Was this about insubordination... or a clash over liberal policies?

Josanne Cassar

Someone with such a liberal ideology as Mario Mallia working within the constraints of a very conservative entity as the Catholic Church was bound to meet resistance sooner or...

What the sacking of Mario Mallia tells us about the Church

Saviour Balzan

Mallia’s sacking does reveal how the whims of religious zealots inside these religious orders which control faith schools, can harm conscientious and loyal teachers who seem...

Gaming: one of Malta’s few industries that built a local ecosystem | Marisa Xuereb

The gaming industry is one of the few local industries that has managed to build a local ecosystem around it, and one industry where Malta is an established...

The gaming industry is one of the few local industries that...

We must question the efficacy – not just ‘ideology’ – of IVF treatment

In a nutshell, it is time to finally put this essential service – which taxpayers proudly finance out of communitarian solidarity – to a general...

In a nutshell, it is time to finally put this essential...

Climate change is the real pandemic, and we have a part to play

Cyrus Engerer

Through the individual choices that we make when we travel from point A to...

Through the individual choices that we make when we travel...

Slow news week but inbreeding is one of our last cheap-shot taboos for a laugh

The Skinny | No 140 – Our (Deeply Inbred) Ancestors

Michael Falzon

After all, they all are also a form of human expression, and the human spirit should be free to state what it wants to state, whatever the means used to...

After all, they all are also a form of human expression,...

‘A government that listens’… to zookeepers

Raphael Vassallo

‘A government that listens’… to whom, exactly? Because it...

‘A government that listens’… to whom,...

Defamation and the Maltese courts: the chilling effect on the press

Saviour Balzan

Most journalists are unable to face down this culture of litigation; many media...

Most journalists are unable to face down this culture of...

We’re heading for a normal summer with abnormal staffing problems

Josanne Cassar

As the tourism sector looks forward to recouping some of its losses from the...

As the tourism sector looks forward to recouping some of...

Agriculture is about food security, not just ‘folklore’

At this juncture it is crucial to stop regarding agriculture as merely...

At this juncture it is crucial to stop regarding...

Shareholders may sue other shareholders for damages only in certain circumstances

Malcolm Mifsud

Shareholders may take action against other shareholders only when it is impossible that the company will take action itself

Shareholders may take action against other shareholders...

Reputation issues may be reason to allow a liquidation of a company

Malcolm Mifsud

The Reputation of fellow shareholders may be considered as a grave circumstance...

The Reputation of fellow shareholders may be considered as...

Want to win Eurovision? Just get invaded by Russia, that’s all…

Raphael Vassallo

But then again… what would any of that even matter? We’d have...

But then again… what would any of that even matter?...

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How BOV duped shareholders on Deiulemar affair for years

Arnold Cassola

These shareholders have had to bear the brunt of it all. What has been...

These shareholders have had to bear the brunt of it...

Party financing law urgently needs an update

Expecting political parties to regulate themselves, in this matter, is...

Expecting political parties to regulate themselves, in this...

The siege of Malta’s critical thought | Luke Fenech

To start fighting the long-standing problem of critical thinking in our...

To start fighting the long-standing problem of critical...

Writing the end of democracy | Aleks Farrugia

Striving for peace is also a display of courage, perhaps even more than the...

Striving for peace is also a display of courage, perhaps...

Michael Falzon

The system has been so corrupted over the years that police do not need any prodding from politicians – they naturally sense when there is some political...

The system has been so corrupted over the years that police...

What Europeans want is ‘more democracy’… not ‘more Europe’

Raphael Vassallo

What was the reaction of the overwhelming majority of Brussels bureaucrats to a...

What was the reaction of the overwhelming majority of...