Desperate and undignified, Leo Brincat has brought out his (obviously miniature) battering-ram and is now doing what he can to force open the door to the European Court of Auditors and a salary of...

There’s no better way to describe the decision of the Nationalist Party for its MEPs to vote against the nomination of Leo Brincat to sit on the European Court of Auditors than this: call it a...

The government’s insistence with Leo Brincat’s nomination for a place on the European Court of Auditors makes me think that Joseph Muscat believes that his lobbying with his Brussels...

I remember very clearly as I was growing up in the 1980s when the social conditions in Malta were terrible, when all we talked about was politics, when those on the other side of the fence were...

Every now and then, on Friday evenings, I meet a couple of friends in a quiet village pub. We are spoilt with an assortment of home-made, tasty bites to complement a couple of shots of fine...

Jien naħseb li aħna qed ngħixu f'pajjiż fejn ma jonqosna xejn. Saħħa b'xejn, edukazzjoni b'xejn, jekk tmut u ma jkollokx joħduk u jidfnuk xorta, u jekk...

A pundit in a local newspaper wrote that Maltese governments have had no vision for the future. There was one exception according to him: the Fenech Adami administration which kept to the compass of...

This article has been prompted by three items of news that appeared in the media last week. Centre stage was held by the visa scandal, which was uncovered by The Malta Independent. There is no...

For four years in the 1990s, Manoel Island formed part of my ‘kingdom’ – that being the parish of Gzira. Manoel Island, a gzira, gives its name to the entire parish and locality...

During the past weeks, the island of Comino has been in the news. The controversy surrounding the deckchair/umbrella hawkers free-for-all at the Blue Lagoon focused on overcharging, breaching of...