‘Two-thirds majority proposal’ will not work

Raphael Vassallo

The idea to appoint police commissioner and attorney general by two-thirds parliamentary approval is quite frankly ludicrous

Complex reforms call for in-depth discussion

Just before the 2013 general election, Joseph Muscat said he intended to give birth to a 'Second Republic'. Today, widespread consensus indicates that an overhaul is needed

Malta’s low readership is a wake-up call for the government

Mark Camilleri

Books are not just a cultural segment offering enjoyment and an experience....

Books are not just a cultural segment offering enjoyment...

‘Bringing down the government’ should not be the Opposition’s aim

The allegations which prompted the early election remain, as yet, unproven. If it transpires that they were inaccurate or untrue, ‘bringing down his...

The allegations which prompted the early election remain,...

Evarist Bartolo

A lot of people from Aleppo were killed. Residents had wrongly assumed the fighting would remain confined to other parts of the country

A lot of people from Aleppo were killed. Residents had...

The accounts posted and accepted by the Central Bank of Malta in 1972 show that the NBM was solvent to the tune of Lm2.9 million as audited by the bank’s...

The accounts posted and accepted by the Central Bank of...

Not ‘traitors’, but certainly not ‘patriots’ either

Raphael Vassallo

By taking this idiotic partisan pique to the highest European levels, we...

By taking this idiotic partisan pique to the highest...

Michael Falzon

Many posts on blogs and on Facebook provoke such one-sided blind hate that one starts to doubt whether we really are a mature and civilised country

Many posts on blogs and on Facebook provoke such one-sided...

Josanne Cassar

I really think we need to publish a guide for any aspiring politician who is keen on getting involved at local council level in the hope that one day this will...

I really think we need to publish a guide for any aspiring...

Saviour Balzan

It is the people who cannot make ends meet who change the people at the top, not the man with the Chopard watch

It is the people who cannot make ends meet who change the...

This legislature opens at a time when its services are most needed. Unfortunately it also opens under a cloud of mutual antagonism and distrust. But this...

This legislature opens at a time when its services are most...