If anything stands out clear from the budget debate it is that both the government and the opposition are on political trip of fiscal patchwork that sees no further than ...

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s victory in Argentina’s presidential election ushers in a political experiment that goes beyond national boundaries: that of “ruling couples...

Nine months after the European Commission issued its Green Paper Towards a Europe free from tobacco smoke: policy options at EU level, the European Parliament recently voted overwhelmingly in favour of a resolution ...

The euro, as our money, will soon have an extremely important role in the financial, social and psychological aspects of our lives. The euro will of course be used in the traditional way –...

Must it take a retired judge to separate the issues for us? In the welter of editorials, articles, irate letters to the editor and opinion pieces written by people popping out of the woodwork to tell us what they think about abortion, ...

Sunday’s papers were quite full of speculation on the next general election date. One particular Sunday newspaper also carried a full two-page interview with the Prime Minister, where he would not be drawn into giving up this greatly kept secret. ...

Last week, we witnessed, once again, the negativity of the Opposition Leader during his address on the Budget 2008. Once more, we were subjected to a speech that lacked ideas and direction. ...

By any standards it must have been Alfred Sant’s best performance in the House to date. Clinical, constructively critical, forward-looking, agenda-setting and comprehensive in his approach he picked his way ...

BELGRADE, Serbia: Facing a possible loss of Kosovo, Serbian nationalists are reigniting tensions in the Balkans, sending out dark hints about coming to the aid of their Serb brethren in Bosnia – a prospect that could unleash a new ...

A recent survey in the UK seemed to show that parents there want our kind of education system. Well, not exactly. ...