Several Mediterranean nations, including Malta, said last week that the European Union’s border agency, Frontex, needs to work inside third countries to stop smugglers from endangering the lives...

Malta’s Finance Minister has said that the government will not create any new taxes or raise any tax rates. On the other side of things, he said that the government has no intention of reducing...

That the tourism industry is picking up nicely after the mayhem brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic is welcome news. The latest statistics show that in the first eight months of this year the...

The new utility bill system which determines how the Automated Revenue Management Services (ARMS) calculates people’s water and electricity bills was this week – after many weeks and...

Over €1.6 billion was spent on pandemic response actions and measures since 2020, Finance Minister Clyde Caruana revealed in Parliament earlier this week. Over €1.5bn came from national...

For years on end, we have heard the Chief Justice complain about lack of resources, lack of space, an overburdened court system and backlogs. Last year, Mr Justice Mark Chetcuti listed the same...

It was easy to blame village feasts as being the cause of traffic jams. But now that we are in October, what will Transport Minister Aaron Farrugia say? Farrugia caused controversy and disdain...

There are a number of worrying children’s issues in Maltese society which have emerged as of late.  The first revolves around marriage. The Office of the Commissioner for Children has said...

The government last week announced that it had submitted a planning application for the previously announced rural airfield in Gozo, which came after a public consultation which yielded some 70...

We have said it many times that, sooner or later, the golden passport scheme would have landed Malta into deep trouble. Only the government seemed oblivious to the shame and embarrassment that...