The five stages of referendum grief
JD Farrugia
I am encouraged by what I see: a large percentage of Maltese can stand up and say that they have done a hell of a lot more for the well being of this country than any politician...
One won’t make it to the cuckoo’s nest
Raphael Vassallo
However you choose to interpret the incident – regrettable accident, or wilful, premeditated cuckoo-cide in the first degree – it still points towards the same...
[WATCH] Malmström: ‘We’ll never have a Mare Nostrum unless member states decide to finance it’
Farah Abdi

I met European Commissioner Cecilia Malmström in Brussels while being hosted for a discussion migration: her answers show that the great effort for EU...

I met European Commissioner Cecilia Malmström in...

Is the PN trying to commit collective suicide?
Raphael Vassallo

This same newfound sense of injustice was certainly nowhere to be seen in the...

This same newfound sense of injustice was certainly nowhere...

Cartoon 2 November 2014

Konrad Mizzi and Joseph Muscat's Halloween weekend ends with yet more questions about the solidity of their LNG power plant plan

Konrad Mizzi and Joseph Muscat's Halloween weekend ends...

Losing our religion
Josanne Cassar

It is not the attire which makes you a worthy priest or a nun, but the personality and psychological make-up that lies beneath. Some are truly good. Others are...

It is not the attire which makes you a worthy priest or a...

A strange bunch indeed
Saviour Balzan

Everyone conveniently forgot that the Chinese factory landed in Malta in 1987: the year Malta elected a new government headed by Eddie Fenech Adami.

Everyone conveniently forgot that the Chinese factory...

Air Malta losses a déjà vu

Tough and politically unpopular decisions have to be taken to safeguard an airline that is, at the end of the day, one of Malta’s most strategically...

Tough and politically unpopular decisions have to be taken...

Letters 2 November 2014
High sulphur content in gasoil justifies seizure
Malcolm Mifsud

The First Hall of the Civil Court on 21 October, 2014 turned down a request...

The First Hall of the Civil Court on 21 October, 2014...

Helping others makes us feel connected
Simon Fiorini Lowell

Loneliness doesn’t only lead to mental and emotional problems but can also make us physically ill

Loneliness doesn’t only lead to mental and emotional...

Lawrence Gonzi in the part of Aron Ralston?
Evarist Bartolo

While others drink gin and tonic in Marsalforn, Lawrence Gonzi needs to decide...

While others drink gin and tonic in Marsalforn, Lawrence...

First steps towards regeneration

The PN cannot expect to remain liberal with the liberals, and conservative with the conservatives. It must try harder to forge an identity that is both...

The PN cannot expect to remain liberal with the liberals,...

Sex, drugs and outrageous double standards…
Raphael Vassallo

Why isn’t the European Commission facing criminal charges for flagrant...

Why isn’t the European Commission facing criminal...

Cartoon: 29 October 2014

Mark Scicluna has a go at Opposition leader Simon Busuttil's performance at his first ever National Convention

Mark Scicluna has a go at Opposition leader Simon...

What is wrong in trying to eye Singapore or Dubai?
Leo Brincat

To dismiss Singapore as the wrong country to try and emulate shows a poor...

To dismiss Singapore as the wrong country to try and...

All about credibility
Ryan Callus

Not only did the PM promise to stop using heavy fuel oil, he also promised to do so as of day one of his leadership. In all counts he has failed

Not only did the PM promise to stop using heavy fuel oil,...

Climate risk – Why should financial institutions really bother?
Leo Brincat

What is most impressive is that finance sector leadership is evidently building...

What is most impressive is that finance sector leadership...

Talking about a revolution...
Raphael Vassallo

It’s a little like Monty Python’s version of the Spanish Inquisition: nobody expects a revolution on the scale of the Arab Spring, until it...

It’s a little like Monty Python’s version of...

Why Malta needs the Fourth Estate

The electoral result we saw in March 2013 was itself confirmation that the electorate had rejected that government over those issues. But this doesn’t...

The electoral result we saw in March 2013 was itself...