In Malta, politics has compromised the environment for far too long. We live on a small overcrowded island with very little countryside still available. We are slowly gnawing away at what is left and...

The winter cold season is now at its peak. Temperatures are now very low and it is a well-known fact that older people are adversely affected. In fact, at this time of the year the demand for...

I have been given the privilege to shadow the sectors of culture, the arts and Valletta Capital of Culture 2018. Many have argued that these are areas of somewhat less importance than the sectors of...

It is said that the British have manners and the French have etiquette and I say that many Maltese have neither. I say 'many'  and not all because there are certainly those who continue to behave...

Two weeks ago, the Assistant Director, Employment and Industrial Relations, wrote to the Malta Employers Association (MEA) to communicate a surprise, unilateral decision. The Assistant Director...

It is of great concern to us at the Secretariat for the Rights of People with Disability and Active Ageing that elderly people living alone in the community are facing harsh times and there have been...

Government started this week resolute and decided to remove John Rolé, the iconic pioneer of foster care in Malta, from his post at Agenzija Appoġġ only to retract it the day after...

In the aftermath of the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris, people have been taking a closer look at our freedom of expression. In the West we value this freedom. It is part of the...

Until a few years ago, the Catholic Church hadn't officially apologised for what it had done to Galileo Galilei. This Italian man had proved that the world was hardly the centre of the universe, as...

When it comes to debating spring hunting in Malta (or rather hunting in general), irrelevant to whatever side of the debate you take, there is no easy way to tread lightly on the topic. To a...