Europe divided over refugee crisis
The reality we now witness forces us all to reassess this perception, and conclude that Europe has so far failed its ‘biggest test since WWII’.
Evaluating Simon Busuttil’s first two years
Frank Psaila
Whether Busuttil defies the odds to be a one-term opposition remains to be seen, but there's widespread consensus that he has made a good start in rebuilding the foundations...
Letters: 22 March 2015
What happens if they pay a price?
Saviour Balzan

My question and that of many others is very simple: Can we ignore the fact that a criminal court found Cyrus Engerer guilty?

My question and that of many others is very...

The visual and verbal cues of a debate
Josanne Cassar

Clearly, Joseph Muscat had too little respect of his adversary to defuse the growing perception that he has already become too arrogant, but Simon...

Clearly, Joseph Muscat had too little respect of his...

Cartoon: 22 March 2015

Hunters prop up their campaign to retain spring hunting by donating blood.

Hunters prop up their campaign to retain spring hunting by...

Court declares it has no jurisdiction to decide on rent due
Malcolm Mifsud

Magistrate Francesco Depasquale held that the court was not competent at law to...

Magistrate Francesco Depasquale held that the court was not...

‘Next year’ never comes
Raphael Vassallo

Nothing breeds confidence in future success quite like a string of successive, identical failures in the past, now does it? For let’s face it: this is...

Nothing breeds confidence in future success quite like a...

Ministerial discretion is the issue

The National Audit Office report observed that a direct order on six months’ hedging on unleaded gas and diesel was “detracting from the...

The National Audit Office report observed that a direct...

Cartoon: 18 March 2015
The wider perspective of the European environment
Leo Brincat

We often talk of resource efficiency and the low carbon economy, but for...

We often talk of resource efficiency and the low carbon...

Two years of meritocracy, transparency and accountability… yeah, right!
Ryan Callus

Not only have we been promised that a Labour government would be transparent, but the Prime Minister went as far to state that his government is the most...

Not only have we been promised that a Labour government...

From NEETs to YEETs
Evarist Bartolo

Inactive youths lead to low income adults in the future. There are several risk factors that have to be identified and there are many individual consequences...

Inactive youths lead to low income adults in the future....

Whistleblowers still unprotected

Already the scope of application of this law is limited (and would de facto exclude the oil scandal, or any comparable scenario).

Already the scope of application of this law is limited...

An appeal to re-think cultural policy
Mark Camilleri

Serving to all its intents and purposes as a pseudo-intellectual diatribe against populist aesthetic contempt, the Piano debate has certainly not been an...

Serving to all its intents and purposes as a...

Give wildlife a chance? No!
Raphael Vassallo

To imagine an Ornis Committee which took its decisions on the basis of the scientific data placed at its disposal – instead of to blindly rubberstamp the...

To imagine an Ornis Committee which took its decisions on...

Cartoon: 15 March 2015

Energy minister Konrad Mizzi has an important communication to make...

Energy minister Konrad Mizzi has an important communication...

Letters: 15 March 2015
Are we enabling young adults to be lazy?
Josanne Cassar

If kids are not “trained” from a very early age that they have to help around the house because that is what being part of a family means, then how...

If kids are not “trained” from a very early age...

Court confirms that case was already decided
Malcolm Mifsud

The Court of Appeal, composed of Chief Justice Silvio Camilleri, Mr Justice G....

The Court of Appeal, composed of Chief Justice Silvio...