Courage to vote… for the environment | Mark Scerri
In Malta, a very high proportion of our environmental legislation originates from the EU and hence the EU parliament. For those who prize environmental issues, I will briefly run...
Whatever the outcome of this election: Europe will swing to the right
Raphael Vassallo
Europe will either swing, wholesale, all the way to the Extreme Right; or, at best, it will swing to a point on the political compass that is not quite as ‘extreme’;...
No time for jubilation
Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan on why Nikki Dimech should not have been a candidate in the first place

Saviour Balzan on why Nikki Dimech should not have been a...

How relevant is the budget?
Michael Falzon

The annual budget speech and the measures announced in it are obviously a fiscal exercise.

The annual budget speech and the measures announced in it...

Vote Joseph, get Lawrence
Raphael Vassallo

One day in a distant, improbable future, I think students of political science will analyse the last leg of the 2013 election campaign as a case study in how...

One day in a distant, improbable future, I think students...

Good for business
Claudine Cassar

I write this column the morning after the marathon budget speech by Tonio Fenech.

I write this column the morning after the marathon budget...

Government fails to tackle poverty
Evarist Bartolo

In the past four years more people are living in poverty and at the risk of poverty. In its budget for 2013, GonziPN fails to tackle the underlying causes that...

In the past four years more people are living in poverty...

Change of the guard. Is it enough?
Saviour Balzan

Joe Saliba must be a very, very happy man. He is the man who worked against the wishes of Austin Gatt, who preferred Tonio Fenech.

Joe Saliba must be a very, very happy man. He is the man...

Not signed, not sealed, never delivered
Jurgen Balzan

If Labour endorses this socially regressive budget, its new beginning takes us right back to the same place we are in today.

If Labour endorses this socially regressive budget, its new...

On IVF, our MPs are missing the wood for the trees
David Pollina

Without a properly thought out idea about where life begins,we can only do harm...

Without a properly thought out idea about where life...

University stipends - a thorny subject
Claudine Cassar

We have invested in stipends for 20 years and let’s face it: the results aren’t great.

We have invested in stipends for 20 years and let’s face...

One-third of our students still leave school early
Evarist Bartolo

This government is more interested in the number of students that graduate… a...

This government is more interested in the number of...

The hidden hand of big conspiracy
Raphael Vassallo

Tonio Borg should be closely scrutinised; he’s an unelected official who will take decisions that will impact millions of people.

Tonio Borg should be closely scrutinised; he’s an...

Instead of ‘taking leave’, she should just leave
Saviour Balzan

If anyone is worried about her livelihood, please don’t bother shedding a...

If anyone is worried about her livelihood, please don’t...

Tonio Borg and Alfred Sant
David Friggieri

Humiliation, intolerance and shamelessness have nothing to do with it. The Maltese electorate should shoulder its responsibility for the country's political...

Humiliation, intolerance and shamelessness have nothing to...

The Trojan budget
James Debono

On Wednesday Tonio Fenech will not be simply presenting his party’s economic and fiscal manifesto: he’ll set the agenda of a future Labour government.

On Wednesday Tonio Fenech will not be simply presenting his...

Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan on why permanent secretary within the Office of the Prime Minister Rita Schembri has not resigned and why hasn't she...

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan on why permanent...

Man of principle, indeed…
Raphael Vassallo

One small silver lining to the otherwise ghastly mushroom-cloud of hypocrisy rising over Brussel. Henceforth, the Nationalist media machine can never, ever,...

One small silver lining to the otherwise ghastly...

Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

MaltaToday managing editor Saviour Balzan's videblog on the SMSes sent out by GRTU director general Vince Farrugia and the state of affairs within the union.

MaltaToday managing editor Saviour Balzan's videblog on the...

What you’ll get is what you’ve never even imagined
Raphael Vassallo

I imagine that Europeans will very soon discover this for themselves.

I imagine that Europeans will very soon discover this for...