The Italian media on Wednesday reported that its Coast Guard had saved some 1,000 migrants from dinghies close to the Libyan coast. In the past, we were used to sub-Saharan migrants making the...

The further opening up of public space and the additional pedestrianisation of Valletta as provided for in the plans for the revamp of Castille Square as announced on Monday are entirely...

The World Health organisation yesterday urged all countries in Europe to increase efforts to vaccinate young children against measles. Measles is not just a rash. It can lead to brain injury, and in...

“Don’t live the same year seventy-five times and call it a life.” In the March edition of FIRST, we celebrate International Women’s Day with in-depth features on women who are...

Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci Practically more than a year ago, on Saturday 26th October 2013, a conference which I consider to be historic was held at the University of Malta Valletta Campus -...

On Tuesday 17 March at 7pm, Flimkien għal-Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) will be holding a talk on "Maltese Balconies: Origins and Evolution" at the Corinthia Palace Hotel, Attard, which will be...

After two years we have come to know our prime minister better, we think. When he professes a certain contrition and admits that maybe things could have been done better regarding the Café...

The profile of "Jihadi John," the university-educated Londoner whose masked face is emblematic of the grisly executions by the Islamic State group, is vastly different from that of the...

It was a glitzy affair yesterday morning when the ‘Yes’ to spring hunting group launched their referendum campaign. By all appearances, it seems that the ‘Yes’ camp has...

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