In today’s German elections, the electorate is not simply deciding who will occupy the Chancellery for the next term and the shape of the coalition that will form Germany’s next...

Everything in Europe has been put on hold pending today’s general election in Germany but all commentators agree there is unlikely to be any radical change in policy after today.   The...

Is it good that we are getting a blow-by-blow account of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearings on oil procurement in 2010?   I question it because the process is so convoluted and...

Yesterday was the 49th anniversary of Independence Day, a great day for Malta, a great event that will remain inscribed forever as one of our nation’s peaks. This small piece of rock, as we are...

I enjoyed reading the letter Pope Francis sent to Civilta Cattolica in which he essentially asked for the Church and Catholics to stop judging people out of context. We are all sinners! He meant to...

As I was in the process of reviewing the First Document for Public Consultation prepared by The Commission for the Holistic Reform of the Justice System (dated 31 May 2013) to give my contributions, I...

Agri-tourism in the Mediterranean area is a much more recent phenomenon than in Northern Europe, where it has developed to a sizeable industry in countries such as Britain, France, Germany, Austria,...

The process of globalisation has, over the years, had its positive points, but it has also caused devastation and great personal hardship to thousands of workers all over the world. The need to...

The article by Martin Scicluna entitled “Fresh Approach to Public Appointments” made interesting reading (TMIS, 15 September).  However, one should not “reinvent the...

May I ask EU Commissioner Cecilia Malmström or the EU Representation Office in Malta to kindly explain to the Maltese people whether FRONTEX is still in existence? And if it is, what is it...