Our front page story today deals with the fact that employment generated by the construction industry fell in Q2 by 10 per cent when compared to 2009....

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso yesterday addressed the European Parliament in his first ever US-style State of the Union address.It was a very different format to what Europe is used to....

It was ironic, and very sad, to hear fireworks being let off from the various villages that were celebrating the feast of their patron saint on Sunday evening...

Two amendments to Maltese drink driving legislation have been described as a step in the right direction, but leaves a lot more to be desired. ...

One would have thought, last week, that summer was over. One would also have thought the political season had restarted after the hiatus of summer....

Malta and Gozo’s local councils have taken an absolute hammering over the past couple of months and it seems that things are only going to get worse with story after story of mismanagement, kickbacks and acting outside the rulebook continue to surface....

Many people believe that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s demands for €5 billion per year from Europe to stop Europe from “turning black” were either made in a moment of madness...

The Spot the Jellyfish campaign announced that annual fried egg jellyfish migration has hit Malta again....

The German-based Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) on Monday announced that it would be hiring professional security guards from Malta to assist in autumn operations to monitor illegal hunting and trapping....

On Saturday, this newspaper published a call by BirdLife Malta, for the introduction of a specialised Wildlife Crime Unit to cut down on hunting and trapping of protected species....