You get to listen to discussions against precarious employment all over the place. The question remains: in reality, what serious measures are being implemented against the practice of employing...

I’ve been to quite a number of graduations these last years.  I love to share this special moment with my students who would have worked their guts out to achieve the ultimate price,...

Last Saturday, the Moviment Nisa Partit Nazzjonalista and the co-host anchors of the NET TV discussion programme Iswed fuq l-Abjad Dr Joe Giglio and Dr Alessia Psaila Zammit joined forces and...

Here is one issue about the island’s tourism sector that I’ve always found puzzling: We claim that tourism is one of the country major money spinners. This should mean that it offers good...

Do the English have a monopoly on shooting themselves in the foot? Of course not. Konrad Mizzi turned up to a ‘Listening Government’ meeting yesterday and received a standing ovation...

Years ago, I remember reading Doris Lessing’s book Mara and Dann, a story of fraternal love. What struck me then and remained impressed in my mind was her description of the imaginary country...

The incredible performance of the Icelandic team at the Euro16 in France has inevitably generated quite a national debate here. Most people have been asking why and how a nation with a population...

It is now four weeks since he passed away in the early hours of 11th June. Yet I still find myself dialling his telephone number at least twice a day to exchange some news or to ask for his opinion or...

As a pass the parcel game goes on in the UK as to who will ultimately set off Article 50, thereby formally informing the European Union that the UK – if it still is the United Kingdom, will...

Whether Maltese politicians like it or not, this UK exit vote will have repercussions on Malta but, unlike what is being claimed, the most painful consequences are not going to be economic but...