It is only with hindsight that we can understand what 1 May 2017 meant for the Joseph Muscat administration. We now understand better that the Egrant allegation pushed the prime minister to take...

This week, I chanced across some old photos of my family and me in Malta, some 28 years ago. The pictures showed quaint villages, low-rise skylines, and delightful vintage cars chuntering around the...

The National Audit Office (NAO) has recently published its report for 2017. In a democracy, the role of the NAO is of paramount importance. Its role of ascertaining the presence (or absence) of good...

If 2013 heralded the oil scandal then will someone please tell me what the 2018 one is?  A colossal oil scandal?  A journey to the centre of the earth? Basically, there is no need to...

Undeniably we are living in an age of outstanding progress both globally but more so nationally; an era where our country has proven time and again that it is at the forefront of change, for the...

What an eventful week we had in Parliament. On Wednesday, the House approved the domestic violence bill. Astonishingly, 20 members from the Opposition voted against it. The first MP to make it...

It is simply appalling to see your country take one hit after another on the international scene. Yesterday at noon, as my plane landed at Luqa airport and I switched on my smart phone, the first...

There was a time when celebrating May Day in Malta was characterised by the working population's expressed desire to be in the same economic position that its counterparts across the European...

Proposition no. 1: I hold you fully responsible to ensure that justice is done. No. 2: I have no trust at all in you. No. 3: As I have no trust at all in you, I surely will not hand you...

In this week's vlog, MEP Francis Zammit Dimech speaks about his work on a report on Modernisation of Education in the EU currently being discussed within the Committee responsible for Education. Over...