EU President Donald Tusk certainly has his work cut out for him. Only days before a critical summit which could radically alter the functioning of the bloc. The massive issue at stake is, of course,...

Malta has one of the oldest police forces in the world, in large, thanks to the colonial period. This is a throwback to the fact that the UK had established a highly professional and well funded corps...

Every day, the farmers pray for rain. Go to a typical farming village, such as Siggiewi and Mgarr in the morning and a trend begins to become apparent. Farmers seem to wrap up their morning’s...

It is one thing for the government to ridicule and brush off the Opposition when it calls for reforms in the way members of the judiciary are appointed.  After all, this unchecked situation in...

The upcoming EU summit next week is expected to focus on discussions for suspending the Schengen Area passport free travel for two more years. This comes as no surprise. Brussels speak is quite a...

European Union figures yesterday showed that Malta has the second lowest renewable energy generation capability in the European Union, with only 4.7% of energy created from renewable sources. We...

The talk of the town of late has been about the system used (or abused) to appoint people to the bench. All hue and cry has been raised with the opposition saying that the government abused the system...

Last week the public was provided with two contradictory statements about retail in Malta especially during the Christmas period. This was highlighted on one and the same page in last week's...

Yesterday was World Epilepsy Day. The condition afflicts some 40 million people worldwide, that is a staggering one per cent of the global population. The stats for Malta are not much different, there...

We have had other problems, but we have never had this Carnival merry-go-round of political appointments to sensitive posts. The country has become a huge meat market, with posts up for sale and...