Immigration seems to have returned as a subject of debate with a vengeance in Parliament this week. It is of course both a contentious as well as a sensitive subject.

One would be forgiven in believing that in a university one would expect discussions on the contrasting philosophies of Locke and Hegel, Burke and Voltaire or Adam Smith and Karl Marx.

The Times of Malta reports that the finance minister, Tonio Fenech "has defended the trip he made with two prominent businessmen in April to watch Arsenal play in a Champions League match, insisting he has a clear conscience about the affair."

This is not an easy subject. Social security seems to be a little understood area, where even those whom one expects to know better use words and phrases very loosely. But it is an area demanding reform.

Azzjoni Nazzjonali in conjunction with Centru+Lemin will be organising a series of events to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall.

The Times of Malta reports that Mr Justice Joseph Galea Debono stated that such judgements "blatantly violated the law which laid down that a suspended sentence could not be given to a relapser" and where leading to a "to a lot of useless work for the appeals court".