If any Everton manager could ill afford the club’s worst home defeat to Liverpool for 39 years, it was Rafael Benitez. The Spaniard was not accepted by many Toffees supporters from the minute he was appointed in June due to his pre...

Pope Francis will on Sunday return to the island of Lesbos, the migration flashpoint he first visited in 2016, to plead for better treatment of refugees as attitudes towards migrants harden across Europe. On the second day of a landm...

Validation of non-formal and informal learning is a process that identifies, assess, and formally certifies the knowledge, skills, and competences earned throughout life through non-formal and informal learning. The scope of validati...

A motorist was seriously injured in an early Sunday morning crash in Valletta Road, Mosta. The police said the Italian man, 28, lost control of his Honda CB600F and fell off. The accident happened at about 4am. A pillion rider, anoth...

Watching the snowy football last Sunday was like a nostalgic and enjoyable trip down memory lane. Although all major grounds in England now have undersoil heating, in the games I watched the heating couldn’t keep up and the green g...

With a population of less than a thousand people, Għasri is the smallest of Gozo’s villages. It can still be considered one of the quietest spots on the island of the three hills. Despite its small population Għasri has a relativ...

On the occasion of the Day of the Mediterranean, which was celebrated last Sunday, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Evarist Bartolo visited Mater Boni Consilii St Joseph School, Paola. The minister was welcomed by two studen...

At the last assembly of the Archdiocese of Malta, another phase of reflection on the theme ‘One Church, One Journey’, promulgated by Archbishop Charles Scicluna in 2020, was initiated. “A Church that welcomes” invites all peo...

Maltese Olympic Committee president Julian Pace Bonello believes that the only way athletes can thrive in major sporting events is if authorities continue to invest heavily in local talent and more importantly include sport as an int...

Currently, IT jobs and careers are very competitive, and the better individuals get the best career offers. But there is still ample space for anyone interested in moulding a career in the digital sector. There are enough opportuniti...

Second Sunday of Advent: Today’s readings: Baruch 5:1-9; Psalm 126:1-6; Philippians 1:4-11; Luke 3:1-6.   Last August, Greg Epstein, author of Good Without God. What a Billion Non-Religious People do Believe, was elected president...

A number of jewellers in Valletta’s St Lucia Street are facing eviction as the foundation administering St John’s co-cathedral seeks to expand its office footprint and improve museum security. The jewellers all lease building spa...

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After 16 years in charge of Europe's biggest economy, the first thing Angela Merkel wants to do when she retires from politics is take "a little nap". But what about after that? The veteran chancellor has been tight-lipped about what...

Prime Minister Robert Abela dismissed even the idea of discussing improvements to the law that safeguards standards in public life. Most people don’t care, I grant him that. No one who cares thinks the current system works. A stand...

“Whoever is responsible must stop ignoring the people.” That damning accusation did not come from the opposition. This was former cabinet minister and sitting Labour MP Joe Mizzi speaking in parliament. Labour’s pristine image ...

It’s easy for many to ignore World Aids Day. After all, HIV and AIDS have long been considered by many to be an issue that only concerns Africa and the LGBT community (even though we have been shown time and time again that it is n...

Inflation in the eurozone accelerated to the highest level on record in November, preliminary data by Eurostat showed on Tuesday, prompting further questions about what the European Central Bank’s next move will be with respect to ...

God and suffering A survey by the Pew Research Centre found that few Americans blame God when bad things happen in their lives. It also found that 91 per cent of Americans believe in God or some supreme being. Ninety per cent of Cath...

Whenever the subject of the December 1989 Malta Summit between US President George Bush and Soviet Chairman Mikhail Gorbachev is raised, the first thing that is inevitably referred to is the weather.  The image of the two most power...