The past few days marked a very important milestone for the Nationalist Party. On Monday, the parliamentary group as well as the party’s executive committee agreed to vote in favour of the Civil...

The recent news that a flock of eagles has been partially decimated by hunters in Malta and Gozo has prompted me to write this piece and has put all hunters in the dock: not the court dock but the...

When my children were born, long years ago, I remember the energy and the happiness these newborns gave not just my wife and me, but the people around us as well. Family, friends and patients all...

As the debate across Europe continues regarding the exploitation of shale gas, the European Commission is preparing its proposal regarding the issue that will be published at the end of the...

The Prime Minister’s recent official visit to Israel and Palestine was both a political and a business mission.  It had the political objective of reiterating Malta’s views on the...

The 11th European Week of Regions and Cities, better known as the European Open Days, was held between October 7 and October 10 in Brussels. This annual four-day event gives representatives from...

I suppose the government’s tactic is ‘blitz them and leave them reeling’, to hit us with so many shocking things that we cease to feel anything at all, to grasp just how bad it...

On 24 May next year, as European citizens we are called to make a choice. The choice isn't simply a choice between Red, Blue or Green. It is a choice of six people who shall for five years sit as...

Today we are not only living a financial crisis but a crisis in globalization. The crises started in the financial system but have spread to every aspect of the economy, creating socio-economic...

When William Shakespeare wrote the Merchant of Venice in the late 1500s, he did not have Malta in mind, or the way we conduct our political scenario. In brief in the play Shylock a moneylender loans...