A new economic model
Michael Falzon
Everybody is fed up with the present situation but it must be the PN that shows the way. It must be ready to show how all that is bothering so many people can be shaken off
Not just another protest
Saviour Balzan
We need to inject some environmental quotient in our Cabinet of ministers and we need to ask our Opposition to get serious and make some daring proposals not simply talk in...
Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

MediaToday Managing editor Saviour Balzan on Sandro Chectuti's defence counsel arugment that Vince Farrugia had asked a blogger to undermine Chetcuti.

MediaToday Managing editor Saviour Balzan on Sandro...

All the madmen…
Raphael Vassallo

Bondiplus provided a much-needed basis for comparison between the widely-held view of Franco Debono as madman and the Franco Debono we all saw deftly putting...

Bondiplus provided a much-needed basis for comparison...

Private matter, my ass!
Saviour Balzan

The very fact that he home affairs minister has chosen to keep his distance from any controversy is proof of his weak resolve when it comes to standing up for...

The very fact that he home affairs minister has chosen to...

Lawrence on the guillotine
Jurgen Balzan

An electoral defeat for the PN might be a blessing in disguise if it presents the party with the opportunity for a generational revolution.

An electoral defeat for the PN might be a blessing in...

A tale of two Maltas
Evarist Bartolo

In 2010, the at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion rate stood at 20.6%, below the EU average by nearly 3 percentage points.

In 2010, the at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion rate...

Sort it out will you!
Claudine Cassar

Franco Debono may be giving a clear message that he believes the Labour Party in government is more likely to take forward the reforms that he is championing.

Franco Debono may be giving a clear message that he...

The better part of valour
Michael Falzon

By the time the election is held, Lawrence Gonzi would have prepared the way for blaming Franco Debono’s intransigence in case of an electoral defeat.

By the time the election is held, Lawrence Gonzi would have...

The Sirens’ call
Saviour Balzan

Beyond all recriminations, has anybody asked whether Gonzi has failed to smell the coffee? Did he honestly believe this problem would blow over by simply...

Beyond all recriminations, has anybody asked whether Gonzi...

Democracy in free-fall
James Debono

Imposing a presidential system based on feudal loyalties between leader and candidate on our parliamentary democracy has provoked the current crisis. The...

Imposing a presidential system based on feudal loyalties...

Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan on the current political crisis and reminds what had happened during the Labour Party's crisis in 1998

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan on the current...

Blame it on Gonzi and the sleaze machine
Jurgen Balzan

An early election is not what the country needs, but Debono has given a name to the sleaze machine that replaced official party media.

An early election is not what the country needs, but Debono...

The seeds of this crisis were sown in 2008
Carmen Sammut

Gonzi’s stronger image won him his one-seat majority but the GonziPN brand...

Gonzi’s stronger image won him his one-seat majority but...

A shotgun election?
James Debono

If Gonzi doesn’t call for a vote of confidence he risks being perceived as someone clinging to power at all costs; while Muscat risks making Franco Debono...

If Gonzi doesn’t call for a vote of confidence he risks...

Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan on the current political situation within the Nationalist Party, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and Franco Debono

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan on the current...

What a week...
Saviour Balzan

It is a matter of days before we will know whether the next general election will be held in March.

It is a matter of days before we will know whether the next...

A bill to protect the JS list
Evarist Bartolo

The bill presented by the PN government to GRECO is not meant to make party financing transparent. It is meant to keep the JS list funding mechanism intact.

The bill presented by the PN government to GRECO is not...

A horrid start
Claudine Cassar

The idea that a family is not safe when at home is one that undoubtedly strikes fear into the bravest of hearts.

The idea that a family is not safe when at home is one that...

Losing €37 million is a sign of hope
Saviour Balzan

Time flies and people simply forget what is reported, or what was not said. I would like to take you back to what Air Malta Chairman Louis Farrugia, a...

Time flies and people simply forget what is reported, or...