Malta can still lead the way on migration
The government is correct to state that responsibility in the latest migrant stand-off lies with other countries but being right on paper doesn’t necessarily translate into...
What does our reaction to egg-pelting stag party video say about us?
Josanne Cassar
When money exchanges hands, the power is in the hands of the person paying, especially if the person being paid is in dire straits and will do just about anything for money
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...

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...

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...

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...

How did we go from ‘gender balance’, to… this?
Raphael Vassallo

  Getting more women into Parliament is one thing; but allowing...

  Getting more women into Parliament is one thing;...

Quotas by any other name…
Michael Falzon

If we are going to study what are the Constitutional amendments that Malta needs, why don’t we make one radical change rather than changing the...

If we are going to study what are the Constitutional...