No accidents or mishaps have been reported in the past days as a result of the first rainwater downpours. This does not however signify that all is well. A quick look at our streets, when it is...

At the time of writing, the Mediterrane Film Festival is being promoted on the national broadcaster, as it was set to be aired on Friday night at prime time. I have no doubt that by the time you will...

Malta's leading newspapers have their fair share of political cartoons and caricatures, week in and week out. I make it a point not to miss out on any one of them. Why? Just as much as they can be...

I suppose we have to thank the incompetent people at TVM for the latest attempt at mass insurrection. You wouldn't find RAI, France I or 2 or any serious broadcaster running as its main news item...

Neil Agius is an extraordinary human being. He completed a world record 140km non-stop swim around Malta, Gozo, and Comino. The weather did not take kindly to his noble initiative (that of...

I cannot know whether I'm the only one to be finding that something strange is happening - it relates to the distance that one notices between the discourse that is deployed by government and...

As the Labour Party's top officials and CEOs of leading agencies and entities in Malta come and go with dizzying speed and regularity, even well-informed political commentators are left clutching...

I agree that Glenn Micallef, Malta's Commissioner designate for the upcoming European Commission did rather well in the choice of sectors that President von der Leyen allocated to him to run (if he...

On 8 July the Council of the European Union  ruled that "an excessive deficit exists in Malta due to non-compliance with the deficit criterion".  On 24 August the Malta Fiscal Advisory...

What emerged last year from a study conducted by Faculty of Social Wellbeing was shocking to read. Loneliness is rampant in this country, with 54.6% of Maltese saying they feel alone. Loneliness is an...