Today's political analysts would describe the conservative traditional village of my childhood as 'deep blue'. But this blue became now paler and paler.

Today's political analysts would describe the conservative...

I sit in my room in Nablus, in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. It is the first day of a long weekend thanks to a public holiday celebrating Women's Day....

I sit in my room in Nablus, in the Occupied Palestinian...

We cannot address gender inequality without examining the culture, belief...

We cannot address gender inequality without examining the...

Alternattiva Demokratika's policies go beyond partisan pique, and AD councillors have always worked for resident's interests first and foremost.

Alternattiva Demokratika's policies go beyond partisan...

Tonio Fenech now appears to acknowledge his government was economically (if not also socially) irresponsible to raise those tariffs the way it did.

Tonio Fenech now appears to acknowledge his government was...

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan on how the PN and the PL accuse each other of wrongdoings but then fail to shoulder responsibility for their own...

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan on how the PN and...

Politicians of all colours and hues imagine that we have short memories. But we do not.

Politicians of all colours and hues imagine that we have...

Oh dear. It must be getting to ‘that time of year’ again. You know, the time when not even Paris Hilton can realistically handle any further penetration of...

Oh dear. It must be getting to ‘that time of year’...

Government does not have money to help vulnerable people yet it still finds money to pay consultants €6,000 a month, build a bridge to nowhere costing €3...

Government does not have money to help vulnerable people...

If bribing young people with cash hand-outs is what it takes, then so be it. What I do have a problem with is the fact that government cannot afford these...

If bribing young people with cash hand-outs is what it...

Very often government and a chorus of media supporters have portrayed critical...

Very often government and a chorus of media supporters have...

At the very moment that GonziPN was reaffirmed through a leadership contest with Lawrence Gonzi as the sole contestant, the PM ditched the GonziPN electoral...

At the very moment that GonziPN was reaffirmed through a...

Franco Debono’s decision not to come clean and state how he voted when we...

Franco Debono’s decision not to come clean and state how...

Ah well, at least you can’t complain that Maltese politics is boring, as politics tend to be in most other parts of the world.

Ah well, at least you can’t complain that Maltese...

Mediatoday managing editor Saviour Balzan's videoblog on the PN leadership election.

Mediatoday managing editor Saviour Balzan's videoblog on...

The message to the new Libya must be loud and clear: we will support you as long as you respect basic human rights of all those living in Libya.

The message to the new Libya must be loud and clear: we...

Ministerial culpability and a culture of resignations cannot and should not be regulated at law.

Ministerial culpability and a culture of resignations...

While Maltese mistrust in politicians is on an equal level with that of other EU countries, the results of the Eurobarometer are a deafening no-confidence vote...

While Maltese mistrust in politicians is on an equal level...