The current impasse at the Malta Shipyards can lead to serious circumstances that a country in difficulty such as ours should avoid....

The formation of a trade unions council seemed in an advanced stage following the effort made by the unions over the past days to come up with a common front to face the government and employers in discussions over a social pact....

The failure of negotiations on a social pact goes beyond the public holidays issue, which was tackled by this newspaper in yesterday’s editorial....

Over the past weeks, this country has wobbled, much as the world wobbled on 26 December, because of pictures showing soldiers beating up asylum seekers who were protesting....

The cat has finally been let out of the bag....

After retaining his seat as United States President, George W. Bush will now focus on fulfilling an ambitious programme while trying to avoid the scandals and troubles that were part and parcel of the presidency of some of his two-term predecessors. ...

The government’s plans to upgrade the waste recycling plant in the limits of Marsascala have obviously not been very welcome by the residents of this seaside locality....

The vote in Iraq on Sunday to elect a 275-member National Assembly is an important test for US President George Bush’s mission to spread democracy through the Middle East....

The Malta Labour Party seems to be in an election mode....

The eco-contribution issue has erupted again. After what happened last summer, when the law was introduced after having been initially postponed, the recent addition of objects covered by the tax, especially plastic bags, has again led to controversy....