It might turn out to be a crisis not as protracted as that of the eurozone, but the immigration (or refugee) crisis in Europe looks like it's going to be long drawn out. It is leading to confrontation...

The media has come under attack several times in the past few days. First we had a lawyer representing a minister in a court case demanding that a journalist reveal the name of a source. Later,...

Last Friday I was asked to facilitate a colloquium between the Prime Minister, the Minister of Education and Employment and the academic members of staff at the University of Malta in view of the...

It is a rhetorical question.  We prefer the comfort of our small cocoon.  Locally, last week all eyes and ears were focused on the resignation of former parliamentary secretary, Dr Michael...

If someone has not yet made a quick search on the Internet for the definition of “Orpheum”, the result he or she would obtain is that it is one of the most popular names used for theatres...

Most comments regarding the Auditor General’s devastating report about the lands department concentrated on topics related to governance. However there is another matter, perhaps equally...

The moniker King of Lands passed into popular parlance some months ago when Michael Falzon’s questionable ‘customer care officer’, Clint Scerri, used it to describe himself on...

There was a haunted look on the Prime Minister's face as he allowed Michael Falzon next to him to cast doubts on the Auditor's report on the basis of which Dr Falzon had resigned. There was the...

I couldn't help remembering a G.K. Chesterton quote as I watched the small gathering of Maltese "patriots" waving the national flag and eating ham sandwiches at Msida the other day. It goes: "My...

The day that a political party would have really made changes to Malta is that day when we start to not care about politics.   Corruption, scandal, resignations, rivalries, lies, libels,...