Strange as it may seem, a nation once celebrated for its irrepressible optimism now appears to be obsessed with decline. Malta's list of complaints seems endless. Real wages are falling. White-collar...

Opinions differ but I firmly believe that demonstrations and any form of public protests, especially loud ones in piazzas and streets, do work. Whether a few or multitudes attend, the authorities...

Like many I admit I was shocked last Sunday with the results of the monthly survey on MaltaToday. It showed PN losing more ground and PL regaining the majority. I was then shocked even more when...

Election surveys are a snapshot of the current situation in which they are taken.  Nothing more, nothing less.   I describe them as a "weather report" and they should be kept in that...

The document Vision 2050 for Malta confimrs that tourism will and should remain a pillar of the Maltese economy. It has developed on a scale which not so long ago, was unimaginable, and the aim now is...

It's all very well and good to have a vision about the future of the country and also worthwhile to position it in contrast and by comparison with how other countries are moving to formulate and reach...

In March 1981, the 31-year-old Marianne Bachmeier shot Klaus Grabowski six times in the back during a court hearing, killing him instantly. There was no doubt that Bachmeier had murdered...

Gozo sits on the fringes of national conversation - its name gets mentioned in campaigns, yet it's routinely left to fend for itself. Promises made during election time flow like honey, but then the...

What would you take with you, if the house were on fire? It's a common mental exercise designed to determine what objects we value most in life, with the aim to perhaps extrapolate from our choices,...

In the forward to Vision 2050 both Prime Minister Robert Abela and Economy Minister Silvio Schembri emphasise that the country needs a long-term vision. It is good that they have taken up...