All I want for Christmas is (yet another) Asylum and Migration Pact…
Raphael Vassallo
But while one would provide actual ‘relief’, for any crisis-stricken territory… where would the other leave tiny islands like Lampedusa - or Malta, if it comes...
Striking the right note for Christmas Eve 
Josanne Cassar
One could say that it is this blind optimism that “everything will be alright” which is necessary for the human spirit to keep going. And, I suppose, that is not a bad...
Can Muscat speak of elitism when he is building his own establishment?
James Debono

Joseph Muscat cannot play the establishment card against the Opposition without throwing a spotlight on the influence of Maltese fat cats in political...

Joseph Muscat cannot play the establishment card against...

Pokémon GO, harmless fun or disconnecting us from reality?
Josanne Cassar

Is Pokémon GO like religion? Uplifting and comforting for some, or...

Is Pokémon GO like religion? Uplifting and...

Life is like a box of chocolates
Raphael Vassallo

What was clearly intended as a maxim to illustrate the unpredictability of life, actually illustrates the clean opposite

What was clearly intended as a maxim to illustrate the...

Malta’s unlikely responsibility…
Daniel Fiott

Malta has a vested interest in keeping security and defence firmly on the EU’s agenda

Malta has a vested interest in keeping security and defence...

What’s next after Bill 113?
Mark Camilleri

We should keep up the pressure on Labour to keep delivering in the field of freedom of speech. We should allow journalists and writers even more freedoms

We should keep up the pressure on Labour to keep delivering...

There’s Brexit riches in education too
Evarist Bartolo

In all this Brexit turbulence, Malta has also started to see interest from UK universities and academic institutions asking about our infrastructure

In all this Brexit turbulence, Malta has also started to...

Land(s) ahoy!
Michael Falzon

The news about the setting up of a Lands Authority is welcome, even though the Opposition has adopted a negative attitude towards the bill

The news about the setting up of a Lands Authority is...

Help! I’m being ‘ferociously attacked’!
Raphael Vassallo

Attacks happen, but not anywhere near as often as reported in the media

Attacks happen, but not anywhere near as often as...

Turkey’s military coup: A gift from God?
Tolga Temuge

It is not surprising that Erdogan reportedly called the attempted coup “a...

It is not surprising that Erdogan reportedly called the...

I have a feeling…
Saviour Balzan

I am saddened by the fact that the events such as the one that took place in Nice may lead to the supremacy of Marine le Pen and the far right,...

I am saddened by the fact that the events such as...

Leave grieving relatives alone
Josanne Cassar

It has become something of a race against the clock for news organisations to be the first to get that all-important first interview with relatives of someone...

It has become something of a race against the clock for...

Moving beyond the quartet
Alon Ben-Meir

The Quartet fails to take into account the reality on the ground and the psychological dimension of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The Quartet fails to take into account the reality on the...

Don’t beat yourself up over those exam results
Josanne Cassar

Paradoxically, it is sometimes those who have floated through life without...

Paradoxically, it is sometimes those who have floated...

The age of political media is over
Raphael Vassallo

The political media does not produce journalism. It does a Mafia-style hit-job, nothing more, nothing less. In the hands of political parties, ‘the...

The political media does not produce journalism. It does a...

Where is Simon Busuttil?
James Debono

The problem for the PN goes beyond Simon Busuttil’s leadership qualities. The PN has never answered the existential questions posed by Muscat’s...

The problem for the PN goes beyond Simon Busuttil’s...

Bringing education into the 21st century
Evarist Bartolo

In the proposed setup, the role and function of schools have improved; schools have been empowered and democratised

In the proposed setup, the role and function of schools...

From pushback to Brexit
Michael Falzon

The old chestnut of foreigners ‘invading our country and taking our jobs’ hides the ugliness of bigotry posing as patriotism, and it is no...

The old chestnut of foreigners ‘invading our country...

Blame it on Brexit
Raphael Vassallo

‘Brexit’ actually got us to re-evaluate our entire understanding of what this whole ‘EU thing actually is’

‘Brexit’ actually got us to re-evaluate our...