The media love a troublemaker and a stirrer. They will defend or attack, whoever is raking the muck, depending on the agenda of particular commentators, or the institution the particular media arm belongs to....

I have never hurt an animal – except for the creepy crawlies and annoying flies and mosquitoes – and I hate seeing animals in distress. When, some time ago, a days...

After the summer break, the doors of the country’s schools and institutions for higher education have reopened to enable almost one-fifth of the population to continue their studies at various levels....

Tourism projects are essential for promoting the idea that a country is aware of its natural heritage, but such projects are not easy to implement and need to take into account a num...

A seaman’s perspective of a DVD claiming the discovery of the site of St Paul’s shipwreck....

This missive comes to you from the fair city of Frankfurt. I’m here with a troop of Maltese expats to visit the International Book Fair that is being held over the weekend. Last night was mostly dedicated to savouring local foods. ...

Amid all the political uncertainty and market turbulence that is becoming a seemingly intractable feature of life in the euro area, there was one b...

Over a year on from fiercely contested general elections, Bosnia-Herzegovina remains without a state-level government; an unfortunate distinction it shares with Belgium, towards whom its future is almost ironically oriented...

Value added tax is common to every single member of the European Union. But the manner in which this ubiquitous tax is accounted for is subject to different national approaches...

So-called ‘impact investors’ – providers of capital to businesses that solve social challenges while generating a profit – are the current rage in economic development...