It is not without trepidation that the people of these Islands have rung in the New Year. As they crossed the threshold and face a future whose outlines are already determined, they know that hard realities await them...

How can one explain that while the US economy is growing at a fast pace of nearly four per cent per annum, producing new jobs at an average rate of 175,000 per month, and while its unemployment rate is stable at 5.4 per cent, the US dollar has reached a r...

The first thing that came to my mind when I heard all the news stories about lost and orphaned children in the tsunami disaster was that the paedophiles and child sex traffickers would move in immediately. It is the obvious move for them. ...

Amidst the greatest tragedy the world has ever seen, one cannot be passive and look elsewhere. ...

The French weekly L’Express recently carried an article entitled China’s records in the eyes of foreigners....

6. International relations and participationThe reality of a register that is among the largest in the world, has increased the responsibility Malta has to meet its international commitments and to participate actively in international shipping fora. ...

The Maltese expression Mal-hazin jehel it-tajjeb sums up the mood on the streets these days, and the English version (the good get blamed with the bad) just does not carry the same sort of weight and depth....

I write this week about people who I consider my professional colleagues and, in a small media world where dog is not supposed to bite dog, this article may be considered, at least to those who are the subject of my writing, as being somewhat infra dig. ...

Last January, I had postulated that, if current trends in trade union membership and recruitment strategies persist, one could expect the UHM to reach and even overtake the GWU in the near future. With pensioners included, the UHM-GWU membership gap may b...

A front-page story, carried prominently in another section of the Press last week, highlighted the news that “the European Commission concluded that Malta is on track to correct its financial deficit and told the European Council no further recommendation...