The recent seminar on mental health organised by the Richmond Foundation was very much another eye-opener, if ever one was needed. Alistair Campbell, Tony Blair's former communications advisor, was...

The Malta Independent‘s editorial on Wednesday 15 July was a good piece on how the European dream is fading away in Malta. The editor did not mince words. He used strong words of criticism both...

The big news this week is that the Chinese telecoms corporation Huawei is “investing” in Malta. But you need only have read the lines themselves, rather than read between them, to know...

There’s only word by which to describe the “agreement” between euro zone leaders and Greece: disastrous. It cannot hold economically or financially; the Greek crisis will come back...

An ongoing debate we have in this country is whether those benefitting from social services are deserving or not.  Many query whether our system is in fact way too generous.  Several ask if...

I have no doubt many crave changes; others are marking time for an alternative credible political class worth its salt, one that is trustworthy to lead these Islands forward. The one currently in...

A constant political element which should worry the Opposition is that despite all the scandals that have embroiled this Government over the past two and half years, none has really stuck in the...

Perhaps it’s a sign of confidence. Joseph Muscat is sure that, no matter what he and his government do, there is no way that a 36,000 victory could be turned into a defeat when the next election...

The Tsipras government promised to implement in three years an impressive list of measures that should bring about an improvement in the governance and income of the Greek government. Some of the...

There’s a big fuss being made at the moment because somebody posted a photograph on Facebook of a woman wearing a full burqa/niqab, and claimed that it was taken in Malta, which I think is...