Last week the relatively newly appointed Environment and Planning Review Tribunal overturned a decision by the Planning Authority, a decision in which the latter had turned down an application for a...

As Dean of the Faculty for Social Wellbeing I feel compelled to call for serious-minded reflection on this delicate matter. The starting point of this debate needs to be focused on a human rights...

With the advent of social media, even those with little grasp of this inexpensive but powerful tool, has turned into a micro media house.  Users convey every kind of information and vent all...

It is as amusing as it is presumptuous, but there seems to be an obvious scramble for the post of king or queen in Maltese journalism and blogging since Daphne Caruana Galizia’s horrid demise....

The suspicion is that in today’s world, as the use of computers multiplies – likewise use of means of transport – emergencies that affect public security can arise more quickly and...

Strictly speaking, carnival started out as a religious festival. It was a period during which meat was consumed before the forty days of fasting that immediately followed. The...

‘Liberal’, ‘feminist’ – these are adjectives that, to most people with a modicum of decency, would be a compliment, and yet every day I see them directed at individuals...

It always helps to look at the wider picture. Last week, Latvia found itself at the centre of two, not one, national crises. The two are unrelated. The governor of the Central Bank was...

Planning application Ref. No. PA 11067/17 for the development of a new McDonald’s outlet on the outskirts of Żabbar is one of the latest attempts to nibble at our ODZ land. As readers are...

This weekend the Malta Marathon will be held, as usual.  Runners come to participate from several countries including our own island.  The event this year will have a greater importance for...