The festive season is over. Thankfully, we did not have any fatality or serious accident on our roads. Companies of all sizes and people once again have overwhelmingly showed that they care about...

The national strategy for research and innovation is focused on building a support framework to facilitate the transformation of ideas into marketable products and services. In order to achieve this...

On New Year’s Day, I was watching the news items on a foreign news channel and a particular sequence struck me as odd. One of the main items in the news was about the current British paranoia of...

The role of the state in ensuring a clear path for future growth is essential. The decisions taken by current leaders and policymakers have an impact on the future outcomes of the country. In this...

The private sector is always focused on the future, and always in a hurry to get there. Most of us understand this and fully support this drive for achievement. But it is also in our interest to take...

Our foreign minister gave an ill-advised interview to CNN a few days ago, claiming that Malta can no longer handle what he portrayed as an onslaught of asylum-seekers coming in by sea (except that he...

Thank God for some short breaks every now and then because they give you the opportunity to rest, refresh yourself and prepare for another period on the fast lane. In my case, it also leaves me space...

Christmas – the season to be jolly and the time of year when the Maltese like to indulge in an abundance of food and spend some quality time with their loved ones. It is also the time when the...

A friend of mine was heading back to Malta from a non-Schengen country. When she handed her passport to the immigration officer, he checked it and, before he gave it back to her, snidely asked:...

Regardless of the number of signatures and snus the Nationalist ex-Sliema deputy mayor Silvio Zammit manages to obtain for his petition in the hope of making the authorities reconsider their ban on...