One feels that in a real sense, the government budget is no longer considered as central in the island’s political affairs. That was an objective set out by the Fenech Adami administration some...

This is a Country that fascinates me for so many reasons (mostly good ones).  That we have so much going on that is positive cannot be denied.  Most citizens have a decent quality of life,...

30 years ago, still a teenager, I walked into a building in Valletta, sat behind a desk, and started a full-time career in journalism. To put you in context, it was October 1986, the month before...

With the US presidential election scheduled for November 8, I delved into some quotes from past US elite.   I have picked three.  I will deal with the recent local shocking...

One can hardly be blamed for concluding that the trade and investment agreement between the EU and Canada has been caught up in complications that border on farce. After German socialists voted to...

It is not normal in Malta that an academic debate around a Maltese work becomes something of national interest. This is what has happened with Heritage Malta’s purchase of a painting who some...

When Muscat and his cronies were voted into power, five years stretched ahead like an eternity. Some of us (and boy, how the others mocked) had a pretty fair idea of what was coming next, and the...

For us jaded members of the media, who have seen Budget Days come and go for the better part of 20 years or more, there is an unchanging ritual about the occasion that has indeed changed but which...

The Finance Minister is apparently delighted that, during the past year, over 40 million passengers made use of public transport. While this represents a seven per cent increase on the previous year,...

This week in Maltese politics was a week that can go down as one of the most relevant to the past and the future of Malta. A crossroad. It began with the announcement of the budget which was portrayed...