Malta can be an amazing place to live in. On some days one topic is all the rage and everybody, from papers to cafes, is speaking about it, but then, in just a matter of hours, it simply...

The planning process in Malta is one of a kind. One would wish to compare and contrast it with that which is found in other countries to see what great gaps it hides. One big gap is the absence...

There have been so many glaring conflicts of interest when it comes to the new Delimara power station that one is becoming increasingly hard-pressed to identify one facet of the €400 million plus...

In a recent leader, this paper spoke about the St John’s Co-Cathedral museum and expressed the fear that, although approved by the PA permit, the building works to create a huge hall where the...

The newly demerged Malta Environment and Planning Authority failed what can be considered as its first major test last week, and in a most spectacular fashion.   Not only did the supposedly...

Minister Helena Dalli has been the ‘toast of the town’ these past few days when she stuck up for her chief of staff, Ronnie Pellegrini, and tried to interpret what Mr Pellegrini said on...

One of the reasons Labour got elected in March 2013 was Labour’s promise to rule by meritocracy. “You may not agree with us, but you can work with us” resounded in the squares and on...

It often seems that we live in a parallel dimension in which the tried and tested norms of political responsibility that the rest of the Western world are beholden to simply do not apply. ...

The Sunday Times came up with a story how rents have increased over the past years. The increase, as reported on The Sunday Times, are nothing if not spectacular: a 38% rent rise for a one-bedroom...

It is already a miracle that the application for the extension of the St John’s Co-Cathedral museum has been approved. The first application, as many will remember, was to dig out a huge...