When both the Bishop and the Minister for Finance raise the same concern, we should take notice. Their warning is sobering: Malta's birth rate, at just 1.08 children per woman, is the lowest in...

Education prepares children and youth to be engaged democratic citizens of Europe, and exchange programmes such as Erasmus+ are a strong lever for this task. At the EU Youth Conference in Copenhagen,...

It was a trip I will never forget. Amongst the many visits I carried out as Foreign Minister, visiting Bethlehem again in December 2019, with the then Prime Minister, and attending Christmas Midnight...

The term [IN]VIŻIBBLI is both a warning and an invitation. Every day, more young people fade into invisibility. When a voice is silenced, when a body is disempowered, when a mind is blocked -...

Europe, once hailed as a bastion of prosperity, democracy, and sophistication, now teeters on the edge of strategic vulnerability. A series of decisions, from commerce to defence, has led the European...

Today is Malta's Independence Day, but this year, the celebrations bring with them an added value, with the Nationalist Party going through a moment of deep renewal, as the newly elected leader Alex...

Ta' Qali Park is supposed to be our national park. An area where one may go for a quiet walk or romp around with the family and dog during the day or evening. Not that we have many places left to go...

The European Union has positioned itself as a global leader in digital rights, most notably through the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Yet its more recent proposal to mandate the scanning...

For as long as anyone can remember, mamá and papá have been among the first words we learn. They appear in countless languages across the world, arising naturally from the sounds babies...

'Losing my brother to suicide is a scar that time can never erase. Life goes on and grows around the scar, but it will always be there. I find myself imagining the man he could have become, the...