A year ago, we were gearing up for the last and final shove in a long campaign, which the Labour Party won with an unprecedented astounding majority. The reasons for such result have been exhausted...

Very recently, I submitted two parliamentary questions to the Minister for Education regarding potential changes to the current Education Act. I asked Minister Bartolo (PQ 7912) whether, following a...

If there was one event that panned out well in last year’s general election campaign, it was the unveiling of Labour’s energy policy. A squeaky-clean Konrad Mizzi and a new, radical...

Roberta Metsola, who was elected to the European Parliament on the Nationalist Party ticket, is leading a petition for European action against the location of an enormous floating gas-storage unit...

First of all let me start off by stating categorically that Gozo has been an important beneficiary of Malta’s accession to the European Union. Between 2004 and 2013, the island received a total...

The government announced last week that Joe Debono Grech, MP, has been appointed consultant to the Gozo Minister.   Now I know, like everybody else, that Mr Debono Grech, I believe through...

It is easy to label Matteo Renzi as a man in a hurry. He has brought new energy and determination to the Italian political scene. Italy desperately needs a true leader with a sense of urgency and many...

This seems to be a year for cleaning up one’s acts with financial fair play and transparency being tackled in various European institutions. Strange as it seems, these matters are bringing out...

Before the general election, the Labour Party promised it would work hard to curb, possibly eradicate, corruption. Right on cue, the oil procurement scandal erupted in parallel with the election...

Contemporary Maltese texts often mention the 18th-century French Knight and painter Antoine Favray (1706-1792).   However, his full name was Chevalier Antoine de Favray, as is clearly shown...