Cardinals from around the world have gathered in Rome to decide who will succeed Pope John Paul II as head of the Roman Catholic Church....

Two completely independent events contributed last week to put the country’s newest venture under a not particularly positive spotlight....

For once, the three leaders of the three political parties were in agreement....

The results obtained by Malta in its fight to curb infant mortality rates are to be commended....

Two years ago yesterday, Malta voted to keep the Nationalist Party in government for the second successive term, the fourth in the last five legislatures....

The news that 35 per cent of taxes due to the government are not being paid is rather worrying, to say the least....

Amid the media focus on what was happening in Rome all through last week after the death of Pope John Paul II, the news that Malta is to retain its Objective One status and therefore receive more funds from the European Union ...

Within the next month or so the government is due to take a decision the importance of which puts all other government decisions in the shade....

Four million pilgrims gathered in Rome yesterday to pay their last respects to Pope John Paul II. Many more millions turned on their TV set to follow what was happening at St Peter’s Basilica....

A nine-year-old Jewish boy stood outside a church to wait for his Catholic friend. A lady emerged from the church and, seeing the Jewish boy, asked him what he was doing there. “I am waiting for someone,” he replied. ...