On World Diabetes Day, commemorated on Wednesday, it was reported in the media that Health Minister Joe Cassar veered away from admitting that the time had come for a diabetes and obesity national...

In any other European country, the police would have called a press conference last night and announced why they were interrogating a former European Commissioner and a businessman about an EU...

The one good thing about all this is that Adrian Vassallo will not be contesting the next election. He calls himself a conservative, but in reality, he is nothing short of a closed-minded individual...

It may be Tonio Borg who will be facing questions by MEPs this afternoon, but if the criticism he has received is any indication, it might feel like our “values” are being put to the...

With all the political bickering, the looming budget vote and the subsequent election next year, we often forget things that matter.   Yesterday mattered. Yesterday was Remembrance Day, the...

The Opposition is quite right in objecting to the prospect, as proposed in the government’s IVF Bill that couples seeking to undergo IVF are to appear before a board that would judge their...

While Maltese people’s confidence in politics has dipped, especially after the internal ructions within the PN and the way the PL appeared to be clamouring for an election, confidence in our...

The government, rightly, has made an issue out of the fact that although slightly increasing, Malta’s unemployment rate stands at 6.5 %, one of the lowest in Europe.   Jobs are what...

Europe awoke yesterday morning to a US electoral result that it had anticipated and which most on this side of the pond had hoped for - a second four-year term for US President Barack Obama. ...

Speaking in the debate on Xarabank last Friday, Prime Minister Gonzi finally admitted what everybody else knows – that the Arriva service is not there yet.   To date, neither he nor...