A number of uncertainties are enveloping economies at present but the suspicion is that the major uncertaint will after all end up being inflation. Frankly it is dicey whether much trust should be...

Some recent issues can help us understand challenges, opportunities and constraints faced by Malta’s environmental movement. The Ħondoq victory, led by the charismatic Paul Buttigieg,...

This year opened on a positive note when the major nuclear powers (US, Russia, China, France and the UK) declared solemnly together that “A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be...

Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici was one of a kind.  I have never met anyone like him throughout my life. I want to declare things upfront: I am totally biased in favour of Karmenu because I have seen...

The rules that have been introduced in the sense that high offices of the state have to be endorsed by a two thirds parliamentary vote in favour have started to deliver results. As expected, they have...

Malta is approaching a critical tipping point - a juncture at which our environment, society, politics all change irreversibly. We face the unprecedented responsibility of sticking our necks out to...

Our vote is much more powerful than we can ever imagine. Our electoral system provides for a transferability of the votes cast through a system of preferences. Our electoral system is in fact known as...

It is no secret that small-scale fishing plays an important role, both in our country’s historical and cultural fabric, as well as our socio-economic status in the present day. Additionally, our...

“Imma Padre (I was still a priest then) ma tarax li l-Ewropa hi immorali?” (But Padre don’t you see that Europe is immoral?). That, in just one sentence encapsulates Karmenu...

One can only agree immediately with all that is said in support of multiculturalism and the need to proscribe totally all speech and action that stimulate antipathy (to put it mildly) between...