Few, if any, among the non-prejudiced and unbiased, should have any doubts over Robert Abela’s quick settling-down in the premier’s seat of power and his preparedness for the next...

The Malta Tourism Authority has announced that, during 2019, the Maltese Islands received a record 2.75 million tourists, an impressive jump from the 2010 figure of 1.33 million.  We are told...

A certain playwright once wrote something which roughly said that a rose would still smell like a rose even if it was called a cabbage. TVM and all state broadcasting spout propaganda of the...

Each political party comes with its own particular history, background and DNA. I cannot remember the Labour Party going through the same traumatic days as the Nationalist Party went through last...

The difference between training and education is that one teaches you to do the other teaches you to think and possibly how to do it better.  Here in Malta, there can be quite an unnatural...

The murder of 34-year-old mother of two Chantelle Chetcuti in Zabbar this week, made all the news headlines. It shocked the country and discussions on social media focused about the need for action....

Malta's business sector should not be placed under a bad light so that it can keep growing and, in turn, the country will too, Economy Minister Silvio Schembri said on Indepth. Schembri was asked...

Internal "organisational justice" needs to be the first step which takes place for people to start regaining faith in the police force after it was rocked by a recent overtime scandal, lawyer and...

Even though I could not attend it, the (delayed) ceremony for the allocation of national book prizes for 2019 held at end January triggered for me memories of literary developments in Malta. Some went...

A variety of social policy areas deserve attention in Malta. These exist in a context of social and environmental change which require sustainable policy making. Incidentally, a few weeks ago the...