Malta through the eyes of a tourist
Josanne Cassar
When tourists come to look at Malta’s spectacular landscape in areas such as Għar Lapsi, with its aquamarine seas and craggy, unforgiving rocks, I really doubt they want to...
Put up, or shut up
Above all, Delia must give the parliamentary group his stamp of authority. As for his detractors, they must now put up or shut up. If they are unable to do either, then their...
Tribunal revokes Police Commissioner’s decision to bar former convict from becoming a private guard
Malcolm Mifsud

The Administrative Review Tribunal has held that the Police Commissioner cannot simply bar an ex-convict from obtaining a licence to provide the service...

The Administrative Review Tribunal has held that the...

Is there a disconnect between the media and the man in the street?
Josanne Cassar

I think the role of those who work in the media should be to try and accurately...

I think the role of those who work in the media should be...

It’s OK, because… it’s us, not them
Raphael Vassallo

Like the farmyard animals at the end of ‘Animal Farm’, when I look...

Like the farmyard animals at the end of ‘Animal...

[WATCH] Saviour Balzan’s videoblog: The tunnel will be the ruin of Gozo
Saviour Balzan

Labour is trying to decimate the opposition to the Gozo tunnel by roping in the PN with an unorthodox parliamentary motion

Labour is trying to decimate the opposition to the Gozo...

Not afraid of the dark
Evarist Bartolo

We think AI can destroy us only with killer robots but the real challenge is the disruption it can bring about to the value of workers in modern and...

We think AI can destroy us only with killer robots but the...

Divisions cannot be healed by meaningless, empty rhetoric
Raphael Vassallo

George Vella thinks he’s going to ‘heal the division’? How,...

George Vella thinks he’s going to ‘heal the...

It's not all Greco to me
Michael Falzon

Whether our prime ministers were benign or malign dictators is not the result of our set-up, but the result of their level of prudence – or imprudence

Whether our prime ministers were benign or malign dictators...

But he was such a quiet man….
Josanne Cassar

Those who keep their emotions all bottled up for a long time, for years, maybe even for a lifetime, are the ones most likely to, one fine day, simply explode

Those who keep their emotions all bottled up for a long...

Dangerous delegates
Saviour Balzan

In private many senior Labour figures admit that Labour’s marriage with the private sector has derailed the true purpose of the Labour party

In private many senior Labour figures admit that...

An indictment of our political culture

It should not really surprise us that the unwholesome situation mapped out in the GRECO report – which we have all tacitly accepted – would...

It should not really surprise us that the unwholesome...

Residential leased property must be lived in
Malcolm Mifsud

The Board said that due to articles in the Civil Code, the resident has the...

The Board said that due to articles in the Civil Code, the...

Five ways forward for Brexit
Matthew Bugeja

Theresa May has reached out to Labour to solve the Brexit impasse, and still has other options - but a lot will depend on flexibility from Brussels.

Theresa May has reached out to Labour to solve the Brexit...

Don’t want Maltese culture to die out? It’s up to us
Josanne Cassar

It is true that certain traditions may have taken on a more slick appearance...

It is true that certain traditions may have taken on a more...

‘Sven’ will we ever learn…?
Raphael Vassallo

Sven Giegold’s approach is not to convince, or persuade, individual member states to co-operate on tax issues… no, it is to force us all to...

Sven Giegold’s approach is not to convince, or...

Saviour Balzan: Sven Giegold’s Article 7 crusade against Malta
Saviour Balzan

Balzan also says that Nationalist Party leader Adrian Delia requesting an...

Balzan also says that Nationalist Party leader Adrian Delia...

MaltaToday Cartoon: 3 April 2019

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Fuelling suspicions

Protest and activism is an important part of any democracy. The relative comfort that comes with a growing economy must not lull us into complacency that...

Protest and activism is an important part of any democracy....

Is this how we want to be remembered in history?
Evarist Bartolo

The distinction between economic immigration and asylum seekers should be...

The distinction between economic immigration and asylum...