The recent news that Prime Minister Robert Abela had resurrected a proposal to turn over two areas – Mizieb and Ahrax - to the hunting lobby under a formal agreement has caused widespread...

Beginning with a cluster of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan, China, this novel coronavirus has spread with alarming speed, shaking the foundations of health systems, economies, and...

Late last month, the Malta Football Association decided to prematurely end all competitions under its remit, except for the Premier League and the FA Trophy, because of the Coronavirus...

I must excuse myself to the readers and staff of this newspaper, for having stopped writing for such a long time. The reason is simple − I was overwhelmed by events. On the health front, it...

Eight valid candidates have applied for the post of new Police Commissioner, and the Public Service Commission will undoubtedly have a tough time to narrow the list down to just two.  For the...

After every cataclysmic event, one tends to think that the world will never be the same.  This time it is true that in certain ways the world must change. Global history is laden with such...

It seems that the activities which annoy and disturb most Maltese people – except, of course, those who benefit from them or enjoy them – are the only ones that have not been hit by the...

In these weeks of lockdown, during which parents and teachers have had to organise themselves differently to provide resources in Maltese to students, Merlin Publishers have been doing their utmost to...

Today's diary comes from South Africa where I have been several times, sometimes on my way to a conference or seminar in Botwana, staying on the way with the parents of a dear friend of mine who was...

A hundred or so people huddled together in the Phoenicia ballroom. An actual, not virtual or distant, symposium celebrating a man born a century before to the day. Science fiction? Today, a few weeks...