What a Nottingham University professor told this newspaper last Sunday came as no surprise. An exercise carried out by The Malta Independent on Sunday last year specifically said the same things ...

“Overnight, we pushed an entire public transport system (infrastructure, fleet, funding, work-force, management, ticketing, scheduling,...

Although a baby’s first teeth usually develop while still in the womb, they actually start to emerge through the gums when the baby is around six months old. We call this process teething....

High-achieving nations treat their teachers as professionals. Professor Christopher Bezzina argues that true investment in our teachers has so far eluded the school improvement discussion...

European Commission documents, based on United Nations estimates, show that between 1993 (EC Opinion) and 1998 (EC Progress Report), the population of Turkish ...

In 15 years’ time, the UK’s net carbon emissions will have halved. This is no idle ambition: it is law. The Coalition Government ...

With a significant rise in climate-related spending, the budget proposal of the European Commission demonstrates a clear commitment to sustainable growth ...

As the sandstorm season in Libya gathers power and pace, the bright early colours of the Arab spring are fading alongside the hopes and promise of change for peoples too long suppressed by despotic and inert governments...

As the recent spate of deadly traffic accidents in Malta reminds us, road safety remains as great a concern as ever. Despite the fact that Malta’s roads are among the safest in the European Union, many of the incidents that occur are ...

We live in an age of competition, threats and challenges; surviving between problems, material as well as spiritual...