The people have spoken, but it’s being lost in translation
Josanne Cassar
The MEP elections were a cold shower for a complacent, arrogant administration which had become too used to gliding easily through elections, smugly convinced that they had the...
The writing is on the bloody wall
Saviour Balzan
The Labour Party needs to accept the fact that it could lose the next election because of its wrong attitude and arrogance
‘Reconciliation’, they said. ‘It’s easy’, they said...
Raphael Vassallo

Once described as a 'land of attitudes and platitudes', Malta is a...

Once described as a 'land of attitudes and...

The joy of being a child
Evarist Bartolo

Oftentimes, we forget how important it is for our children to be children. You only get to be a child once, so don't spend it worrying too much about the...

Oftentimes, we forget how important it is for our children...

Of funds and creativity
Marco Bonnici

A formal request has been filed to the Ministry for Education and Employment to discuss the formula used to allocate central funds to State schools. How will...

A formal request has been filed to the Ministry for...

The only way is back...
Raphael Vassallo

The leadership election of any party is decided by an internal vote: in this case, 1,500 'party councillors'. What might their priorities be?

The leadership election of any party is decided by an...

… and the winner is, hate
Michael Falzon

Ranging from 1973 to current times, have things changed all that drastically or have they remained the same? An inside look into the Daphne Caruana...

Ranging from 1973 to current times, have things changed all...

The king is dead, long live the king
Saviour Balzan

If Adrian Delia does become leader he will enforce his autocratic style that goes beyond the rhetoric we have heard. His talk of inclusivity is not...

If Adrian Delia does become leader he will...

After all that fighting, now what?
Josanne Cassar

Only after it has rebuilt the shattered pieces of the party making it sturdy again, can the PN hope to be the truly effective Opposition that the country...

Only after it has rebuilt the shattered pieces of the party...

[WATCH] Why Labour hasn’t criticised Adrian Delia
Saviour Balzan

In today’s video-blog, MediaToday managing editor Saviour Balzan comments...

In today’s video-blog, MediaToday managing editor...

Europe is going grey
The Conversation

Milena Pavlova writes: Perhaps most critical is the fact that the share of working people who can provide care to the older persons is shrinking, even as the...

Milena Pavlova writes: Perhaps most critical is the fact...

Let’s bring compassion back
Josanne Cassar

It is always easy to mock and ridicule a stranger - in fact it can be side-splittingly hilarious - until the day you wake up and it is suddenly happening to...

It is always easy to mock and ridicule a stranger - in fact...

Just beat each other up, and get it over with...
Raphael Vassallo

Raphael Vassallo writes: Honestly, I sometimes wonder how an entire political...

Raphael Vassallo writes: Honestly, I sometimes wonder how...

Beyond the numbers
Evarist Bartolo

Evarist Bartolo writes: We view genders as equals. The laws have changed and a lot of progress followed. Doors opened and we finally live in a situation where...

Evarist Bartolo writes: We view genders as equals. The laws...

Bishop Grech’s inconvenient truth
Frank Psaila

Frank Psaila on Gozo's drug problem: I would have expected the Police Commissioner to issue a statement taking note of what Bishop Grech said

Frank Psaila on Gozo's drug problem: I would have...

What needs to be done

Adrian Delia writes: I feel it is my duty to answer any and all questions thrown at me, however malicious their intent and spurious their content. But I admit...

Adrian Delia writes: I feel it is my duty to answer any and...

Was that a debate or a funeral?
Raphael Vassallo

Raphael Vassallo writes: The whole thing reminded me uncannily of a funeral. That ominous black backdrop clearly didn’t help much – what were they...

Raphael Vassallo writes: The whole thing reminded me...

But, come on, are you really that sick?
Josanne Cassar

The abuse of sick leave is a reality, it’s true, but it needs to be tackled head-on by dealing personally with the culprits

The abuse of sick leave is a reality, it’s true, but...

Political napalm
Saviour Balzan

For the past decade, this war of attrition has been waged against anyone whom the PN’s inner sanctum was at odds with

For the past decade, this war of attrition has been waged...

[WATCH] How feelings change when targets shift
Saviour Balzan

In his latest video-blog, MediaToday managing editor Saviour Balzan speaks of...

In his latest video-blog, MediaToday managing editor...