Endorsing the sustainable development goals
Alex Agius Saliba
I believe that if back in 2016 all countries, including Malta, agreed on certain targets by 2030, these SDGs should become more central in the policy-making mechanisms at the...
Paris riots: when police shot a teenager dead, a rumbling pressure cooker exploded | Joseph Downing
Successive governments have used policing to control the population to prevent political turmoil, eroding the legitimacy of law enforcement along the way
‘A little bit of mischief’
Claudine Cassar

The attitude that women bring rape on themselves by wearing short skirts is grossly insulting to men, implying that a man is simply led by his penis and has no...

The attitude that women bring rape on themselves by wearing...

Why we need Jobs+
Evarist Bartolo

The idea behind Jobs+ is to create a holistic and long-term active labour market policy (ALMP) which addresses the needs of the labour market. Needless to say,...

The idea behind Jobs+ is to create a holistic and long-term...

In energy, sovereignty is an issue
James Debono

Strong interest in the government’s energy proposal shows Labour’s proposal was no pie in the sky, but any benefits must be offset by the inevitable loss...

Strong interest in the government’s energy proposal shows...

The choice is theirs
Saviour Balzan

If Simon Busuttil is to be leader he will definitely improve the lot of the Nationalist Party – but not enough to dismantle the Labour Party’s political...

If Simon Busuttil is to be leader he will definitely...

Malta’s deficit, beyond fiscal populism
Michael Briguglio

Now that the tax reductions for high income earners have been approved... the...

Now that the tax reductions for high income earners have...

The Facebook EdgeRank Algorithm
Busuttil: from sidekick to leader
James Debono

A billboard set up before the election depicted the PN’s leadership as a two-headed creature. But despite the electoral trouncing, one of the heads will have...

A billboard set up before the election depicted the PN’s...

Talkin’ about a constitution
Jurgen Balzan

A guide to the constitutional convention that will enact a reform intended to give birth to what Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has described as a ‘Second...

A guide to the constitutional convention that will enact a...

Targeted Advertising
Conrad Bugeja

Pay-per-click (PPC) offers targeted advertising since the ads can be set to appear for a specific set of keywords. Compared to traditional media, PPC is...

Pay-per-click (PPC) offers targeted advertising since the...

FKNK – get   your act together
Claudine Cassar

The claim that Maltese hunters abide by the law has become an absolute joke, albeit not a very funny one. I am sure that there are a number of hunters who walk...

The claim that Maltese hunters abide by the law has become...

In the fight against poverty
Evarist Bartolo

In the coming months I would like our schools to have a new code of discipline written in consultation with teachers, students and parents. After we have...

In the coming months I would like our schools to have a new...

A perfect Kesslata
Saviour Balzan

Everyone has tried hard to read a report they couldn’t. Well, here it is at last: a perfect Kesslata – a masterpiece of interrogational supposition. An...

Everyone has tried hard to read a report they couldn’t....

Is it time to say goodbye, Mr President?
Joseph Carmel Chetcuti

For those who are not elected and in a state of discomfort, the way out is there for all to see. The office is more important than the individual.

For those who are not elected and in a state of discomfort,...

Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan explains why OLAF chief Giovanni Kessler should go.

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan explains why OLAF...

A referendum for a Second Republic?
James Debono

Constitutional changes require a two-thirds majority in parliament. No referendum should erode the principle that the common rules are set through the widest...

Constitutional changes require a two-thirds majority in...

Dancing on Maggie’s grave
Michael Falzon

Those who still condemn Thatcher for closing the coalmines do not realise that sticking to the past way of doing things was the worst path that Britain could...

Those who still condemn Thatcher for closing the coalmines...

‘Trust me, I’m Italian…’
Raphael Vassallo

Unlike Mr Kessler, we are not Italian, but Maltese… and being Maltese and not Italian, we are therefore somewhat less immediately familiar with ‘how these...

Unlike Mr Kessler, we are not Italian, but Maltese… and...

A realistic roadmap for education
Evarist Bartolo

We need to narrow the gap in students’ achievement and raise the bar in reading, literacy, mathematics and science among our students in primary and...

We need to narrow the gap in students’ achievement and...