A couple of days ago, I went to visit some friends on a farm situated close to Mt Carmel Hospital. It was around 8pm and the only way to access the venue was by driving up the road leading to Mt...

That is the Maltese saying for several situations where a good opportunity lands on the lap of someone unable to exploit it. Maybe our readers can try to find a proper English translation...

At all times, confrontations arise between old customs and ones that might not be new but which already seem different to those of old. The clash is frequently experienced as a tension between...

In a speech delivered on Monday to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Janet Yellen, US Treasury Secretary, made the case for a global minimum tax applicable to multinational corporations...

We are living in anomalous times. A year before the next election (assuming it is held on time, whether we are out of the pandemic or not)  the party in government seems in doubt how it can come...

Our days have become characterized by a series of drum rolls.  One announcement after another reaches our social media, news reports, our radio and television shows and our daily...

I had long given up on watching or following Formula 1 races. The reasons are essentially two: firstly having the same driver winning the spoils year in, year out, loses much of the thrill and...

In the ongoing polemics and quite obscure campaigns arising from the accusations and newly available information about what happened or did not happen during the last ten years, it has become an easy...

To say that the past few weeks have brought turmoil to our country is an understatement.  Many people are demanding that Labour politicians show repentance. The demand is not just about the need...

Recently the Government issued a White Paper for consultation: ‘Towards the strengthening of the legal framework on the responsible use of cannabis’, a document which, in my opinion, is...