Malta’s continental shelf is the largest and most valuable asset of this country. Its area is more than three times the size of Sicily and includes hydrocarbon and other mineral resources worth...

A government is strong neither because it has garnered a comfortable majority nor because it seeks to act so. Staying power comes from the attitude of the government and the people in charge of the...

The enforcement against and the prosecution of certain crimes in Malta is, at times, severely lacking. Apart from the perpetual traffic and littering violations, two highly contentious examples spring...

        On my return to my homeland Malta, I had the privilege of attending two lectures given by Dr Micheline Galley at the University of Malta. This was the inspiration...

        For many years, the Department of Classics and Archaeology has been teaching Latin to seminarians at the University of Malta. In 1989, Prof. Vella, at the...

        As part of my MA research at the Department of History of Art, University of Malta, I am conducting a study on the British artist Charles Allingham (c1778-1850)....

        The moral decadence and decline that has gripped the United States and Europe is slowly but surely reaching our shores and taking us by storm. Under the pretext...

        The local media recently published several write-ups on Pope Francis to mark the first anniversary of his pontificate. None of them mentioned his most...

        Many have dreamt of immortality, but can it be achieved?   If you have a clone of yourself and then pass on your memory to him/her, virtual immortality...

        People, local and foreign, visit the Ta’ Pinu basilica in Għarb, Gozo by the busload every day. The toilets in the vicinity are large enough to take a...