Record-breaking temperatures, in many cases exceeding 40 degrees Celsius, fires raging across a multitude of countries and drought, is the current news all over Europe. The current heatwave was not...

Every morning at 6am two catamarans leave Malta on their way to Sicily with Pozzallo and Augusta as their respective destinations. Apart from that there are at least two flights a day by Air Malta and...

The very good cultural events which are taking place during this very busy Summer are breathing life back in our communities.  They come in all kinds and cultural genres and show first of all the...

The long time it takes for hot and not so hot issues to be played out in the criminal and other courts of this island has rightly been a regular source of complaint by many citizens and institutions...

It is no surprise to climate scientists that wildfires, heatwaves, floods, drought and other forms of extreme weather are becoming increasingly common around the world. The Intergovernmental Panel on...

Revolving doors  is an issue that frequently comes to the boil. As a practice, it allows people appointed to a high government (or private) position to immediately, once they leave it, assume...

If you think that the Valletta legal notice allowing music till 1am is the only controversial legislation applied at the local council level, think again. The subsidiary legislation emanating from...

Emanuel Camilleri has been appointed Planning Authority Chairperson. Yet he has no clue what the Rural Policy Design Guidelines are.  Labour’s man to lead the Planning Authority has no idea...

From an IQ research conducted by scientists Richard Lynn and David Becker, it can be concluded that Malta places 24th out of the 27 EU Member States. Only Bulgaria, Greece, and Romania fare worse than...

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), has just published three reports dealing with various aspects of the integrity of public life in Malta. This was done as part of the...