In the cold light of New Year’s Day, it is somewhat difficult to repeat the optimistic mantras of the previous night – that everything will turn out well – but equally to revisit the nightmares that the new year will bring all sorts of cataclysms with it....

Many have followed with trepidation the latest shock waves that have battered the euro currency. There have been well wishers who wrote in favou...

To those who have already broken their New Year resolution. To those who are still holding on. To those who are determined to save on electricity bills. ...

After marking 2010 as the Year against Poverty and Social Exclusion, it is appropriate that the European Union opted to name 2011 as the European Year of Volunteering. ...

You have all had enough of them by now – or maybe you haven’t touched one at all, going by the result of a survey published a couple of weeks ago in Malta Today. ...

I am struggling to bring some light hearted banter to your breakfast table this morning, but news all around is so gloomy, and I am not just talking about the economy. ...

During 2010 Adrian Vassallo said he preferred to live in Iraq than have porn in hotel rooms, Austin Gatt was scathing about low budget tourists who cannot afford the new bus rates...

In Malta we love comparing our situation, be it moral, political or financial, to that of Ireland. There are similarities: the two countries are both ex-colonies of Britain and share the same religious culture. ...

It is completely unfair. It’s an insult to Mediterranean solidarity, an affront to traditional relations, humiliation of the feeble and the poor. It’s all so bloody Greek tragedy, in fact. ...

America is on a collision course with itself. This month’s deal between President Barack Obama and the Republicans in Congress to extend the tax cuts initiated a decade ago by President George W. Bush...