These past few days the government, through parliamentary secretary Chris Said, has initiated a broad discussion on local council reforms. This open discussion will lead to the process of introducing changes. ...

The government’s decision to go for general elections in the first quarter is looking more enlightened by the confluence of problems that is taking place in this second quarter of 2008....

As the Slovenian Presidency draws to a close, the European Council meets today and tomorrow in Brussels, bringing together all heads of the member states to discuss what promises to be a heavy agenda....

It seems that we Maltese are as efficient as ever at exporting our involvement in sex and the low-life high-life. ...

The NSO news release commemorating World Environment Day on 5 June provides interesting statistics on local greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In a nutshell, while carbon dioxide accounted for circa 83 per cent of Malta’s total GHG ...

The Irish voters have discarded the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty in a public referendum last week. The 862,414 people in Ireland who voted “no” may have effectively killed off the Lisbon Treaty ...

I had every faith from the very beginning that Joseph Muscat had all the right ingredients to lead the Malta Labour Party at this difficult juncture. ...

Joseph has surprised many with his vision, clarity of mind, purpose and determination. At his relatively young age he is most definitely demonstrating ...

On 6 June the delegates of the Labour Party elected a new leader. The task ahead of the young leader is a very challenging one. ...

You have to hand it to Labour. The party really knows how to keep the country in stitches. The election of the twin jokers in the pack of deputy leadership candidates has been met with great hilarity. ...