On Friday, as many know, the EU heads of government will meet for an informal Council in Malta. This meeting comes at a crucial time for the EU: it is before the UK triggers Article 50 for Brexit...

In the wake of the long drawn out collapse of the government’s talks with Alitalia over a strategic partnership with national airline Air Malta, the airline now appears to be flying on nothing...

The billboard was right, after all. Malta’s presidency of the Council of the EUis not just a matter of politicians but also an opportunity to showcase Malta’s culture all over...

All the razzmatazz concerning Malta’s presidency of the European Council evaporated in a single afternoon with the sorry spectacle provided by Maltese ministers when grilled by the European...

The Prime Minister’s announcement that the next General Election will be held approximately a year from now, more specifically, around March of next year is welcome news for a number of...

When she called in EU diplomats to the gilded halls of Lancaster House, British PM Theresa May knew, as much as her interlocutors, the precariousness of the British post-Brexit position. Just...

There have been a spate of speeches in Parliament which have gone largely unnoticed maybe because they do not add to the main partisan polemic of the moment but which come from both sides, from second...

On Sunday evening, many people defied the cold and the rain and walked in protest at St Julian’s to protest against the sending back of nine Mali migrants back to their...

For days now, Justice Minister Owen Bonnici has been trumpeting the same tune, during public office hours and using public funds, to sell to the common people the spin that business tycoon Zaren...

The Opposition Nationalist Party yesterday made a slight departure, or shall we say a detour, from its recent anti-corruption rallying cry and once again began to beat the environmental drum. This...