The announcement last week that the government is proposing to spend some €13.5 million spread over three schemes, which will mean that there will be roadworks on some 448 residential streets around Malta, is very welcome....

We have entered what is known as the Santa Marija week, the peak of the holiday season. Many companies close down for a few days to give their employees a ...

The election of Norman Darmanin Demajo as the new president of the Malta Football Association was not a surprise....

This week’s labour force survey makes for interesting reading on more than one count. It should serve as a wake-up call while at the same time it also, once again, exposes just how fundamentally flawed the survey is....

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1797 tells the tale of a sailor who recounts his ship’s voyage out of the Antarctic. Water, water...

The simple fact that the rebuilding or resurfacing of roads becomes a major news item in our country is testament to just how bad our infrastructure is....

The History Channel is currently broadcasting a number of documentaries and short films about Napoleon Bonaparte....

Difficult as it may have been, the selection process to choose the preferred bidder which will now enter into negotiations with the government on the implementation o...

While everything was done to reassure the markets that all was well and that Greece would not default and be followed by Spain, Portugal and others – they simply didn’t buy it....

It has been announced that the government and the Malta Planning Authority are in discussions over the scuttling of a new wreck which is set to become a diving attraction....