Today is the almost forgotten feast of The Three Kings. Judging by last year’s events I wonder what gifts the Three Kings would bring to the world today?...

Here is a tiny selection of some of the extraordinary facts of 2007:10. Heather Mills McCartney wasn’t sectioned under the Mental Health Act....

When the Labour Party called a press conference to announce the fact that the party leader is ill and was about to undergo a major operation, its general secretary ordered the people of this country not ...

We live in a land of contrasts. We have some of the best medical professionals in the world, yet some patients have to wait years to receive medical treatment that would enhance the quality of their lives. ...

Barely two weeks have passed since we joined the euro zone. This is definitely a big achievement for our country; Malta the smallest country in the EU has the second stron...

The New Year is here. So are the resolutions which were made last Monday night. There were those who aspired to small things. Others would have set themselves targets which, four days down the road, already seem unattainable. ...

I mean to fill a great void. As we celebrated the switch of our currency to euro, while champagne corks popped, fireworks lit our skies in celebration and so many self-congratulatory speeches...

Since time immemorial, people have worried about the earth’s future. We once believed that the sky would fall. More recently we worried that the planet might freeze, and then that...

The New Year has finally arrived and has brought with it a historic step for the Maltese population. Not only have we welcomed a brand New Year, undoubtedly full of resolutions and opportunities,...

It’s 2 January, and I’m just back from the sales. There’s an atmosphere of barely contained chaos as Malta’s biggest shopping-day of the calendar year coincides with the first day of euro-use (who goes shopping on New Year’s Day?)...