Malta is regarded as one of the leading international hubs that regulate remote gaming effectively and responsibly. In fact, the island has become a benchmark of how i-Gaming shoul...

It was early morning, just before the break of dawn and somewhat earlier than my usual primordial awakening. Slightly chilly, even for the mild Sydney winters. Out on the back vera...

Protests in Malta can never be national because they are always going to be split down the middle between “us” and “them”....

“It’s a gas”, was last in use, I believe, in the sixties, when it was a hip expression to describe something that was fun. Infuriating frustration on dealing with gas cylinde...

If Joseph Muscat isn’t careful, he’s going to end up hoist by his own petard after he wins the general election in 2013. He’s taken a leaf out of Alfred Sant’s book and is raising expectations about things that common sense tells us he cannot deliver....

The year that has just passed has been a very active one on the local sports scene. Quite a few sports associations were involved in the organisation of a number events that attracted to Malta some very high profile fig...

It is with great sadness that I have heard of the attempt to alter the basement of the Casa Lanfreducci, an extension of the crypt of the neighbouring Our Lady of Victory church, for use in c...

When young Tony Blair took over the reins of government following a long Tory spell in power, he brought with him a sense of renewal. His spin doctors were quick to cash in on the national mood and I am sure that many readers of this paper remember t...

If the Labour Party does not make the same mistakes it made in the weeks leading up to the 2008 election, and I believe that they have learnt the lesson, it is ha...

What a place to be in! On one side, a Tunisia almost on the brink of a civil war. On the other hand, an Italy suffering the excruciating embarrassment – again – of seeing its prime minister embroiled in a girlie scandal....