“Three foreigners with a dark skin” are the latest to make the news in Malta following a hit and run incident in Dragonara Road, Paceville. Obviously when the police description hit the press, as it did with the Malta Independent, the comments section becomes a free for all for...

Minister Mallia has justified the posting of army personnel at the entrance of ministries by claiming that extra security is needed. “Security from what?”, we felt obliged to ask, “Ze Germans?”. Well, as it happens, the immunity and safety of our representatives (on the...

We may fret and worry about joint Libyan and BP plans to sink an oil well off our coast (and Libya‘s) but when it comes to public acclaim about a potential disaster little or no mention is made of Malta. Surprised? Here is Andrew Johnson writing in the Independent on Sunday (IOS, UK): BP...