Although the younger generations do not recall restrictions on trade, Malta has experienced moments in history when everything which had to be imported required a licence. ...

Nothing perhaps better illustrates the non-seriousness of the demonstration today than Tony Zarb’s choice of words last Friday:...

The good, the bad and the ugly...

Most politicians sail with the wind. A few tack into the wind. Eddie Fenech Adami raised wind and threw the Maltese economy into a morass of national debt....

Some people are so surprising – or perhaps they are entirely predictable. ...

Judging by the amount of noise being made by the unions about the protest march tomorrow, one would think that Maltese workers were storming the Bastille in the thick of the French Revolution, blood dripping from their forehead. At issue, however, is hard...

I wish that…… elections in Iraq and Palestine bring stability in these countries and open fresh prospects for a tangible and lasting solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict....

The generous outpouring of cash and material donations for the victims of the tsunami (apart from the other successful fund-raising activities for local charities) has prompted some bright sparks to claim that there is no economic crisis after all, “you s...

Panto in Malta, the one at the Manoel Theatre, has become almost an institution. People flock to see it, getting a seat is difficult and this year was no exception....

Here follows a list of the great inventions and discoveries, in approximate chronological order, that in the course of history have made the world the utterly inimitable place it is:...