As Malta prepares for Budget 2027, the question is no longer simply how fast the economy can grow, but how sustainably it can do so. The test of this Budget should not simply be how much more...

The way in which economic growth is generated has implications for fiscal sustainability. Our efforts must therefore be continuous in ensuring that the economy is resilient, sustainable and grows...

An independent and impartial judiciary is one of the cornerstones of any democracy and is crucial for preventing usurpation and tyranny by those holding power. However, despite constitutional...

Every October, households across Malta do their own sums long before the Finance Minister reaches the podium, and this year they have more reason than usual to listen carefully. The government has...

Spring, 2031. The path along the top of the Sannat cliffs in Gozo was silent, save for the steady sigh of the Mediterranean 300 feet below. Four men - Arnold, his brother Jeffrey, Mario, and George -...

Malta's road agency keeps a calendar, and this autumn it read that calendar upside down. Summer brought the islands a record crowd of visitors and a record strain on the grid. Autumn brings the school...

During the inauguration of Malta's Urban and Social Spaces, hosted at the Embassy of Italy in Malta on the 50th anniversary of the Housing Authority last Friday, I spoke about the importance of...

Media articles that appeared recently about the teaching of Maltese in schools were without any doubt among this year's most important press contributions. Academics and teachers warned that the...

It says a lot that nine years have already passed since Daphne was brutally assassinated, with no definite closure for that horrific event. Many unanswered questions and unresolved mysteries...

Finance Minister Clyde Caruana stated something remarkable at the Times of Malta pre-budget event last week. He has not seen the studies behind the light rail line his own government promised. "I...