The Malta Labour Party and the General Workers Union have both thought it fit to organise marches in Valletta to protest against measures taken by the government in recent weeks. ...

Many Maltese people believed that a new dawn was possible for local politics with the Prime Minister’s seeming invitation for dialogue and cooperation with the MLP when leader Joseph Muscat was elected. ...

Forty years on, the monster we all thought was dead and buried has raised its ugly head again – the spectre, that is, of mortal sin in public policy....

This summer, Malta received the highest number of boat people that it has taken in since the phenomenon of irregular migration by sea reared its head....

The debate as to whether or not to set up a court specifically for drug related offences carries on....

As Europe awoke yesterday morning, most of the continent breathed a heavy sigh of relief and shared at least partially in the scenes of jubilation being beamed across the Atlantic to their television screens....

By the time people read this, the United States of America will have a new president. There are, of course, two candidates to vote for in this highly politically polarised nation....

The main issue in preparing this year’s budget speech must have been how to tackle the country’s economy in the wider context of the credit squeeze and consequent financial turmoil in the world....

Today is Budget Day. This evening, Finance Minister Tonio Fenech will read out the speech for Budget 2009 and the public will find out what is going to be spent, where it is going to be spent and why it is going to be spent....

Walk through any street and look around you. At most times of the day you will be surprised by the number of people dashing around going about their daily work. ...