On the face of it, this passport for sale scheme is one other main tool in the government’s bid to rake in revenue which it will then use to improve the quality of life of the...

The attention of the public on the citizenship for sale programme is being, if anything, further kindled by spin and media reports.   The public’s attention has been attracted by...

Nationalist Party leader Simon Busuttil has thrown in a proposal that is set to create a debate as the country prepares to welcome its new President of the Republic.   In an interview in The...

Whatever kind of gloss the government has attempted to put on the European Parliament’s vote or the words of the European Commission this week, the simple fact remains that the vast majority of...

Those who on a Sunday in winter love to go up to Mdina will no doubt have remarked on the lawlessness that is evident there and which seems to have increased by leaps and bounds.   There was...

With his actions over the past days, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has put Malta squarely in the footsteps of Hungary and its maverick Prime Minister Viktor Orban.   The Hungarian prime...

It is a pity if the general Maltese public was deprived yesterday from watching the real, live, debate in the European Parliament on Malta.   For that was the subject of the debate, as the...

Rather than extending our citizenship to all those who can pay, as a country we should be reviewing the ramshackle and lackadaisical way we hand out citizenship of Malta if we really appreciate the...

The Prime Minister was quite cocky in his Sunday speech especially as regards the citizenship bill.   He blasted the Leader of the Opposition for his stance, the Opposition as a whole and...

Five years after pledging to remake the US relationship with the broader Middle East and improve America's image in the Muslim world, the Obama administration's regional strategy appears to...