Helena Dalli & Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley On 16 November, the world community observed the 19th International Day for Tolerance, recognising universal human rights and fundamental freedoms...

The presentation of the Budget is always a time of reflection for everyone.  It is an evaluation of what happened in the previous year and the way in which the current challenges will be...

This would have been unfathomable in my days. Obviously, as any zoologist can tell you, Turtles that are ninjas know ninjutsu. Certainly, they might know some other arts, especially given today's...

Angelo Micallef   The controversial British-Indian author of the well-known book Satanic Verses, Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie, once wrote: "Two things form the bedrock of any open society -...

The Global Gender Gap Report, comparing the situation of women in 2014 with that in 2013 in four particular areas of concern, included eight new countries in the Index. Five of these countries were...

Recent happenings involving members of government are really putting the taghna lkoll slogan in serious jeopardy. These antics remind us more of people in power in some obscure puppet republic...

There is a lot of expectation for tomorrow's Budget and until then all I will say is that this particular Budget will mark an important milestone in our political history because it will pave the way...

Manuel Dimech visited Montenegro in 1903 for just a few days. By this time, he had already formed the idea that Malta should be an independent country, free of its colonial masters and in charge of...

It's that time of the year again. This week the government will be presenting the Budget in which it will disclose its financial plans and the measures it will be taking to address the problems this...

Last week Germany commemorated the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Rightly so, because if there was one event in the 20th century that brought a happy ending to so much carnage,...