Bridges to employability
Evarist Bartolo
The Europe 2020 strategy is about delivering growth that is: smart, through effective investments in education, research and innovation; and that is sustainable, thanks to a...
The budget: no two-year miracle
Michael Falzon
After so many years of political bickering, today there are practically no differences between the PN and Labour on the importance of the private sector 
Dear Joseph, natural parks are not bargaining chips
James Debono

The Prime Minister plays a deceitful game by using a natural park in the south...

The Prime Minister plays a deceitful game by using a...

Cartoon: 3 May 2015

No problems for the Prime Minister with the online rants of WTO 'special envoy' Joe Grima

No problems for the Prime Minister with the online rants of...

Penalty clause must be applied according to the principles of equity
Malcolm Mifsud

The Magistrates Court in Gozo decided that a penalty clause in a contract of...

The Magistrates Court in Gozo decided that a penalty clause...

Spring hunting issue far from settled

 Despite a meagre season for migration this spring, hunters still managed to pepper the season with irregularities.

 Despite a meagre season for migration this spring,...

Attack of the terrorist monti hawkers
Raphael Vassallo

 Isn’t it kind of late to be having sudden epiphanies about the security levels needed for the new parliament building?

 Isn’t it kind of late to be having sudden...

Cartoon: 29 April 2015

Deciphering Joseph Muscat's tweet announcing the closure of the spring hunting season  

Deciphering Joseph Muscat's tweet announcing the...

We narrowed the gap because we are regaining trust
Chris Said

For Joseph Muscat’s Labour the message was the oft repeated sentence that...

For Joseph Muscat’s Labour the message was the oft...

Plants can change the world
Evarist Bartolo

The Argotti Botanical complex will help sustain an edutainment and children’s area through a set of science edutainment models that will be set up for...

The Argotti Botanical complex will help sustain an...

Migration requires a long-term vision

After so many years of virtually ignoring the issue, it makes a welcome change that Europe finally intends to address the problem head-on. 

After so many years of virtually ignoring the issue, it...

Back in the game
Ryan Callus

Labour clearly underestimated the potential of Simon Busuttil. Joseph Muscat’s strategy of ridiculing the Leader of the Opposition has backfired

Labour clearly underestimated the potential of Simon...

And the band played on…
Raphael Vassallo

Attitudes, like facial expressions, are to be swapped and changed according to the demands of circumstance.

Attitudes, like facial expressions, are to be swapped and...

Letters: 26 April 2015
Past and future tense
Saviour Balzan

Bringing democracy to a country void of institutions is an exercise in madness

Bringing democracy to a country void of institutions is an...

The world we live in
Josanne Cassar

Hollywood gossip makes the headlines with the same frequency and with the same prominence as horrifying world events.

Hollywood gossip makes the headlines with the same...

Cartoon: 26 April 2015

France and the UK get ready to ask the United Nations for a Security Council resolution to destroy smugglers' boats inside Libyan ports

France and the UK get ready to ask the United Nations for a...

Can Latin America and the United States overcome the past?
The Conversation

Reopening embassies will not end the US economic embargo against Cuba, nor...

Reopening embassies will not end the US economic embargo...

Tribunal revokes Competition Office order
Malcolm Mifsud

The Competition and Consumer Appeals Tribunal annulled an order of the Office...

The Competition and Consumer Appeals Tribunal annulled an...

Use your gut feeling, but don’t forget the facts
Kevin-James Fenech

I would argue that the problem isn’t a lack of information since there is...

I would argue that the problem isn’t a lack of...