Many times we’re criticised for editorial decisions that we make. It’s part of the job. It has happened again this weekend, when we chose to upload a story about the civil union of...

On the economic front it seems that as a country we are doing well. Not just doing well, but thriving on a tangible positive feeling that we can achieve, we can improve and we can do...

Astrid Vella of Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar has had nothing much to say, with or without a megaphone, for the last two years – though she broke her silence briefly to say how pleased she was...

It happens in all political families, so on a certain level there's nothing new. At the same time, it is surprising every time it happens, in whichever party or political body it...

At a time when the whole world was still reeling from the shocking news of hundreds of immigrants drowning just off Libya as they embarked on a trip they thought would change their fortunes forever,...

From time to time I am asked, usually by younger widows, for advice on bringing up children as a single parent. I don't like giving advice. Every single situation involves different personalities and...

Thursday's EU Heads of Government Summit was a summit of shame. Through its conclusions, the European Council showed once more that, collectively, it lacks the moral spine to address the xenophobic...

The truth is slowly coming to the surface.   Each corpse of child, man or woman that is lifted from the sea and every mental image of a sunken ship with 300 bodies locked in the hold, now...

The pre-summit meeting held in Brussels, among the Prime Minister of Italy, Renzi, the German Chancellor Merkel, Hollande of France and Cameron of Britain smacks of colonial arrogance. They met to...

 The tragedy which has engulfed the Mediterranean has left many people jolted and dumbstruck. After several tragedies on a smaller scale, it took this one to draw the attention of the entire...