The issue of migration should have never become a political football. But it has. Europe continues to brace for an unprecedented human tide that continues to rise and increase in numbers. Last...

There is no doubt that, at face value, the government can boast with the country’s employment figures. The unemployment rate in Malta is the second best, behind Germany, in the European...

As the human tide of refugees and asylum seekers continues to move into Europe, Pope Francis announced that his two convents at the Vatican were to take in refugee families. In his homily yesterday,...

Syria is in complete meltdown and Europe – with its laws and attitude towards the problem – quite simply cannot cope.  As I write, thousands of asylum-seekers are stranded at Budapest...

While everyone complains about the unbearable humidity, elsewhere, teams of scientists around the world have spent most of the year quietly turning the future into the present. Just stop and think...

“We are all different. There is no such thing as a standard or run-of-the-mill human being, but we share the same human spirit. However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can...

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This country is celebrating the 450th anniversary of the 1565 Great Siege when Malta withstood a much larger invading force of Ottoman Turks after a three-month long siege and the death of thousands...

The United Nations recently reported that the number of refugees, asylum seekers and displaced people has exceeded 50 million people worldwide for the first time since WWII. UNHCR records show...

I refer to the press release issued by the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association (TMID, 13 January)....