Try as I might, it was hard to summon the energy to get excited about any of the political shenanigans currently hitting the headlines. I don’t know whether it was the heat ...

A concerted effort by the G20 this week focused on how to stem the tide of recession. But one can never forget that, earlier this year, the EU leaders had also worked hard on a possible ...

I read Stephen Calleja’s opinion entitled “Gozo losing out to low cost carriers” with dismay and incredulity (TMIS, 17 June).Mr Calleja’s whole...

US military strategist John Boyd states: “War comprises acts of physical, biological, psychological, social, cultural and other destruction at all levels, for example, intrapsychic, interpersonal, intergroup,...

On 18 and 19 June, world leaders sat around the table of the G20 in Los Cabos, Mexico...

The United Nations held its Rio+20 conference this week, which aimed to facilitate dialogue between the private sector, NGOs and governing bodies, including the European Union, about pressing environmental...

The re-run of the Greek parliamentary election on 17 June is only the latest symptom of the most serious crisis to plague Western democracies and open societies since the 1960s...

A very old and popular English proverb states that the proof of the pudding is in the eating. The ultimate evidence of the true nature of people is shown when attested by real situations and by their response or reactions...

I have just had the privilege of speaking at the main annual conference of Germany’s Economic Council, the economic and business arm of the Christian Democratic Union, the current governing party...

What we have seen happen over the last few weeks, with its culmination in parliament last Monday night, is the classic actions of a lynch mob, translated into the realm of politics and masquerading as democracy...