Love him, hate him or love to hate him, no one can deny that former Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi played a formidable and instrumental part in shaping the country that we all know and love...

If there is one person for whom the Parliamentary Summer Recess has come not a moment too soon, that is Minister Chris Cardona.   Here was a person who was well on his way to become a target...

In yesterday’s leading article, we paid tribute to former Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi. We described him as a loyal servant to the people of Malta, a man of principle and a true gent. We are...

At the time of writing Lawrence Gonzi, a man who needs little introduction to Maltese readers,  was due to deliver his farewell address to Parliament within a few hours’ time – in the...

The very next day after the Pope visited Lampedusa, the Maltese government threatened to send Air Malta planes to take back to Tripoli 102 Somali and Eritrean migrants who had arrived in Malta the...

“I’m not a racist… but…” has to be one of the most used phrases in Malta and Italy. Everywhere one turns, the conversation turns to boat people and asylum seekers....

The Government of Malta has been heard, loud and clear. So much so, that the issue of immigration was the main point of discussion during European Union Council President Hermann Van Rompuy yesterday....

While any kind of judgement, preliminary or otherwise, on the international call for expressions of interest in land reclamation projects issued by the government on Tuesday should, due to the virtual...

All’s well that ends well.   Or rather, all’s not well not even when it ends well.   The thinking and reflecting part of Malta will long remember the anguish it was...

Pope Francis yesterday visited Lampedusa to pay tribute to those who had died in trying to cross the Mediterranean from North Africa to seek a better life. He cast a wreath into the sea in memory of...