Getting re-elected, razzmatazz and all, was the easiest bit. It is getting down to what needs to be done that is the hardest challenge for the General Workers’ Union leaders, especially Tony Zarb. ...

It takes a determined and confident government to introduce reforms to what has become a sacred cow for post-secondary and tertiary-level students....

Education is one of the building blocks of society. An uneducated nation cannot move forward, develop its society or compete with the rest of the world....

Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi will be meeting United States President George Bush in Washington today....

The classics had a phrase for it: “The mountains gave birth and all that emerged was a ridiculous mouse”....

Last Tuesday, and not for the first time, one of the constituted bodies – the Malta Employers’ Association – called on the government to reduce the number of workers in the public sector. ...

Rural Affairs and Environment Minister George Pullicino made a bold statement this week....

It was a democratic decision, by all means, but it does not necessarily mean that it was correct....

Standard political science suggests that public support for the government midway through a legislature is well below the levels registered at the beginning or end....

Over 16 kilometres of newly-built roads were recently opened by Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and Urban Development and Roads Minister Jesmond Mugliett – both claiming that these are of a “European standard”....