Today is the day chosen by the United Nations as the World Day against trafficking in persons.    Malta is joining the global Blue Heart Campaign to raise awareness about this heinous...

As I write this, the country is waiting for the publication of the conclusions of the public inquiry on the heinous assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia. The day it happens will be an important...

One of the defence mechanisms that are being built up against climate change seeks to promote “green” investments and penalise those backing processes and projects that will end up...

I followed two presentations given recently about “Mediterranean” food and how good it can be, not just by way of tastiness, but health-wise as well. Among the ingredients that make...

The protest began in the United States in the Covid-free days of 2016 and became a pre-match feature of football games and other sports around the world last year as the worldwide Black Lives Matter...

The tourism lobby, through the MHRA (Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association), is once more breathing down the authorities' neck. Some of their former employees have not returned, after the...

This week has been one of endless mirth and entertainment. Ever since Bernard Grech announced the appointment of Chris Peregin to drive the Nationalist Party’s election campaign all sorts of...

Travelling for young people was an essential in the formation of their educational life and for the pleasure it brought.  One of the overlooked consequences of the COVID19 pandemic has been the...

This is what Malta will do in order to make sure that we, as a country sustain our resilience and our competitiveness:  * Strengthen and prioritise a compliance and enforcement culture. Nurture a...

General elections loom, and not just in Malta. They will have to be held in the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic. What impact could this have? Recent state elections in Germany produced a result...