A couple of days ago, I met an acquaintance of mine who works as a financier in the Belgian capital. I spoke to him about the current issue of ministerial investments in the Panamagate affair. He told...

The Panama Papers have created a whirlwind effect, exposing those who created these financial structures with devious intent and actions. They have also highlighted how tax havens not only help...

The 79-year old Pope Francis has a very inspiring style of speaking in down-to-earth terms. Last Sunday, he told thousands of young people that “if they stop dreaming, they are already...

Eight weeks later and under tremendous pressure, the Prime Minister has presented the people with a cosmetic cabinet reshuffle which basically solves nothing.  Workers’ Day celebrations...

Jan Philipp Albrecht, Marju Lauristin, Věra Jourová   Last week, the European Parliament adopted a historic reform of EU data protection legislation.  It has been a...

It has been another week loaded with a variety of back-to-back events that fill up my days till very late, and not excluding weekends. Aware and proud as I am of my duties as Parliamentary Secretary,...

Gawarsha is a little village some 10 km to the south of Benghazi, where I lived and had my surgical clinic for a few years. I had to close the clinic two years ago. Gawarsha used to have fertile soil,...

G. Kathleen Hill   As people around the globe observed Earth Day on Friday, world leaders made history at the United Nations in New York. Over 100 countries signed the Paris Agreement...

This week we witnessed yet another boat tragedy in the waters that surround us. The Mediterranean is regrettably shifting from being the sea of opportunity to a sea of lost hope. How...

Similar to other islands around the world, Gozo relies extensively, though not exclusively, on tourism to generate employment and economic growth. However, most islands tend to suffer from seasonal...