By the time this opinion piece goes to press, Malta will have vaccinated more than 300,000 of its population. The remarkable success story of our country's vaccination rollout is indisputable. We now...

With the global realities of the COVID-19 pandemic becoming more and more devastating in early 2020, deafening alarm bells began ringing in the corridors of buildings of EU institutions in Brussels....

A few days ago my family, like many other families around Malta, received a small envelope from the Ministry for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning. In this envelope was another envelope...

As indeed happens after every invitation to speak on a talk-show, some reflective practice after the episode is bound to happen both about what has been said by the other and about my responses....

Humanity is becoming so restless and unruly. Not quite in connection with this fact although it is one of the ingredients in the bitter recipe, but there was a time when observing the unfolding drama...

Malta is the latest country toying with this concept. Although  studies in many countries have found that electronic monitoring (EM) is a promising tool for reducing recidivism and controlling...

In The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevski states that "the earth is soaked from its crust to its very centre with the tears of humanity." As each day passes, we know that this is true. From the...

Population has always been a very central theme to policy in Malta. It is a fact that Malta is too over populated to be self-sustainable.  This has been the case for a long time –...

The National Endangered Species Day, celebrated on the 21 May comes only one day before the International Biodiversity Day.  These days are there to highlight important needs to safeguard species...

Valletta Cultural Agency chairman Jason Micallef lamented on Wednesday that, while the Netherlands had allowed a mass gathering for the Eurovision Song Contest, Malta does not allow cultural...