Rights for gays: thank God for elections!
Evarist Bartolo
The PN knew that legislation to recognise civil partnerships for gays was to be included in the coming Labour Party electoral programme.
Curious cases of déjà vu
Michael Falzon
In being the prime mover behind the action that provoked this investigation, Paul Bonello was acting in the interests of the small investor against the people who run a relatively...
Car-free day: from rhetoric to reality
Caroline Muscat

Green initiatives may be commendable, but if they are not backed by real action they amount to nothing more than publicity stunts.

Green initiatives may be commendable, but if they are not...

Car-free day: from rhetoric to reality
Caroline Muscat

Green initiatives may be commendable, but if they are not backed by real action they amount to nothing more than publicity stunts.

Green initiatives may be commendable, but if they are not...

Prime Ministerial hot air
Saviour Balzan

After Independence 2010, how long are we going to reminisce over the cuts and bruises of yesteryear?

After Independence 2010, how long are we going to...

Mintoff and I
Carmen Sammut

In our assessment of Dom Mintoff we need to ask ‘why?’ he took certain decisions within the context of his time and how those decisions fitted...

In our assessment of Dom Mintoff we need to ask...

A Mintoffian hangover
James Debono

Mintoff seems to have recovered from his ailment but Maltese democracy still suffers from a legacy of tribalism and impunity for those in power.

Mintoff seems to have recovered from his ailment but...

Another reason to refuse Gaddafi’s €5 billion blackmail
James Debono

By firing at an Italian fishing boat, Libya has given us one more reason to...

By firing at an Italian fishing boat, Libya has given us...

Highest number of deaths by fireworks in the last 30 years
Evarist Bartolo

Regulation means we have too look closer at fireworks manufacturing.

Regulation means we have too look closer at fireworks...

Libya: one rowdy neighbour
Carmen Sammut

The Italian and Maltese governments both defended Gaddafi and his Roman demands. But he has not won our hearts and minds, and in our countries, public...

The Italian and Maltese governments both defended Gaddafi...

A Clash of Fundamentalisms
James Debono

The threat of burning the Koran on the anniversary of 9-11, although withdrawn, has conjured the spectre of a war between fundamentalisms.

The threat of burning the Koran on the anniversary of...

Killing in the name of
James Debono

Political parties can only come clean on the fireworks issue if they cut their links with the fireworks lobby.

Political parties can only come clean on the fireworks...

News without truth
Caroline Muscat

Paul Vincenti is making an argument against divorce based on notions he doesn’t even understand. So he needs to look them up.

Paul Vincenti is making an argument against divorce based...

Political parties and the local councils’ earthquake
Michael Falzon

Councillors would not have been better without the discipline of their...

Councillors would not have been better without the...

Tangentopoli in Malta?
James Debono

Some have compared the current epidemic of bribery hitting local councils to tangentopoli (Bribesville). I beg to differ: Malta simply doesn't have an...

Some have compared the current epidemic of bribery...

Honey and smiles
Carmen Sammut

Malta needs coordinated public diplomacy and nation branding strategies.

Malta needs coordinated public diplomacy and nation...

Financing corruption and dying to live
Michael Briguglio

Don’t expect any proper reform on party financing by parties who are so cosy with the unaccountable system of political money laundering.

Don’t expect any proper reform on party financing...

Gaddafi's crackpot diplomacy
James Debono

Gaddafi looks and sounds like a crackpot who reinforces his exotic 'otherness'.   But we should see him for what he is a political survivor...

Gaddafi looks and sounds like a crackpot who reinforces...

Even closer to Harare
Evarist Bartolo

For 74 years broadcasting has been used crudely or subtly by the government of the day as its mouthpiece.

For 74 years broadcasting has been used crudely or subtly...

The silence of the lambs
Caroline Muscat

The muffled announcement of PBS’s new CEO, Anton Attard, compounds what is already a problematic situation in terms of freedom of the press in Malta.

The muffled announcement of PBS’s new CEO, Anton...