“When America sneezes, the world catches a cold.” There are different theories and explanations as to when this popular adage was coined and to which crisis it refers to.  What...

Like the rest of the world, I have been watching the events in Iran attentively. When the news broke that Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish-Iranian woman was arrested for wearing a hijab incorrectly and died as...

The Malta Insurance Association (MIA) has made a number of serious allegations with regard to police misconduct. If it is true that the police are advising traffic accident victims not to report...

The spike in energy and food prices caused by the war in Ukraine led the European Central Bank (ECB) to raise its interest rates by 1.25% over a few weeks. The ECB also stated that “based on its...

It’s not easy to put all these reasons down in words, but I will try my best. I have now been to Ukraine three times, in April, May and August-September. I started missing Ukraine the...

The new utility bill system which determines how the Automated Revenue Management Services (ARMS) calculates people’s water and electricity bills was this week – after many weeks and...

Over €1.6 billion was spent on pandemic response actions and measures since 2020, Finance Minister Clyde Caruana revealed in Parliament earlier this week. Over €1.5bn came from national...

For years on end, we have heard the Chief Justice complain about lack of resources, lack of space, an overburdened court system and backlogs. Last year, Mr Justice Mark Chetcuti listed the same...

It was easy to blame village feasts as being the cause of traffic jams. But now that we are in October, what will Transport Minister Aaron Farrugia say? Farrugia caused controversy and disdain...

There are a number of worrying children’s issues in Maltese society which have emerged as of late.  The first revolves around marriage. The Office of the Commissioner for Children has said...