When the European Council meets next week in Brussels, the budget for the period 2007 to 2013 will be at the top of the agenda. The budget, which failed to gain the approval of all the EU member...

The Malta Council for Economic and Social Development (MCESD) was established by the government to create a forum for the social partners and constituted bodies to discuss issues of national importance and, by reaching consensus between them....

The very idea of turning chip-pan fat into a fuel is an ingenious one. The fact that there is a Maltese company that does exactly that and offers it for sale at a pump is even better....

The very recent riots in the suburbs of Paris may have led to increasing police and anti-riot enforcement by the French forces of law and order, and may also have had racist and xenophobic roots. ...

They say history repeats itself, and in the case of the General Workers’ Union, this is so true....

The results of the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD), held in 2003, were made public on Tuesday....

The Bishops’ statement on homosexuals last week and the strong reaction from the Malta Gay Rights Movement (MGRM) has re-ignited a heated debate on the subject. ...

The Malta Union of Teachers organised a conference for teachers last week to address the problem of unacceptable student behaviour, an issue the union believes is growing and about which it feels that little is being done....

During a protest march organised by the General Workers’ Union last Thursday, secretary-general Tony Zarb pledged to do everything possible to topple the government if the union’s demands....

The Queen’s state visit and the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting are over. The heads of state have left, and the lives of all of us can get back to normal, but it really was worth the hassle....