All I want for Christmas is (yet another) Asylum and Migration Pact…
Raphael Vassallo
But while one would provide actual ‘relief’, for any crisis-stricken territory… where would the other leave tiny islands like Lampedusa - or Malta, if it comes...
Striking the right note for Christmas Eve 
Josanne Cassar
One could say that it is this blind optimism that “everything will be alright” which is necessary for the human spirit to keep going. And, I suppose, that is not a bad...
Statistics, damned statistics and incongruities
Jurgen Balzan

The current levels of migrants in Malta is lower than it was in 2006, 2007,...

The current levels of migrants in Malta is lower than it...

Some immigration deal you landed us there, Joseph
Raphael Vassallo

Muscat’s immigration policy is now tied inextricably to his success or...

Muscat’s immigration policy is now tied inextricably to...

Mobile SEO
Conrad Bugeja

Google uses hundreds of ranking factors to rank web pages for a particular search query. In the future, websites that have a mobile friendly website will have...

Google uses hundreds of ranking factors to rank web pages...

The declarations circus
Saviour Balzan

One can only think that it was a bad year for minister Chris Cardona after declaring an income of €23,400 last year…

One can only think that it was a bad year for minister...

Making education work
Evarist Bartolo

Creating a successful education-to-employment system requires new incentives and structures

Creating a successful education-to-employment system...

Gonzi has left the building....
Raphael Vassallo

Is there another Lawrence Gonzi out there that I’d never heard of before? A man who actually deserves all the praise currently being showered upon him…?

Is there another Lawrence Gonzi out there that I’d never...

Young lives lost
Claudine Cassar

I look around and I see here in Malta teenagers struggling with exams: at this age they still cannot understand that failing today does not mean that they will...

I look around and I see here in Malta teenagers struggling...

Keep Christianity out of this
Raphael Vassallo

I sympathise with concerns over Malta's 'Christian identity' when applied to racism, but it is a dangerously flawed way of presenting the argument.

I sympathise with concerns over Malta's 'Christian...

Blame it on eumelanin
Saviour Balzan

Muscat is pig-headed on migration: shocking, considering he fancies himself to be progressive and an icon for the liberal Maltese

Muscat is pig-headed on migration: shocking, considering he...

Phoney Christians applauding a phoney liberal
Michael Falzon

Muscat’s exploitation of weakness and his continuing to fan the flames of...

Muscat’s exploitation of weakness and his continuing to...

Phoney Christians applauding a phoney liberal
Michael Falzon

Muscat’s exploitation of weakness and his continuing to fan the flames of...

Muscat’s exploitation of weakness and his continuing to...

Saying no to racism
Evarist Bartolo

The international community must provide debt relief and a fairer trade regime so that people “needn’t jump into the Mediterranean to get better job...

The international community must provide debt relief and a...

A Pandora’s box
Claudine Cassar

We were lucky when it came to the lottery of life. We were born in a country which may not be perfect, but where our rights are respected and we do not live in...

We were lucky when it came to the lottery of life. We were...

Europe cannot deplore a pushback policy it has employed itself
Raphael Vassallo

The European Commission finds nothing wrong with Libya taking back illegal...

The European Commission finds nothing wrong with Libya...

Pawns in a game of brinkmanship
James Debono

Muscat is right that Europe can do more to help Malta, but using migrants as pawns in a brinkmanship game where their human rights are disposable, is not the...

Muscat is right that Europe can do more to help Malta, but...

‘Stop criticising Libya’
Raphael Vassallo

The countries which assisted in Gaddafi’s overthrow must be made to see that they have a moral obligation to the people they ‘liberated’: to ensure...

The countries which assisted in Gaddafi’s overthrow must...

Great week, if you ask me
Saviour Balzan

Took a six-day break after a 30-minute presentation in Brussels and then back to Malta for more of the same and the feeling that I needed another instant...

Took a six-day break after a 30-minute presentation in...

Beyond ethics and the law, there is humanity Dr Muscat
Saviour Balzan

Joseph Muscat’s illegal acts on asylum seekers and migrants are simply...

Joseph Muscat’s illegal acts on asylum seekers and...