A game changer for Malta

Following the outcomes of Italy's national election, one can only expect relations between the two countries to be frosty, under such circumstances.

A breath of fresh air in education

Evarist Bartolo

The students’ group put to shame a lot of other stakeholders through constant engagement with policymakers, and publication of high quality documents and feedback

Catalonia, statehood, and the end of history

Matthew Bugeja

Contrary to Francis Fukuyama’s writings, we are not at the end of...

Contrary to Francis Fukuyama’s writings, we are not...

Josanne Cassar

What does anyone in Government have to gain by threatening musicians in such a way? With all eyes scrutinising every step Muscat makes in how he is...

What does anyone in Government have to gain by threatening...

‘Two-thirds majority proposal’ will not work

Raphael Vassallo

The idea to appoint police commissioner and attorney general by two-thirds...

The idea to appoint police commissioner and attorney...

Complex reforms call for in-depth discussion

Just before the 2013 general election, Joseph Muscat said he intended to give...

Just before the 2013 general election, Joseph Muscat said...

The Church has 'patron saints' for everything but in Reformation England, 'the idea of praying to saints was regarded as reprehensible...'

The Church has 'patron saints' for everything but...

On Catalonia, the use and abuse of history

Carmel Vassallo

Like all texts which have to accommodate often conflicting interests, the...

Like all texts which have to accommodate often conflicting...

Evarist Bartolo

Schools are often the 'melting pot of society', that face the wrath of a culmination of societal issues...

Schools are often the 'melting pot of society',...

People don’t have opinions, they have parties

Michael Falzon

People have a difficulty in understanding the implications of the word...

People have a difficulty in understanding the implications...

If you want to ‘Occupy Castille’... win an election

Raphael Vassallo

Taken literally, 'Occupy Castille' is a rallying cry to overthrow a...

Taken literally, 'Occupy Castille' is a rallying...

Freedom to offend? Tony tests the waters

Josanne Cassar

You see, that’s the thing with free speech; it’s a two way street even when the tune being played does not sit well with your own music score

You see, that’s the thing with free speech;...

Saviour Balzan

Beyond Daphne, the sad truth is that there are few veteran journalists working with independent houses who have not been pushed into a corner and reduced to...

Beyond Daphne, the sad truth is that there are few veteran...

Joseph Muscat knows only too well that Labour’s brand has been severely damaged. From now on, he faces an uncertain political future

Joseph Muscat knows only too well that Labour’s brand...

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Miriam Dalli

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Malta has changed, but the brutal murder of Daphne casts an unwelcome light on Malta that many in Europe thought of as a holiday destination

Malta has changed, but the brutal murder of Daphne casts an...

When a customer tells a service provider to stop, it means stop

Malcolm Mifsud

The Small Claims Tribunal ruled that with the expiration of a TV contract, it...

The Small Claims Tribunal ruled that with the expiration of...

Josanne Cassar

A call for unity does not translate into standing behind the Government 'even when it fails us, and even when it is wrong'

A call for unity does not translate into standing behind...

Raphael Vassallo

We must acknowledge that Daphne Caruana Galizia's writing increasingly came to echo an underlying malaise we all know to be true, yet rarely confront:...

We must acknowledge that Daphne Caruana...

The effect of Daphne Caruana Galizia's murder on the public will be 'extraordinary'. 'Such is the nature of a crime against everything that...

The effect of Daphne Caruana Galizia's murder on the...