The media’s power has greatly increased over the past few decades due to technological advancements. Globalization and accessibility to the internet have both had a hand in amassing the power that the media has nowadays. But with all that power, it is up to the media whether it will inform the public with precise, informative…

The globally awaited summit between President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un took place last Tuesday. During the summit, both leaders signed a statement, which states that: The United States and the DPRK commit to establish new US-DPRK relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and…

There’s been lots of news about automated vehicles with stunning results coming out of Silicon Valley. This sort of innovation is not just about technology, but the ecosystem that allows technology to thrive. Malta doesn’t have a proper futuristic transport strategy to take advantage of this. Why not? I The most media savvy company working…

The Italian home affairs minister Matteo Salvini, has made it clear that Italy would be adopting a substantially stricter position on Malta than it ever has. “The Good Lord put Malta closer to African shores than Sicily,” said Matteo Salvini. “Malta cannot always say ‘no’ to any request to intervene.”

In what will be the first ever meeting between a leader from the North and a US president, Tuesday is the day which might very well determine how the years and even decades to come will unfold, both politically and economically.

“This is just the beginning of a crackdown” Before he was elected, now Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz had made a promise to crack down on radical islam. Yesterday he announced thst the government will close seven mosques, expelling several more imams from the country. This decision puts into action a law passed in 2015 which…

Following the assassination of Mrs Daphne Caruana Galizia last year, pressure groups surfaced in Malta to help expose corruption. #OccupyJustice is one of them, perhaps the most active. While I applaud their rationale, I beg to differ on one crucial point. I Occupy Justice (I’m dropping the ‘#’ for readability’s sake) has one simple aim…

Spanish socialist Pedro Sánchez secures support for motion of no confidence in Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy. Sánchez has been promised the support of the far-left Podemos, two Catalan pro-independence parties and the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV). He will most probably become the new prime minister of Spain, the first one to be elected by…

‘Jewel of the Mediterranean’ is a phrase we hear only too much to describe or country, as it stands as a collection of islands in the middle of the Mediterranean. However, this positive and optimistic atmosphere created around our country does not mean that Malta is not without its pressing problems, of which it certainly…

Yet another governmental collapse causes an Institutional crisis in Italy. The peninsula has been plunged into fresh political turmoil after prime minister-designate Giuseppe Conte formally rejected a mandate to form a new populist government. M5S is considering calling for the impeachment of president Mattarella.