International relations and diplomacy have always interested me. During my years in politics, first as a Member of Parliament and later as a member of the Cabinet of Ministers, I often saw how events...

On Monday, Prime Minister Robert Abela announced that a deal has been found for Manoel Island and Fort Tigne to be returned into the hands of the government. The deal follows months of...

At the start of the week, shoppers around Malta encountered empty or poorly stocked supermarket shelves following several days of severe weather that disrupted cargo deliveries to the...

In a recent address to the Schoenstatt Movement, Pope Francis openly admitted that the "Christian family and marriage are under great attack". Relativism is weakening the concept of marriage....

Google Earth reveals that swimming pools are not so popular with people from the south of Malta in places like Hamrun, Qormi and Bormla. However, they are extremely popular with people from places...

Almost every Sunday, in Mauritius we treated ourselves to brunch at Le Saint Geran. This was one of our favourite meals as a family and the surroundings were idyllic  and very different to the...

Carmel Vassallo November is the last full month of autumn, a precursor of the cold winter months and Christmas festivities. Somehow for me, it brings with it some very lucid recollections of...

In an article entitled "Bill allowing parents to change child's gender riddled with loopholes" (TMIS, 2 November), Kevin Schembri Orland claimed that the proposed gender identity, gender...

On 9 November 1989, the Berlin wall was torn down. Some people used tools, others used vehicles while the vast majority used their bare hands to tear down the symbolic divide between East and...

Lately, I read many articles regarding the present situation of the Maltese Church. I must say that I do not go the Curia in Floriana, so I know little of the employees who work there. From what I...