This week Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, during an official visit to Germany, delivered a clear message to our European partners.  He stressed the need to support Libya in overcoming the crisis it...

The Libyan crisis has been going on, in changing shape and form, since 2011, beginning with the uprising against the country's long-time dictator, Muammar Gaddafi. It did not end with Gaddafi's...

This week was a particularly busy one as I attended two different conferences, one in Monaco and one in Gibraltar. The former was the 9th plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the...

It has been a dynamic week for business, which saw the launching of Projects Malta by the Prime Minister at the Chamber of Commerce. His outlook was cheerful following his cordial meeting with German...

I had written expressing my pre-occupation on matters raised by a number of clergymen in what they described as the church leadership crisis.  Notwithstanding my human defects I do have a sincere...

Politics is a mission, but more importantly, it is an art. Maltese society, like any other society, is a collection of sub-cultures, of homogenous groups, of orientation clusters, and of factions that...

For the first time ever, our electorate will be asked to vote in an abrogative referendum, this time to decide whether the derogation on spring hunting is to be abolished or not. I believe that for...

God died. He died about a century ago and, according to the post-mortem carried out by one of the most brilliant minds of the 20th century, he was killed by Man. Many have taken offence at...

Diplomacy, a word derived from Greek, can be defined as an art - the art of negotiating better outcomes by state representatives. Unfortunately, over the year, the way diplomats and use of this art...

Donna is a 5-year-old girl with big medical issues. She was born with them. Her 21-year-old mum is a junky and sells her body to make ends meet and to get the next fix. Her teenage father is on his...