Politicians often emphasise the sense that they will be ‘judged by history’. Jesus though, said that our ultimate accountability is to God.

The government says that Sweden is “amongst the least religious countries in the world”.

The Netherlands is known throughout Europe as the leading exponent of radically liberal social, medical and ethical policies.

There is no doubt that one of the greatest challenges Malta has faced in recent years has been coping with the influx of migrants from North Africa and the Middle East.

Gavin Matthews on Arkady Ostrovsky’s The Invention of Russia.