European political parties come in many flavours but they do have some things in common, at least if they hope to govern well. Everyone? Well, almost. Not Joseph Muscat’s Labour...

Hungary’s Viktor Orban has been the most outspokenly against allowing Syrian refugees not just into his country but anywhere into the European Union. But of course, he is particularly against...

Somebody told me that certain academic staff at the University of Malta consider the proposal to set up a new University in the Cottonera area and at Zonqor in Marsacala as a threat too many. They...

The much acclaimed Life is Beautiful (1997) is a movie that many have seen with tears in their eyes and a smile on their face, in all probability, at the same time. In a jiffy Roberto Benigni manages...

The passing of a law allowing the vilification of religion is on the agenda of this Government. No doubt this law is being introduced to please a minority, many of whom are disillusioned Communists...

This is not about religion, privileges or concessions.  Nor is it meant to initiate any crusade. We have plenty of goings-on.  This is all about the negative signals which emanate from the...

In the last few days, the sport of tennis has given the world a number of stories that could serve as examples that go beyond the results obtained on the court and sport in general. They were...

Some MEPs seem to believe that financial services are sinful They consider them as an activity intended mainly to assist big multinatinal corporations evade taxes on their profits. It is true...

Justyne Caruana, the parliamentary secretary for the elderly, has caused a bit of a storm by saying – out of the blue – that a new law (for which there has been no white paper or evidence...

My earliest memory of Albert Mizzi goes back to April 1974 (I think) when I, a rookie journalist from Il-Hajja, was invited along with other journalists (including our Henry Brincat then at The Times) and travel agents to Air Malta’s inaugural flight to Munich. ...