An old Greek proverb says that “the beginning is half of every action”. It has – and always will be – my guide while serving in a public office. Getting things started is a...

Fr Geoffrey G Attard   Having been born in Malta at the end of the seventies in a traditionally Catholic family in a relatively traditional environment makes it difficult for me to...

When Angela Merkel recently proposed changes to the marriage act in Germany, she immediately stated that there would be a free vote on the issue. The Germans are very wise when it comes to ethical...

In his autobiography, author Anthony Burgess wrote that, after he delivered a lecture on pornography and censorship at the University of Malta in 1970, "a fat Franciscan made a throat-cutting...

Yesterday, the Roman Martyrology commemorated the Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Pope Saint Pius X had assigned this date for the celebration of this great feast. This...

This is a tale of the unethical behaviour of an estate agent in the north of the island, and the rather ‘irregular’ practice of a notary chosen by the buyer. For obvious reasons those...

Regrettably I cannot but disagree with Dr Simon Busuttil’s position. I agree with Simon that the Party has to face social realities.   The social reality is that the vast majority...

After years and years of constantly cutting and reducing itself, better times seem to be coming for the national airline, judging at least from what Minister Konrad Mizzi said in a parliamentary...

In other European countries the private oil companies make a profit on the sale of petrol, while the governments concerned collect duties and taxes on such sales. Here in Malta, the government...

What had started out with no insignificant amount of hype and hyperbole ends with something of a fizzle today as Malta’s term of office in which it held the Presidency of the European Union...