Malta’s fledgling EU presidency certainly has a lot to offer, particularly in terms of placing Malta more squarely on the European map than it has ever been before.   Not only will the...

Despite the political instability and security threats surrounding the Mediterranean coastline, in the heart of the region Malta and Gozo registered a 24 per cent increase in tourism last November,...

People looking at the same object might see different things. One person will see a glass half empty, while to another it will be half full. The same things might occur to different people and yet the...

There was little talk last Sunday, New Year’s Day, about terror and violence, just the pretence of waking up to a hopeful beginning.  The New Year is here, but it already it felt old...

How rich of Minister Helena Dalli to demand of church schools that they not employ teachers on the basis of their school’s ethos, when she employs an army of ‘persons of trust’ whose...

If gender-neutral toilets are to be a success, there are still fundamental issues to be resolved. After using the unisex loo, does one leave the seat up or down? Or, in the interests of hygiene rather...

Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once said: “I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.” This very aptly applies to the present...

On 2 February, the diocesan process of beatification (and possible subsequent canonisation) of Fr Avertan Fenech will be initiated at the Carmelite Church in Mdina by His Grace the Archbishop of Malta...

It seems to be the Labour Party’s destiny, that whenever it is in power, it misses an important appointment and that in a rather grand way. In 1997, when Malta was the European Capital of...

Charles Flores’s lament for the Nationalist Opposition (TMIS 1 Jan. 2017) has some qualities to commend it, but balanced analysis and accurate information are not among them. Take his...