When the corner stone was laid for what is today the European Union, this continent was still dealing with the aftermath of the Second World War. The aim of securing peace in a region that had been...

    Now that the Franco, Jeffrey and Jesmond boil has been ever so dramatically lanced, it is as though the spell cast by the Wicked Fairies, at this government’s cradle back in...

    The budget for 2013, presented rather lately than usual, represents one of the final major acts that this administration will undertake.   Irrespective of the fact that...

Italian Premier Monti was gentleman enough to commit himself to resign the moment he detected the first signs of weakening majority support in Parliament for his government. He preferred to act rather...

Is tonight going to be GonziPN's final act? Looks like it if you had to go by Dr Franco Debono's latest public statements that he will not be abstaining but will definitely vote against the...

The Labour leader said yesterday that he is ready to govern with a “strong and united” team. Yes, I appreciate that he’s drawing comparisons here with the fact that his opposite...

Hundreds of young people have graduated from the university and MCAST in the last few days. The numbers keep growing year after year, and it is good to note that today the opportunities for our...

So what it’s going to be?   The Italians have a certain élan about such things. They have progressed from throwing coins at Bettino Craxi to having an orchestra playing...

It was back in 1987 when our paths first crossed. He was an Aloysian and I was an Edwardian, not destined to be the best of buddies and with different philosophical backgrounds. For the first time in...

I cannot remember how, in an RTK discussion about accountability, transparency and whistle blowing on Thursday evening, the topic turned to gender issues. It certainly was not started by...