The year that has just passed has been a very active one on the local sports scene. Quite a few sports associations were involved in the organisation of a number events that attracted to Malta some very high profile fig...

It is with great sadness that I have heard of the attempt to alter the basement of the Casa Lanfreducci, an extension of the crypt of the neighbouring Our Lady of Victory church, for use in c...

When young Tony Blair took over the reins of government following a long Tory spell in power, he brought with him a sense of renewal. His spin doctors were quick to cash in on the national mood and I am sure that many readers of this paper remember t...

If the Labour Party does not make the same mistakes it made in the weeks leading up to the 2008 election, and I believe that they have learnt the lesson, it is ha...

What a place to be in! On one side, a Tunisia almost on the brink of a civil war. On the other hand, an Italy suffering the excruciating embarrassment – again – of seeing its prime minister embroiled in a girlie scandal....

It is amazing how events in Tunisia this week transformed themselves so quickly from small riots in the suburbs into a mass movement for change in the capital city, leadin...

Considering the bad press the Vatican and the Catholic Church have had to face and continue to face around the world with regard to the issue of paedophile priests, it is indeed strange...

Hermes the classical Greek God - and not the modern sartorial homonym - had “messenger of the Gods” as his main job descrip...

The recent criminal attacks against the Coptic Church in Alexandria form part of a new link in a chain of terrorist acts experienced by many countries in the world, which targeted thousands of innocent people of different faiths and races ...

The whole concept surrounding the European Capital of Culture was sparked in 1985 by Greek Culture Minister Melina Mercouri, developing today into a unique showcase as well as an effective platform for putting certain cities on the map...