A senior Russian diplomat, in contrasting North Korea and Iran, once said to me: “The North Koreans are like neighbourhood children with matches. The Iranians are who we really need to worry about”...

The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS), a German-based campaigning group which was set up 37 years ago to put pressure on those European countries where migrating birds are illegally hunted and caught, has been in Malta for the spring hunting season...

In spite of the ominous signs that have been appearing on the horizon for months on end, the past week must definitely go down as a bad week indeed for the Maltese alternative energy sector...

On her recent trip to China, Bangladesh, and India, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was eager to trumpet America’s “New Silk Road” strategy, which she unveiled last September...

From time to time, the governor of the Central Bank, as is his duty, issues a statement and expresses an opinion on the finances of the country and other issues that he deems fit....

I think I’ve worked out why things haven’t been going too well for Labour, and they’ve ended up painted into several ...

Some years ago, I fell foul of Parliament but fortunately emerged laughing. It may not always end like that....

Earlier this year, I wrote an article in this newspaper entitled A year for living dangerously. The main points I highlighted then were the ongoing tensions in Parliament, with...

It is quite strange that the letter sent by Labour MP Adrian Vassallo to some newspapers, and his subsequent harsh words on television, has been all but forgotten ...

I was persuaded by my wife to go and watch the film on Dom Mintoff. I did not really want to go for two reasons. First, I had lived through t...