Having worked for the past seven years directly in education, I have my tabs on what the challenges and opportunities in the education sectors are. ...

The importance of the health of our youth can never be over emphasised. In Malta we have a severe problem because our population in general, but also, alarmingly, with our youths and children, there is a significant number of overweight and obese people. ...

Last Wednesday the European Parliament adopted my report on a Common Immigration Policy for the European Union. ...

The Mosta Labour council meeting Number 24 took three months and nine days to be concluded. The meeting started on 30 December 2008 and was concluded on Wednesday 8 April 2009. ...

Leaders of the G-20 have now declared that “the era of banking secrecy is over,” and have threatened to take action against “non-cooperative jurisdictions, including tax havens.” No one should include Switzerland ...

As part of his official visit to Malta, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon addressed the House of Representatives in a special morning ...

After switching on the TV in my living room and while waiting for the advertised programme during which the EU commissioner was going to be interviewed, many thoughts ran through my mind on these past years....

“The economy is a wholesome affair, and ironing out inflation in one place could simply be transferring it to another. Hence the analogy of pushing on a sealed toothpaste tube!”...

“Finally the EU is not only waking up to the problem, but it has admittedly given it top priority status in a way. Ministers now believe that collective EU action is needed if immigration is to be managed better”...

“Reading – when described as a pastime – does not mean the occasional newspaper or even a daily newspaper. It does not mean magazines or The Economist. It does not mean online journals, blogs or news sites...