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...

A perfect Kesslata
Saviour Balzan

Everyone has tried hard to read a report they couldn’t. Well, here it is at last: a perfect Kesslata – a masterpiece of interrogational supposition. An...

Everyone has tried hard to read a report they couldn’t....

Is it time to say goodbye, Mr President?
Joseph Carmel Chetcuti

For those who are not elected and in a state of discomfort, the way out is there for all to see. The office is more important than the individual.

For those who are not elected and in a state of discomfort,...

Saviour Balzan's videoblog
Saviour Balzan

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan explains why OLAF chief Giovanni Kessler should go.

MediaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan explains why OLAF...

A referendum for a Second Republic?
James Debono

Constitutional changes require a two-thirds majority in parliament. No referendum should erode the principle that the common rules are set through the widest...

Constitutional changes require a two-thirds majority in...

Dancing on Maggie’s grave
Michael Falzon

Those who still condemn Thatcher for closing the coalmines do not realise that sticking to the past way of doing things was the worst path that Britain could...

Those who still condemn Thatcher for closing the coalmines...

‘Trust me, I’m Italian…’
Raphael Vassallo

Unlike Mr Kessler, we are not Italian, but Maltese… and being Maltese and not Italian, we are therefore somewhat less immediately familiar with ‘how these...

Unlike Mr Kessler, we are not Italian, but Maltese… and...

A realistic roadmap for education
Evarist Bartolo

We need to narrow the gap in students’ achievement and raise the bar in reading, literacy, mathematics and science among our students in primary and...

We need to narrow the gap in students’ achievement and...

Health: Grabbing the bull by the horns
Claudine Cassar

Having a minister on site makes one wonder whether Godfrey Farrugia intends to micromanage the hospital. This is not his job, and the sooner he realizes that...

Having a minister on site makes one wonder whether Godfrey...

Dear Pietru Pawl… this one’s big
Saviour Balzan

The new Commissioner of Police must read the auditor’s report and investigate Rita Schembri.

The new Commissioner of Police must read the auditor’s...

Religion has no place in the Constitution
Raphael Vassallo

Now that the Church has lost its battle to retain supreme legal jurisdiction...

Now that the Church has lost its battle to retain supreme...

Dissecting Malta’s literacy problem
Evarist Bartolo

In the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) carried out among 10-year-old students in 2011, Malta ranked 35th of 45 participating countries.

In the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study...

The X Factor
Claudine Cassar

Women appointed on a quota system must be at least as qualified and as experienced as her male colleagues on the board.

Women appointed on a quota system must be at least as...