Twenty reasons against MEPA’s demerger
Kevin Aquilina
Today MEPA is nothing more than a glorified government department when compared to the independent status it originally enjoyed in 1992. 
A high-risk gamble
This week’s events have clearly demonstrated what a high-risk gamble the online gaming industry can be for countries that rely too heavily on it as a primary economic...
Wanted: A holistic vision
Michael Falzon

Bartolo seems to be saying that news conferences addressed by more than one minister are nothing but a façade, because the real truth is that after the...

Bartolo seems to be saying that news conferences addressed...

Hunting and the Lisbon effect
Raphael Vassallo

There seems to be a good deal more at work behind the scenes in the imminent spring hunting referendum, than the issue of whether or not we should allow birds...

There seems to be a good deal more at work behind the...

Greece – It’s about your future, not your money
Mark Camilleri

We cannot afford to be short sighted at a time of great historical change in...

We cannot afford to be short sighted at a time of great...

Letters: 8 February 2015
So who decides what’s socially acceptable?
Josanne Cassar

Too many people are afraid of going against the grain for holding a different...

Too many people are afraid of going against the grain for...

Cartoon: 8 February 2015
The tragic tear in US-Israel relations
Alon Ben-Meir

The Israelis must deny Netanyahu another term in office because should he win, his victory will demonstrate that they are following a blind shepherd who is...

The Israelis must deny Netanyahu another term in office...

DNA establishes paternity of child
Malcolm Mifsud

A man proved that he is the natural father of a child in a DNA test, and also by confirming that he fathered the child.

A man proved that he is the natural father of a child...

‘Treat me like a fool, treat me mean and cruel…’
Raphael Vassallo

They are 'treated mean and cool' for selling superior habiliments... by...

They are 'treated mean and cool' for selling...

Isolated in more than one sense

The results of the Greek elections have been interpreted as a major disruption of the economic direction in which the eurozone – of which Malta forms...

The results of the Greek elections have been interpreted as...

Cartoon: 4 February 2015
A fat cat’s bordello of an amnesty
James Debono

Government wants to rake in millions of euros from fines while rewarding abusers with planning  permits through which they will make enough money to...

Government wants to rake in millions of euros from fines...

The 'most transparent government ever' joke
Ryan Callus

The Opposition has every right to question and request the publication of the...

The Opposition has every right to question and request the...

Europe grapples with its difficult Greek reality
Leo Brincat

After months of pondering about who Syriza really is or could be, the next...

After months of pondering about who Syriza really is or...

The four pillars of education
Evarist Bartolo

These four pillars form an integrated whole, complementing and strengthening each other. Education is, after all, a total experience.

These four pillars form an integrated whole, complementing...

Transparency is a commitment, not a choice

Briefly put, the electorate doesn’t need the Labour government to remind...

Briefly put, the electorate doesn’t need the Labour...

Simon, people want direct politics
Andrew Azzopardi

In the past the PN was known as a factory of ideas but now it is still struggling to engineer proposals, even because Joseph Muscat’s team always seem to...

In the past the PN was known as a factory of ideas but now...

Cities are about people, not monuments
Raphael Vassallo

Whichever way you look at Piano’s parliament – and I stress I refer only to the building itself, and not its immediate surroundings – it...

Whichever way you look at Piano’s parliament –...