Nationalist Party deputy leader for parliamentary affairs Mario de Marco last Friday made a sweeping statement that is rather uncharacteristic of him. He is usually very cautious when speaking in...

I love old houses.  I'm constantly in search of wrecks to unwreck and ruins to unruin.  It simply breaks my heart to watch ancient relics of our past, lovingly and masterfully...

In our political scenario any politician who takes to task one's own party gets a prepossessing black spot besides his or her name, so there you go, forget Clementia. Political parties consider...

The government and its key people have pulled out all the stops, especially since the budget, to reinforce the perception that Malta is bucking the EU trend and that its economy is booming. I...

But that's what tends to happen when the chief motivating factor is cronyism. For the last 20 months, the government has been actively placing friends, campaign workers and cronies on the public...

There are many bridges that we need to build but a good number of them are not the concrete and steel type. We need bridges to a consensual approach for national problems which stretch beyond a single...

It is easy to see how one can fall under the spell of magical Dubai with its awe inspiring sights of tall and brightly lit, shining, skyscraper designer buildings, gently touching the clouds, up high...

The introduction of Islamic banking is a new measure announced in this year's budget. To my big surprise, there was no political reaction from the main political parties. I expected to hear words of...

Just before Joseph Muscat was due to deliver his reply to Simon Busuttil's devastating speech in Parliament a day earlier, during PQ time, a cabinet minister looked at some of us directly in the eye....

One week in and Malta continues to be captivated, though not in a good way, by the seemingly endless saga of the Police Minister and his Glock-carrying drivers, one of whom released at least two, and...