It is the first time in Malta’s history that a former prime minister, a sitting minister and two former ministers, one of whom is now the Central Bank of Malta governor, are charged with...

Yesterday, a major resignation was registered as a result of charges being filed over the Vitals inquiry. Malta’s Deputy Prime Minister, Chris Fearne, has quit, with immediate effect, and...

Every electoral campaign has its own set of buzzwords – but these last two weeks and no doubt this next month in the run up to the polls, and probably even beyond that, have been dominated by...

It is quite common that politicians and political parties contradict themselves. They say one thing because it suits them, only to change tack and do the opposite when the circumstances warrant a...

Prime Minister Robert Abela was quick to come to the defence of his predecessor last Monday, soon after the news broke that charges had been filed against Joseph Muscat, some of his closest aides and...

The Prime Minister’s attack on a member of the judiciary over the past weeks is both wrong and dangerous for justice. The news that the Vitals magisterial inquiry came to an end emerged in...

It feels quite incredible to think that while the Labour Party grapples with a magisterial inquiry of unprecedented scope and which may well result in criminal action against three of the...

The more the Prime Minister and his predecessor complain about the timing of the conclusion of the magisterial inquiry into the hospitals’ contract, the more they expose their fear of what the...

Many tend to overlook the local council elections, or tend to vote along party lines out of party loyalty.  But here, at the locality level, one cannot stress enough the importance of voting for...

This week, Malta celebrated the 20th anniversary of when the country officially acceded into the European Union. Many will recall that day back in 2004 and the visual spectacle as the European...