The never-ending story | Carmelo Abela
A conflict next door is very worrying and that is why I hold this firm belief that the EU should play a major role
Time is now | Charmaine Mangion
I want to see more direct collaboration between the various entities which ultimately are all working towards one common goal. This will lead to better and faster solutions
If you want change, change the way you choose people in power
Saviour Balzan

The truth is that Joe Gaffarena is unprincipled and is only interested in...

The truth is that Joe Gaffarena is unprincipled and is only...

[WATCH] People should vote for parties, not candidates
Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan calls for a change in Malta's electoral system, so...

Saviour Balzan calls for a change in Malta's electoral...

Just bricks in the wall…
Raphael Vassallo

As with Pink Floyd’s brick wall, the implication is of a country held in a stranglehold by all-powerful forces: a state of play we all accept as fact,...

As with Pink Floyd’s brick wall, the implication is...

Why Corbyn is winning – and how Labour’s moderates can stop him
The Conversation

Labour’s moderates would have to argue that it is important for the party...

Labour’s moderates would have to argue that it is...

Celebrating co-ed in the state’s middle schools
Evarist Bartolo

Co-educational schools provide a much more realistic model of training boys and...

Co-educational schools provide a much more realistic model...

A national language debate stifled by righteousness
Mark Camilleri

If the council expects to release communiques in the form of diktats, without...

If the council expects to release communiques in the form...

Death of a (celebrity) lion…
Raphael Vassallo

Walter Palmer, it seems, slew more than just a random lion on his ill-fated hunting trip to Zimbabwe. He also took aim at, and shot, all our most cherished...

Walter Palmer, it seems, slew more than just a random lion...

Bad cop, good cop
Saviour Balzan

Money has no borders, especially when it comes to making more money.

Money has no borders, especially when it comes to making...

The thin, fine line of public propriety
Josanne Cassar

I always assumed that it should be quite obvious that once you are in a certain type of position, the way you behave has to be exemplary.

I always assumed that it should be quite obvious that once...

One Facebook group does not an ‘organisation’ make…
Raphael Vassallo

This week, it was reported across the media that a ‘new...

This week, it was reported across the media that a...

A change for the worse
James Debono

The planning law as proposed is a change for the worse; a throw back to the days when planning decisions were taken by the Minister and his cronies instead of...

The planning law as proposed is a change for the worse; a...

A reading challenge for our students
Evarist Bartolo

Maltese and Gozitan children and youths have been challenged to read at least five books over the summer through the ‘Aqra fis-Sajf’ campaign

Maltese and Gozitan children and youths have been...

Twenty reasons against MEPA’s demerger
Kevin Aquilina

Today MEPA is nothing more than a glorified government department when compared to the independent status it originally enjoyed in 1992. 

Today MEPA is nothing more than a glorified government...

An Economy Minister walks into a bar…
Raphael Vassallo

As the Stable Pub owner found out to his cost this week, ‘parliamentary privilege’ means that all 73 of our MPs can simply libel anyone at any time...

As the Stable Pub owner found out to his cost this week,...

Beppe’s folly, Cardona’s madness
Saviour Balzan

Beppe Fenech Adami standing in as the virginal deputy leader has every right to quote whoever he likes. And I have every right to measure Beppe’s...

Beppe Fenech Adami standing in as the virginal deputy...

We can’t accept the gall of those who treat women like an object
Josanne Cassar

We need to drum it into girls’ heads that no one has the right to touch...

We need to drum it into girls’ heads that no one has...

In court, it pays to be Maltese
Raphael Vassallo

It helps so much that Maltese people facing the same (or even far more serious) charges as foreigners tend to be given sentences anywhere up to four times less...

It helps so much that Maltese people facing the same (or...

Helping young people achieve their goals in life and education
Evarist Bartolo

Using a flexible approach – one that applies beyond the classroom...

Using a flexible approach – one that applies beyond...