The recent proposal to build a road at Ghadira is indeed alarming. The reasons advanced to justify such a road sound more like the environmental joke of the week, rivalled only by the same Minster’s ...

I am sure you’ve heard it before – Labour is always ready and amenable to change; the Nationalists never are, ...

During a recent visit to a giant cruise liner, the Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism highlighted a new joint government and MIA ...

The “16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence” campaign runs from 25 November to 10 December, 2008. The dates are not accidental: 25 November is the International Day Against Violence Against Women, ...

The Competitiveness Council I attended this week dealt with several aspects, mainly due to the fact that it was the last meeting under the French Presidency and also due to the present economic and financial ...

This week’s thoughts go to the start of the debate in the rent reform, a reform that was promised and has seen the light very quickly after the March election victory. ...

One of the advantages of accumulating a fair quantity of years is having lived through so many experiences that it is often possible to draw comparisons between a current situation and some distant event with similar characteristics....

Through the promotion of an environmental agenda, the European Commission is set to become an important stakeholder in the Arctic region. On 20 November, the Commission presented a Communication which focuses on this region. ...

Some time ago, I wrote a piece called MPs should stick to their own bedroom. I need to qualify that. There are instances where MPs – or more specifically, the government – should get into the bedroom, and that’s where public health issues are concerned. ...

Our island has for long bridged the gap between Europe and North Africa for commerce and military conquests. ...