A dirty red flag of convenience
Saviour Balzan
Muscat’s flirtations on the Manuel Cuschieri show weaken Abela’s standing. If Muscat stands as an MEP candidate it will signal the demise of the Abela administration.
A repeat of 2017 in 2024? No thank you Joseph
James Debono
Do we really want to spend the next months discussing Egrant, Panama and Muscat’s consultancy on exotic birds?  The bitter after taste this will leave on a nation still...
The story you don’t know about
Evarist Bartolo

The irony of it all is that those who spew hate towards people who escape conflict and violence are among those people who cheer on the same people when they...

The irony of it all is that those who spew hate towards...

The Presidency has come to an end, but it isn’t yet over
Frank Psaila

Apart from being an opportunity to showcase our work ethic and determination,...

Apart from being an opportunity to showcase our work ethic...

The resignation that never was
Michael Falzon

Call them ‘the clique’ or ‘the political establishment of the past’ or whatever, but the people behind the PN facade are still there...

Call them ‘the clique’ or ‘the political...

If you can’t stand the heat...
Raphael Vassallo

The point is that we are now inured to a situation where to be in politics is, effectively, to be at war

The point is that we are now inured to a situation where to...

The link between Gentlemen’s Clubs and prostitution
Josanne Cassar

In 2010 Iceland banned strip clubs with the reasoning that ‘it is not...

In 2010 Iceland banned strip clubs with the reasoning that...

Enjoying the show
Saviour Balzan

I have never had time for pretenders who pose as independent journalists, but are nothing more than ambitious political animals who relish in the art of...

I have never had time for pretenders who pose as...

[WATCH] Of facts and spin
Saviour Balzan

In his latest video blog, MaltaToday’s managing editor Saviour Balzan insists that his article on Adrian Delia's publicly-declared assets was by no...

In his latest video blog, MaltaToday’s managing...

Give me some space
Josanne Cassar

While I still prefer living in Malta to anywhere else, admittedly the negatives tend to assault your senses on too regular a basis. I boil it...

While I still prefer living in Malta to anywhere else,...

The island that turned itself into a desert
Raphael Vassallo

We are, in brief, doing our utmost to make this country as hot, parched and...

We are, in brief, doing our utmost to make this country as...

New broom at the union
Marco Bonnici

MUT appointments mark a number of firsts in the long history of the union, including the first female general secretary and also, with two females and two male...

MUT appointments mark a number of firsts in the long...

An assignment for social media
Evarist Bartolo

Ways for the public to openly air their views are crucial in today’s democracy [but] sometimes the wrong information… is put forward and common...

Ways for the public to openly air their views are crucial...

Requiem for an unmade movie
Raphael Vassallo

Personally, I think the Borg Pisani story is not only a very good choice of movie subject but an important one to evaluate through the medium of a Maltese-made...

Personally, I think the Borg Pisani story is not only a...

Worst of times for public broadcasting
Mark Camilleri

With a public broadcaster in shambles and cultural institutions under the management of incompetent people, V18 will come and go and will leave no tangible...

With a public broadcaster in shambles and cultural...

The rental market crisis
Michael Falzon

People on subsidised rents should be means-tested every five years or so with their rent increasing as their level of income increases. Minor increases for...

People on subsidised rents should be means-tested every...

The one that got away
Josanne Cassar

This convoluted case has brought into play a very crucial element on which everything hinges: credibility

This convoluted case has brought into play a very crucial...

Why Labour wants Adrian Delia…
Saviour Balzan

He has said that he will present his declaration of assets after becoming leader. That, I am afraid, is unacceptable. The truth is that his assets and...

He has said that he will present his declaration of assets...

[WATCH] I believe in facts
Saviour Balzan

In his latest video blog, MaltaToday’s managing editor Saviour Balzan tackles the latest court revelations surrounding the Egrant whistleblower and the...

In his latest video blog, MaltaToday’s managing...

After ISIS, proxy wars in Syria loom large
Matthew Bugeja

Syria is now an arena for proxy conflict between the West, Russia, and Middle...

Syria is now an arena for proxy conflict between the West,...