Although politics is about winning elections, when the pursuit of votes becomes the sole consideration, something essential is lost, writes Albert Buttigieg. Standing on principle may make the road to power harder but selling one’s soul and values is ultimately a Faustian bargain.

Malta has become, in many ways, unrecognisable. I do not say this because I have turned 62 and am looking back nostalgically at the Malta of my youth.

Malta’s electricity failures expose the cost of putting short-term growth ahead of long-term planning, writes Albert Buttigieg. The government cannot claim to be surprised by rising temperatures or increasing electricity demand.