I find it hard to keep up with George Vella’s various changes of tune. The man who would be our foreign minister in a little over a year probably can’t keep up himself...

Europe’s deepening debt crisis is echoed in the United States by the inability of President Barack Obama and Congress to strike a bipartisan deficit deal....

A series of developments over the last few weeks have set in motion a downward spiral for the eurozone. Unless officials – especially German officials – act fast, the verdict of financial markets is bound to be ruthless....

When US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visits Myanmar this week, she’ll see a country that has made some progress toward democracy...

Last Wednesday, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi had a sterling opportunity to ‘redeem’ himself politically and reassert himself as the natural choice to run the country...

Protracted economic stagnation in rich countries continues to threaten the development prospects of poorer countries....

The Labour Party acknowledges that the tourism industry is one of the main pillars of the Maltese economy and realizes the overall commitment of all the stakeholders to make this industry prosper....

The dots have been joined up and we know now what we hadn’t noticed four years ago when he gave an interview to The Sunday Times in that capacity: that John Dalli was in Sargas’s pay as their adviser. ...

Is this the real life? Or is it just fantasy? I think I’ve mentioned before the popular Chinese curse that involves wishing someone: “May you live in interesting times”. ...

We live in the shadow of a volcano. The euro situation is getting worse by the day and many are already betting that it will not resist imploding. ...