Boxing Day at Ċirkewwa has settled into an unhappy tradition. Each year, commuters heading towards Gozo expect congestion, yet what greets them still feels less like pressure and more like...

Although, at the time of writing, the year 2025 has not yet given way to 2026, it is already clear that 2025 will be among the top three warmest years on record. This is definitely not good news as it...

As tomorrow many of us will be returning to work, after a much-deserved Christmas break, we will be picking up were we left off in mid-December. The more ambitious of us will also be engaging in some...

As Malta moves towards establishing the governance framework for an Automatic Enrolment (AE) pension system, there is a critical design issue that must not be overlooked. Both Personal Private...

No one would dare deny that our all too often court delays and logistics problems within the law courts have been contributing to unacceptable and unreasonable length in judicial proceedings, leading...

As the New Year was rung in on Thursday, Bulgaria switched over to the euro. It was a quiet change, with none of the theatrics that usually accompany such changes. Against what...

Reading has been a habit of mine since I was young. I have maintained it since then. I try to reserve the last part of the day, often late at night, for reading. This past year was no exception....

Among the main issues that still need to "develop" (to put it prudently) during the New Year, top of the list no doubt there will be the war in the Ukraine and the Gaza disaster. Beyond these though,...

Despite the beautiful and "courageous" phrases that continue to be expressed, European countries are disoriented. On the one hand they have ended up considering Russia as a very serious threat to...

The Economist has picked its word of the year - "slop". It described the word as "an unappetising symbol of a messy year". It's a good pick for 2025 because living through this year felt increasingly...