None but the most extreme will argue that intolerance and censorship are good things in themselves. Normally the preferred course is more subtle. Instead of openly arresting people who say the wrong...

It was, on the face of it, good news to see that Malta had implemented a European directive which means that fathers will be receiving 10 days paid leave on the birth of their child – rather...

A recommendation put forward by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) would see the Speaker replaced by a retired judge on Parliament’s standards committee, while the...

A former politician with a penchant for fireworks, Godfrey Farrugia, has told us that the fact that no people were seriously injured when a fireworks factory exploded in June shows that the health and...

The initial idea was to use the word “failure” instead of “fiasco” to complete the alliteration in the headline, but maybe we should give some more time until we describe it as...

We are currently experiencing the age of televised Parliamentary sessions and, although this has helped journalists cover the sessions more easily, it has also brought about a new platform for...

Every single prospective politician – without fail – has at some point or another spoken about how much they value the interests of the community and of the public at large, and about how...

An unwritten source of law, it has been held in legal literature, is that of conscience. The judiciary, for instance, refer to it continuously in their workings. Freedom of conscience is also...

Before rising for the summer recess – after less than two months of sittings and earlier than usually happens – Parliament approved amendments to the IVF law, which sees the introduction...

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