“Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance” –...

Between a situation where abortion is considered as a human right and another one where it is considered as an abomination – that is the contrast I note every week when transiting between...

Our government has legislated in favour of lowering the voting age to sixteen; a move that began in 2013 when 16-year olds were given the right to vote in local council elections. However, this...

I have come to the conclusion that the Nationalist Party in its present format is taking a very wrong decision – it should stop or at least minimize references to corruption that the party was...

The policy document entitled 'A Proposal for Rent Regulation in Malta', published last week, has been endorsed by 17 NGOs that are mostly involved in the field of social action. It is a proposal for...

Parents often face a dilemma on how much discipline or not they should apply to their children's formation.   Nowadays boundaries are rather confused, eradicated or mis-guided. ...

This week Cabinet took a decision to approve Christopher Bartolo's request to leave prison on bail subject to a number of conditions until his case is decided by the Courts of law - the main condition...

The Italians are heading to the polls on Sunday but it is much less clear where the nation is heading. With roughly 40 percent still undecided on how they will vote, the outcome is still up in the...

The news that the Bulebel industrial estate needs extending is both good  and bad news. Good because it shows that manufacturing activity is increasing and more space needs to be provided for it....

Last week the relatively newly appointed Environment and Planning Review Tribunal overturned a decision by the Planning Authority, a decision in which the latter had turned down an application for a...