From a legal, judicial and procedural point of view, I find it really jarring and nonsensical to have the police assisted by lawyers from the attorney general's office when prosecuting in front of the...

That we are a small country impacts how foreigners and their governments consider us. It is a natural state of affairs that we frequently try to ignore or deny. I remember the theatrics indulged in by...

Tyranny doesn't start with kidnapping political adversaries, exiling critics of the leader or with stuffing ballot boxes to keep him in power. But that's how it ends. Tyranny starts with little...

"I wish you wouldn't squeeze so," said the Dormouse, who was sitting next to her. "I can hardly breathe." "I can't help it", said Alice very meekly: "'m growing." "You've no right to grow here," said...

Taxpayers' money funds public services, yet the government's priorities reveal a striking disparity between its investments in essential transport for Gozitans and its lavish spending on luxury...

I find absolutely no pleasure in writing articles like this one, however I feel duty bound to comment about the sorry situation our Interior Ministry finds itself in, under the current leadership. In...

The war resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine will hopefully be shortly over. Too many lives have been lost. A country shattered. Resources have been squandered. They could have easily...

Separating the executive from the legislature and the judiciary safeguards democracy and is the hallmark of a society governed by the rule of law. Yet, recent examples of subtle and...

In any other country the announcement that 226 kg of cannabis being kept under security at an army base had gone missing would have had people out on the streets in no time at all. You would...

Last Sunday, Prime Minister Robert Abela and I met a healthy group of artists, creatives and cultural managers to discuss the role of our traditions in the shaping up of our identity. I couldn't be...