After Europe, it will be yet another day... except for some
Saviour Balzan
We will wake up with an electoral result that will determine to what extent Abela will continue defending Joseph Muscat, and help Bernard Grech decide whether he will stay or go
From EU standards to Maltese rights
Peter Agius
Raising the level in Malta to EU standards was one of the reasons for joining the EU, and this is still valid today more than ever before when sewage is flowing in the sea,...
Beyond GDP to quality of life
Julia Farrugia

Despite the pandemic and its challenges, the start of year 2021 is seeing thousands of pensioners benefitting from an increased pension

Despite the pandemic and its challenges, the start of year...

Fresh page for the country
Peter Agius

Opinion: Bernard Grech manifests the humble demeanour we expect from those whose prime ambition is to serve

Opinion: Bernard Grech manifests the humble demeanour...

Malta’s neutrality does not mean indifference
Evarist Bartolo

Our neutrality does not mean that we are indifferent to what happens to others....

Our neutrality does not mean that we are indifferent to...

The party-owned broadcasting media
Michael Falzon

It’s about time the PN starts adopting a social media strategy to balance that of the Labour party

It’s about time the PN starts adopting a social media...

Speedy Gulia (aka 'The fastest resignation in the West')...
Raphael Vassallo

Speedy Gulia has decided to apply his Superhero skills to the one area that...

Speedy Gulia has decided to apply his Superhero skills to...

One year, 100 days, two leaders, one nation
Saviour Balzan

There are similarities in the way they yearn to change the party and to set...

There are similarities in the way they yearn to change the...

No one is above the law
Josanne Cassar

Standards for politicians are and must be different, and we should know that by now unless we want to go down the disastrous US route of the last four years

Standards for politicians are and must be different, and we...

2020 showed us the State is our strongest line of defence
Lydia Abela

The pandemic made it clear that having good, well-resourced public services is...

The pandemic made it clear that having good, well-resourced...

Not bold enough: the fight against plastic pollution
Tia Reljic

The fight against plastic pollution will not be won just by enacting new laws....

The fight against plastic pollution will not be won just by...

The gas pipeline saga
Ralph Cassar

The story of energy policy in Malta is one of incompetence, mismanagement, of allegations of graft, corruption and of smoking guns. It is a story of the...

The story of energy policy in Malta is one of incompetence,...

Coronavirus new variant – genomics researcher answers key questions | Lucy van Dorp
The Conversation

The variant carries 14 defining mutations including seven in the spike protein, the protein that mediates entry of the virus into human cells. This is a...

The variant carries 14 defining mutations including seven...

Ignoring quarantine rules has become the most common crime all over
Michael Falzon

We have entered pandemic fatigue. Meanwhile, COVID-19 keeps...

We have entered pandemic fatigue. Meanwhile,...

Easier to disrupt education than to ban private parties
Josanne Cassar

Robert Abela seems to be living in his own little cocoon of protected bliss,...

Robert Abela seems to be living in his own little cocoon of...

Call an election
Saviour Balzan

Prime Minister Robert Abela needs to be his own man, and one that can take this small Island State through the necessary changes that were wilfully neglected...

Prime Minister Robert Abela needs to be his own man, and...

Yorgen Fenech and the Castille gang
Arnold Cassola

Is it not strange that at least ten persons working in Castille during Joseph Muscat’s stint as Prime Minister have had connections of varying type with...

Is it not strange that at least ten persons working in...

Cowardly New World
Raphael Vassallo

One of the things that made 2020 such an awful year to live through (apart from COVID-19, and all the rest of it) was the realisation that humanity has, in...

One of the things that made 2020 such an awful year to live...

The war on truth
Michael Falzon

Post-truth is an invention of the powerful, not the powerless. It comes from the top, specifically with the intent to undermine the truth that may be...

Post-truth is an invention of the powerful, not the...

Changes in the new year
Saviour Balzan

Today, I am taking a step back. It is not a question of age. I am not dumping Mediatoday of course. But I will be doing solely what I have been doing for a...

Today, I am taking a step back. It is not a question of...