For me the test of the extent to which Europe will run on progresive social lines in coming years will be the way by which minimum wage issues are going to be dealt with. The truth is that in the...

The overwhelming vote of confidence in the Labour movement expressed by a historic majority within the electorate, elicits gratitude in me, more than any other sentiment. I appreciate the decision...

Prof. Marilyn Clark is one of the senior academics at the Faculty for Social Wellbeing.  She has been working at the University for these last 26 years.   Her main research interests...

Infrastructure Malta has revealed plans to erect two imposing flyovers in the heart of Msida. When realised, this major project will see the elimination of the existing traffic lights junction,...

Given that the economy has been growing at rates for which no precedent exists since Independence, it gave rise to limited controversy during the election campaign that’s just ended. Some hold...

Whatever the outcome of these elections, we have to ask ourselves whether Joseph Muscat is invincible and, if yes, whether his invincibility is real or a myth, while keeping mind that in politics,...

The European project is founded on values.  In the electoral manifesto for yesterday’s electoral cycle, Alternattiva Demokratika – The Green Party, emphasised: “We stand for the...

Many were horrified by the murder of Lassana Cisse, allegedly at the hands of two soldiers. We cried because a man had been killed and we cried for shame: shame that the atmosphere in this country is...

What is really surprising is that the initial reaction to the death of an immigrant in a country lane in Birzebbuga was sufficiently muted to be almost inexistent.  At first it was not all that...

The two migrants that were shot in Hal Far last month, in a racially-motivated incident that left another migrant dead, are too scared to leave their rooms or to speak to lawyers or anyone who is...