In 1982 Istvan Szabo's film Mephisto won the best foreign film Oscar.  It told the story of a stage actor in 1930s Germany who achieved success, becoming head of the Berlin State Theatre, by...

The scene is a cold January morning on the way to work, driving by a bloody billboard proudly telling us to own the flow; whatever that means. Brewing a feeling of distaste and discomfort at that...

The Commissioner for Public Standards, Chief Justice Emeritus Joseph Azzopardi, has now ruled several times that lying in Parliament is permissible.  He has done so on the flimsy excuse that the...

Obstructions on pavements nullify pedestrian mobility rights, primarily those of the most vulnerable amongst us. One of the primary culprits of this land grab is the catering industry. This is...

Ever since the name of Gozo's ministry changed to Ministry for Gozo and Planning, we have seen very little evidence of any planning being done within the ministry. The Ministry of Gozo calls it a...

As Malta moves closer to introducing automatic enrolment (AE), the debate is rightly widening. We are no longer just talking about contribution rates, opt-out windows, or default funds. We are...

There are moments in public life when a single sentence reveals far more than the speaker intended to mean. This week, Malta was given such a moment when the Prime Minister, asked about global...

The opening of the forensic year Both the Chief Justice and the President of the Chamber of Advocates raised some points in their respective speeches that will surely have raised an eyebrow or...

One of the most common delusions that heads of government have in democracies is that the fact that they and only they decide on the dates of the election gives them a special power. That power...

Malta's economy is doing well, and the people are optimistic about the future. This is in deep contrast to other EU member states. The situation in Malta is not a matter of luck. It is the result of a...