The drugs debate has always been controversial, at times outright acrimonious. ...

It seems nothing short of extraordinary that in this country, we have the right to not vote, but not the right to not let the political parties know about it!...

After two years of debate in the European Parliament, the Services Directive finally came to a successful first reading when it was adopted at last week’s Strasbourg session by 391 votes in favour and 213 against, with 34 abstentions....

Like many others in Malta, I couldn’t resist the strong temptation of going to see Munich, Steven Spielberg’s litigious movie that owes much of its publicity to the torrent of criticism it has received both in Jewish and ...

No, I am not referring to the Charles Dickens classic. I am referring to what happened in Malta (Valletta, if you want the city) and New York where two pieces of market-moving financial news last weekend made it ...

The word “democracy” is derived from the Greek demos, which means “people”, and kratos which means “power”. The concept implies government by the people for the people....

MondayFollowing the worldwide protests of Muslims against those pretty tasteless cartoons, (but I always thought some cartoons were supposed to be irreverent?!), ...

The Prime Minister cannot be giving his Minister of the Interior enough to do. Tonio Borg seems to be very taken up with some personal initiatives, like writing to The Times to ...

Last week Dr Alfred Sant unveiled the Malta Labour Party’s electoral manifesto for local councils. ...

When a market economy begins to lose its rhythm, and more so when there is suspicion that worse is yet to come, public opinion tends to reach out for the steadying hand of the government. ...