If cyclists are saying that bicycle lanes in Malta are a joke, then they are. Cyclists who make use of road cycle lanes are of the opinion that these are being designed by people who never rode a...

The nation has a tendency to love politicians and treat them as deity and hate those who challenge them, including journalists, a senior media lecturer told this newsroom in an interview published on...

Like every one of us, President George Vella has a right to his opinions and, as a newspaper that believes in freedom of expression, we will be the first to defend him if this right is...

A year has now passed since the public inquiry into Daphne Caruana Galizia’s death found that the state was responsible for creating an environment and culture of impunity which ultimately led...

A couple of weeks ago, Prime Minister Robert Abela said he wants to see the courts of law work in a more efficient and friendly manner.  This week, rule of law NGO Repubblika said that a case it...

It took them quite a while to react, but it’s better late than never. A number of lecturers at the University of Malta who teach Maltese, English and mathematics a few days ago expressed...

Last Monday, a guide was overheard telling a group of tourists in Valletta that the tour they had booked for – and presumably paid for handsomely – was going to be delayed.  The...

We have said it before, and we will say it again: Attorney General Victoria Buttigieg is out of her depth and must go, now.  In the latest of a long serious of failures by the office she leads...

There are many things which serve as kind of constants in the Maltese news cycle.  One of those, sadly, is accidents at construction sites. Week after week we receive press releases from the...

Government and, by default, the Labour Party have a very efficient communications machine. Some see it close to that of a country where there is some form of dictatorship. The amount of propaganda...