Silver economy in Malta: A growing opportunity | Steve Ellul
Like most EU Mediterranean countries, Malta is experiencing a significant demographic change characterised by an ageing population
They call it ‘horse-trading’, but… why is only the EPP benefitting from the deal?
Raphael Vassallo
It’s not as though the EPP has simply ‘beaten all other parties’ to those positions, fair-and-square, in a democratic contest… it’s just that the...
‘Speak to someone, they will arrange it for you’
Josanne Cassar

The reality is that it is never worth the risk because inevitably, it will...

The reality is that it is never worth the risk because...

Cartoon: 17 September 2023

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

A case for EU strategic autonomy

Buying an electric vehicle is still a very costly venture, even with the generous government scheme that covers part of the cost for consumers

Buying an electric vehicle is still a very costly venture,...

The Prime Minister who cried: ‘It’s the Wollof! It’s the Wollof!’
Raphael Vassallo

Like Lambkin, Prime Minister Robert Abela will very soon discover the ultimate limits of his own credibility... if he hasn’t done that, already

Like Lambkin, Prime Minister Robert Abela will very soon...

The hardworking middle class needs a morale booster

Caruana’s next budget must provide the ray of hope that allows...

Caruana’s next budget must provide the ray of hope...

With the EU’s new media law, TVM will be reduced to ‘The Teleshopping Channel’...
Raphael Vassallo

I thought the European Parliament must have finally run out of things to meddle with, when it comes to how individual member states choose to govern their own,...

I thought the European Parliament must have finally run out...

Looks like organised crime
Michael Falzon

This was certainly an organised system and as the president of the Medical Association of Malta put it, the scheme does look like being an organised crime on...

This was certainly an organised system and as the president...

How to steal from the State
Saviour Balzan

If we want people to feel guilty if they steal from the State, we have to have a political class that is up there in the morality quotient. We are far from...

If we want people to feel guilty if they steal from the...

How do you solve the problem of job vacancies?
Josanne Cassar

The common lament among employers is that very few CVs from locals are landing...

The common lament among employers is that very few CVs from...

Cartoon: 10 September 2023

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Cartoon by Mikiel Galea

Rights, favours and a sick political culture

People should be able to access a social benefit, or be treated in a timely...

People should be able to access a social benefit, or be...

Party must appeal from identical judgment in another case
Malcolm Mifsud

A party to an appeal had an appeal rejected because she failed to appeal from...

A party to an appeal had an appeal rejected because she...

I'm fairly certain that the bottom end of my freezer contains stuff that should've been waste a long time ago

No. 207 - Suck on that Organic Ice Lolly

No. 207 - Suck on that Organic Ice Lolly

Growth, tourism and our quality of life
Ralph Cassar

We hardly ever hear about the mitigation of the effects of mass tourism from the Malta Tourism Authority

We hardly ever hear about the mitigation of the effects of...

Clientelism destroys social justice

If Robert Abela wants to be believed when he says his government will not accept abuse, he should pressure the police force – like he did the magistrate...

If Robert Abela wants to be believed when he says his...

There are other places, apart from freezers, to stuff our organic waste...
Raphael Vassallo

“With the population of individual local councils ranging broadly from 200 to 22,000, contracting for and organising waste collection on such a...

“With the population of individual local councils...

Perception is king
Michael Falzon

By the simple trick of implying that all those who criticise certain aspects of the way the Film Commission is run do not want the ‘film industry’...

By the simple trick of implying that all those who...

Stick a red pepper up their ass
Saviour Balzan

The word out there is that the government has lost the plot. The right hand does not know what the left hand is doing

The word out there is that the government has lost the...