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National debt skyrockets to €8.4 billion, up by €266 million in first 2 months of year

April 2, 2022 11:49

Malta’s national debt soared by a further €266 million in

Elections in times of war: who will love our children?

March 29, 2022 13:11

In a video doing the rounds of the net,

Jacques René Zammit

March 9, 2022 07:54

Self-serving parasitism

How can somebody with demonstrably questionable morals and a

Robert Abela promised an Xtra full explanation – but full of what?

February 21, 2022 08:26

On Monday, during two excruciating minutes of dodging questions

February 20, 2022 07:46

Little presidents

“Jacob, since your own editor decided to enter into

Taxes: two weights, two measures

February 17, 2022 09:05

With a general election looming, the government has yet

Elizabeth De Gaetano

February 8, 2022 06:10

Robert Abela’s bind

As in one of those ‘Neputija tal-Kappillan’ farces, in

Taxpayers fund Steward’s debts on cancer equipment

January 30, 2022 07:37

The government has been forced to top the €90

Infrastructure Malta ordered to cancel €55 million tender awarded to Joseph Portelli

January 29, 2022 07:53

A €55 million government contract earmarked for Gozitan developer

PM blocks Data Commissioner’s investigation into Joseph Muscat’s golden handshake

January 25, 2022 16:03

An investigation by the Data Protection Commissioner into the

Caroline Muscat

January 24, 2022 16:42

After 2 years of ‘ongoing negotiations’, government drops threats of ending hospitals deal

The health ministry has ignored questions on the outcome

Julian Delia

January 20, 2022 08:45

Good governance is not the order of the day

It is unclear why anyone would think it was

Elizabeth De Gaetano

January 19, 2022 07:53

The press needs good faith not just new laws

What’s needed to implement the Caruana Galizia public inquiry’s

A broad phantom consultation

January 16, 2022 06:52

There’s a Muriel Spark story where an elderly spinster

Court records law under spotlight of six international press freedom NGOs

January 9, 2022 08:01

Pressure continues to grow on the government to scrap

Glaring contradiction in Steward Healthcare’s defence of hospitals deal: what now?

December 8, 2021 09:49

Steward’s ship has sunk

The government’s agreement with Steward Healthcare is so fraught

Elizabeth De Gaetano

December 7, 2021 06:53

A critical gap in Steward Healthcare’s defence was exposed after

Julian Delia

November 22, 2021 11:26

Malta’s standards joke

“The vote on the Standards Commissioner report was a

Gozo ‘park and ride’ remains a hole in the ground while PM orders electric buses out

November 17, 2021 06:17

As Prime Minister Robert Abela returned from lofty claims

November 15, 2021 12:25

Malta’s house of horrors

“Christ forgave the bastards, but I can’t!” – Billy

Blanche Gatt

November 13, 2021 15:06

UPDATED: Mtarfa Council being run from Piccadilly Circus since Mayor got High Commission post in July

Updated to add UK approval of Manuel Mallia as

The political apparatus of hate

November 11, 2021 10:27

When it comes to the latest democratic outrage by

OPM says it has ‘no documents’ on €120,000 golden handshake to Joseph Muscat

October 31, 2021 06:30

The Office of the Prime Minister is insisting that

Caroline Muscat

October 30, 2021 11:19

A catalogue of human rights violations

“Malta’s government is in denial about the catalogue of

Planning Authority fails to act on illegal development owned by PM’s former business partner

October 27, 2021 07:15

The Planning Authority (PA) has, for over a decade,

Julian Delia

October 25, 2021 16:53

Steward’s turn of the screw

Robert Abela insistently asks voters: “Who do you want

October 24, 2021 08:13

The vision fling

Some politicians have a thing about vision: they can’t

Malta: a flawed democracy

October 3, 2021 06:47

The Economist Intelligence Unit relegated Malta to “a flawed

September 29, 2021 07:43

From cranes to craniums

Our minister of finance, Clyde Caruana, is back with