Before the budget speech for 2004, few would have imagined that capital gains tax upon the sale of inherited immovable property was to be introduced. ...

The public discussion exercise the government started last week in a bid to feel the pulse of the people is an important step in the right direction....

The Malta Labour Party parliamentary group’s decision to back the European Constitution Treaty could be a signal that the two major parties in Malta are finally agreeing on something of vital importance to the country....

The first national drug report estimates that there are between 2,750 and 3,000 problem heroin users in Malta, clearly showing that heroin use remains a major concern....

I first came to know Edward Spiteri and his prayer group some 11 to 12 years ago. ...

Noise pollution, especially that produced by cars with defective or modified (sic!) exhaust systems has reached an alarming level. ...

The Malta Business Bureau (MBB) – the EU advisory office of the Malta Federation of Industry, the Malta Chamber of Commerce and Enterprise and the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association....

Every morning, as I walk from the Floriana car park to Valletta, after negotiating my life with a handful of bus drivers, I say a little prayer of thanksgiving as soon as I reach City Gate Bridge....

Democratic countries all the world over have assimilated the wisdom of devising checks and balances as a safeguard against the abuse of power by the government of the day....

Is it my dirty mind or are government and the monetary authorities, as we approach the important decision of selecting a central parity rate for the Maltese lira to join ERM II, panic stricken?...