Infrastructure Malta seems to have become rather enamoured with pedestrian bridges. The agency has proposed the construction of already 4 new such bridges over a span of just a couple of months, with...

I had a meeting with the Malta Health Network group, which coordinates the work of NGOs active in the health sector. They run their activities in tandem with likeminded associations in Europe. Though...

This week I met a political refugee from a Horn of Africa nation. I was in a restaurant, eating and reading a book on exile, called Les degrés de l’exil, as part of the research for a new...

Next month, Malta, and his adopted town of Bormla, will be commemorating the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Charles Clews – undoubtedly the greatest Maltese humorist ever –...

Earlier this week, mourners gathered in Iceland to commemorate the loss of Okjokull, the glacier, which has ‘died’ at the age of about 700. Mourners fixed a plaque as a warning to the...

If you are non-Maltese speaking but have inhabited this rock briefly you must have grasped the meaning of Telqa totali. Just look around you, follow the news, go for a walk and learn the first two...

Our existence as a nation depends, for largely historical reasons, on the United Kingdom and Italy. OK, we are an independent nation state, but what happens in the two countries deeply affects...

As a nation we pride ourselves with the richness of our culture and our talented artists. Our history and Cultural Patrimony are renowned worldwide, as are our artists. The Ministry for Justice,...

Up to now in Europe, the fear of populism has been defined by the feeling that populists hijacked the grievances and frustrations of citizens to create a movement that could reach all corners. Their...

Europeans need to reflect deeply about what is making so many people from Africa put their lives at great risk in order to be allowed to live in Europe where possibly, the majority of the peoples...