It’s official. It’s no longer about divorce. Saturday’s referendum is about rubber-stamping Malta’s new Identity Card. Think of it as a visit to...

Every time I listen to the Maltese Church, or to spokesmen from Żwieġ bla Divorzju or their apologists, I am vividly reminded of Pope Pius IX (Pio Nono). He was the bizarrely...

I was shocked, as I watched an Italian TV news feature the other day, to learn that the bikini, perhaps the most popular piece of female ...

“Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.” – Oscar Wilde...

The recently published study “Labour Market Adjusted Dependency Ratio”, funded by the European Commission, raised a number of economic, fiscal and welfare issues simmering beneath the surface of Malta’s economic edifice....

It might come as a surprise to someone not familiar with Malta that, even in these contemporary times, civil and political...

A survey conducted early last year showed that many Europeans do not understand what is meant by biodiversity. Malta was no exception, ...

Today is International Day of Biodiversity – a good reason to celebrate nature, but also a reminder that we are not the only form of life on this planet. We might think of ourselves ...

All cultures and civilisations contribute to the enrichment of humankind. Human beings must respect one another in all their diversity of belief, culture and language. Differences within and between societies should be neither feared ...

Turkey’s Minister for EU Affairs and chief negotiator for accession to the European Union makes a convincing case for his country’s European aspirations. ...