The populism which is spreading across the political scene of the West carries a fundamental contradiction. On the one hand, it is clearly reaping the support of ever widening strata of the working...

It had long been coming and was even promised in Labour's 2022 general election electoral manifesto. In November 2022, Prime Minister Robert Abela publicly committed himself to the idea that a debate...

The comment made recently by Donald Trump about how he would be ready as US President to again take control of the Panama canal served as a reminder of how the name of this country is linked to wider...

Fort Chambray in Għajnsielem, overlooking Mgarr Harbour, Gozo embodies centuries of resilience, culture, and identity. The Order of St John built the fort in the mid-18th century as a bastion of...

In the morning Robert Abela was philosophising to his adoring public: "National unity remains the foundation of everything". By the evening he was inciting the masses, fomenting division and warning...

Zager and Evans had in mind the year 2525 rather than 2025 in a science fiction-themed pop song "In the Year 2525" released in 1969. The song explores the potential future of humanity through a...

Last Monday, after ADPD-The Green Party submitted its appeal to the Constitutional Court on the electoral system case, a number of news outlets reported this fact as a news item. It would be...

I have often been asked by laypeople why it is that lawyers entering an appearance in front of our courts have to always be toga-clad unless exceptionally exempted by the presiding judge or...

I spent a considerable part of the last afternoon of the year people-watching. Sitting in a car in the year's last afternoon sun while plane after plane came in to land bringing more and more...

A large-scale project suggested for Fort Chambray in Gozo and the removal of a British barracks structure in the same area has now received the green light from the Planning Authority. Plans to...