Villa Rosa: When local plans are not cast in stone
James Debono
For the past years, the Labour government has told local communities faced with overdevelopment that it can’t change local plans for their benefit. So why does the...
Europe’s New AI-ge
Alexiei Dingli
Europe’s future is AI, and the stakes have never been higher. With coordinated action, strategic investments, and a commitment to innovation, the EU can catch up with global...
Tackling inequality in the age of AI
Alex Agius Saliba

Through AI, we have a huge opportunity to improve our daily lives. We as Europeans are at this very important historical juncture of our human relationship...

Through AI, we have a huge opportunity to improve our daily...

The dirty political implications of the Yorgen-Rosianne chats
Arnold Cassola

What is scandalous are the dirty dealings going on behind our back in the...

What is scandalous are the dirty dealings going on behind...

Animal rights? What a circus...
Raphael Vassallo

Unlike the ‘puddy-tat’ from Looney Toons – which invariably turned out to be a very REAL feline, by the name of ‘Shylveshter’...

Unlike the ‘puddy-tat’ from Looney Toons...

A dithering and undecisive PN
Michael Falzon

For the PN, the road back to winning more support implies more internal discipline on what and how MPs say when they express their thoughts, quick immediate...

For the PN, the road back to winning more support implies...

Damned if you’re ‘endangered’;  damned if you’re not...
Raphael Vassallo

The migratory birds that we massacre in Malta each year, are the same birds...

The migratory birds that we massacre in Malta each year,...

Who cares about the residents? Let’s just close another road
Josanne Cassar

You simply cannot trap people in their own homes by undertaking simultaneous...

You simply cannot trap people in their own homes by...

Uninformed political opinions took space meant for children

Artists behind the play Gender Boss say they are shocked by...

Artists behind the play Gender Boss say they are shocked by...

‘Pencil Development’ should be rubbed out, not rubber-stamped
Raphael Vassallo

The government of Malta has not just ‘forgotten’ all about those...

The government of Malta has not just...

The unravelling of Muscat’s coalition
Michael Falzon

Otherwise the Labour Party inherited by Abela will keep on dragging its feet in power and Malta loses the chance to renew itself sooner rather than later

Otherwise the Labour Party inherited by Abela will keep on...

‘Get Whatsapp’, they said. It’s ‘safe and secure’, they said...
Raphael Vassallo

And try as I might: I struggle to see very much ‘positive value’, in a course of action that may well end up jeopardising – in not actually...

And try as I might: I struggle to see very much...

No, it’s not because she is a woman, it’s because she is an MP
Josanne Cassar

First of all, can we PLEASE stop dragging gender into issues which are...

First of all, can we PLEASE stop dragging gender into...

‘Pencil Development’ should be rubbed out, not rubber-stamped
Raphael Vassallo

But one thing, at least is certain. Just like those ’broken teeth’...

But one thing, at least is certain. Just like those...

Regulating the construction industry
Michael Falzon

One has to remember that until the proposal becomes law, every Tom Dick and Harry can - at whatever age - buy a big machine and start assuming excavation and...

One has to remember that until the proposal becomes law,...

‘Parks and cars’ are like ‘oil and water’. They just don’t mix
Raphael Vassallo

And all thanks to the policies of a Labour government, that is now ‘surprised’ to discover that it somehow managed to lose around 40,000 votes, in...

And all thanks to the policies of a Labour government, that...

Imagine all the people | Clayton Bartolo

The bottom line is that people everywhere want to travel more than ever to the places they want and when they want. Malta's tourism sector performance was...

The bottom line is that people everywhere want to travel...

Contrived news, sensationalist headlines and twitter ‘rage’
Josanne Cassar

The privacy and dignity towards victims needs to come first, and this can be...

The privacy and dignity towards victims needs to come...

What a mess!
Saviour Balzan

The truth is that the agreement with Steward was a joke. After Vitals, the Maltese government should have taken the hospitals back. The fact that they did...

The truth is that the agreement with Steward was a...

Darren Debono wanted the fuel smuggling stories to stop. So he texted me a photo I had of my daughter from my WhatsApp profile
Matthew Vella

Former MaltaToday executive editor Matthew Vella: 'The Times report is incorrect in giving alleged criminal Darren Debono a platform for his spin on a...

Former MaltaToday executive editor Matthew...