Two years ago, Michael O’Leary of Ryan Air warned us that the era of €10 air fares was over. This week Lufthansa announced that it will add environmental charges (up to €72) to its air...

Elections, especially the parochially contested ones, are on the whole farcical. But, as with all things funny, when humour is taken to stratospheric levels only tragedy can ensue. This is what...

All we needed was for a bolt of lightning to hit a game of the euros. And it did. In just a few days we have been inundated with strange happenings. Such as that there was a coup attempt in...

Four hundred seventy-six. This is the total number of councillors which will form part of our Local Councils following the elections held on June 8th across all localities in Malta and Gozo. ...

The argument between the Malta government and the European Commission (and as well the International Monetary Fund) about the energy subsidies that the govenrment has continued to provide, is in and...

I do not agree that Ursula von der Leyen has been an adequate President of the European Commission in the past few years. She did show certain managerial skills in how she explained and ran...

Everybody was stunned. Nobody was expecting the catastrophe that befell Labour on 8th June.  Labour was guaranteed a massive victory by all the polls - Maltatoday, it-Torca, the Times.  The...

During July 2023’s heatwave, in Malta, it was reported that 21 persons died of dehydration and other heat-related symptoms. The heatwave was compounded by repeated power cuts, which made matters...

A great deal has been said in the wake of the MEP and local council elections, to analyse the result which took most by surprise. Some sort of inroad by the Nationalist Party was expected, especially...

The June European Parliament (EP) and Local Council elections were the prime aim of this government, as they were adamant they wanted to give another crushing defeat to the PN opposition. In Gozo, the...