Disillusioned youth: Young people and our lack of political choices
Karl Azzopardi
The latest MaltaToday survey shows that 39.5% of respondents in the 16-35 age bracket say they will not vote. At face value it may show that young people are not interested...
Hunting in Malta as seen by the European Commission | Mark Mifsud Bonnici
I certainly cannot deny that a few illegalities still exist, though nothing in comparison to years gone by or that evidenced in other EU states. Any perpetrators should and are...
Malta’s party funding mess
Michael Briguglio

Unless good-willed politicians unite against corruption, there will be a zero-sum game of divide and rule, to the ultimate benefit of the corrupt status...

Unless good-willed politicians unite against corruption,...

Why are we still talking about the gender pay gap?
Josanne Cassar

Throughout almost every field and sector, the people at the top who have the...

Throughout almost every field and sector, the people at the...

Time to decide
Saviour Balzan

The fact remains that the Gozo inquiry will get us nowhere if it is restricted to a simple question and answer session

The fact remains that the Gozo inquiry will get us nowhere...

2017 could be a turning point for European integration – but not in the way you think
The Conversation

A deeper political union may actually be closer than it seems. Without any treaty change required, the European Commission presidential nomination process has...

A deeper political union may actually be closer than it...

Poverty with pretty nails
Josanne Cassar

Is it so bad for a woman who may have everything else wrong in her life, to at least feel some pride and dignity in the fact that she has pulled herself...

Is it so bad for a woman who may have everything else wrong...

If Mizzi is an embarrassment... what about Juncker?
Raphael Vassallo

Unlike Konrad Mizzi, Jean-Claude Juncker was approved for the position of...

Unlike Konrad Mizzi, Jean-Claude Juncker was approved...

Don’t derail press law debate with spin
Mark Camilleri

I will not be apologetic for being irreverent to the hypocritical and...

I will not be apologetic for being irreverent to the...

Great again? We’re already there
Evarist Bartolo

Malta is registering low unemployment rates, record GDP growth, decreasing deficits as well as there being lots of investment and political will to tackle the...

Malta is registering low unemployment rates, record GDP...

We must defend what defines us
Frank Psaila

There are rumblings of growing discontent within the electorate with the government

There are rumblings of growing discontent within the...

The politicians vs the people
Michael Falzon

The ideal of having three branches of government – the executive, the legislative and the judiciary – balancing each other out in a system of...

The ideal of having three branches of government –...

No news? Never mind, just fake some of your own
Raphael Vassallo

Not much happening that is worth reporting? Who cares? Just make some stuff up...

Not much happening that is worth reporting? Who cares? Just...

We are heretics
Saviour Balzan

Everything is politicised in Malta: 'If you do not worship at the altar of the Labour party or the Nationalist party, you are considered to be a...

Everything is politicised in Malta: 'If you do not...

A split-second to cause an accident
Josanne Cassar

The situations which are particularly heart-stopping are where adults have fidgety children with them, or when parents push their pram out in front of them...

The situations which are particularly heart-stopping are...

[WATCH] Saviour Balzan’s video blog
Saviour Balzan

In this week’s Il-Punt, Saviour Balzan argues that defending freedom of expression also means allowing journalists to do their job, without coming under...

In this week’s Il-Punt, Saviour Balzan argues that...

Cure required for politically-obsessed island
Josanne Cassar

Much like the paranoia about “reds under the bed”, if you have...

Much like the paranoia about “reds under the...

The EU plan: Libya is not Turkey
The Conversation

A key olicy argument for keeping migrants in Libya is that it will protect them from falling into the hands of people smugglers. In my interviews, respondents...

A key olicy argument for keeping migrants in Libya is that...

Reporting Bogdanovic’s police bail release was not irresponsible
Matthew Vella

Magistrate Joe Mifsud ignores the Vassallo inquiry that proves Malta’s...

Magistrate Joe Mifsud ignores the Vassallo inquiry that...

Last lesson of the afternoon
Evarist Bartolo

We strive to introduce newer forms of technology in our methodology. We must continue to do so without forgetting that ultimately education is there to serve...

We strive to introduce newer forms of technology in our...