Pope John Paul II’s deteriorating health has left us all wondering what might happen if he can no longer carry out his papal duties. ...

I was really shocked to read in the local media that the Animal Welfare Council will be putting a plan into action to kill, or put to sleep (which sounds so much nicer!) all strays on the island. ...

Always on the lookout for amusing things, I noticed (TMID 29 January) on BBC Prime at 2pm – Diet Trials, Where Are They Now? ...

I was very pleased to learn that the idea of a trade unions council has fallen through once again. ...

I refer to the white paper containing proposals for a better administration of justice....

In his Friday Wisdom (TMID, 28 January), Alfred Mifsud has once again taken the government to task over “leaving the public sector so much excessively staffed” and for government permitting good pay packages to public sector workers....

In the first quarter of 2001, when the debate about membership of the EU was raging, the government and the Malta EU Information Centre (MIC) had made great issue with a Eurostat publication which showed that Malta stood, using 1999 data, at 52 per cent o...

I have a funny feeling it might be Carnival this weekend. Either that, or our capital city has been overrun by an unlikely army of giant, troll-like... um... things: each vying against the other for the dubious prize of “sorriest excuse for a papier-mâch...

January has all but passed, and the 2005 target set by the government budget of attracting a further 50,000 more tourists by the MTA looms nearer. By our standards, only 11 short months are left...

This week, the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly will be discussing, among other items, relations between Europe and the United States on the basis of a report prepared by Forza Italia (EPP) rapporteur Claudio Azzolini....