One can sympathise with a parliamentary old-timer such as Minister Michael Farrugia for the bad deal that the cards have dealt him.   After a lifetime following the medical sector, and a...

None of the candidates who are in the running for the two deputy leader posts within the Nationalist Party have submitted their nominations yet.   The contest for deputy leader for...

As expected, the Nationalist Party general council yesterday endorsed the proposal put forward by its new leader to have two deputies, instead of the one the PN always had.   It was the...

Still reeling from the shock of its last electoral defeat, which is quite understandable considering the extent of the loss, the Nationalist Party now in Opposition is seeking to reform itself root...

The government was elected on the rallying call of Malta taghna lkoll (Malta belongs to all of us). It has come in for some stick in giving ‘jobs to the boys’, and we have yet to see the...

It was a foregone conclusion. Simon Busuttil was on Wednesday night elected PN leader, taking 93% of votes cast. He was the sole runner, after Mario de Marco bowed out of the race in the first...

Last year the Maltese spent 12% more on books, newspapers and periodicals than they had in 2011 and, according to figures released by the National Statistics Office yesterday, the average spend on...

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat did well in giving an interview to the BBC to scotch fears that Malta would need a Cyprus style bailout.   The PM gave a candid and frank interview, in which he...

The Mattia Preti centenary exhibition by Heritage Malta and the Comune of Taverna at the Palace in Valletta is a veritable feast of art.   We Maltese consider Preti as ‘our’...

As soon as it was announced that Jason Micallef was to be the new V-18 chairman, the dogs started baying and the knives were out.   The first reaction of many, was that he was unsuited for...