The local councils were set up as an institution in the early 1990s and were even inserted in the Constitution soon afterwards. They have had their ups and downs and took some time to be accepted...

In the wake of Russia's aggression, my recent visit to Kyiv as the Minister for Culture of Malta took significance, particularly with the beautiful cultural event that unfolded-an...

                          Like it or hate it, one has to admit that...

I doubt whether they’re noticing what is happening. However those who regularly write to lament about how in their view Malta under a Labour administration has become Sodom and Gomorrah, are...

One of the main pillars of the public administration in Malta has been – and continues to be – administrative secrecy. The public administration, in order not to be held accountable, goes...

Labour was stunned. Barely one year after Abela’s landslide victory the polls showed that PN was ahead.  A 39,474 vote lead had been squandered. Labour found itself at a 5,000 vote...

Last Tuesday, the Auditor General published a report entitled A Review of the employment agreement of the Consultant to the Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Tourism Studies. It addresses my...

This time last year we spent some days relaxing in Gozo, in an apartment overlooking Mgarr Harbour. They were sunny yet stormy days.  I spent hours, starting when it was still dark, watching the...

From a certain point of view, controversies about the environment are controversies regarding what we will leave behind us. Many changes are carried out in our times for our times, but in reality most...

We hear numerous calls for a change in the economic “model” that has been implemented up to now, as well as presumably calls for a new one that needs to be drafted. The “model”...