Empty seats, student apathy and some ridiculous candidates - welcome to the MEP elections
Josanne Cassar
The level of interest among the student population in these elections for the European Parliament is clearly hovering near zero
Apocalypse now!
Saviour Balzan
That tsunami may well be bigger than we could have ever imagined, especially if former prime minister Joseph Muscat is treated in the same way as other individuals who have been...
Tapping into a 4.5 million student market
Evarist Bartolo

Predictably the PN have wrongly interpreted the involvement of DePaul...

Predictably the PN have wrongly interpreted the involvement...

Labour: so the environment truly comes last
Ryan Callus

This week has been characterised once again with the controversy surrounding...

This week has been characterised once again with the...

Malta’s greatest historian ever
Mark Camilleri

Godfrey Wettinger was a laborious student of history who grew up to challenge the myths and dogma propagated by the clerical establishment for hundreds of years

Godfrey Wettinger was a laborious student of history who...

Who is footing the bill?
Saviour Balzan

After 17 years and an incredible spending spree to build a huge public hospital which cost hundreds of millions, we are regaled with the great news that...

After 17 years and an incredible spending spree to build a...

We’ve struck oil and the future is scary
Josanne Cassar

For all the laughter, I think the audience at Sibna z-Zejt realized that its...

For all the laughter, I think the audience at Sibna z-Zejt...

Email etiquette for business communication
Kevin-James Fenech

Email have become the foremost method of communicating with colleagues and...

Email have become the foremost method of communicating with...

Who investigates the investigators?
Raphael Vassallo

My concern here is not with whether the allegations are true or not... but rather, with how they were handled by the authorities

My concern here is not with whether the allegations are...

Political dishonesty at Zonqor point
James Debono

The government's claim to the high moral ground lies buried under the soil at Zonqor. What we need now is an imbalance in favour of the environment.

The government's claim to the high moral ground lies...

Who needs science? Everyone
Evarist Bartolo

The importance of science cannot be stressed strongly enough: Malta features low in science graduates among EU countries

The importance of science cannot be stressed strongly...

Building the electoral machine for 2018
Frank Psaila

The PN cannot go to the polls in 2018 without a well-oiled electoral machine… a huge challenge because electoral campaigns cost money

The PN cannot go to the polls in 2018 without a well-oiled...

It’s a choice we’re making…
Raphael Vassallo

Last Wednesday, the foreign ministers of the NATO countries met in Antalya, southern Turkey, to discuss strategies for dealing with Russia in the wake of the...

Last Wednesday, the foreign ministers of the NATO countries...

Plonk it here, please
Saviour Balzan

No sooner had Muscat declared his new conversion to environmentalism than he was unexpectedly but proudly celebrating the proposed building of a university...

No sooner had Muscat declared his new conversion to...

How green was my valley
Josanne Cassar

I’m finding it very difficult to hold a conversation with those who are reading from the Muscat Handbook on ‘What to Say to Those who are Against...

I’m finding it very difficult to hold a conversation...

Julian Manduca, ten years after
Saviour Balzan

What would Julian say of the state of the environment today under a Labour government? Perhaps this is the fairest question we ask ourselves today, measuring...

What would Julian say of the state of the environment today...

Saviour Balzan’s videoblog
Saviour Balzan

As opposition against development in outside development zone areas continues to increase, Saviour Balzan says Joseph Muscat should strive to find alternative...

As opposition against development in outside development...

Comparisons are odious, but sewage plants are necessary
James Debono

Better a university on outside-development zones than a sewage treatment plant?...

Better a university on outside-development zones than a...

Needed: Arts to disrupt rigid schooling
Evarist Bartolo

Culture industries contribute around 5% of GDP and employ more than 10,000 persons… it becomes clear that art isn’t an extra but an integral part...

Culture industries contribute around 5% of GDP and employ...

Just bomb it anyway…
Raphael Vassallo

‘[Migration] is not only a humanitarian emergency, but also a security crisis, since smuggling networks are linked to, and in some cases finance,...

‘[Migration] is not only a humanitarian emergency,...