World Book Day was celebrated some days ago to promote the importance of reading. At a time when the printing industry is in decline as more and more people read less and less, one day of commemoration is ...

Another long hot summer is to be expected when the government pushes through its plans for a major overhaul in the public transport system....

The Federation for Hunting and Conservation – Malta (FKNK) has condemned the shooting of birds as reported by BirdLife Malta during a press conference last Monday,...

In Greek mythology, Narcissus fell in love with a reflection he did not realise was his own. In modern day, anyone in love with himself is often described...

Last week, this paper highlighted the figures published two days before by the National Statistics Office, which showed that the government deficit (the shortfall between recurrent revenue and total expenditure) for ...

That parenting is the hardest job – and it is unpaid too – is not something that is being discovered now. But the more time passes and the way society is developing is making this “job”, if we can call it that way, even more difficult....

There are weekends when Malta seems to be at a standstill, apart from the usual Sunday morning political activities that we have grown accustomed to...

The standoff, not to say diplomatic incident, between Malta and Italy over the fate of the 154 illegal immigrants who were rescued by a Turkish cargo ship, was not the first and neither will it be the last....

The local council reform that has just been announced makes an attempt to improve the workings of these entities which, in the last 15 years, have more or less helped to make life better for the residents of the 68 localities....

The current impasse between the General Workers Union and the Malta Dockers Union over union recognition at Malta Freeport goes beyond a normal spat regarding representation. ...