Accordions invariably remind me of French music and of Piaf's famous L'Accordianiste. But that balmy May evening at the chapel of Bir Miftuh we were invited to listen to Pietro Roffi - a classical...

The view outside my front door is that of a construction site, that from the living room window is of cranes adding a sizeable extension to an already existing building. The development and the...

There are only two weeks to go until the United Kingdom takes to the polls to decide whether to leave the European Union, or stay in the bloc. After a largely slow build up, pressure really...

It was almost six years ago that France introduced a tourist tax with the aim of improving amenities and the infrastructure. Thanks to this new tax, it has been in a better position to finance tourist...

With the start of the Euro 2016 football competition, and the summer season fast approaching, one would expect the usual amount activity to go into a lull but it seems that some public institutions...

What is happening in Libya is puzzling even to the Libyans. The country seems to have a logic and a sequence all of its own, possibly due to its geography which allows armies, governments and any form...

No visitor to Gozo can have a complete experience of the island without paying a visit to the iconic landmark of Gozo, the Ċittadella. For centuries, the island’s fortified city has offered...

I still cannot understand what drove UK Prime Minister David Cameron to propose this upcoming referendum on whether to leave or remain in the EU. I think that perhaps he tried to stave off trouble...

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