An intifada in Europe
Carmel Vassallo
It is clear that many, perhaps the majority, of first and second generation Islamic cultural background ‘settlers’ have values at variance with prevailing...
Will we learn from past mistakes at Paris COP21?
Leo Brincat
If this will be purely down to rhetoric or not is something that can be figured out only during the coming week, when the glitz of the punchy speeches abates
As Socialist as a loan shark…
Raphael Vassallo

Some of us would argue that it is certainly not in Malta’s interest to allow Greece to founder

Some of us would argue that it is certainly not in...

Cartoon: 8 July 2015

Finance minister Edward Scicluna unhappy about Greece's referendum result, which still led to his Greek counterpart Yanis Varoufakis's resignation in a...

Finance minister Edward Scicluna unhappy about Greece's...

Could ‘Rethink Libya’ be a Maltese initiative?
Giuma Atigha

GIUMA ATIGHA • Bringing Libya at speed with the modern regulations that...

GIUMA ATIGHA • Bringing Libya at speed with the modern...

Education: Quality does matter
Evarist Bartolo

It is very important to safeguard the quality of further and higher education within the economic, social and cultural context.

It is very important to safeguard the quality of further...

Of champagne socialists, and their accolades
Ryan Callus

The Malta Labour Party is no longer a socialist party. Its members have become...

The Malta Labour Party is no longer a socialist party. Its...

Our books are our country
Mark Camilleri

The publication of great pieces of Maltese literature and academia is an ongoing process with its own rich history and one can surely feel proud when making...

The publication of great pieces of Maltese literature and...

Wettinger has been vindicated, but why do historians still disagree?
Yosanne Vella

Godfrey Wettinger sealed the debate on the continuity of Christianity in...

Godfrey Wettinger sealed the debate on the continuity of...

Time to raise police standards

Unfortunately the police force is not new to controversies and the recent events underline the wholesome reform needed to restore the citizens’...

Unfortunately the police force is not new to controversies...

Domine dirige nos
Saviour Balzan

If our police officers are not respected and truthful in their work, one should not be too surprised if this little republic of ours loses all the respect it...

If our police officers are not respected and truthful in...

Anger management courses: apply here
Josanne Cassar

We growl and snarl and occasionally even spit, when one administration after another seems determined to drive us insane with fancy new public transport...

We growl and snarl and occasionally even spit, when one...

Letters: 5 July 2015
The turnaround in justice is here – we’re getting there
Owen Bonnici

Owen Bonnici: We achieved a turnaround using the excellent relationship of...

Owen Bonnici: We achieved a turnaround using the excellent...

Court taxed bill ruled as correct
Malcolm Mifsud

The First Hall of the Civil Courts on 19 June, 2015 ruled that any taxed bill issued by the Registrar of Courts was correct since a court judgement did not...

The First Hall of the Civil Courts on 19 June, 2015 ruled...

Delegate or relegate
Kevin-James Fenech

It literally is impossible, when in a senior management position, to do everything yourself. You either delegate the task or you effectively relegate it. 

It literally is impossible, when in a senior management...

Greece’s final countdown

Tsipras has to date played the card that the impositions of the so-called ‘troika’ run counter to the spirit of democracy that his country...

Tsipras has to date played the card that the impositions of...

Another challenge, another opportunity
Chris Said

Privileged Labour Party supporters in Gozo are getting more than their fair share of the pie – the rest are ignored or worse, discriminated against.

Privileged Labour Party supporters in Gozo are getting more...

The greatest living rock star
Raphael Vassallo

When I read somewhere that ‘Kanye West’ was going to headline Glastonbury this year, it was perhaps inevitable that I would misread it as a...

When I read somewhere that ‘Kanye West’ was...

European solidarity ‘à la carte’
Jurgen Balzan

The EU’s stubborn refusal to give Greece some breathing space by agreeing to some kind of debt relief confirms that the EU is held hostage by global...

The EU’s stubborn refusal to give Greece some...