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...

It is amazing how a project that attracted so much criticism, and was used to sow so much hatred and discontent, is instilling a feeling of pride and admiration now that everyone can see and feel the...

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...

They say a picture has the power of a thousand words. Over the years, journalists, photo journalists, editors and news publications have published images that many have deemed shocking. Media houses...

Recent Eurostat figures have shown that Malta’s unemployment rate stands at 5.1% - the lowest rate ever recorded since the European Union’s statistical arm began documenting data from...

One of the most cherished freedoms which European Union citizens hold dear is that of borderless travel across the bloc. Yet yesterday, scenes of chaos were witnessed in Budapest, Hungary, as...

Criticism against the government’s proposals to change school opening times to alleviate traffic congestion is coming in thick and fast. It is becoming very clear that no one seems to know...

Over the past week, the health sector has been very much in the limelight. In today’s issue, we publish two worrying stories. One tells of the enormous strain that doctors at Mater Dei’s...