The battle of the Little Bighorn

Saviour Balzan

If that referendum on EU accession had happened today, I’d only vote if someone pointed a gun at my temple

Out with the truth, and with the lies

The truth or otherwise of a situation cannot be ascertained by the number of people who attend a mass-meeting. This charade has gone on long enough: the only reply Joseph Muscat...

Marsa is the clearest example of ‘ghettoisation’, whereby entire communities of non-native residents have been confined to certain areas

Marsa is the clearest example...

There are far, far more bicycles used for commuting to work each day

There are far, far more bicycles used for commuting to work...

Discrimination is the difference in treatment of the same situation

Malcolm Mifsud

In a judgment delivered on 5 December in Mark Muscat v HSBC, it was held...

In a judgment delivered on 5 December in Mark Muscat v...

Knowing how to read in your mother tongue should not be so hard

Josanne Cassar

Maltese is part of our identity, it is what makes us a nation, it should be...

Maltese is part of our identity, it is what makes us a...

Raphael Vassallo

...We are left to grapple with the very real psychological condition that inspired all this classic rock ‘n’ roll in the first place: Paranoia

...We are left to grapple with the very real psychological...

We cannot have a system which, on paper, urges drug offenders to rehabilitate... while, in practice, refusing to give the rehabilitation process the...

We cannot have a system which, on paper, urges drug...

Slave auctions: a reality the EU prefers to ignore

The Conversation

Efforts to enable people to escape slavery, violence and exploitation in Libya...

Efforts to enable people to escape slavery, violence and...

Chris Fearne

'I am hopeful that not turning a blind eye to the reality in Marsa and...

'I am hopeful that not turning a blind eye to the...

Evarist Bartolo

'Talent needs to be nurtured so as not to be lost'

Though the Media and Defamation Act addresses a major aspect of Malta's defamation laws, there are certinaly areas which can be improved

Though the Media and Defamation Act addresses a major...

Michael Falzon

The creators of the allegations that Malta is a country where the rule of law does not exist have gone over the top, provoking a negative reaction among the...

The creators of the allegations that Malta is a country...

From ‘no rule of law’ to a military state...

Raphael Vassallo

We are now brought to a truly overwhelming irony: Who will now complain,...

We are now brought to a truly overwhelming irony: Who...

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There’s a real divide between those who have an anglicised upbringing with, perhaps, a refined lifestyle, and the rest of us who have moved up the social...

There’s a real divide between those who have an...

Josanne Cassar

I can appreciate that Michelle Muscat has lent her name, time and energy to raise funds for organisations such as the Marigold Foundation, but it should not...

I can appreciate that Michelle Muscat has lent her name,...

The incidence of HIV in Malta is on the increase - 'now, Let's End It'

The incidence of HIV in Malta is on the increase -...

Rent Regulation Board, not the courts, is competent to hear all cases concerning rent

Malcolm Mifsud

The First Hall of Civil Court decided it was not competent to hear cases concerning rent issues in the case of Joseph Sammut v Liliana Jalil

The First Hall of Civil Court decided it was not competent...

Who sets the agenda and who controls the narrative?

Josanne Cassar

It’s not the media or the political class who are deciding what’s...

It’s not the media or the political class who are...

To many, there is more at stake in the outcome of this case than justice for the Caruana Galizia family, or even the pursuit of truth for its own sake. There...

To many, there is more at stake in the outcome of this case...