It is understandable that the leader of the opposition should declare with triumph that the result of the local council elections is a vote of no confidence in the Nationalist Party, and a vote of confidence in his party....

The political crossfire on economic and fiscal issues over the last few weeks has been, in my opinion, grossly hypocritical and highly unproductive. ...

The resounding defeat suffered by the Nationalist Party over the past weekend in the local elections that took place practically across one third of the island easily explains why Gonzi’s....

As Malta approaches its first year of EU membership it is already clear that becoming more competitive has become the country’s main strategic goal....

John G. Borg Bartolo’s article PBS: The unending symphony has inspired what will be my last, halting and baffled attempt to write about Public Broadcasting in Malta....

Malta is a country with the population of a town. ...

Something must be afoot. Either there’s some kind of election on – a likely hypothesis, seeing as there seems to be an election every 15 minutes in this country...

Turkish riot police chased, hit and beat with truncheons a gathering of demonstrators in Istanbul last Sunday. ...

There is never a dull moment in Maltese politics. Most of it is pure theatre. The economy is in distress, labouring as it does under the unbearable weight of a structural deficit and a mountain of debt. ...

One of the most controversial and sensitive topics at the moment is the one concerning illegal immigration in Malta and Europe. ...