The government’s irrational behaviour is gaining a rhythm of consistency providing evidence that it has lost the plot. Objective observers can quite safely conclude that the bungling of Cabinet’s self-award of an ...

There should be a Richter scale for recessions, and perhaps there is one. Such a scale would undoubtedly portray the 2008 recession as the worst ever, ...

It took 18 days to dislodge President Hosni Mubarak’s heels from his desperate attempt to cling on to power. He finally threw in the towel on Friday after he had surprised everyone on Thursday, when he said he was not going. This after the ...

Our natural and cultural heritage, especially as represented by the beautiful natural features of the Selmun promontory, has always been ...

This weekend, as Egyptians rejoice in the streets for having ousted Mubarak, and the Nationalist Party tries to come out with a stand on divorce which will not lose them any votes,...

Who can forget his moving homily at the Mass for the inauguration of the pontificate of his pontificate, when, in a fully packed St Peter’s Square, on the bright Sunday of 22 October 1978...

It is a mighty good thing that my legs are on the short side for I am saved from getting cramps when I’m up in the air – which is often enough. Flying does have one advantage however; it gives me time to catch up with what is going on, ...

A couple of weeks ago the Maltese media was buzzing with two apparently separate stories. Firstly, a lap dancer, of foreign origin of course, ...

Global financial markets appear to be remarkably relaxed about a cautious recovery. Share prices are roaring away on the back of optimism about the growth prospects of the world’s two biggest economies,...

It was bound to happen sooner or later.The Labour Party was ready for it, prepared for the occasion with care, and the Nationalist Party fell into the trap....