The Maltese saying "Trid tħallsu biex ikellmek" is used to describe someone, often children, who keep back from expressing themselves verbally due to shyness or for being reserved. This phrase...

L.N. 150 of 2025, the Protection of Agricultural Land Regulations, might have seemed like another run-of-the-mill legal notice that is regularly laid on the table of the House of Representatives by a...

A few minutes before 7pm on Wednesday the House of Representatives, by not coming up with a two-thirds approval of a government-sponsored motion, delivered a bloody nose to the head of government...

This week in Parliament, I explained that with the coming into force of Budget 2026, investment in culture and the arts will be strengthened, and that our ambition for these sectors will be...

The government is proceeding correctly by seeing how to help householders and firms who had their residence or commercial equipment unexpectedly damaged and destroyed by the storm Harry. Meanwhile...

Despite being anything but a simple job, Malta has countless opportunities for journalists. The requirements for a practising journalist are the possession of a press card, including an international...

Once upon a time, economic and social planning was in fashion. In communist countries this was carried out centrally and imperatively by the state, which controlled all the economy. In Western...

On 30 December 2017 the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea celebrated six years of Kim Jong-un in power. North Koreans were mobilised by their neighborhood watch units, the Inminban, to...

Living with a chronic illness changes how you see the world. Time is no longer measured in milestones or seasons, but in flares and remissions, blood tests and hospital appointments. Chronic illnesses...

The discussion about the threats being faced by the creative industries, particularly through the growing use of AI and deep fake technology, has been raging for a while now. While unveiling a...