Last week, Arnold Cassola stated that career ambitions may have been the reason why academics did not sign the Zonqor petition. This is partially true. Professor Cassola rightly used the conditional...

'However, the government had to take the necessary decisions so as not to have to introduce tough measures which would be needed if the economy regressed' - PM...

It’s news to make one feel good. According to the European statistical office Eurostat, the income of employees in Malta and Gozo has recently been increasing at a higher rate than the European...

Yesterday’s demonstration was the first clear message to the Labour government that we can’t all be bought, threatened or cowed into submission. As pro-environment demonstrations go, this...

Sooner or later, it had to happen. The continued, unabated, influx of asylum-seekers from the disturbed regions of the world, across porous frontiers and a treacherous Mediterranean, has now...

Two incidents occurred at the Freeport Terminal last week. The first led to the spill of an oily-like chemical when a container was accidentally hit and part of its contents spilled out into the sea....

I predicted on national radio last Sunday that Opposition leader Simon Busuttil’s forthcoming visit to the People’s Republic of China will be one of the major issues up for discussion by...

It would appear that the parliamentary sessions have reached an impasse.  Each attempt at public scrutiny is met with defence mechanisms that are bordering on contempt.   The atmosphere...

History is not a usual topic of controversy but the material generated through historical research can sometimes stir up debate. It falls within the branch of the so-called Humanities;a word that has...

When Stephen Sondheim wrote his classic “Send in the Clowns” back in 1973 he surely had no idea it would be so appropriate for Malta in 2015. The song is a very sad reflection on the...