The stunning shock waves radiating from the last Gonzi budget will inevitably take their time before they are fully absorbed by Malta’s incredulous tax-paying electorate. In saying so, I am thinking of workers and self-employed persons, pensioners and al...

Sant has declared today a day of national protest. He has been making the rounds for days, visiting populated open air markets, pumping hands and listening to his own followers complaining about the way the government is leading the country. It has been a...

Today, Iraqis go to the polls to take a decisive step toward building the free, democratic society that the vast majority of Iraqis desire. ...

In a couple of months, the three-year term of the Broadcasting Authority will expire and a new one will be appointed. For the Prime Minister it will be a test of his views on the regulation of broadcasting in this country. Does he want to retain the archa...

The role of MEPs comes with responsibilities as well as satisfactions. On Wednesday, 12 January, 500 members of the European Parliament endorsed the European Union’s first Constitution. It was with great satisfaction that I joined in the endorsement of th...

The shock waves radiating from the recent Gonzi budget seem to have had one refreshing effect: they are inducing one and all to sit up and overcome the complacency characteristic of Maltese political life....

January has all but passed, and the 2005 target set by the government budget of attracting a further 50,000 more tourists by the MTA looms nearer. By our standards, only 11 short months are left...

Labour is organising a national protest next Sunday. It has not only the right to do so but the obligation....

Any eco-tax on cartridges should be for the lead they contain, and not for the plastic that contains the lead......

The government last Friday published a white paper proposing changes to improve the administration of justice. In this interview, Parliamentary Secretary Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici tells Matthew Xuereb about the government’s plans to make the system more effi...