Having the elderly queue for the Covid-19 vaccine is not only unacceptable, but also dangerous. On Friday afternoon, a video published on social media showed elderly people queuing outside the...

Conflict of interest, along with clientelism, is one of the main problems in Maltese politics.  It is an issue that crops up almost on a daily basis, mainly due to the small size of the country...

When we talk about social housing, we are not talking about stone, but about humans. Those people whose lives are a constant challenge, with many ups and downs and sometimes bumps. Undoubtedly,...

On 4 March 1859, Archbishop of Malta Gaetano Pace Forno wrote to the Accademia di San Luca in Rome and explained that the (British colonial) government wanted to restore Mattia Preti's paintings on...

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What we witnessed on Wednesday with Gavin Gulia’s lightning-fast resignation from Parliament was a slap in the face of our democratic system. It was a devious chess game played by the...

Love it or hate it, many of us just don't 'get' it. More than a century since this enigmatic outlaw stormed the castle and claimed the throne, abstract art still manages to cause a stir. As three of...

Throughout the annals of history, Malta has been visited by many dreaded diseases and wars.  Perhaps never in its 7,000-year-old history was Malta besieged in such a ferocious manner as during...

Eighty years ago, Malta was going through one of the darkest chapters in its history. 16 January 1941 would mark the start of the first air raids on the Maltese Islands by the German air force, the...

Looking ahead is where our focus should be. The past year has been what it has been, with some circumstances bringing to light the need to be more prepared, and the need to help out certain sectors....