It was, I remember, one evening in the 1970s. I had been to Valletta or Floriana for some meeting and was on my way home in Hamrun. Suddenly I remembered I had left some unfinished business at...

I have been banging the drum for Auto-Enrolment (AE) since 2009. Not because I like the sound of it, but because Malta needs it. Our pension system cannot rely forever on pay-as-you-go promises and...

For many of us, summer is a season to look forward to: long days, family gatherings, and a welcome pause from the usual routine, but for us, summer is also a...

This year if I'm keeping a correct tally, the Malta Parliament has had the shortest summer holidays in recent years, almost as short as those of the European Parliament. Which signals that there was...

Malta's Industrial Tribunal has regularly been the subject of more than one controversy since it was set up in the mid-1970s to deal exclusively with cases involving breaches of workers' rights, such...

Truly the ever growing demographic imbalances have become a topic that gives rise to much worry. At least if it is to be considered as a serious matter (and I believe it should)  that the Maltese...

Clifton Grima is the minister responsible for MCAST. He's been Education Minister since 2021. He should have known about the disaster at MCAST's payroll, which the Auditor General repeatedly pointed...

In Book V of his "Histories", Herodotus suggested that, although Aristagoras failed to convince the Spartan king to help the Ionians against Persia, he succeeded in getting Athens to do so because it...

Every year the budget season arrives with several impressive words about Gozo - uniqueness, resilience, sustainability, inclusivity. Ministers speak as if the island sits on the brink of...

It hasn't been a week since you have taken the reins of the Nationalist Party, so understandably things are still extremely fresh for everyone, no less for you. However, as you have pointed out on...