Malta has a rich maritime heritage but it wasnevertaken very seriously by our politicians.Joseph Muscat, the Maritime historian, is a pioneer of our maritime history and is one of the first who...

Do you remember Joseph Muscat in Opposition? It is only two and a half years ago and I am sure that like me, you will remember he did or said very little which anybody can define as remotely positive...

Recent events, and the way some reacted to them, set me thinking about how confused lots of people are about egalitarianism, in the same way they are about opinions and freedom of expression. The fact...

Data covering outward EU tourism show that the two destinations that attract most European tourists are the US and Turkey. The latter is facing challenges arising from internal and external...

I must say that the moment Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger) decided to hang up his red leather loafers it felt good. In my eyes he was an ineffective Pope, detached from the realities...

Last week I received this SMS, which read. Dinner this evening @ 8.30pm –Pjazza Gavino Gulia Bormla. Catching-up with friends, indulging in sumptuous bites, in addition to a steady flow of...

The expression ‘where is the beef” became famous during the UK election campaign in 1979 when Margaret Thatcher won the political argument against Labour Leader James Callaghan. Yet, in...

It gives me the shivers to even drive around the outskirts of Paceville, with all the confusion that exists between Spinola Bay and the traffic lights, and between the traffic lights and St...

The scandal regarding the fraud operated by Volkswagen in their emissions testing on new cars is the latest in a sequence of similar episodes that have developed on a global scale. Multinational...

When I wrote this column yesterday evening, beneath my Thursday column there were 450 comments and the discussion was still ongoing. The subject was not actually racism, but how – when there is...