I read with surprise what the “Europeans” had to say about how the Greek government of Alexis Tsipras carried out its negotiations with them. Now I would agree that Tsipras & Co....

Earlier this week, Parliament’s Standing Committee for the Consideration of Bills concluded its detailed discussion on the Bill regarding the financing of political parties. I was invited by the...

On 22 July, Italian President Sergio Mattarella starts an official visit to Malta. I still remember when, as a student at Paola’s Primary School, I was taken, together with the rest of the...

A legal reform that will remove two articles from the Criminal Code which make vilification of religion a crime means that Malta will now be able to accommodate inhabitants of the Sixth and Seventh...

Cosmopolitan Malta does not – and should not – have any qualms about the ever-increasing number of foreigners seeking jobs here, raising families and offering services and talents very few...

The extensive coverage on the TV media, carrying interviews with the Greek people, the orderly queues at the ATM machines, the fighting spirit of the downtrodden citizens with their naïve Oxi...

The recent seminar on mental health organised by the Richmond Foundation was very much another eye-opener, if ever one was needed. Alistair Campbell, Tony Blair's former communications advisor, was...

The Malta Independent‘s editorial on Wednesday 15 July was a good piece on how the European dream is fading away in Malta. The editor did not mince words. He used strong words of criticism both...

The big news this week is that the Chinese telecoms corporation Huawei is “investing” in Malta. But you need only have read the lines themselves, rather than read between them, to know...

There’s only word by which to describe the “agreement” between euro zone leaders and Greece: disastrous. It cannot hold economically or financially; the Greek crisis will come back...