Malta needs a gore-horror film
Teodor Reljic
Simshar is all well and good, but wouldn’t it be better if local filmmakers got down and dirty and made a mad, fun little B-movie instead?
A PR disaster for Malta
On huntintg, it is inconceivable that the Opposition party has so far failed to take a clear stand on an issue where political opposition is very sorely needed.
Cartoon 7 August 2013

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

Cartoon by Mark Scicluna

All’s well that ends well?
James Debono

Joseph Muscat comes out politically stronger thanks to the Italian intervention to disembark 102 migrants in Syracuse. But had it not been for Italy he would...

Joseph Muscat comes out politically stronger thanks to the...

It’s hot and we are all bothered
Claudine Cassar

By encouraging the Maltese to resist realities which bring about change in society, the Imam is also damaging his cause – because his very existence is...

By encouraging the Maltese to resist realities which bring...

Learning on the job
Evarist Bartolo

We must integrate work-based components in all vocational training programmes – this applies to both MCAST and university students

We must integrate work-based components in all vocational...

The national interest, and all that
Raphael Vassallo

People support political parties not for what they represent, but on the basis of what they can offer them

People support political parties not for what they...

Humanitarianism cannot be evaded

Bereft of all logic, the Maltese government prefers pursuing a point of principle, which endangers the lives of 102 asylum seekers, in a stand-off against a...

Bereft of all logic, the Maltese government prefers...

Spring hunting referendum: difficult but not impossible

The recent formation of the Coalition Against Spring Hunting – numbering 11...

The recent formation of the Coalition Against Spring...

Berlusconi, guilty as charged
James Debono

The confirmation of Silvio Berlusconi’s four-year prison sentence by Italy’s Supreme Court is a cautionary tale on the risk posed by the incestuous...

The confirmation of Silvio Berlusconi’s four-year prison...

Directors personally held responsible for company’s failings

Company failed to provided minimum level of safety for man who died in Libya.

Company failed to provided minimum level of safety for man...

When crime does pay

Failure to control what appears to be a widespread practice can have serious repercussions, as the recent murders of both Matthew Zahra and Anthony Borg amply...

Failure to control what appears to be a widespread practice...

Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

MaltaToday managing editor Saviour Balzan takes on the immigration debate.

MaltaToday managing editor Saviour Balzan takes on the...

Aliyev, Albani, Zammit and Morsi
Saviour Balzan

Since the Times decided to reprint Rakhat Aliyev's memoirs, things have changed at Allied Newspapers...

Since the Times decided to reprint Rakhat Aliyev's memoirs,...

Isle of MTV (Murder, Terror, Violence)
Raphael Vassallo

Malta’s criminal underworld has simply evolved beyond recognition since the days when what passed for crime rarely went beyond the theft of a car stereo.

Malta’s criminal underworld has simply evolved beyond...

The age of living precariously
Michael Falzon

If the GWU’s long-term objective is to shift back more employees from the private sector to the public sector, then the government should beware, as this is...

If the GWU’s long-term objective is to shift back more...

Dark clouds and black gold
Evarist Bartolo

In the 1920s some Maltese were allowed into Australia to work in the coalmines, as they were considered “good for dirty and menial work” and “a lesser...

In the 1920s some Maltese were allowed into Australia to...

More reason to take justice reform seriously

The Maltese courts that adopt draconian measures when it comes to foreign...

The Maltese courts that adopt draconian measures when it...

Statistics, damned statistics and incongruities
Jurgen Balzan

The current levels of migrants in Malta is lower than it was in 2006, 2007,...

The current levels of migrants in Malta is lower than it...

Some immigration deal you landed us there, Joseph
Raphael Vassallo

Muscat’s immigration policy is now tied inextricably to his success or...

Muscat’s immigration policy is now tied inextricably to...