Did the world cop it?
Michael Falzon
Ultimately, the success of COP28 will be determined by the changes the world puts into practice in the years ahead
Leaving our gadgets behind
Josanne Cassar
When the world doesn’t make sense any more, I wonder whether we will seek comfort and solace from our own families and fellow human beings, or whether we will resort to a...
Meeting Pasi Sahlberg
Evarist Bartolo

On Thursday 17 May while in Brussels, I met Finland’s Pasi Sahlberg who is one of the world’s leading experts on educational reform and the author of the...

On Thursday 17 May while in Brussels, I met Finland’s...

Who are you calling immature?
Claudine Cassar

The Today Public Policy institute this week announced that gay marriage is “one step too far for Malta at this time”.

The Today Public Policy institute this week announced that...

Extra virgin? Erm… not quite
Raphael Vassallo

I would like to open this unusual article with an unusual quote from an unusual source (so unusual, in fact, that I can’t even pronounce the name properly).

I would like to open this unusual article with an unusual...

Turning music into real estate
Michael Briguglio

Basically, for Labour, music development meant finding a garage to rehearse in.

Basically, for Labour, music development meant finding a...

Salvaging third party politics
Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan argues that Alternattiva Demokratika needs to be salvaged and a new leader found

Saviour Balzan argues that Alternattiva Demokratika needs...

Marketing Up
Conrad Bugeja

Creating a marketing plan is crucial for the success for your business. Marketing is not just the selling and advertising part but a business-wide process of...

Creating a marketing plan is crucial for the success for...

Trigger-happy fools
Claudine Cassar

Kudos to the FKNK for doing the right thing and standing firm against those who break the law and bring all hunters into disrepute

Kudos to the FKNK for doing the right thing and standing...

Bringing Malta and China closer
Evarist Bartolo

Scholarships to study in China are available to Maltese students, and if they want to study in some of the most dynamic universities of the 21st century, they...

Scholarships to study in China are available to Maltese...

How about 365 Carnivals a year…?
Raphael Vassallo

Since when are the words ‘former police inspector’ and ‘lawyer’ considered instant job clinchers in an application for the post of secretary to a...

Since when are the words ‘former police inspector’ and...

One small step by Muscat, one giant leap into the dark
Saviour Balzan

Putting MPs on government boards is a very bad decision...

Putting MPs on government boards is a very bad decision...

Between an amnesty and three carnivals
James Debono

There is something disturbing about portraying a change in government as some sort of epochal, joyous event warranting an amnesty for prisoners.

There is something disturbing about portraying a change in...

The Antonio Ghio saga… and the realm of babies
Saviour Balzan

If this is meritocracy it reminds me of the last time I ordered lasagna and got...

If this is meritocracy it reminds me of the last time I...

Is Labour managing the tension?
Michael Falzon

The strain is already showing. The number of Labour supporters demanding a job with the State has not abated and is putting all the Cabinet under severe and...

The strain is already showing. The number of Labour...

Facebook shenanigans
Claudine Cassar

Posting a video on Facebook simply to foment hatred towards all Muslims is just not on

Posting a video on Facebook simply to foment hatred towards...

They draw the laws up, yes, but… who applies them?
Raphael Vassallo

The blame for the injustice arising out of the judiciary’s obstinate refusal...

The blame for the injustice arising out of the...

Let us celebrate Don Lorenzo Milani
Evarist Bartolo

The Vatican condemned his book Esperienze pastorali (Pastoral Experiences), and although it did not breach any point of doctrine, it was considered too...

The Vatican condemned his book Esperienze pastorali...

Between fat cats and migrants
James Debono

It is ironic that xenophobes who constantly grumble about illegal migrants or foreign workers are silent on facilitating a permanent residency scheme aimed at...

It is ironic that xenophobes who constantly grumble about...

The death of fiscal populism
Michael Briguglio

As Malta enters the European Excessive Deficit Procedure, we can wave goodbye to the supermarket policies of Malta's 2 major political parties.

As Malta enters the European Excessive Deficit Procedure,...