Planning appeals reform: Suspension, finality and effective review
The proposed model therefore treats suspension not as an incidental procedural remedy, but as a defined legal status attaching to the permit until final determination, subject...
Towards a dominant-party system
Mark Said
Unless the two-party system is revived, a dominant-party (i.e., Labour) system is destined to be firmly rooted in our politics.
Delayed flights? Know your rights
Shaban Ben Taher

Whilst this is a turbulent time for air passenger rights within the EU, the Parliament has made its position clear; that it shall not be taking the side of...

Whilst this is a turbulent time for air passenger rights...

Election 2026: Analysing the voice of the people
Josanne Cassar

Pie in the sky proposals such as building a metro and five more hospitals will...

Pie in the sky proposals such as building a metro and five...

Behind the scenes and the next step
Saviour Balzan

This country has limited human resources and Robert Abela, now at the helm of Labour’s fourth mandate, should look out for competent folk who do not...

This country has limited human resources and Robert Abela,...

Why does Malta keep defying Europe?
JP Fabri

The most important economic question facing Malta is no longer why we are outperforming Europe. It is whether we are using this period of outperformance wisely...

The most important economic question facing Malta is no...

Television is not dying. It is changing
Silvio Scerri

If entertainment programming today can generate advertising, sponsorship and significant commercial returns, should public funding structures continue to...

If entertainment programming today can generate...

We choose to build Momentum. Not because it is easy, but because it is hard
Mark Camilleri Gambin

We don't need an easy way out; we need to do the hard work to continue building a genuine, transparent option from the ground up

We don't need an easy way out; we need to do the hard...

Robert Abela can make some courageous reforms, he has nothing to lose
Saviour Balzan

The winner does not take all 

The winner does not take all 

Will we wake up today to the same Malta?
Josanne Cassar

Many people moan and whine but hold back when it comes to actually voting for change is down to the adage 'better the devil you know'

Many people moan and whine but hold back when it comes to...

Campaigning is over. Malta must now focus on governability
JP Fabri

Beneath victory or defeat lies a more important challenge. Malta must begin...

Beneath victory or defeat lies a more important challenge....

Tick tock, tick tock…
Saviour Balzan

All surveys contained caveats enshrined in the high number of undecided voters and others who potentially provided false replies when quizzed about their...

All surveys contained caveats enshrined in the high number...

Strengthening Malta’s cannabis reform: an electoral promise

The pivotal role of civil society has been frequently recognised by UN and EU...

The pivotal role of civil society has been frequently...

Pembroke and the politics of environmental hypocrisy
Mark Anthony Camilleri

The residents of Pembroke, Swieqi, and the wider Maltese public deserve better...

The residents of Pembroke, Swieqi, and the wider Maltese...

From politics to management: Why Malta needs a rupture
Mark M. Scerri

What is required, therefore, is not better management, but a rupture. A rupture...

What is required, therefore, is not better management, but...

Malta cannot breathe without change
Julian Borg

Nifs Ġdid is not just a slogan, it represents a commitment to real change

Nifs Ġdid is not just a slogan, it represents a commitment...

An economist’s case for continuity, credibility, and care
Cressida Galea

The Labour Party manifesto is the stronger national programme not because it is...

The Labour Party manifesto is the stronger national...

Built to exclude
Christian Colombo / Joanna Onions

What might unmake it is the slow accumulation of small refusals agreed across the aisle, until a generation of our neighbours quietly concludes that the...

What might unmake it is the slow accumulation of small...

The Malta I believe in
Joseph Grech

Preserving our country does not mean resisting progress. It means understanding that true progress must be sustainable. It means recognising that economic...

Preserving our country does not mean resisting progress. It...

Economic certainty in uncertain times
Jonathan Spiteri

The take home message is simple: Despite global economic uncertainties and a hotly-contested general election, the Maltese economy is still firing on all...

The take home message is simple: Despite global economic...