PreambleTying up slightly with my last article (TMID 7 September) – even though this is quite different in nature to my previous one – I would like to write a few lines about my profession. In this article, I also tried to briefly explain ...

Much play is being made in the international media about the feasibility and practicality of introducing a single tax rate, as is after all being done in a number of Eastern European countries....

Transport, particularly sea transport, is the life-link of the Maltese islands....

In one sense at least, the election held in Germany yesterday mirrors any election that is held here. ...

Mr Nicholas Henley, head of the nature and biodiversity unit of the European Commission, must be a truly remarkable chap. Talking this week in the European...

Is it not symptomatic of this nation, caught as it is in its present lethargic and laissez faire frame of mind, that while others find no difficulty in inventing unique ways and means to keep the big, deadly shark away from...

The only thing that Malta and Japan probably have in common is the colour of their national flags. Contrasts, however, abound – especially in recent political experience....

During my meetings in Malta over the past two weeks, it has become clear to me that the Maltese are strong partners in the international community’s support of freedom, democracy and human rights throughout the world. I look forward to Malta...

A few days ago, MLP leader Alfred Sant declared that the Prime Minister should change the Cabinet “in the national interest”. ...

The House of Representatives is about to resume its business after the summer recess, and Malta’s politicians will go back to the salt mines, as it were....