Malta is one of many climate-vulnerable islands.  Malta is not as vulnerable as the Maldives, which has an average altitude of 150 centimetres above sea-level and a highest natural point of 5.10...

It is amazing to see and appreciate the ingenuity of people even and especially in this Covid emergency. And also in this never-ending heat wave. Looking back, we can remember the many alarms we...

In my political career, I have worked closely, as a minister, with a wide variety of professionals and workers: I have worked with lawyers, judges and magistrates, artists and culture professionals,...

The ongoing big race between the US and China for who is going to become the world superpower shall continue for a number of years. Quite soon, China’s efforts picked up momentum and are still...

Floods across Europe. Blazing heat. Devastating fires across the globe. The planet’s last few days read like a biblical warning. We simply cannot continue to avoid the climate emergency. On...

The media and the chattering classes are focussed on the political and ancillary fallout of the Mallia report. No doubt this will be the case for some time yet. The national saga revolving around the...

This ongoing farce all over the globe of protesters insisting they have the freedom of refusing to follow anti-Covid19 rules or get vaccinated has included some huge, ugly scenes in places like Paris,...

The Gozo tunnel issue is once more on the agenda. It forms part of the Father Christmas politics of the Nationalist Party and the Labour Party. At a press conference earlier during the week,...

So the prime minister, last Sunday, announced a proposal to reform and upgrade the media being announced over the coming days. Considering how his administration has emerged battered from the...

Behind many of the conflicts between nature and society in our sunny islands, are the never-ending range of activities and hobbies that are a part of everyday life for the average family.  Mum,...