The week that ended yesterday saw the resumption of normal political activity with the inauguration of the new parliament building. Maybe there were very few who bothered to watch the ceremony...

It would be nice to think of the real-estate developer Sandro Chetcuti as a reformed man, but really, that would be a bit of a joke. Mr Chetcuti is president of the Malta Developers Association, but...

The proposal for the setting up of an American University at Marsaskala as presented by the government is not one that is sustainable. DePaul University of Chicago has denied involvement in the...

We are all accustomed to such wayward titles of popular books and films as The city that never sleeps", with the author obviously trying to project the image of a thriving, not-so-innocent city run by...

One minute The Guardian/ICM polls - heck, all the polls - told us that the Conservatives and Labour were neck and neck and the next, exit polls revealed the unimaginable. How all the pollsters got it...

The fall of the Libyan dynasty has been good for Labour.  It gave them an opportunity to seek new friends and rich financial support.   Baku is the capital of energy-rich Azerbaijan, a...

After a long break, we parliamentarians have finally moved to the new Parliament House. No offence meant to whoever arranged the ceremony but, I’m afraid, it lacked taste and could have been...

The opening of the new Parliament was the Speaker’s red-letter day. I will not go into the ceremony, even if, I consider the military parades out of place during such occasions. They are only...

The government has rushed through a deal in which a huge parcel of public land, in an Outside Development Zone, has been signed away to a Middle Eastern building, contracting and hotel development...

It took Joseph Muscat three weeks to fire Home Affairs Minister Manuel Mallia after his driver’s involvement in a shooting incident. Shooting in the direction of a human being in a car, not at...