I read with surprise what the “Europeans” had to say about how the Greek government of Alexis Tsipras carried out its negotiations with them. Now I would agree that Tsipras & Co....

In some improbable future, when I will be really old, I would like to think that one day I will be telling my (inexistent) grandchildren about the night Greece was saved. Or if I wanted to put a...

The Montekristo Estate somehow wangled its 'Big Fair' permit via the Police Appeals Board on the grounds that it has "cleared the area of all illegal structures at the owner's expense". Now we hear...

Earlier this week, Parliament’s Standing Committee for the Consideration of Bills concluded its detailed discussion on the Bill regarding the financing of political parties. I was invited by the...

On 22 July, Italian President Sergio Mattarella starts an official visit to Malta. I still remember when, as a student at Paola’s Primary School, I was taken, together with the rest of the...

Cosmopolitan Malta does not – and should not – have any qualms about the ever-increasing number of foreigners seeking jobs here, raising families and offering services and talents very few...

A legal reform that will remove two articles from the Criminal Code which make vilification of religion a crime means that Malta will now be able to accommodate inhabitants of the Sixth and Seventh...

The extensive coverage on the TV media, carrying interviews with the Greek people, the orderly queues at the ATM machines, the fighting spirit of the downtrodden citizens with their naïve Oxi...

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...