During the past days we have witnessed the brute force which nature has unleashed in the form of prolonged gale force winds and the rabid action of the sea along the coast. Waves of considerable...

AE is the right decision. I have argued for it for many years, both in my official roles on pension reform bodies and outside them. Malta needs a second pillar that helps people build additional...

In 1929, the renowned thinker Antonio Gramsci was quoted as saying, "The old world is dying and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters." We can easily apply that quotation to...

There is one image that describes the present Labour government - the scene at Niscemi, over the sea near Gela in Sicily, where the abundant rain of the past weeks has produced a gradual collapse of...

This week, Dr. Luke Dalli, the Executive Chairman of Arts Council Malta, and I announced that Malta has officially become a member of Eurimages, the Council of Europe's film support fund. This is an...

The latest ministerial resignation has confirmed how wrong is the government's decision to discontinue the annual publication of the detailed returns by ministers and parliamentary secretaries about...

Three particular judges are being reliably mentioned as possible chief justice candidates: Consuelo Scerri Herrera, Edwina Grima and Wenzu Mintoff. All three would be a fine and apt choice for...

Storm Harry did not arrive as a surprise. Its delivery served as a potent reminder of a previous engagement. For two days last week, the Mediterranean hurled Force 9 winds across the Maltese...

As a storm, it was quite tremendous although I'm not sure that it was greater than some others of its predecessors over the years. Still, one factor made it stand out from the many others that came...

The European Union Commission will be publishing this year another useless report on the rule of law in Malta. It is useless because it is in large measure ignored by the Maltese government and the...