Some things happen in reverse, and the way procrastination takes over in determined circumstances leads one to suspect that this is done deliberately. For example, the petrol station policy draft...

There is something seriously wrong when we boast of having become environmentally-friendly and to have cleaned our air with the advent of a new natural gas-fired power station, but the country’s...

In the days preceding the 2005 EU Accession referendum, it was pointed out to recalcitrant Labour doubters that joining the EU was like taking Malta to a 2.0 level. Fifteen years after we joined...

With all the talk about social housing projects costing tens and tens of millions of euros, what we will need is less of such boastful talk and more transparency about how the whole project will work,...

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat yesterday apologised for his statement during the first leaders’ debate of the 2019 MEP and local council elections. While an apology was definitely necessary, he...

It is no secret that the media industry is facing great challenges. Many newsrooms around the world, including in Malta, are feeling the pinch as people rely ever more on social media for their...

Between the threshold of Castille and that of a political party meeting, there needs to be a strict demarcation line.  Just to make things perfectly clear to anyone who harboured any doubt: a...

The revised fuel stations policy, published by the government on Monday, is a step in the right direction but, as some environmental NGOs have pointed out, it still has a number of loopholes that can...

The country is in full election mode, as the political parties edge towards two elections – European Parliament and local councils – in the middle of Joseph Muscat’s second term in...

The world has changed almost unrecognisably since the drafting of the country’s electoral laws, and so has the electoral landscape.   But somehow our electoral laws are still stuck in...