Children come into contact with the justice system in many different ways. This can be for family matters such as divorce or adoption, in administrative justice for nationality or immigration issues...

It is not a puerile query and has to be addressed. After more than sixty years of political independence, how self-confident are we as a nation? Reply: For sure, insufficiently. Self-confidence...

Roderick Galdes had plenty of time to rebut allegations about his huge property empire spanning the UK, mainland Italy, Sicily, Malta and Gozo. He hasn't even denied or confirmed whether he owns that...

This article is spurred by two perspectives that have shaped my understanding of youth engagement in public life. The first is personal: that of a mother of the youngest local councillor, observing at...

The Labour government is justifiably proud of the mostly glowing biennial report about the Maltese economy, published by the International Monetary Fund recently.  Needless to say, the government...

One expects institutional restraint, democratic sensitivity, and fidelity to the authority's mandate when the Chief Executive of the Gozo Regional Development Authority (GRDA) outlines his vision for...

Collective agreements are negotiated between an employer or its representatives on one side, and the union representing the category of employees. These are just the two main actors involved in...

Over the past years political consideration of the environment has increased substantially. However, at times it is just lip service, at others it is an exercise in doing the bare minimum, just enough...

War crimes, crimes against humanity, genocides, indiscriminate massacres and atrocities. We've seen them all. We've seen them in places and countries around the world. Ancient and modern history are...

Last week, I set out how I understand the childcare debate that has gripped Malta in recent months. This is the first in a series of posts that goes deeper. The question I want to address here is...