When his Agriculture minister Anton Refalo told Italian journalists that he did not know who Toto Riina was, Robert Abela leapt to his defence. And what better way is there to protect your embattled...

As we prepare to go to the polls, it is worth remembering that voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, to this country and to the world.  Voting in Malta used to be...

Malta's public administration runs on a digital infrastructure built outside Europe. Government office automation is foreign. The state cloud is foreign. School systems are foreign. The platforms on...

Honesty is often treated as a basic rule we learn early in life, but its real importance becomes clearer in everyday, personal situations. Choosing not to lie isn't just about "being good" - it shapes...

Malta's busiest short-sea ferry carries more than a million passengers each quarter. Yet the ledger tracking its traffic tells two different stories at opposite ends of the crossing. On paper, the...

The electoral campaign has started. The first statements have been made. The basic message can reasonably be understood as being contained in the different electoral slogans the political parties have...

In a context where neither of the main parties are currently talking about the issues of deep poverty and hardship, it is imperative to find out what key swing voters think about such issues. You...

The previous day he was in Nicosia for the European summit, rubbing shoulders with the high and mighty (the new Hungarian guy, still waiting to be appointed, was not there).  All apparently...

It's decision time again. On May 30, the people will choose their government for the next legislature. Prime Minister Robert Abela is seeking his second term. The Nationalist Party has been in...

One doubts whether the metro project will provide any traction to the political parties in coming weeks. The PN was the first to dream about a metro for the elections of 2017 and then forgot all about...