A few weeks ago, Avi Loeb, a Harvard astronomer, suggested that an interstellar object nearing Earth could be an engineered object.  He was referring to the 31/ATLAS interstellar object...

On Sunday, September 14 September at about noon, I left home for Mġarr. I allowed enough time for the traffic, expecting a slow crawl through the rows of queuing vehicles. Several cars already...

The past 12 years, we can all agree, have been an absolute assault on the environment. Like Herbert Ganado, we too can say that we have seen Malta change, yet, sadly, it hasn't always been for the...

The June 2025 consultation document on the proposal for an automatic enrolment (AE) Occupational Pension Regime sets out the eligibility rules that will guide the system. Employees are considered...

It is not rare that we come across criminal and civil cases where conflicting court judgments are delivered. Not long ago, for example, the Constitutional Court, within a period of less than a year,...

So the deed is done. All the pressure has produced this. Malta has formally recognised the yet inexistent Palestinian state. With no prior negotiation, no conditions imposed or accepted. Not...

This week, Prime Minister Robert Abela took centre stage at the United Nations Conference in New York, and in front of world leaders, declared proudly and unequivocally that Malta was recognizing the...

The tourism authorities have done well over the years to keep up efforts to increase tourism flows from the US to Malta and to introduce direct flights from that country. That now Delta airlines will...

A child wakes up one morning expecting a normal start to the day. He sits at the breakfast table waiting for the usual spread of toast, eggs, juice, and cereal. Instead, he finds only a slice of bread...

When many years ago, Mid-Med Bank was about to be sold to HSBC, many voices spoke out in praise of what was being done. Personally I was one of those who stood against, and strongly: apart from the...