My beautiful country
Saviour Balzan
We have been turned into barbarians willing to sell our country to enrich ourselves, until we change the face of this country forever and transform it like any...
Let’s not repeat last year’s mistakes
Until the vaccination programme is well underway, caution must be advised against any unnecessary social interaction that could lead to a rise in COVID cases
Malta’s neutrality does not mean indifference
Evarist Bartolo

Our neutrality does not mean that we are indifferent to what happens to others....

Our neutrality does not mean that we are indifferent to...

Ħa Qalanqas... Ian Borg is moonlighting as experimental poet

The Skinny | No. 70 – Ian Borg Expands the Maltese Lexicon

The Skinny | No. 70 – Ian Borg Expands the Maltese...

The party-owned broadcasting media
Michael Falzon

It’s about time the PN starts adopting a social media strategy to balance that of the Labour party

It’s about time the PN starts adopting a social media...

Speedy Gulia (aka 'The fastest resignation in the West')...
Raphael Vassallo

Speedy Gulia has decided to apply his Superhero skills to the one area that...

Speedy Gulia has decided to apply his Superhero skills to...

One year, 100 days, two leaders, one nation
Saviour Balzan

There are similarities in the way they yearn to change the party and to set...

There are similarities in the way they yearn to change the...

No one is above the law
Josanne Cassar

Standards for politicians are and must be different, and we should know that by now unless we want to go down the disastrous US route of the last four years

Standards for politicians are and must be different, and we...

Court may not be competent to hear a counter-claim due to the sum claimed
Malcolm Mifsud

A court may not be competent to hear a counter-claim because that claim is lower than the threshold in which the court may hear case

A court may not be competent to hear a counter-claim...

2020 showed us the State is our strongest line of defence
Lydia Abela

The pandemic made it clear that having good, well-resourced public services is...

The pandemic made it clear that having good, well-resourced...

Gender quotas should be part of a holistic electoral reform

It is a pity, then, that yet another opportunity to kick-start this much-needed...

It is a pity, then, that yet another opportunity to...

Not bold enough: the fight against plastic pollution
Tia Reljic

The fight against plastic pollution will not be won just by enacting new laws....

The fight against plastic pollution will not be won just by...

The gas pipeline saga
Ralph Cassar

The story of energy policy in Malta is one of incompetence, mismanagement, of allegations of graft, corruption and of smoking guns. It is a story of the...

The story of energy policy in Malta is one of incompetence,...

Coronavirus new variant – genomics researcher answers key questions | Lucy van Dorp
The Conversation

The variant carries 14 defining mutations including seven in the spike protein, the protein that mediates entry of the virus into human cells. This is a...

The variant carries 14 defining mutations including seven...

Ignoring quarantine rules has become the most common crime all over
Michael Falzon

We have entered pandemic fatigue. Meanwhile, COVID-19 keeps...

We have entered pandemic fatigue. Meanwhile,...

Make Doris & Joel’s ‘one minute platter’ a one-ingredient Babybel-fest!

The Skinny • No. 69 – Doris Makes Our Day

The Skinny • No. 69 – Doris Makes Our Day

Easier to disrupt education than to ban private parties
Josanne Cassar

Robert Abela seems to be living in his own little cocoon of protected bliss,...

Robert Abela seems to be living in his own little cocoon of...

Call an election
Saviour Balzan

Prime Minister Robert Abela needs to be his own man, and one that can take this small Island State through the necessary changes that were wilfully neglected...

Prime Minister Robert Abela needs to be his own man, and...

Usury may occur upon the promise of higher interest rates
Malcolm Mifsud

The crime of usury take place even before the transaction, but upon the...

The crime of usury take place even before the transaction,...

Yorgen Fenech and the Castille gang
Arnold Cassola

Is it not strange that at least ten persons working in Castille during Joseph Muscat’s stint as Prime Minister have had connections of varying type with...

Is it not strange that at least ten persons working in...