More than half of restaurant bookings have been cancelled over the Christmas period due to the surge in COVID-19 cases, with patrons either in quarantine or exercising caution, according to the Association of Catering Establishments....

Three debates related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) topics were recently held for primary, middle school and secondary students respectively, organised by the Science Centre, Pembroke, at the Directorate ...

For those of you wondering just what is going to befall us in the coming year, here it all is: Sylvanus’s predictions for 2022 laid out before you.  January: Karl Stagno Navarra is made official spokesperson for the PL (I thought ...

The untimely death, in 2010, of artist Isabelle Borg, at just 51 years of age, deprived the Maltese art scene of an original protagonist who explored myriad themes, some of which in rather unconventional ways. Besides leading a very ...

Having as few crossings as possible in road networks saves expenses on traffic lights and flyovers, significantly reduces noise and air pollution, and allows traffic to travel faster. In mathematics, road networks (and all other type...

Animals may not make use of Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, but many of them form social networks that are complex and have a drastic effect on the survival of the members of that community and of other communities. The social status...

Teachers from St Ignatius College primary school, Siġġiewi, recently attended a three-day training course in Ljubljana, Slovenia, together with peers from schools in Ireland, Spain and Slovenia, to exchange ideas about STEM project...

World number 14 Denis Shapovalov has tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving in Sydney, he said Sunday, highlighting the virus threat to the Australian Open. The 22-year-old was among the first players to enter Australia ahead o...

“As the European Union makes strides with the Fit-for-55 package, the Social Climate Fund ensures nobody gets left behind,” MEP David Casa recently said. The Social Climate Fund will enable Europe to significantly cut down on its...

The Malta Basketball Association has been given the responsibility by FIBA to host the European Championship for Small Countries in 2022. The continental championships bring together the basketball countries in the lower-tier of th...

Musician Dean Montanaro recently completed an undergraduate course at Codarts University of the Arts in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. During the last four years, he studied with highly-acclaimed teachers, specialising in jazz music and...

The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulation of 2015 introduced a series of measures to gradually reduce the use of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) over a period of eight years. This has been happening through a series of bans introduced...

There might be a good argument in conceiving of Mattia Preti as a Maltese artist. He most definitely was not, but consider­ing he spent over half his active life in Malta, during which he seems to have blended well with all strata o...

As an unprecedented pandemic took root, the vast majority of countries around the world last year introduced measures to try keep the numbers down and avoid the potential collapse of their health systems. And as a new COVID-19 varian...

South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died Sunday at the age of 90, was the moral compass of his beloved "Rainbow Nation", never afraid to speak truth to power, whatever its creed or colour. A tireless activist, he won the Nobel...

Arbitration is a form of alternative dispute resolution which is used to resolve a dispute/s outside the judiciary courts. The dispute will be heard and decided upon by one or more persons who are referred to as arbitrator/s. An arbi...

In the sporting lulls brought about by the wave of postponed football matches, I’ve been doing a bit of thinking about the upcoming Winter Olympics taking place in Beijing early next year. In recent weeks, several countries – Bri...

Australian super maxi LawConnect snatched an early lead in the annual Sydney to Hobart race Sunday as a Covid-depleted fleet of 88 yachts embarked on one of the world’s toughest ocean events. LawConnect hit the front ahead of SHK S...

Digital’s role in our lives has reached new heights, with more people spending more time doing more things online than ever before. At the click of a button, we can shop for groceries, book for appointments and our dinner delivered...

Inspiring hope Commenting on the persecution of Christians by Muslim extremists in West Africa, Bishop Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe of Makurdi, Nigeria, said: “Our role as God’s ministers is that of inspiring hope. The pain is great, an...