There have been many to claim that a change is needed in how economic growth is being sustained and managed. An essential component of this change would have to be the deceleration of growth in some...

The greater the outreach of social media, the greater the spread of false or manipulated news. Since antiquity, the practice has been for false news to be propagated  about ongoing events in...

If there is one thing that both political parties represented in the House of Representatives totally agree upon, and endorse unreservedly, is the politics of clientelism. Like COVID 19, this is a...

Robert Abela is a genius. He’s come-up with a cunning plan. He’s placated public anger over the massive overpopulation, by announcing he’ll take steps to limit importation of...

The politics of retribution has been around for quite some time. It is what comes to mind when watching or reading the news from the Middle East over the past days. Retribution, or revenge, is a...

Mental health and financial capability are intricately intertwined, each affecting the other in a complex relationship. While financial difficulties can be a source of stress and anxiety, poor mental...

At the election held last Sunday in Poland the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) lost to Opposition leader Donald Tusk and his Civic Platform party alongside two smaller partners who won a combined 248...

The carnage that is going on in the Middle East is a tragedy of mammoth proportions. For the past long and desolate 75 years, a land no bigger than 30,000 km2, has witnessed endless cycles of...

What a pity it is that the referendum in Australia about aboriginal rights has given a negative result. It should have signalled that Australia had at last come to grips with the huge injustices...

Will it be built or not? The latest authoritative statement about the Gozo tunnel (in the document on a regional strategy for Gozo) stated that the project is being reconsidered. All understood...