One of the lighter moments in our local news this week (apart from the undoubtedly very good news about the Ramla permit being revoked) were the conflicting stories ...

In the coming days – perhaps even hours – the destiny of Burma (also known as Myanmar), and the fates of over fifty million Burmese, will be decided. Today’s crisis has been brewing for many years....

The concept of “democracy” is equated with “freedom”, “equality” and “popular sovereignty”. These ideals are so appealing that different kinds of regimes pay lip service to them....

Budget Day is round the corner. In reality the Gonzi administration has been so positive during the last three and a half years that...

29 years ago exactly today, the world woke up to be faced with the incredulous news that the papacy of Albino Luciani (John Paul I) was suddenly ended by his sudden death after merely 33 days in office. ...

What is World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (6 October)?...

In the same week that the European Commission launched a consultation period, open to all, on the budgetary reform in view of the review that is to take place in the next two years...

It takes all sorts to make a world, including those who have just woken up from a decades-long sleep to imagine that we still live in the era of Dom Mintoff, protectionism and price freezes. ...

AB vs XY widow of YZJudge Philip Sciberras Court of Appeal – Gozo (Inferior) 13 September...

Last Thursday, on the eve of Independence Day, the Prime Minister addressed a huge crowd at the Granaries in Floriana. ...