New year resolutions for 2026
Sunday, 4 January 2026, 07:53
Last update: about 8 months ago
Darren Carabott
As tomorrow many of us will be returning to work, after a much-deserved Christmas break, we will be picking up were we left off in mid-December. The more ambitious of us will also be engaging in some...
Sentencing ‘in absentia’
Sunday, 4 January 2026, 07:20
Last update: about 8 months ago
Mark Said
No one would dare deny that our all too often court delays and logistics problems within the law courts have been contributing to unacceptable and unreasonable length in judicial proceedings, leading...
Sofia gets the euro
Sunday, 4 January 2026, 07:13
Last update: about 8 months ago
Noel Grima
As the New Year was rung in on Thursday, Bulgaria switched over to the euro. It was a quiet change, with none of the theatrics that usually accompany such changes. Against what...
The 2025 reading list
Saturday, 3 January 2026, 07:07
Last update: about 8 months ago
Owen Bonnici
Reading has been a habit of mine since I was young. I have maintained it since then. I try to reserve the last part of the day, often late at night, for reading. This past year was no exception....
Main issues
Thursday, 1 January 2026, 08:00
Last update: about 8 months ago
Alfred Sant
Among the main issues that still need to "develop" (to put it prudently) during the New Year, top of the list no doubt there will be the war in the Ukraine and the Gaza disaster. Beyond these though,...
Strategic Europe
Monday, 29 December 2025, 08:00
Last update: about 8 months ago
Alfred Sant
Despite the beautiful and "courageous" phrases that continue to be expressed, European countries are disoriented. On the one hand they have ended up considering Russia as a very serious threat to...
Word of the year
Sunday, 28 December 2025, 08:29
Last update: about 8 months ago
Kevin Cassar
The Economist has picked its word of the year - "slop". It described the word as "an unappetising symbol of a messy year". It's a good pick for 2025 because living through this year felt increasingly...
The Liar Parliamentarian
Sunday, 28 December 2025, 08:28
Last update: about 8 months ago
Kevin Aquilina
The Commissioner for Standards in Public Life has been quoted in the media as having affirmed that there is no breach of parliamentary ethics when a Member of Parliament (MP) who is neither a minister...
PTSD after war: the fighting ends, but the trauma often does not
Sunday, 28 December 2025, 08:27
Last update: about 8 months ago
Katya De Giovanni
You would think that once a ceasefire is signed and people return home, it is "over". For many, one of the horrors of war is only just beginning. Brown University's Costs of War project estimated...