If I had to point at one single festival which captivates the attention of a whole nation, that would certainly be Mużika Mużika – the celebration of Maltese talent and...

Since the end of the Second World War, collective security on the European continent, and with it, peace, has been a priority. The founding fathers of the European Union themselves, aware of the...

Although expected, the election victory of the Rassemblement National (RN), the party of the extreme right in France, made big waves in the contry as a whole. For the first time under the Fifth...

The language used about waste in running the country’s affairs is a political one but it should not be allwoed to stay only that way. Questions about whether an entity is doing enough to ensure...

In an article which I wrote in The Malta Independent on Sunday, 21 January, 2024, when referring to the encroachment issue of the St George’s Basilica pjazza, I asked: Where does the buck...

At our local supermarket a cute four-year-old was running up and down the aisles while his parents were doing their shopping. Until a man, who I can only presume was his father, suddenly turned...

Fuelled by economic growth, industrialisation, mechanised transport, urbanisation, an increasingly sedentary lifestyle, and a nutritional transition to processed foods and high-calorie diets over the...

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...