The survivor

If this year promised to be a minefield for politicians, the next eight weeks are definitely going to be explosive in comparison.

Invisible people

Raphael Vassallo

The TV station formerly known as ‘Xandir Malta’ celebrated its 50th anniversary without a single mention or a single image of virtually any of the people who contributed...

It remains unclear how far we are all now expected to go back in search of present relevance in past events.

It remains unclear how far we are all now expected to go...

Staff Reporter

Our President George Abela should take the cue from Italian President Giorgio Napolitano to address the plight of children born to foreign migrants.

Our President George Abela should take the cue from Italian...

James Debono

Our President George Abela should take the cue from Italian President Giorgio Napolitano to address the plight of children born to foreign migrants.

Our President George Abela should take the cue from Italian...

Saviour Balzan

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan on the PN's campaign to remind the public of what happened over two decades ago.

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan on the PN's...

Erasmus for all – but our youth are staying away

Evarist Bartolo

We should try to understand why so few young people and university students are...

We should try to understand why so few young people and...

Claudine Cassar

As the weeks and months pass in 2012 the fight will get more and more intense. Punches will be thrown left and right.

As the weeks and months pass in 2012 the fight will get...

Saviour Balzan

It would take only five minutes to explain to Sargas the reality of ‘pique politics’ in our new way of doing politics.

It would take only five minutes to explain to Sargas the...

Claudine Cassar

Lawrence Gonzi clearly has every intention of hanging in there for the whole term, despite his measly one-seat majority and a hoard of disgruntled back...

Lawrence Gonzi clearly has every intention of hanging in...

Recent exchanges between Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and Opposition leader Joseph Muscat have exposed a serious flaw in our country’s entire approach to...

Recent exchanges between Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and...

Michael Falzon

The Malta Developers Association was set up over a year ago and its first annual general meeting will be held within a few days.

The Malta Developers Association was set up over a year ago...

test

James Debono

Berlusconi was not a victim of Eurocrats but of Italian disillusionment with his populist style of government.

Berlusconi was not a victim of Eurocrats but of Italian...

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Mark Said

Matthew Xuereb / Thomas Sciberras Herrera

The hall of mirrors: what’s the matter with the family budget?

Carmen Sammut

The PN’s effort to let its hair down also requires meaningful soul searching.

The PN’s effort to let its hair down also requires...

Saviour Balzan

If principles were as elastic and fickle as loyalty then we really should be experiencing an even bigger crisis in party politics.

If principles were as elastic and fickle as loyalty then we...

Claudine Cassar

Malta doesn't need a Monti government, but all parties should unite behind a series of specialists with advice un-tinted by blue or red.

Malta doesn't need a Monti government, but all parties...

Michael Falzon

The best description of the GRTU today is probably ‘a cuckoo’s nest’ – the cuckoo has no nest, of course, but takes over other birds’ nests and makes...

The best description of the GRTU today is probably ‘a...

Saviour Balzan

If principles were as elastic and fickle as loyalty then we really should be experiencing an even bigger crisis in party politics.

If principles were as elastic and fickle as loyalty then we...

A balance somehow needs to be struck between the most fundamental principles of democracy and the necessities of financial survival in a globalised world.

A balance somehow needs to be struck between the most...