As in recent weeks, we awaited the UK referendum on Brexit, we hardly gave so much attention to another development that is quite important in European terms – this Sunday’s elections in...

If there is one observable fact that has particularly dominated the socio-political scene these last four years and in many ways contributed extensively to the rise and fall and vice-versa of...

When it comes to fruit I am not particularly finicky.   Much of it is great, but blood oranges and prickly pears are my favourites.     For different reasons, oranges and...

Like St Augustine, I cannot but start this blog on Brexit with a confession. I was one of those who strongly supported the entrance of Malta into the EU and never expected that, a decade later, I...

The uncertainties regarding the UK’s future inside or outside the EU have continued to increase. They will probably remain like so till the referendum vote gets going. Yet it could be...

The Labour Party has had, over the last 10 years at least, teams of people whose purpose it is to populate the media with comments and soundbite opinions which they hope will influence others to the...

Over recent years, for one reason or another, I have become accustomed to spending an occasional entire night at Mater Dei’s Accident and Emergency Department. Along, I would think, with quite a...

Things are going bad for labour.  No sooner have they fronted one attack on their west flank, then another rises on the east.  The troops are getting weary and their General is hidden from...

Air Malta is once again in the news. This time, its future is at stake and its plight has taken an unexpected turn following the very strong statement made by Dominic Azzopardi, the President of Air...

It looks like Vitals Global Healthcare (VGH) will be taking over the Gozo Hospital, St Luke’s and Karin Grech in the coming days. This is “official” not because the government (to...