Two of mankind’s greatest enemies are laziness and fear. When diagnosing any malaise in one’s personal life, the root of the problem often leads back to one of these two challenges. Missed...

On TVM’s Xtra last Thursday I affirmed that the widening of roads alone would not solve Malta’s traffic challenges, but this does not mean we should do nothing in the meantime.  Can...

By the time this article is published in The Malta Independent on Sunday this morning, Adrian Delia will have either been reconfirmed as the Leader of the Nationalist Party, or he will be on his way...

‘Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower’    Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder   Throughout the two decades I have been active in politics,...

On Friday 28 June the EU and the four South American countries that make up Mercosur – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay – clinched an historic agreement to break down trade barriers...

“When you stand with your two feet on the ground, you will always keep your balance” – Lao-Tze, Chinese philosopher   This is how the Labour Government is succeeding...

A critique of the 2019 legal amendments The regulations enacted last month are being widely referred to as ‘new’ but in fact they are existing regulations that have been amended....

What struck me most from the hearing and subsequent approval of the Central Link project was the pleas of the farmers set to lose their land. At the same time, I also tried to study the chain of...

Last May, Europeans headed to the ballot box to form a new European Parliament in the midst of an increasingly murky political climate. The results of those elections speak volumes about our...

Diligent and consistent planning, together with an incessant implementation of decisive social measures, are the core basics of Malta’s robust economy and the healthy wellbeing of the...