When the current Gozo Channel tunnel debate was initiated around five years ago, the then Minister Chris Said went on record to emphasise that the proposed tunnel, to be bored under the seabed would...

This week saw the start- up of another Front.  This time it is the Front Favur il-Mina which proposes to lobby for the three points on improving the connection between Gozo and Malta. It is...

Yet another magistrate has called for the repeal of the law which makes defamation a crime, rather than just something for which you can sue in the civil courts for damages. Last time it was...

Horizons has just published an extremely interesting book on Herbert Ganado, edited by Sergio Grech. For all those interested in the development of local politics, it is a must read. Some of the...

One has to be quite sceptical about whether a real and significant agreement can be reached in the summit about climate change now being held in Paris. In a scenario where globalised competition...

Working with young people, lecturing, researching and heading the Department of Youth and Community Studies at the University of Malta is a privilege. This department is focused on developing...

‘An economy for the People’ is a working document, recently releasedby the Nationalist Party. Unfortunately this document was overshadowed by two high powered meetings, the Valletta...

One of the news items in the BBC World News, on Thursday, 19th November, was the fact that the younger generation in the UK is no longer guaranteed to be better off than their parents.  The...

The present crisis in Europe should not be underestimated. In the areas of security and immigration, huge cracks have emerged in the ways by which decisions are being taken at a European level, as...

The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting has come and gone, and the enduring image - fatefully - will be that of our head of state wearing the beautiful pea-green boat in which the Owl and the...