The sorry case of Rachel Bowdler reminds us that our acts do not take place in a vacuum, particularly if they are acts at the extreme ends of the scales of good and evil. The man who killed Rachel’s ...

It is time for the reckoning now! The government has announced its various incentives to get tourism moving; the infrastructural projects and roads are being carried out but we still lack that pro-activity in industry to be innovative. ...

It has been well said that the distance between law-and-order socialism with a social conscience and conservatism is not very great....

Whether the Opposition is in favour or not, the writing is on the wall. If everything goes according to plan, on 1 January 2008 our official currency will change from the Maltese lira to the euro....

If you are feeling confused about the conditions included in the sale of the government’s majority equity stake in Maltacom, do not despair. ...

The president of the Midwives’ Association, Rita Borg Xuereb, is studying Maltese couples who have had their first baby, in her research for a doctoral thesis. ...

VATICAN CITY: The Vatican issued a sweeping condemnation Tuesday of contraception, abortion, in-vitro fertilisation and same-sex marriage, declaring that the traditional family has never been so threatened as in today’s world. ...

A provisional statement on the international economic and financial transactions of Malta during the first quarter of the current year reveals a deterioration in the current account balance of Lm8.2 million, ...

Every time new flashpoints and tension zones surface across the geopolitical landscape people begin to question the relevance and effectiveness of the United Nations as a world body and peace-keeping organisation....

In 1981 a handful of academics with the support of trade union officials endeavoured in an ambitious project set to launch the tuition of industrial democracy at university level. It was eventually achieved by the Foundation of the Workers’ Participation ...