Dear minister, lowering standards to make up for the route fuck-up is not on and erodes the most positive aspect of the reform.

Dear minister, lowering standards to make up for the...

Steve Mallia is who is already facing criminal libel ignores his obligations...

Steve Mallia is who is already facing criminal libel...

Prussian military theorist Carl Von Clausewitz once said ‘war is the continuation of politics by other means’.

Prussian military theorist Carl...

Managing Editor Saviour Balzan talks about the editorial against MaltaToday appearing in last Sunday’s issue of The Sunday Times and says...

Managing Editor Saviour Balzan talks about the editorial...

Beyond the hot air generated by the current media circus, there is one issue whose outcome will generate polluted air, albeit this time of a much more real...

Beyond the hot air generated by the current media circus,...

People are not entirely gullible. Most of us are fully capable to digest what they hear in the news and in television programmes. Those with sharper...

People are not entirely gullible. Most of us are fully...

Neutral presenters are a figment of the imagination. What we need on public television is a wider spectrum of journalists with different styles and...

Neutral presenters are a figment of the imagination. What...

Public trust is the rating that should matter most to PBS as a public organisation that uses public funds.

Public trust is the rating that should matter most to PBS...

Time has come for banks and financial institutions to carry part of the burden of the economic crisis, especially when they received help from public funds...

Time has come for banks and financial institutions to...

If you know you’re going to be pilloried by the press for declaring your godlessness… aren’t you a lot likelier to just shut up?

If you know you’re going to be pilloried by the...

It must be exciting to see that a student’s outburst at University leads to such much media attention and concealed ovation (apart from the traditional...

It must be exciting to see that a student’s...

University was always home turf for Nationalist Ministers. By calling Austin Gatt a “fucking wanker” during a public event, Ms Abela Garrett has...

University was always home turf for Nationalist...

This blog comes from Nablus in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. There are breathtaking views from the top of the Beit Wazan hills. 

This blog comes from Nablus in the Occupied...

Over the past weeks a debate has started on the cost of uniforms sold from monopolistic outlets. But should we have uniforms in the first place?

Over the past weeks a debate has started on the cost of...

MaltaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan talks about the Church sex abuse victims and their call for a financial compensation.

MaltaToday Managing Editor Saviour Balzan talks...

State financing of political parties might not be popular at a time of economic crisis but can help us to do away with the even greater costs of corruption...

State financing of political parties might not be popular...

I had hoped to write about Tonio Fenech’s new scheme for attracting foreigners to buy property in Malta. I honestly think that topic can wait.

I had hoped to write about Tonio Fenech’s new...

Once people stick their necks out to declare themselves out of the Catholic...

Once people stick their necks out to declare themselves out...