It is said that when Winston Churchill was asked to cut arts funding in favour of the war effort, he replied, "then what are we fighting for?" Sadly, we're not sure if the British Prime Minister has...

Opposition Leader Bernard Grech's recent response to the budget was an ambitious attempt to position himself as a credible alternative to Prime Minister Robert Abela. While Grech's critique of the...

Or copycat. On Sunday Robert Abela had a brainwave. Speaking at a party activity at Zebbug, he announced that later this week Cabinet will discuss a new initiative that will only allow people to...

Communication is a key element in today's society. Words, the main means used in communicating, represent a magical power that only mankind possesses. In times gone by, it used to be said that the pen...

Praise the Lord, the Lord Prime Minister, who is all forgiving, all loving, all embracing. Clayton Bartolo has apologised, so all is fine in Castille, in our gilded cage, our golden age under the...

Between May and November 2025, Malta will be the President and conduct the European Committee of Ministers at the Council of Europe. It will be presiding over a body comprising 46 member states and...

Early next year, works on the Cultural Hub in Marsa shall commence. This week, together with Aaron Zahra, Chairman of Festivals Malta, and Frans Agius, Festivals Malta CEO, and policy advisor Simon...

Along with the sector of construction, the supermarkets business has expanded rapidly in past years. It would be useful to have research done about how this development has taken place. One could...

Road rage has always been a problem, ever since Oedipus killed his father (though he did not recognize him as such) when they met at a cross-roads in ancient Greece. And no doubt, there had been...

The country's former leader has been finally convicted of bribery, corruption, collusion and money laundering.  He's an economist who holds a doctorate and he's condemned to 20 years and six...