Ethics is often defined as what we ought and ought not to do. It has been deliberated by philosophers for ages but before that communities had ways of identifying what was “good” for their...

The European Union is a global leader in setting ambitious targets to improve the sustainability of its member states and influencing third countries to do the same. Recently, the European Commission...

The economic belt is tightening. Rising prices across Europe have made pretty much everything more expensive. Some of these burdens (such as rising food prices) are being shouldered by the consumer,...

On Wednesday, Ukraine celebrated its Independence Day.  But it was not a quiet day in the country. Russian forces on that day launched a rocket attack on a Ukrainian train station, killing 25...

Heat stress is a common, yet often ignored hazard in our workplaces. While it is widely recognized that heat stress can pose a serious health hazard to workers, employers may not realize that...

Margaret Atwood is of course the well-known Canadian author of, among others, The Handmaid's Tale (1985) and The Blind Assassin (2000). She wrote this book in 2008 when the world was battling the...

Oh yes it does, but for some reason various acquaintances of mine have been expressing both shock and displeasure at the fact that we, in sunny Malta, have experienced a few unseasonable downpours of...

An exhibition of 10 sketches and 25 oil paintings titled The Gold of Malta by French-Maltese artist Martine Rigaud-Busuttil opens today Thursday 18 August at the Malta Society of Arts' seat Palazzo de...

After 11 years, since its last visit in 2011, the Italian Navy Training Ship Amerigo Vespucci, carrying the Italian Naval Academy 1st year midshipmen, will enter the port of Valletta on 26 August,...

Baden Powell Scouts Malta have returned from a five-day trip on the North Slope of Etna at Statella Park Randazzo in Sicily. Fifty-three scouts and scout leaders represented by Scout Troops from...