UN report on Malta’s human rights record | Mirane Vella, Joanna Onions
We also urged the Maltese government to implement without delay the recommendations which they had accepted from member states on the establishment of a human rights...
Protecting the Maltese dghajsa
Michael Falzon
Surely, the ministry responsible for cultural heritage should intervene and take up the case in favour of the use of the ‘dgħajsa’ in the traditional manner
Run for your lives! It’s a tourist!
Josanne Cassar

Whether we did it now, in September or at the beginning of winter, the re-opening of the airport was inevitable and we were going to have to take the plunge at...

Whether we did it now, in September or at the beginning of...

It’s as though Covid-19 never happened at all...
Raphael Vassallo

This, too, is why I don’t think the Covid-19 issue, in all its...

This, too, is why I don’t think the Covid-19 issue,...

Teleworking is helping us be more effective. Let’s keep it up
Miriam Dalli

This is a perfect opportunity of us to put our heads together and think of what...

This is a perfect opportunity of us to put our heads...

The reality of good governance | Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi

The Venice Commission has issued a positive report on our ambitious reforms. It...

The Venice Commission has issued a positive report on our...

No simple truth
Michael Falzon

Whatever the merits and demerits of Caruana Galizia’s blog, the fact is that she was on the right track in her hunt of the ramifications that became...

Whatever the merits and demerits of Caruana Galizia’s...

It was never about ‘ethical standards’, though, was it?
Raphael Vassallo

It seems that an undercurrent of Labour supporters can’t understand how a...

It seems that an undercurrent of Labour supporters...

The key to a bigger web of corruption
Saviour Balzan

The truth is that Yorgen Fenech is certainly no saint, but it is equally true that he could be the key to a more sinister web of corruption that is at the...

The truth is that Yorgen Fenech is certainly no saint, but...

The unique Maltese quirk of ‘tpaxxihomx’ (don’t give them the satisfaction)
Josanne Cassar

The reason why Konrad Mizzi still has such a following is not because these people are unable to understand that he did anything wrong, but because in the...

The reason why Konrad Mizzi still has such a following is...

Marcus Rashford, Black Lives Matter and a British premier who is out of his league
The Conversation

Chris Porter | Though football in the UK has its sectarian divides and distinct national allegiances, English football culture has traditionally tended to shy...

Chris Porter | Though football in the UK has its sectarian...

Public sculpture expert: why I welcome decision to throw Colston statue in river
The Conversation

​Claudine van Hensbergen • I hope Bristol Council fishes it out the water and sticks it in a museum so we don’t forget what has happened....

​Claudine van Hensbergen • I hope Bristol...

Where did all the PN’s lost votes go?
Raphael Vassallo

All it would take to harness the current large swathe of undecided voters is a new party that can appeal to their demands of better governance… and...

All it would take to harness the current large swathe of...

Konrad Mizzi, an eventful ministerial appointment
Michael Falzon

The idea of using people like Lionel Gerada to dish out taxpayer’s money...

The idea of using people like Lionel Gerada to dish out...

It was a trap... and Adrian Delia walked right into it
Raphael Vassallo

Whose interest does it serve, to cast doubt on the only testimony that might...

Whose interest does it serve, to cast doubt on the only...

The right thing to do. But it will not be easy...
Saviour Balzan

Prime Minister Robert Abela has a dilemma. He knows that he could potentially...

Prime Minister Robert Abela has a dilemma. He knows that he...

You have to mean what you say, and say what you mean
Josanne Cassar

The PM does not have the correct advisors or PR people who can pull him to one...

The PM does not have the correct advisors or PR people who...

Social housing needs an overhaul
Ryan Callus

I appeal to the Siggiewi local council, to make away with partisan politics, and place country before political tribalism

I appeal to the Siggiewi local council, to make away with...

Remove Queen Victoria’s statue? ‘We are not amused’...
Raphael Vassallo

To me, that famous wartime photograph of Queen Victoria, surveying the...

To me, that famous wartime photograph of Queen Victoria,...

[WATCH] Saviour Balzan’s video blog | Police must call in people who made bomb that killed Daphne Caruana Galizia
Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan questions the police’s motive in not calling in the bomb makers behind Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination

Saviour Balzan questions the police’s motive in...