How was lifestyle satisfaction in Malta during 2020, the year of Covid-19? Some recent socialscientific surveys provide some interesting answers. Three quarters of Malta’s population were...

Recently the Faculty for Social Wellbeing designed and conducted a national survey.  The data was collected and compiled by Dr Vincent Marmara.  With a sample size of 600 persons, the data...

The news this week of €200,000 in EU funds going to a construction millionaire to build rubble walls provoked a few angry reactions on social media. Indeed, commentators expect EU tax-payer money...

At a meeting  held recently, I was told that the time has come to establish an arrangement by which persons and enterprises can get insurance with respect to a pandemic like Covid-19. It seems...

Muscat, Mizzi, Schembri keep dominating the news and they’re boring us to tears. We’re tired of the protracted saga in which they’re co-starring. People want justice, and they want...

Humanity is at war with nature. Isn’t it about time for peace? This is the basic message of António Guterres, United Nations Secretary General, in an address delivered at Columbia...

Let’s begin with the obvious, since it’s not clear that it is obvious to everyone who matters: Violence against women should be of serious concern to all of us.  Let’s be clear...

We find ourselves at a curious juncture.  On the one side, the numbers of people positive for the Covid infection are quite high. On the other hand the day of the vaccine is fast...

Here we go again.  That moment when you read or hear something which makes your stomach churn and you get that sinking feeling.  The ruling in the libel case against It-Torca by Occupy...

I cannot say that I am a stranger to Ministerial meetings at EU level.  I have been regularly attending various Council formations for the last 7+ years and had presided over two of them for six...