Malta must mend the fences
The country cannot continue to ignore the present antipathy in its regard within the European Parliament, even if the EP’s treatment of Malta is sometimes unfair
Climate change will displace millions | Gulrez Shah Azhar
The Conversation
Climate migration is already happening. Every year desertification in Mexico’s drylands forces 700,000 people to relocate
‘Reconciliation’, they said. ‘It’s easy’, they said...
Raphael Vassallo

Once described as a 'land of attitudes and platitudes', Malta is a...

Once described as a 'land of attitudes and...

The race isn’t over yet

The result of Saturday's first round of voting in the PN leadership election was an eye-opener but can we predict the eventual election result?

The result of Saturday's first round of voting in the...

The joy of being a child
Evarist Bartolo

Oftentimes, we forget how important it is for our children to be children. You only get to be a child once, so don't spend it worrying too much about the...

Oftentimes, we forget how important it is for our children...

Of funds and creativity
Marco Bonnici

A formal request has been filed to the Ministry for Education and Employment to discuss the formula used to allocate central funds to State schools. How will...

A formal request has been filed to the Ministry for...

The only way is back...
Raphael Vassallo

The leadership election of any party is decided by an internal vote: in this case, 1,500 'party councillors'. What might their priorities be?

The leadership election of any party is decided by an...

… and the winner is, hate
Michael Falzon

Ranging from 1973 to current times, have things changed all that drastically or have they remained the same? An inside look into the Daphne Caruana...

Ranging from 1973 to current times, have things changed all...

The king is dead, long live the king
Saviour Balzan

If Adrian Delia does become leader he will enforce his autocratic style that goes beyond the rhetoric we have heard. His talk of inclusivity is not...

If Adrian Delia does become leader he will...

After all that fighting, now what?
Josanne Cassar

Only after it has rebuilt the shattered pieces of the party making it sturdy again, can the PN hope to be the truly effective Opposition that the country...

Only after it has rebuilt the shattered pieces of the party...

Cartoon: 3rd September 2017

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

‘Building the Railroad’

More than 20,000 foreigners have come to Malta in recent years: according to the JobsPlus director, “attracting them again, and in larger numbers, is a...

More than 20,000 foreigners have come to Malta in recent...

[WATCH] Why Labour hasn’t criticised Adrian Delia
Saviour Balzan

In today’s video-blog, MediaToday managing editor Saviour Balzan comments...

In today’s video-blog, MediaToday managing editor...

Warrant of prohibitory injunction approved irrespective of special hypothec
Malcolm Mifsud

A Magistrate’s Court upheld an application for a warrant of prohibitory injunction, even though the applicant had a special hypothec in his favour

A Magistrate’s Court upheld an application for a...

Europe is going grey
The Conversation

Milena Pavlova writes: Perhaps most critical is the fact that the share of working people who can provide care to the older persons is shrinking, even as the...

Milena Pavlova writes: Perhaps most critical is the fact...

Losing our humanity

It is vastly more important to decide who we want to be as a country, than to reflect on those who inhabited these islands before us

It is vastly more important to decide who we want to be as...

Let’s bring compassion back
Josanne Cassar

It is always easy to mock and ridicule a stranger - in fact it can be side-splittingly hilarious - until the day you wake up and it is suddenly happening to...

It is always easy to mock and ridicule a stranger - in fact...

Just beat each other up, and get it over with...
Raphael Vassallo

Raphael Vassallo writes: Honestly, I sometimes wonder how an entire political...

Raphael Vassallo writes: Honestly, I sometimes wonder how...

A leadership debate, or a civil war?

It is tragic that the ‘something’ in question would be a declaration of war by Nationalists against Nationalists.

It is tragic that the ‘something’ in question...

Beyond the numbers
Evarist Bartolo

Evarist Bartolo writes: We view genders as equals. The laws have changed and a lot of progress followed. Doors opened and we finally live in a situation where...

Evarist Bartolo writes: We view genders as equals. The laws...