While the input and opinion of the Prime Minister on most matters is not only welcome but indeed of paramount importance, this was certainly not the case when he chose last Sunday, the penultimate...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel met in Berlin on Monday night and some conciliatory tones and words were exchanged and repeated for the media. But it is...

Italy’s Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti said that our neighbour aims to stop participation in NATO counter piracy missions in order to focus on stability in the Mediterranean. The...

The €200 million deal or whatever one may call it has all the fingerprints of an electoral gimmick, even if it may not be such at all. The way it was announced, first in a debate between the...

The conclusions on the way forward with respect to Libya from this week’s European Union summit leave a lot to be desired, considering the fact that all hell is breaking loose just south of the...

The poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge – The Rime of the Ancient Mariner – contains the words “Water, water, everywhere, but not a drop to drink”. The poem could have well been...

The main story in this issue regards an issue that should worry us all. And it also regards a treatment of the issue that worries or should worry us even more. Roughly two weeks ago, the European...

As the age-old adage goes, one should not look a gift horse in the mouth but, of course, to every rule there are the exceptions. And when it comes to charitable events organised by the private sector...

Works to improve the storm water drain system on the border between San Gwann and St Julian’s has caused traffic chaos. On Tuesday night, St Patrick’s Day, the problem was compounded...

Malta is one of the most politically polarised placed in Europe, if not the world. Some look at our voting habits and our political allegiances and say that it is the mark of a very healthy...