Malta's midlife crisis

Raphael Vassallo

You can almost pick out any problem area at random and find the same underlying pattern. As we all saw in the recent case of Mr Justice Farrugia Sacco – and before him Tonio...

Cruel politics: the unjust arrest of Sliema's local councillors

Saviour Balzan

The evidence presented in court included taped conversations presented by the police which uncovers the cruel and ‘dark’ intentions of three rather well known...

Handing Joseph Muscat the 'golden shotgun', former Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi tells Muscat he could now ‘shoot himself in the foot’ by...

Handing Joseph Muscat the 'golden shotgun', former...

Josanne Cassar

No one puts a gun to a politician’s head to run for election or to accept a Cabinet post – if they cannot handle the pressure they should be...

No one puts a gun to a politician’s head to run for...

Saviour Balzan

A closer look at the reshuffle shows that no one was forced to leave – shuffled around, yes – but not asked to leave. And that says plenty about...

A closer look at the reshuffle shows that no one was forced...

Why is the stability of Africa critical to Europe?

Michel Vandepoorter

Europeans must consider in a positive manner how to get Africa out of...

Europeans must consider in a positive manner how to get...

Angelo Chetcuti

A new UEFA competition for national teams? Let's just hope we're not heading towards an overkill

A new UEFA competition for national teams? Let's...

James Debono

President George Abela should set the record straight: if he is objecting to the civil unions law he should do so publicly and resign rather than delay...

President George Abela should set the record...

Court upholds objection to company’s request for a provisional administrator

Malcolm Mifsud

Wallace Falzon is the only participant in the company and is the shareholder and director. If everything is above board then there is no need to appoint a...

Wallace Falzon is the only participant in the company and...

James Debono

Both the PN and PL have sworn their allegiance to Jean-Claude Juncker and Martin Schulz, but both take their international affiliations for granted with little...

Both the PN and PL have sworn their allegiance to...

If MEPA is to retain credibility as an environment and planning authority, it must convince the public that its decisions are indeed guided by the best...

If MEPA is to retain credibility as an environment and...

Mark Scicluna's take on Monday's decision by the MEPA board to approve the berthing of the LNG vessel

Mark Scicluna's take on Monday's decision by the...

Raphael Vassallo

As things stand, it is only ‘free’ to try to curtail freedom of speech in this country. Defending the same freedom is, however, costly.

As things stand, it is only ‘free’ to try to...

Raphael Vassallo

If something offends people who are (mostly) Catholic, it is not the religion that has been vilified, but the people. Yet the police take action to protect an...

If something offends people who are (mostly) Catholic, it...

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