Report for the first half of 2012, the Central Bank of Malta said that a weak property market is fuelling a sharp increase in non-performing loans in the construction...

Comparisons are always odious, but they will have to be made. Louis Grech was the sole contestant for the post of deputy leader for parliamentary affairs within the Labour Party and he has, as...

Out of a total of 13 countries in Southern Europe surveyed in the 2012 World Giving Index, Malta is the highest ranked country in the region. It is also the country with the largest participation in...

    Christmas is well and truly here. Today will be the last day of shopping as thousands (mostly men) rush out to buy presents for their loved ones at the last minute.   Shop...

Over the next two weeks, the country, along with much of the rest world, will celebrate Christmas and ring in the New Year with a good measure of joviality and also with perhaps more than a good few...

If ever proof was needed to show how the Labour media can turn a victory into defeat all by itself, that was shown by the spin ahead of Thursday’s meeting of the Mepa board.   For...

Political scandals aside, the most important thing about the European Commission’s proposed tobacco directive that was at long last unveiled earlier this week is that it has now finally seen the...