Time and time again, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi has not been the “safe pair of hands” he was portrayed to be during the last election campaign. The way he handled the various situations he has had to face have exposed ...

We were in Madrid last week. I don’t know what my colleagues expected, but reading all the stories in the media about Spain having a 20%+ unemployment and so many stories about the Indignados’ protests somehow ...

Pointing out flaws in a nation’s religious leaders will seldom win friends. But sometimes it takes a Reformation – or in our case, a reformation – to save the Church....

I find the latest Facebook fad in Malta to be quite a happy coincidence. I’m talking about ‘planking’ of course – the ‘sport’ that has taken the Maltese corne...

Last week, in a historic and long-overdue move, the United Nations passed a resolution recognising the rights of gay, lesbian and transgender people around the world...

Unlike national administrations, the European Union runs on a relatively small budget in proportion to the EU’s total economic output – typically about 1% of the EU’s GDP...

For many of us in the United States Foreign Service, Lawrence Eagleburger, who died a few weeks ago, was a larger-than-life figure who left an indelible mark on our institution and on our lives...

Through the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020, adopted in November 2010, the European Commission is seeking to improve the living standards of disabled people, recognising the fact that disability issues are a European and national priority...

Religious pluralism is one of the few, truly, modern, expressions...

When Lawrence Gonzi spoke at the Nationalist Party’s general conference last Sunday, he demonstrated that he has failed to grasp the most fundamental ...