I always felt great sympathy towards Russia as a country, as a culture and towards its citizens as a people, even in Soviet times. I never could understand the reluctance of Western Europeans to...

In this country we have had direct experience of working with NATO. Most Maltese do not remember how this went. For apart from the very questionable Maltese  ongoing participation in the NATO...

Viktor Orban passed a “sovereignty law” that effectively allows him to access private information of his adversaries.  He’s created a Sovereignty Office, put one of his puppets...

The issue of the development of an adequate defence policy has been on the EU agenda for some time. This is not only the inevitable result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it also necessarily...

When in Gozo, travel apps, cab sharing apps, places of interest apps provide the users with identical directions towards Dwejra inland sea, Ta Pinu Shrine, Ta Dbiegi Crafts Centre, and other...

Citizenship education was introduced as a statutory subject in Maltese secondary schools quite some time ago. The Education Act of 1988, which was the prime mover of the national curricula of 1989 and...

Following subdued growth last year, the EU economy has entered 2024 on a weaker footing than expected.  The European Commission’s Winter Interim Forecast, published this week, revises...

The Carnival of Malta is almost 500 years old.   It is a strong legacy of intangible heritage which we have inherited from the times of the Knights of Malta. ...

Change is on everybody’s lips. Everybody wants to prepare for it and make it happen, everybody is promising it. Occasionally it is presented as a dismal affair which needs to be resisted....

Bookstores have practically vanished. Since I’ve been travelling regularly to Brussels these last ten years, about five to six shops I used to visit there have closed down. In Strasbourg during...