On Tuesday, the European Union’s Economic and Finance Ministers Council gave the go-ahead for Malta to join the eurozone as from the established date of 1 January 2008...

It is a difficult time for the government, and the opposition is making the most of it....

That the election is approaching – and is approaching fast – can be confirmed by the number of politicians who are conducting what are known as house visits....

“It is not a matter of blame. It is a matter of change.”...

The extent of the success or otherwise achieved at the three-day EPP-ED study visit in Malta will be known if the words that were said are now translated into action....

That’s what they want you to think. They want you to think that there is no alternative to the present two-party state of affairs meaning there is no alternative to the present state of affairs....

It was rather cheeky on the part of the Malta Labour Party to try to take some form of credit for Mater Dei Hospital. But then, it’s part of the political game that – sadly, one may add – we have to endure on this little island of ours....

With less than six months to go before the euro will replace the lira as Malta’s legal tender, the Chamber of Small and Medium Enterprises and the Union Haddiema Maghqudin have reached an agreement that will ensure...

The launching of another political party has raised a few questions, foremost among which is whether it will be the Nationalist Party or the Malta Labour Party that will lose more votes to the smaller parties in the coming election....

Summer has started, schools have closed for the holidays, and the Maltese have entered into their routine of going to the beach in the afternoons and spending more time outside their home in search of a cool breeze in the evenings....