As in anything else in life, there are local councils that work hard, and others that don’t. ...

The beginning of September normally sees a gradual return to normality after the summer holidays. But the hot months were not idle for the government, although most of the political focus has been on the Labour Party, ...

In the beginning, says the Good Book, there was water. And in any discussion on Malta’s long-term environmental sustainability, there has to be some deep thought and action about water. As this leader will show, even a short excursus ...

Opposition Leader Charles Mangion and Finance Minister Tonio Fenech had a go at each other over inflation this past week. It is not the first time that this has happened; neither will it be the last....

The president of the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association, Kevin Decesare, last week described the international situation with regard to the tourism industry as “very worrying”. Speaking to this newspaper...

The idea floated by Labour leader Joseph Muscat that 16-year-olds should be allowed to vote in local council elections has been received with a mixture of enthusiasm and scepticism...

Labour leader Joseph Muscat’s intentions to appoint a chief executive officer to administer party affairs has not helped the MLP to emerge from a period of controversy that has characterised its changes since the election was lost in March....

One of the major preoccupations before the start of the Olympic Games in Beijing was that doping scandals would have marred the beauty of the event and dealt a big blow to the credibility of sport. ...

The curtain came down on the Olympic Games in Beijing yesterday, and the countdown leading to the 30th edition of the Games to be held in London in four years’ time – between 27 July and 12 August 2012 – has already started....

Now that the Labour Party has finished choosing the people to occupy its various top posts, how does it look like?...