Budget 2020 did not bring with it a lot of surprises and that was as far as was promised. The focus on specific pockets in society, and some measures targeting the environment, are welcome. These are...

The Malta Chamber terms the Budget for 2020 as a mixed bag.  In fact, Malta’s foremost employer organization feels that while some steps in the right direction were made, these were not as...

“Don't tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I'll know you what you value.”  - Joe Biden, former US Vice President    The 2020 Budget presented by...

The 2020 Budget is the result of Labour’s vision of prosperity with a social purpose. The Maltese economy has prospered in the past six years, registering economic growth at an unprecedented...

Two years after the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia, civil society is stronger than ever, but the political Opposition has never been weaker or more lacking in purpose, direction and vision....

Malta’s 2020 Budget is one which panders to public opinion, but which lacks serious commitment to address the causes of the freefall in quality of life for the Maltese. This government is all...

​In recent years politicians have embraced environmental buzzwords, hence the Budget 2020 talked of the circular economy, turning carbon neutral, green businesses etc... However when a document...

In 2003, Malta's Archbishop's Seminary celebrated the 300th anniversary since its foundation in 1703. To commemorate this event, the author researched the history of the establishment and first...

Which of us doesn't remember the stamps designed by Emvin Cremona? This commission by the Malta Post Office lasted from 1957 until the early 1980. Yet, even if I was in my early teens in 1957 they...

During this month, visitors at Fort St Elmo can enjoy the opportunity to watch the historical re-enactment of the In Guardia parade. This parade involves around 50 re-enactors who portray an...