Joseph Calleja    The development of apartments in Malta has not only increased dramatically during the last 20 years, but will undoubtedly intensify in the years to come. This puts...

The Catholic Church (and Protestant churches) is going through a tough patch at the moment due to the lack of sexual temperance exhibited 40 or 50 years ago. To be sure, these sexual issues occur...

Thursday 2, Friday 3 and Saturday 4 August of this year will remain three important days in my priestly and consecrated life. This is because on those three holy days, the Lord has given me the great...

This has been quite an eventful week for our little island which, for me, means I have to ditch my plans to focus on one topic, and shift to Plan B: flitting from one topic to...

Successful results are certainly encouraging, but they are not a final goal unless one finds – especially in politics – the courage to sustain good results and achieve...

The war on migrant rescue NGOs has entered its final stages and is almost won with only one volunteer group left to patrol the seas off Libya.  This week, the Spanish migrant rescue NGO Proactiva...

The collapse of the Morandi bridge in Genoa, which caused the death of 43 people, made reverberations all over the world, not only in Italy. The blame game quickly began, with the Italian...

The agreement announced last week by Ryanair and Air Malta implies more than meets the eye, more than just an agreement between two airlines. One has to look at the agreement from a long-term...

Time and time again, French politicians are showing not only us in Europe but the world in general what political accountability is all about.  It is not as though France is corruption free, far...

Poverty and social exclusion statistics probably capture the headlines as often as economic statistics.  This is not surprising, given that the EU emphasises smart, sustainable and inclusive...