Cartoon: 25 January 2026

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Davos and the theatre of global leadership

JP Fabri

This is why the European contribution matters, but also why it feels incomplete.

Mark Said

If judges and magistrates can’t speak for themselves, who should speak in their defence and in defence of the judicial system?

If judges and magistrates can’t speak for themselves,...

Whether accused received fair trial or not depends on whole criminal process

Malcolm Mifsud

The concept of overall fairness is applicable in Malta to see whether there was a breach of the right to a fair hearing.

The concept of overall fairness is applicable in Malta to...

Parents and persons with disabilities should not be ignored | Marthese Mugliette

Parents must be encouraged to speak up when issues arise; otherwise, nothing will change. Authorities must listen, understand, and act

Parents must be encouraged to speak up when issues...

Europe’s competitiveness at a crossroads: Power, principles, and pragmatism

If Europe fails to adapt, it risks becoming a rule-maker without rule-takers. But if it succeeds, it may yet prove that competitiveness and values are not...

If Europe fails to adapt, it risks becoming a rule-maker...

When charity becomes a spectacle: Rethinking Malta’s model of solidarity

Andrew Azzopardi

If dignity truly matters, Malta’s charity models must change. And if social leadership exists, now is the moment for it to show itself

If dignity truly matters, Malta’s charity models must...

Yes, prices have gone up, but buying your own home has always involved sacrifice

Josanne Cassar

If couples in the past lived a simpler life and had to make sacrifices in order to finally be able to afford “il-post” then in reality that has not...

If couples in the past lived a simpler life and had to make...

Saviour Balzan

If accepted by the PN she should serve eight years, giving her enough time to change things

If accepted by the PN she should serve eight years, giving...

JP Fabri

Foreign workers did not create the pension challenge. They alleviated it. The real risk lies in treating migration as a substitute for reform rather than a...

Foreign workers did not create the pension challenge. They...

This speculation may make for interesting dinner or wedding conversations. It may provoke analytical news features that try to interpret and...

This speculation may make for interesting...

Right to develop airspace vs rights of owners of underlying tenements | Andrew Drago

A recent Court of Appeal judgment clarifies the limits of an airspace owner’s right to build where underlying apartment owners enjoy rights over the roof

A recent Court of Appeal judgment clarifies the limits of...

Mark Said

Amid all-time high levels of job stress and burnout across much of our workforce, the move seems like a step in the right direction

Amid all-time high levels of job stress and burnout across...

Energy stability is a choice we make for the people

Miriam Dalli

My focus and that of my ministry and the teams across it, is singular—to...

My focus and that of my ministry and the teams across it,...

Trending

Saviour Balzan

JP Fabri

Malcolm Mifsud

Malta’s agricultural and animal husbandry sector may be small and unable on their own to meet the country’s food demands. But they remain crucial...

Malta’s agricultural and animal husbandry sector may...

What some Maltese people don’t get: ICE would come after them too

Josanne Cassar

Speaking to people who have been dragged away by ICE agents the report,...

Speaking to people who have been dragged away by ICE agents...

Saviour Balzan

So, when Ricky Caruana chose to interview convicted sex offender Justin Haber, I was wondering what this guy, who never practised journalism before, wanted to...

So, when Ricky Caruana chose to interview convicted sex...

Island in the world: What a data release tells us about risk, resilience and readiness

JP Fabri

Malta’s growth model is increasingly reliant on external capability to sustain itself. That is a vulnerability in a world defined by permacrisis

Malta’s growth model is increasingly reliant on...

Caruana should have known better than offer his platform to a convicted sex offender without having the decency and temerity to even question and challenge the...

Caruana should have known better than offer his platform to...

When the road is to blame, file a claim |Shaban Ben Taher

Jurisprudence provides a number of scenarios where authorities responsible for...

Jurisprudence provides a number of scenarios where...