The year that is about to start will probably lead to a shift of political power in Iraq’s modern history, while the country struggles with an revolution that has perplexed US strategists and their pre-war optimistic predictions....

Sooner or later, in a few years’, or months’ time, the world will have a conclave. ...

Meteorologists are predicting a cold and wet Christmas this weekend. But a cold Christmas goes beyond the weather, although many are still complaining that the rise in the price of kerosene as announced in the budget will make it colder than usual, or per...

The unions discussing the renewal of the collective agreement for public officers last Monday issued a joint statement saying they were taking a firm stand against some government proposals....

A report published last week confirms what was already known – that there is a strong connection between unemployment and poverty. Naturally, people who do not have an income, or whose income is limited, find it hard to maintain a decent standard of livin...

The vote transferring Fort Chambray and the adjacent land from the government to Gozitan entrepreneur Michael Caruana, as expected, did not find any hitches and was passed by parliament last week before it rose for the Christmas recess....

On 21 November, this paper reported that with three days left to go for Budget Day, there was still a “rather substantial shortfall” in the government’s stated target, listed in the Convergence Report it submitted to the EU months before. Though unreporte...

The debate about the budget, which took up three weeks of parliamentary work, is over....

Earlier this week, the Foundation for Social Welfare Services (FSWS) published the third European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs....

The two major political parties this week organised fund-raising marathons....