Our system of local government provides for councils and other local entities to be autonomous of the country’s central administration, that is, government. This is one of the pillars on which...

The Brexit referendum has come and gone and out has won the day. The British have spoken and their wish should be respected. I was not surprised at all, as so many years of eurosceptic oratory cannot...

As the exchange of blows between presumptive nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is already in full swing, attention in the next few weeks will be on the party conventions the two main parties...

You hear it in the pjazzas, you hear it in the streets. It’s on everybody’s lips. The Ċittadella has been restored. Years of neglect, and years of major work have now restored pride...

First the UK had a Prime Minister who promised a referendum to his own party, when there was no clamour for it, just to secure his own leadership. Then there was a former London Mayor who threw his...

It is the very epitome of hypocrisy that a rap superstar brought to Malta for the annual Isle of MTV concert openly brags about smoking marijuana in Malta, an offense under Maltese law, while 11...

It’s funny how things change especially rapidly here in Malta. Things go from pie in the sky into tangible and concrete reality in the bat of an eye. The pun was very much intended. About 20-30...

The European Parliament held a special plenary session yesterday, where MEPs backed a motion urging the United Kingdom to trigger Article 50, which means that the country has formally announced that...

European Union leaders will today convene for an extraordinary European Council called in the wake of the United Kingdom’s unprecedented and historical vote to leave the European Union. The...

The European Union’s obsession for sticking to its rulebook could, in effect, be denying the citizens of a country who voted to stay in the bloc their rights as European Union citizens. We...