The race isn’t over yet
The result of Saturday's first round of voting in the PN leadership election was an eye-opener but can we predict the eventual election result?
The joy of being a child
Evarist Bartolo
Oftentimes, we forget how important it is for our children to be children. You only get to be a child once, so don't spend it worrying too much about the future
Agriculture: a political Cinderella?

AD candidate Simon Galea writes: Agriculture has been absent from the political discourse and discussion for ages. But it can be an area where economic,...

AD candidate Simon Galea writes: Agriculture has been...

Dignifying lives

PL candidate Nikita Alamango writes: When your partner is in his or her hospital deathbed, and you are prevented from being at his/her side because you...

PL candidate Nikita Alamango writes: When your partner...

Respecting our pensioners through serious proposals

PN candidate Robert Cutajar writes: We want to guarantee a society that...

PN candidate Robert Cutajar writes: We want to...

Governance as seen through the employers

It is good to know that there are skilled people keen on entering politics, which is a ruthless arena as the current situation proves

It is good to know that there are skilled people keen on...

Eurovision, European Union: what’s the difference?
Raphael Vassallo

Another year, another painful Eurovision humiliation, and yet another gradual...

Another year, another painful Eurovision humiliation, and...

Of checks and balances
Michael Falzon

Simon Busuttil was asking the Attorney General to break the law twice – first by getting a copy of the report and then by publishing it

Simon Busuttil was asking the Attorney General to break the...

Institutional reform: Four under forty have their say

Every week, MaltaToday is asking the youngest candidates in the general...

Every week, MaltaToday is asking the youngest candidates in...

Don’t insult those whose vote you want
Josanne Cassar

Did I blink and suddenly find myself in a country where everyone is obliged to vote the same way or else risk finding themselves at the receiving end of abuse?

Did I blink and suddenly find myself in a country where...

Don’t dare raise the subject, or else …
Saviour Balzan

People, especially politicians, purposely do not distinguish between perception...

People, especially politicians, purposely do not...

Dignity is what it should be all about

PN candidate Claudio Grech writes: Rather than wasting precious time in petty bickering we should converge our strengths to address these social challenges

PN candidate Claudio Grech writes: Rather than wasting...

Principled proposals

Labour candidate Robert Abela writes: We have to sustain a culture of sharing of responsibilities and all this is based on the fundamental principle of...

Labour candidate Robert Abela writes: We have to sustain a...

I know nothing
Ralph Cassar

Alternattiva Demokratika does not base its campaigns on pet hates and jump on bandwagons at the drop of a hat.

Alternattiva Demokratika does not base its campaigns on pet...

The venerated lobbies

The argument remains that the two perceptions are facing each other as if they were two principles: a vibrant economy against a corrupt government

The argument remains that the two perceptions are facing...

A battle for the switchers

Expect the next weeks to be tense, intense and heated. The parties will ponder whether to unleash pure hell through a negative campaign, or whether there are...

Expect the next weeks to be tense, intense and heated. The...

You can tell a big liar from the small lies | Ryan Callus

PN candidate Ryan Callus writes: Given that this is about the reputation of...

PN candidate Ryan Callus writes: Given that this is about...

Long and winding road

Perhaps we shall have to wait for political parties to look at governance beyond winning elections before we can reduce our national dependence on cars

Perhaps we shall have to wait for political parties to look...

Clearing up confused history

The false accounts of Christian anti-Semitism, persecution of pagans, the Dark Ages, crusading for land, loot and converts monstrosity of the Inquisition,...

The false accounts of Christian anti-Semitism, persecution...

Lease taken over by widow is not a sublease
Malcolm Mifsud

The act of a widow taking over the lease of a butcher shop does not constitute...

The act of a widow taking over the lease of a butcher shop...