Another step in the right direction | Ramona Attard
The Criminal Code amendments passed this week are yet another step in the right direction as part of the government’s holistic drive to deliver reform and change
Understanding the Love Island Malta phenomenon 
Josanne Cassar
It is clear that local TV productions need to be more relatable to the Malta we live in today and I think that is why Love Island Malta had that kind of record-breaking viewership
All’s well that ends well?
James Debono

Joseph Muscat comes out politically stronger thanks to the Italian intervention to disembark 102 migrants in Syracuse. But had it not been for Italy he would...

Joseph Muscat comes out politically stronger thanks to the...

It’s hot and we are all bothered
Claudine Cassar

By encouraging the Maltese to resist realities which bring about change in society, the Imam is also damaging his cause – because his very existence is...

By encouraging the Maltese to resist realities which bring...

Learning on the job
Evarist Bartolo

We must integrate work-based components in all vocational training programmes – this applies to both MCAST and university students

We must integrate work-based components in all vocational...

The national interest, and all that
Raphael Vassallo

People support political parties not for what they represent, but on the basis of what they can offer them

People support political parties not for what they...

Berlusconi, guilty as charged
James Debono

The confirmation of Silvio Berlusconi’s four-year prison sentence by Italy’s Supreme Court is a cautionary tale on the risk posed by the incestuous...

The confirmation of Silvio Berlusconi’s four-year prison...

Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

MaltaToday managing editor Saviour Balzan takes on the immigration debate.

MaltaToday managing editor Saviour Balzan takes on the...

Aliyev, Albani, Zammit and Morsi
Saviour Balzan

Since the Times decided to reprint Rakhat Aliyev's memoirs, things have changed at Allied Newspapers...

Since the Times decided to reprint Rakhat Aliyev's memoirs,...

Isle of MTV (Murder, Terror, Violence)
Raphael Vassallo

Malta’s criminal underworld has simply evolved beyond recognition since the days when what passed for crime rarely went beyond the theft of a car stereo.

Malta’s criminal underworld has simply evolved beyond...

The age of living precariously
Michael Falzon

If the GWU’s long-term objective is to shift back more employees from the private sector to the public sector, then the government should beware, as this is...

If the GWU’s long-term objective is to shift back more...

Dark clouds and black gold
Evarist Bartolo

In the 1920s some Maltese were allowed into Australia to work in the coalmines, as they were considered “good for dirty and menial work” and “a lesser...

In the 1920s some Maltese were allowed into Australia to...

Statistics, damned statistics and incongruities
Jurgen Balzan

The current levels of migrants in Malta is lower than it was in 2006, 2007,...

The current levels of migrants in Malta is lower than it...

Some immigration deal you landed us there, Joseph
Raphael Vassallo

Muscat’s immigration policy is now tied inextricably to his success or...

Muscat’s immigration policy is now tied inextricably to...

Mobile SEO
Conrad Bugeja

Google uses hundreds of ranking factors to rank web pages for a particular search query. In the future, websites that have a mobile friendly website will have...

Google uses hundreds of ranking factors to rank web pages...

The declarations circus
Saviour Balzan

One can only think that it was a bad year for minister Chris Cardona after declaring an income of €23,400 last year…

One can only think that it was a bad year for minister...

Making education work
Evarist Bartolo

Creating a successful education-to-employment system requires new incentives and structures

Creating a successful education-to-employment system...

Gonzi has left the building....
Raphael Vassallo

Is there another Lawrence Gonzi out there that I’d never heard of before? A man who actually deserves all the praise currently being showered upon him…?

Is there another Lawrence Gonzi out there that I’d never...

Young lives lost
Claudine Cassar

I look around and I see here in Malta teenagers struggling with exams: at this age they still cannot understand that failing today does not mean that they will...

I look around and I see here in Malta teenagers struggling...

Keep Christianity out of this
Raphael Vassallo

I sympathise with concerns over Malta's 'Christian identity' when applied to racism, but it is a dangerously flawed way of presenting the argument.

I sympathise with concerns over Malta's 'Christian...