It’s just too easy to blame it all on immigrants...
Raphael Vassallo
Who, then, is to blame for the spectacular materialisation of this very prediction, so soon after it was made?
A Constitution for all
Ralph Cassar
Our Parliament, based on a winner-takes-it-all system, could have kickstarted a process of deep reform; instead it seems that they have chosen piecemeal tinkering
Getting it down to minus one means we’ve killed the virus for good, right?

The Siinny • No. 32 | Malta’s Infection Rate Drops to Below 1

The Siinny • No. 32 | Malta’s Infection Rate...

‘More Europe’? Don’t we have enough already?
Raphael Vassallo

They failed to heed experts who said no country could fight the virus on its...

They failed to heed experts who said no country could fight...

[WATCH] Saviour Balzan's video blog | Government needs to be creative with type and level of restrictions
Saviour Balzan

The government needs to map out a transition strategy to alleviate the economic stagnation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic

The government needs to map out a transition strategy to...

The only way out of this is together
Roberta Metsola

We cannot retreat to the comfort combination of populism, Eurosceptism and pseudo-nationalism so favoured by Labour. That will not solve anything – we...

We cannot retreat to the comfort combination of populism,...

Granting citizenship may have risks, but Malta isn’t the problem | Alex Muscat

One thing we have learnt from the COVID-19 crisis is that economic fortunes can change overnight. We now see there was great foresight when the Individual...

One thing we have learnt from the COVID-19 crisis is that...

Moving forward to a new reality

This ‘new normal’ may also require a radical rethinking of our usual approach. Difficult decisions will need to be made about who can return to work

This ‘new normal’ may also require a radical...

When we finally reboot, we should do  things differently. But will we?
Josanne Cassar

If we learn nothing from this crisis, at least I hope we learn that it is a bad idea to live from pay cheque to pay cheque or to assume (as so many did) that...

If we learn nothing from this crisis, at least I hope we...

No golden fleece for Jason
Michael Falzon

The relationship between Repubblika and the PN has never been a very comfortable one. Made up mostly of disgruntled former PN stalwarts, Repubblika has...

The relationship between Repubblika and the PN has never...

Asking too much
Raphael Vassallo

Whatever mistakes may have been made in the way those police reports were handled, the fact remains that 12 people died at sea, when it was Malta’s...

Whatever mistakes may have been made in the way those...

Why we need another referendum
Hands off Miżieb and l-Aħrax: this is about land use, not hunting

We need a popular alliance that helps us fight for the public’s right of...

We need a popular alliance that helps us fight for the...

Structural alternatives in rented properties do not necessarily result in termination of the lease
Malcolm Mifsud

Those structural alternations in rented property which are required does not necessarily mean that the lease will be terminated

Those structural alternations in rented property which are...

Zero cases? Beach party for my friends, we’ll lick the seafront clean!

The Skinny • No. 31 | The Unberable Lightness of Low COVID cases

The Skinny • No. 31 | The Unberable Lightness of...

Sleeping with the enemy | Edward Zammit Lewis

This crisis can also be seen as a ‘test’ on all of us to refocus...

This crisis can also be seen as a ‘test’ on all...

‘What we’ve got here is failure to communicate…’
Raphael Vassallo

This might not – as Repubblika has unwisely argued – amount to an...

This might not – as Repubblika has unwisely argued...

Health decisions should be taken for health reasons

All this is naturally very encouraging news: but it also warrants a dose of...

All this is naturally very encouraging news: but it also...

‘Not our problem’ is not exactly an answer...
Raphael Vassallo

Does the Commission seriously expect Malta (with its grand total of 10 patrol...

Does the Commission seriously expect Malta (with its grand...

A different world awaits us
Michael Falzon

The silver lining around the dark clouds is that, for Malta, this should be the right time to adjust some of the populist ideas that have dominated the...

The silver lining around the dark clouds is that, for...