As Malta moves closer to introducing automatic enrolment (AE), the debate is rightly widening. We are no longer just talking about contribution rates, opt-out windows, or default funds. We are...

There are moments in public life when a single sentence reveals far more than the speaker intended to mean. This week, Malta was given such a moment when the Prime Minister, asked about global...

The opening of the forensic year Both the Chief Justice and the President of the Chamber of Advocates raised some points in their respective speeches that will surely have raised an eyebrow or...

One of the most common delusions that heads of government have in democracies is that the fact that they and only they decide on the dates of the election gives them a special power. That power...

Malta's economy is doing well, and the people are optimistic about the future. This is in deep contrast to other EU member states. The situation in Malta is not a matter of luck. It is the result of a...

Many Europeans are evaluating with scepticism the ability of European countries to really establish an effective direction for the future. In this, they're hardly influenced by the rather confused...

In 2014 and 2015, Malta adopted several measures to benefit from the derogation laid down in Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation...

It can be taken for granted that any major government contract which is made open to competitive tender between private sector companies will end up under attack from companies which have not been...

Robert Abela sent the largest ever Maltese business delegation to China to encourage wealthy Chinese to buy property in Malta. It included more than 80 representatives from the property sector. The...

By the first week of January, New Year's resolutions are already under pressure. The gym membership is purchased, the notebook is pristine, the language app is installed - and yet daily life is...