Editorial

The end of the hype

The latest increase in unemployment in March – by 384 persons or an annual 5.5 percent – shows that in the final ...

Saturday, 04 May 2013, 01:40

Maltese households abhor debt

According a Household Finance and Consumption Survey conducted among 62,000 households in 15 Eurozone countries by the European ...

Thursday, 02 May 2013, 23:38

Discipline Problems in Schools

Discipline has become a real problem in schools these last twenty years. Unfortunately, it seemed to fall in proportion to the ...

Monday, 29 Apr 2013, 05:59

The general election has an economic impact

Both imports and exports dropped by over €100m in February, but the impact was that the Visible Trade Gap widened by almost ...

Monday, 22 Apr 2013, 05:59

Hellish offshore havens

A financial scandal is threatening French President Francois Hollande, after it emerged that his former party treasurer invested ...

Friday, 19 Apr 2013, 05:51

Sleeves are up!

In just a few weeks the New Government of Prime Minister Muscat has embarked on the following: Budget 2013 approved in Parliament ...

Wednesday, 17 Apr 2013, 05:52

People in the tal-Pieta' glass house

It’s a little more than a month now but the PN and its spokesman are behaving as if the 9th March verdict was never delivered. ...

Monday, 15 Apr 2013, 05:48

Malta's labour costs - should we worry?

The hourly labour cost in Malta over the last four years has risen by 9.3 percent to €12.3, which is moderately more than the ...

Friday, 12 Apr 2013, 05:56

"Finanzi fis-Sod" indeed

The previous Nationalist Government was very strong on slogans and propaganda, but its performance often fell woefully short ...

Thursday, 11 Apr 2013, 05:23

Well done dear Minister!

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has promised a 'hands-on' approach of the New Government and well, that's what we've got! Kudos ...

Wednesday, 10 Apr 2013, 05:44

Joseph Muscat - The Bigger Man

There has been a genuine attempt to try to introduce a new way of doing things by the new Prime Minister. Extending the hand ...

Tuesday, 09 Apr 2013, 05:26

The speech from the 'throne'

This is the full speech by the President of Malta Dr George Abela on the occasion of the opening of the 12th Parliament on Saturday ...

Sunday, 07 Apr 2013, 11:18

The PN in the red? Long in coming!

If what goes up is round, then it goes round, and must eventually come round, then the long-expected news that the PN is solidly ...

Thursday, 04 Apr 2013, 05:45

And the Figollu of the Year 2013 award goes to ...

After endless sleepless nights, and taking into consideration the opinion of our readers, we at Maltastar.com have decided we ...

Wednesday, 03 Apr 2013, 16:52

Pleasing and fooling everybody all the time

The saying goes something like this: you can fool somebody sometime, you can feel everybody sometime, but you can't fool everybody ...

Monday, 01 Apr 2013, 05:53
Local news

Non-fatal accidents at work in the first ...

Claims in respect of non-fatal accidents ...

23 children suffer slapped cheek syndrome

The Ministry for Health has been informed ...

New planning policy seeks to boost tourism ...

A new planning policy aimed at encouraging ...

Nine Gozo Channel employees admit to stealing ...

Nine Gozo Channel employees admitted in ...

Europe

Leaders vote for reduction in the number ...

European Union leaders voted unanimously ...

France is the ninth EU country to legalize ...

The president of France, Francois Hollande, ...

Discrimination based on homosexuality must ...

The European Students Union (ESU) calls ...

Dalligate: Barroso told to attend EP hearing

German MEP Inge Gräßle has called ...

World news

Big changes for X-Factor USA

HE'S the Godfather of television talent ...

Lucky George Michael

Singer George Michael is lucky to be alive ...

African Novelist Chinua Achebe Dies

Nigerian novelist and man of letters Chinua ...

Louis Walsh back on X Factor

Like them or not Louis Walsh has confirmed ...

Earlier Editorial

Rejoice! The Lord is Risen!

The feast of the Risen Christ is the ...

Sunday, 31 Mar 2013, 05:54

The Figollu of the Year 2013

A long time ago, when he was still ...

Thursday, 28 Mar 2013, 05:56

Cleaner and cheaper power to the people

On the 8th January, merely two days ...

Wednesday, 27 Mar 2013, 05:55

From the horse's mouth

"The PN has an elected candidate ...

Monday, 25 Mar 2013, 05:54

It all began in 1997

On Saturday 23rd March the Maltese ...

Sunday, 24 Mar 2013, 05:57

Read, think, and only then judge

Let's read what some of the best minds ...

Saturday, 23 Mar 2013, 05:56

Close encounters of the Movement kind

The Movement led by PL Leader Dr Joseph ...

Friday, 22 Mar 2013, 05:58

5 years down the drain?

The results of the Local Council elections ...

Thursday, 21 Mar 2013, 06:36

The Opposition we need in Parliament

On Wednesday 20th March the interim ...

Wednesday, 20 Mar 2013, 05:58

Habemus more than a simply another Papam

The announcement that Pope Benedict ...

Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013, 05:53

We are proud of Joseph because Joseph is ...

"We have shown that the Maltese people ...

Monday, 18 Mar 2013, 05:55

One week after the historic victory

Exactly 7 days ago Malta witnessed ...

Sunday, 17 Mar 2013, 05:52

A big THANK YOU!

These last few months were some of ...

Friday, 15 Mar 2013, 05:56

Next goalpost: EP elections

In just over a year’s time ...

Wednesday, 13 Mar 2013, 05:54

Come ye Old White and Red

Come, all ye loyal citizens, In ...

Tuesday, 12 Mar 2013, 05:44