The public needs greater reassurance that this reduction is, in fact, doable in the present economic climate

The public needs greater reassurance that this reduction...

Prime Minister Muscat has so far resisted taking any decision, arguing that the inquiry must be concluded before the Opposition’s motion can be...

Prime Minister Muscat has so far resisted taking any...

By any standard this is a serious matter, and Mallia cannot claim to be entirely innocent, even if entirely exonerated by the inquiry, of any direct...

By any standard this is a serious matter, and Mallia cannot...

In Busuttil’s speech there was an echo, however distant, of Eddie Fenech Adami’s 1986 declaration that the budget was “irrelevant” in...

In Busuttil’s speech there was an echo, however...

 To say that the minister or any senior aide who is responsible in the ministry, should not resign because they were not directly involved is taking a dim...

 To say that the minister or any senior aide who is...

The days ahead will surely lead to further discussion and scrutiny of the budget and a more profound examination of the accuracy of the estimates and targets...

The days ahead will surely lead to further discussion and...

Action needs to be taken at both local (government) and international (EU) level, with a view to ensuring that all workers are entitled to benefit from the...

Action needs to be taken at both local (government) and...

The fact that a government entity is entertaining ideas about hotels on ODZ also raises questions on land reclamation plans.

The fact that a government entity is entertaining ideas...

Attesting to the difficulty of this challenge is the fact that the TPPI report constitutes but one of many attempts over the years

Attesting to the difficulty of this challenge is the fact...

It is increasingly clear from the way the party financing argument is being...

It is increasingly clear from the way the party financing...

Tough and politically unpopular decisions have to be taken to safeguard an airline that is, at the end of the day, one of Malta’s most strategically...

Tough and politically unpopular decisions have to be taken...

The PN cannot expect to remain liberal with the liberals, and conservative with the conservatives. It must try harder to forge an identity that is both...

The PN cannot expect to remain liberal with the liberals,...

The electoral result we saw in March 2013 was itself confirmation that the electorate had rejected that government over those issues. But this doesn’t...

The electoral result we saw in March 2013 was itself...

We are still in the dark as to the revised timeframes for the completion of the gas-fired station. 

We are still in the dark as to the revised timeframes...

It is as though the present administration wants to reassure its European counterparts that it intends to take its wildlife commitments seriously, while at the...

It is as though the present administration wants to...

Such was Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s confidence before the election...

Such was Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s confidence...

Concern has been expressed that the shift from public to private healthcare will be partly financed by taxpayers’ money

Concern has been expressed that the shift from public to...

Democratic exercises such as elections and referendums are not subject to the whims and fancies of the prime minister of the time.

Democratic exercises such as elections and referendums are...