The shocking story of Sandro Chetcuti beating up GRTU president Vince Farrugia was just the culmination in a series of unsettling, distasteful events....

I was struck by an opinion in another section of the English language press which suggested that journalists are not averse to flattery and therefore, the easiest way for the powerful to cultivate friendly relations with the press is to invite ...

Silvio Berlusconi was giving a press conference this week in an attempt to patch up the disastrous farce that his party was guilty of in the run up to regional elections in Italy. The PdL had...

In London, Harriet Harman, Minister for Women and Equality as well as Leader of the House of Commons and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, is still talking about breaking glass ceilings and here, well if ...

When it was announced recently that an overhaul of the local enforcement system is taking place, with a focus on driver education instead of making a quick buck, the first thing that came to ...

Careless talk costs lifeYears ago, in the late 1970s, a friend of mine called Pete was attending St Edward’s College here on the island. ...

It is a paradox of democracy that while a few politicians are idolised from time to time, politicians are criticised most of the time....

The Gozo airstrip project is once more in the headlines. I have given my comments a few times over the last years, however the recent coverage has potential for further observations....

Two years ago, for the third time in a row, the Maltese and Gozitans voted for the Nationalist Party’s policies. In two years a lot has been achieved. The foundations of this legislature have been laid. ...

The reality of what happens if we ignore weaknesses and deficiencies in the Eurozone has been brutally exposed by the crisis in Greece. Faced ...