The vote in Iraq on Sunday to elect a 275-member National Assembly is an important test for US President George Bush’s mission to spread democracy through the Middle East....

The Malta Labour Party seems to be in an election mode....

Mr Victor Ciangura wrote a letter entitled The Maltese language (TMID 19 January) in which he said that the Broadcasting Authority should fine anyone who makes use of English on radio or television when they can use Maltese instead. ...

The eco-contribution issue has erupted again. After what happened last summer, when the law was introduced after having been initially postponed, the recent addition of objects covered by the tax, especially plastic bags, has again led to controversy....

Can Enemalta enlighten us as to the whereabouts of that beautiful antique street light that went missing in Balzan’s Main Street? ...

The prevailing debacle on the proposed removal of the entitlement to additional vacation leave for public holidays that fall at weekends is symptomatic of the political stasis that has pervaded institutional life in this country over the last few years. ...

While several pundits have spent most of the past year commenting on the difficult task Malta is experiencing as it goes through a process of economic restructuring and reform as if this were a result of EU membership, the truth is rather different. Malta...

It was a scene straight out of the panic-stricken Labour government years of the 1980s. It brought back memories so many of us would prefer to forget, but tell ourselves not to do so. Soldiers beating on riot shields, bearing down on unarmed, peaceful pro...

I am sure Daphne Caruana Galizia does not need championing by the likes of A. M. Bezzina and Dr G. Debono (TMIS, 9 December). She made her views about kerosene price increases known in her article of 12 December, probably read my reply of the 19th (or she...

The boffins running the party machines in Malta know that, in politics, as elsewhere, images can be crucial — which explains why the ruling Nationalist Party is bent on capitalising on its track record that led to Malta’s eventual accession to the EU and ...