Over the last forty years, the overwhelming grip that the free market concept has acquired over how economic policy is run resulted in a total loss of the prestige which planning previously...

It’s my birthday, well soon enough.  Like most who go beyond the 50-year mark (gee 51, and I feel that age with all the nooks and crannies that come with the package!) it becomes a moment...

As the silly season slowly takes over and people follow the Euro 2020 football pitch more than the political arena, I grasped the opportunity of the subsiding pandemic to make a few home visits in our...

It is true that as is often said, in its economic and financial policies the EU attaches much importance to small and medium sized enterprises (smes). It can hardly do otherwise since they account for...

Tonio Fenech, former Finance Minister, has been resurrected onto a political platform to share his views in a recent political activity held at Verdala Palace. The environment, he said, does not win...

Well, of course, it was a German who lit the fuse. This time in the figure of Foreign Minister Heiko Maas who came out calling for the European Union to get rid of the right for individual member...

Last Sunday’s announcement of the monthly opinion poll by MaltaToday was welcomed in the PN heartland by the sound of total silence. There was a time when the results of the poll would be...

The travel bug is here, both in its virulent form and in its “can’t wait to board a plane” version. Eagerly waiting for the green light for safe travel, just to keep us in the...

Forget about Parliamentary democracy or the concept of checks and balances or the issue of the supremacy of the Constitution.  Forget about the writings about the separation of powers and about...

In the national conference organised last week by President George Vella the impact of social media on the everyday life of our people often came under discussion. As one would expect, a focus was on...