Across the years, the left in Maltese politics - effectively the Labour Party - would be accused (still is) of not showing sufficient respect towards the island's institutions - in first place, the...

The crisis of low and falling birth rates is the most urgent problem facing Malta. While the government continues to introduce pro-natal policies to reduce the birth rate, it remains far from...

Many moons ago, when I came back to Malta after some years abroad, I discovered that among the shakers and movers of the country and its economic enterprises, the demand was growing for people who...

Official state propaganda asserts that Kim Jong-il was born on a sacred mountain, heralded by a double rainbow and the appearance of a new star in the sky.  Official biographies insist he never...

This year's budget introduced a series of social accommodation measures aimed at easing the struggles of middle-income earners who are increasingly priced out of Malta's property market. Among the...

Four years ago, during a Cabinet meeting at the Ta' Qali basketball pavilion, Prime Minister Robert Abela announced that a €20 million car racing track would be constructed at Ħal-Far....

The recent Budget was heralded by Prime Minister Robert Abela as "the best budget ever."  The ink had not even dried on it before he told a gathering of Labour followers that "the next budget...

Eco-Gozo started as a challenging idea under the then PN administration, in 2009, when Minister for Gozo, Giovanna Debono launched a project that aimed to transform Gozo into an "eco-island" by 2020....

Creativity has long been treated as a colourful accessory to Malta's economic model. sometimes celebrated, sometimes forgotten. Yet, creativity in all its forms and facets, is far more than spectacle...

Over the past months I have been following the pitiful situation at the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM), rather closely, to truly understand how our brave and dedicated service men and women are being...