Tourism is the economic sector which up to now has provided, almost right through, consistently positive results. It is the one sure reason why the economy has continued to roll. The fear that was...

There is a certain symbolism in the number six for Robert Abela. It marks six years since he was entrusted with leading Malta as Prime Minister. It also reflects where his parliamentary journey began:...

In 1982 Istvan Szabo's film Mephisto won the best foreign film Oscar.  It told the story of a stage actor in 1930s Germany who achieved success, becoming head of the Berlin State Theatre, by...

The scene is a cold January morning on the way to work, driving by a bloody billboard proudly telling us to own the flow; whatever that means. Brewing a feeling of distaste and discomfort at that...

The Commissioner for Public Standards, Chief Justice Emeritus Joseph Azzopardi, has now ruled several times that lying in Parliament is permissible.  He has done so on the flimsy excuse that the...

Obstructions on pavements nullify pedestrian mobility rights, primarily those of the most vulnerable amongst us. One of the primary culprits of this land grab is the catering industry. This is...

Ever since the name of Gozo's ministry changed to Ministry for Gozo and Planning, we have seen very little evidence of any planning being done within the ministry. The Ministry of Gozo calls it a...

As Malta moves closer to introducing automatic enrolment (AE), the debate is rightly widening. We are no longer just talking about contribution rates, opt-out windows, or default funds. We are...

There are moments in public life when a single sentence reveals far more than the speaker intended to mean. This week, Malta was given such a moment when the Prime Minister, asked about global...

The opening of the forensic year Both the Chief Justice and the President of the Chamber of Advocates raised some points in their respective speeches that will surely have raised an eyebrow or...