Some months ago, I read a supremely instructive book: Bloody Foreigners – the story of immigration to Britain, by Robert Winder. ...

The notion of democracy may be a familiar word to most. A word that is used frequently by politicians to ascertain their subscription to the legitimacy of power....

Since the whole issue regarding the alleged distribution of copied CDs during an activity organised for the Foreign Minister’s supporters is likely to prove that the distribution of the items in question was not made for financial gain....

It was exactly three weeks ago today, on Monday 29 May, that the European Council of Ministers for Competitiveness agreed on a compromise text of a directive on services in the internal market....

A forum on lone parents held last week was about as much about Maltese women in general, as it was about the often-misnamed single or lone parents. ...

Although we tend to think of ourselves as pretty unique, many of the characteristics of Maltese life, such as the huge boom in house prices in recent years, are in fact shared by most of the world’s developed economies....

It was not an accident that the gist of last Sunday’s leading article in this newspaper was corroborated by the findings of an independent survey, carried on the front page of another newspaper that very same morning....

Uh-oh. There’s now a whopping great credibility gap between the tourism authority’s advertising campaigns and the kind of news coverage we’re getting in the international press. ...

The reputable German sociologist, Max Weber, contended that although, in his view, politics is not an ethical business, there does nevertheless exist a certain minimum of shame and obligation to behave decently,...

Last week Mr Speaker, in his 7 June speech, stressed that Parliament is more than quorum calls, parliamentary questions and speeches. ...