The language used about waste in running the country’s affairs is a political one but it should not be allwoed to stay only that way. Questions about whether an entity is doing enough to ensure...

In an article which I wrote in The Malta Independent on Sunday, 21 January, 2024, when referring to the encroachment issue of the St George’s Basilica pjazza, I asked: Where does the buck...

At our local supermarket a cute four-year-old was running up and down the aisles while his parents were doing their shopping. Until a man, who I can only presume was his father, suddenly turned...

Fuelled by economic growth, industrialisation, mechanised transport, urbanisation, an increasingly sedentary lifestyle, and a nutritional transition to processed foods and high-calorie diets over the...

Two years ago, Michael O’Leary of Ryan Air warned us that the era of €10 air fares was over. This week Lufthansa announced that it will add environmental charges (up to €72) to its air...

Elections, especially the parochially contested ones, are on the whole farcical. But, as with all things funny, when humour is taken to stratospheric levels only tragedy can ensue. This is what...

All we needed was for a bolt of lightning to hit a game of the euros. And it did. In just a few days we have been inundated with strange happenings. Such as that there was a coup attempt in...

Four hundred seventy-six. This is the total number of councillors which will form part of our Local Councils following the elections held on June 8th across all localities in Malta and Gozo. ...

The argument between the Malta government and the European Commission (and as well the International Monetary Fund) about the energy subsidies that the govenrment has continued to provide, is in and...

I do not agree that Ursula von der Leyen has been an adequate President of the European Commission in the past few years. She did show certain managerial skills in how she explained and ran...