The Maltese are known to do their utmost to protect our children. Maybe, in comparison to others, at times we over-protect them and even when they grow up into young adults parents take care of their basic needs and studies...

The recent riot at the Safi detention centre by frustrated asylum seekers who had been denied refugee status, the prospect now that the Gaddafi regime has been overthrown and we may face ...

Those who left on holiday at the end of June and return to their desk in September will find a different economic world they have to grapple with....

It is always the little things which indicate that the political parties are girding their loins for an election....

I never cease to be astonished at the way Members of Parliament can reconcile in their minds (and square with their consciences) conflicts of interest which are outrageously ...

An early night is not an option in this fireworks-crazy country. I went to bed with a book at 9.30 on Friday night and had happily dozed off half an hour later, only to be ...

“Why this is very mid-summer madness”. The main character, Olivia, in William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night exclaims after noting that the behaviour and actions of significant...

The truth is Malta has enjoyed a privileged status with neighbouring Libya since 1971, that is only two years after the 1st September Revolution spearheaded by Muammar Gaddafi. ...

“I will change my life, which has been unable to change me,” is a phrase in an Italian song – E dimmi che non vuoi morire (Tell me you don’t want to die), sung by Patty Pravo –...

On my desk at UHM headquarters, I have a small memento a close friend of mine brought me from Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. The memento is three small pieces of con...