The Commissioner for Standards in Public Life has been quoted in the media as having affirmed that there is no breach of parliamentary ethics when a Member of Parliament (MP) who is neither a minister...

You would think that once a ceasefire is signed and people return home, it is "over". For many, one of the horrors of war is only just beginning. Brown University's Costs of War project estimated...

Public support for the far right has swept across the European continent in recent years   ̶   as it has in the USA and Argentina   ̶   fuelling a...

Gozo closes 2025 as it has closed too many years before it: praised for its resilience, admired for its character, and quietly sidelined when national priorities turn into action. Ministers continue...

Much of my parliamentary work has revolved around what defines us as a people and a country. In fact, I believe that Malta and her national heritage are not abstract concepts, but the foundations upon...

I'll end this year's article with the same title I began it with. Thirty articles later, here we are, finally pausing to look back at what actually unfolded. It's that time of the season, when we take...

Bigamy is prohibited by Article 196 of the Maltese Criminal Code. Bigamy and polygamy are two different types of marriage practices, both involving marriages to multiple spouses. In a bigamous...

As I write, online news portals report that a 43-year-old man, in Malta, originally from Cameroon, has been placed under probation after admitting to theft of food from a supermarket for 18 times...

Automatic Enrolment (AE) is more than a financial product.  It is a central pillar of state social policy.  Governments worldwide use behavioural heuristics (mental shortcuts) to nudge...

A day after the conclusion of the all-important EU Council I couldn't find any reference to its conclusions on the Maltese media. There's a book which says 'What happens in Brussels stays in...