Analysis
After a gruelling electoral contest in which everyone claims to have run... View more
Anġlu Farrugia’s greatest hits
When the prime minister publicly announced that former minister Carmelo Abela would... View more
Abela’s record cabinet creates a two-tier government
Six of Robert Abela’s newly appointed ministers appear to have little meaningful... View more
Labour down in all districts as PN gains 13,500 votes – biggest swing in Gozo
While the Labour Party is celebrating its fourth electoral victory in the... View more
The hospitals they promised you a decade ago
Over a decade after disgraced former prime minister Joseph Muscat first alluded... View more
Competing giveaways, collapsing trust
Predictably, the first two weeks of the 2026 general elections brought an... View more
Who’s next?
After all these years of reporting on democratic backsliding in the European... View more
Mediterranean Sweden, or far-fetched comparison?
On Sunday, Prime Minister Robert Abela told the party faithful who tuned... View more
The country that wants to have its cake and eat it
In the latest Eurobarometer survey, which was published earlier on Wednesday, Maltese... View more
Two addresses, not one bold proposal in sight
Though this new year’s celebrations already feel like a distant memory in... View more
The weight of unfinished business
After last year’s news cycle, which can probably best be described as... View more
All roads lead to 2026 as parties brace for an election year
It’s the one thing everyone expects to happen this year, despite all... View more
PL, PN report only half of their problematic finances
Beneath the tension underpinning the latest exchanges between Malta’s major political parties... View more
Debunking the myth of the government’s fiscal competence
It is easy to argue that the Maltese economy has never done... View more
How Steward Healthcare came for its pound of flesh, and why the government couldn’t stop it
If there is one thing that the International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC)... View more
Jason Micallef syndrome
By now, it seems clear that the entire country spent the past... View more
How the prime minister backed himself into a corner
Prime minister Robert Abela seems to have a chronic inability to read... View more
How our politicians export Maltese bickering to the European stage
One of the most well-known examples of the dysfunctional nature of Maltese... View more
Labour Party media targets critics at least 48 times less than four weeks after general elections
After a gruelling electoral contest in which everyone claims to have run... View more
Anġlu Farrugia’s greatest hits
When the prime minister publicly announced that former minister Carmelo Abela would... View more
Abela’s record cabinet creates a two-tier government
Six of Robert Abela’s newly appointed ministers appear to have little meaningful... View more
Labour down in all districts as PN gains 13,500 votes – biggest swing in Gozo
While the Labour Party is celebrating its fourth electoral victory in the... View more
The hospitals they promised you a decade ago
Over a decade after disgraced former prime minister Joseph Muscat first alluded... View more
Competing giveaways, collapsing trust
Predictably, the first two weeks of the 2026 general elections brought an... View more
Who’s next?
After all these years of reporting on democratic backsliding in the European... View more
Mediterranean Sweden, or far-fetched comparison?
On Sunday, Prime Minister Robert Abela told the party faithful who tuned... View more
The country that wants to have its cake and eat it
In the latest Eurobarometer survey, which was published earlier on Wednesday, Maltese... View more
Two addresses, not one bold proposal in sight
Though this new year’s celebrations already feel like a distant memory in... View more
The weight of unfinished business
After last year’s news cycle, which can probably best be described as... View more
All roads lead to 2026 as parties brace for an election year
It’s the one thing everyone expects to happen this year, despite all... View more
PL, PN report only half of their problematic finances
Beneath the tension underpinning the latest exchanges between Malta’s major political parties... View more
Debunking the myth of the government’s fiscal competence
It is easy to argue that the Maltese economy has never done... View more
How Steward Healthcare came for its pound of flesh, and why the government couldn’t stop it
If there is one thing that the International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC)... View more
Jason Micallef syndrome
By now, it seems clear that the entire country spent the past... View more
How the prime minister backed himself into a corner
Prime minister Robert Abela seems to have a chronic inability to read... View more
How our politicians export Maltese bickering to the European stage
One of the most well-known examples of the dysfunctional nature of Maltese... View more