State funds for political parties
Thursday, 11 December 2025, 07:52
Last update: about 12 months ago
Mark Said
In light of the provisions of our current law on the financing of political parties, Prime Minister Robert Abela and Opposition Leader Alex Borg clashed over a particular aspect when they first met...
The forgotten Maltese
Monday, 8 December 2025, 08:00
Last update: about 12 months ago
Alfred Sant
The forgotten Maltese are not few in number. They rarely feature in the narrative of events in this country during the centuries running from the sixteenth to the beginning of the twentieth. Only one...
A clean reputation: a requirement for public office
Sunday, 7 December 2025, 08:06
Last update: about 12 months ago
Carmel Cacopardo
The Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO), the Council of Europe's anti-corruption body, in a report published in 2019 recommended that the Maltese Government formulates an integrity strategy in...
Time to jump ship
Sunday, 7 December 2025, 08:04
Last update: about 12 months ago
Kevin Cassar
The tide has turned. Labour's days are numbered. Even former Labour minister Edward Zammit Lewis is warning Labour to get worried. Labour's much-hyped "best budget in history" didn't shift...
Parks in Malta, profits in Gozo
Sunday, 7 December 2025, 08:01
Last update: about 12 months ago
Emmanuel J. Galea
The government talks about green spaces with the confidence of an administration that believes its rhetoric will stand unchallenged. Week after week, Prime Minister Robert Abela paints a picture of a...
Is AI a threat to humanity?
Sunday, 7 December 2025, 08:00
Last update: about 12 months ago
Frans Camilleri
Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the way we do things, how we interact with others, but also what we know about ourselves. It's already a tired cliché. This fourth...
Six-Seveeeen
Sunday, 7 December 2025, 08:00
Last update: about 12 months ago
Valerie Visanich
"What are the dates this weekend?" the teacher announced innocently. Within seconds, the classroom exploded with shrieking out of control pupils, all shouting "six-seveeeen", while...
Valletta deserves more than platitudes
Sunday, 7 December 2025, 07:59
Last update: about 12 months ago
Darren Carabott
It is way too convenient to resort to empty platitudes when in distress. At best, the strategy betrays a sense of urgency to distract or create a tactic of misdirection. Sadly, however, it is as plain...