This weekend everyone is agog with the Eurovision. This national pastime dominates conversation during this time of year. Lovers and haters of the festival discuss, albeit for different reasons, all aspects of this festival. Eurovision lovers...

A recent decision of the Court regarding a case originally hailing from 1979 has both bad and good news for the citizens of this fair land. Should I start with the bad news or with the good news? Let me start from the very beginning as Mary Poppins...

For the very first time ever Malta has a Parliamentary Secretary for Animal Rights in the person of the Roderick Galdes. In a recent interview with The Times of Malta he said that one of the two tasks on his in-tray is the obtaining of a derogation...

The news of the death of former Judge Ray Pace saddened me a lot. I did not know Dr Pace personally. I have never had any conversation or communication with him. I do not know any of his family. So you may ask why the news saddened. I try to answer.

If this morning you accessed the Internet and used the World Wide Web remember that April 30, 2013 was the 20th anniversary of that historic day when the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) made the World Wide Web available to the...

The visit of Prime Minister Muscat to President Hollande must have been an interesting experience for our Prime Minister. On paper this was like a meeting between the Maltese David and the French Goliath. It reality it was anything but that. From...

The relationship between the Church and politics has never been a simple or easy one. Through the ages different theologies and models of political theory inspired the relationship. At times the Church wanted to have the upper hand over the...

The spate of appointments, resignations – generally forced ones- and transfers that have struck the local scene after the general election is keeping local pundits more than busy. I will not enter the fray except for one comment about the transfer...

“Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the Promised Land. I may...

Let me start by putting a number of questions about an imaginary scenario. What would you say if this evening Government issues a press statement saying that the law regulating the appointments of directors on government owned entities will be...