We often forget it, but the closest capital city to Valletta is not Rome, not Tunis, not even Athens. It’s Tripoli. Barely 355 miles to...

For decades Malta has stood as a neutral meeting ground for world leaders, from the 1989 Bush–Gorbachev summit to the recent USA–China talks. Its unique position in the Mediterranean, coupled with its constitutional neutrality, continues to make the island a trusted stage for diplomacy in an era of global tension.

Comino has become a victim of its own success. Overcrowding and unchecked beach operations are eroding both visitor experience and the island’s fragile ecosystem. Without limits on daily visitors and a conservation levy, Malta risks losing one of the natural jewels to the very tourism it depends on.

The manifesto's late appearance is unlikely to be Labour being unprepared to this election campaign. Far from being accidental, this strategy mirrors international trends that balance momentum with voter psychology and past campaigns of the PL.

This week, the Nationalist Party (PN) unveiled an ambitious €1 billion investment proposal aimed at reinventing the Maltese economy.

Malta has long defined itself as neutral. Neutrality is written into the Constitution and has shaped foreign policy since the Cold War. Yet as security threats evolve, Europe changes, and NATO remains the dominant defence alliance on the continent, an uncomfortable question keeps surfacing: should Malta reconsider its stance and join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

Property has simply outpaced all other local alternatives but the reason is complex and involves many variables.