Globalisation is supposed to have spread world-wide the gospel of free trade. In its name, numerous customs tariffs have been dismantled as well as many other barriers that were meant to keep...

Foreigners who live in Malta or who are tempted to live here still consider that our country is an attractive one. What they still seem to prize are the island’s small size, the climate, plus...

It is said that when things started to get a bit uneasy for Roman Emperors, they would promptly organise a tournament of gladiatorial games in the Colosseum – a spectacle that apparently used to...

There are these two young fish swimming along and they meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, “Morning, boys. How’s the water?” And the two young fish...

Roderick Galdes was caught in the act.  The courts concluded that “voters were deceived, led to commit criminal offences”.  99 people were registered as living in...

For the period 2022-2027, our government is made up of no fewer than 18 ministers and eight parliamentary secretaries. The current cabinet is slightly smaller than the one Robert Abela had when he...

It is true what they say. You really get to know a person when they are under pressure. And this has become so evident in the case of the Prime Minister, who under the combined pressures of the...

More than four months ago we discussed the possible impacts of the EU emissions trading scheme on shipping emissions. This was effective as of the first day of the current year. Specifically, this was...

Our country is currently in the midst of an election campaign, at what’s an important fork in the road for the present and future of our country. This year’s democratic exercise can shape...

“My men let me down, unfortunately.” The Head of the Police was speaking in the first years of the post-1987 PN administration after a Labour mob was allowed by the police to rampage...