It all started with one desperate but profoundly distressing act. When Tunisian student Mohamed Bouazizi set himself alight he sparked off a chain reaction that in the space of a few weeks destabilized the political climates of ...

Aġenzija Żgħażagħ was officially presented to young people yesterday. The setting up of this agency has been envisaged in the National Youth Policy that was launched last year. In fact this policy calls...

Egypt is in chaos economically and socially. Today will be the 13th day of the people’s uprising in Egypt. Mubarak has snubbed Western leaders’ belated call for immediate change,...

It was a cold wintry day when I stepped out of Moorgate tube station in the heart of London’s financial district to attend a conference on captives. ...

Way, way back in the mid-sixties, Napoleon XIV, also known then as Jerry Samuels, gave us a song that defied all the odds by becoming an instant success on both sides ...

The long-awaited Restorative Justice Bill was published on 25 January. This Bill is part of a process that began with the publication of a White Paper on Restorative Justice...

The one-seat majority the Nationalist Party won in the 2008 election, thanks to a mere 1,500 extra votes, is proving to be more difficult than expected for Lawrence Gonzi to handle....

There is more to politics than what we read about in the media. The dramas we see on television are often closer to the truth. It is a cruel fact of political life that any politician has...

Much as I respect Chris Said and his work, I cannot help thinking that the whole “let’s build a tunnel from Malta to Gozo” is the latest in a series of red herrings commissioned specifically by Gonzi’s PN. Ever...

Selmun is a beautiful promontory that lies between St Paul’s Bay and Mellieħa Bay. The scenic beauty of its rugged cliffs and undulating valleys,...