With the nomination of Tonio Borg as Malta’s European commissioner now out of the way, the government and the Nationalist Party can concentrate on two other important issues in the coming...

It is positive to hear that next week’s budget, according to Finance Minister Tonio Fenech speaking in an interview with this newspaper, will not be used as an economic and not an electoral...

Over the last months, betting parlours, or whatever they choose to call themselves, have been sprouting all over our towns and villages. There is now probably no town or village without at least...

It was meant to be the cherry on the cake, the best evidence that the government was right to pay off the previous owners and to do away with the previous bus system.   Instead, so many have...

We now know how the vote in the European Parliament went but up to noon yesterday not many were to be found to bet that Tonio Borg’s passage through the European Parliament would be as smooth as...

On Thursday and Friday, European Union leaders will gather in Brussels to discuss, and hopefully reach agreement, on the next EU budget for the period 2014-2020.   If the last budget summit...

What is so different about what the Israeli army is doing to Gaza’s people, than what Bashar al Assad is doing to the people of Syria?   Nothing. It is exactly the same. It is...

The next two weeks or so will be a crucial time for the Nationalist Party on three fronts – Europe, Pieta’ and Valletta.   The first big day will be the approval or otherwise of...

Last Tuesday, Malta was hit by two unexpected events that both singly and collectively deeply affected the national conscience.   At the Law Courts in the morning, the Appeals Court...

Once again, this country has been witness to the power and privilege of Parliament used against persons who do not sit in the House and who cannot answer back with all the rights enjoyed by any...