Europe seems to be obsessed with austerity. Country after country is being forced by either the financial markets or the European Union to start cutting its public-sector deficit. And, as if this were not enough, 25 of the 27 EU member ...

Over the past two weeks, the comment I passed on the slow puncture did its rounds all over Malta. The comment was linked to a possible vote of abstention in Parliament, as in fact happened...

Lately we have been hearing the term ‘national interest’ too often. It is being used and misused in order to send the message that Malta’s national interest is best served by the PN. ...

It is more than a little bit trying to see the Labour Party hop aboard yet another vote-catching bandwagon instead of trying to tackle matters responsibly. I’m speaking of the issue-flavour of the month...

In 1985, Xi Jinping led a delegation to Muscatine, Iowa, to study advanced hog-raising techniques. He will return to the same place next week, preparing to lead the world’s most populous nation...

It is no secret that there are many politicians who are prima donnas. In order for a politician to succeed he/she has to attract people’s support and capture their attention...

Mitt Romney’s decisive victory in Nevada was never much in doubt. He won the state’s caucuses four years ago, kept his organisation active and he could count on support from fellow Mormons who made up a quarter of caucus-goers this year...

It is useless speculating about election dates, regardless of how unsustainable the local economic situation might have become as well as overall public sentiment...

From July 2005 until this past December, China’s renminbi (RMB) appreciated steadily. But then the RMB fell unexpectedly, hitting the bottom of the daily trading band set by the Peoples’ Bank of China (PBoC) for 11 sessions in a row...

There is one question fellow MPs on the other side of the political divide prefer to dodge...