The elephant in the room

Saviour Balzan

When the recession emerges with a vengeance, rest assured that the rich and well-off will be the biggest moaners... and the least affected

Escalating violence and Malta’s changing demographic: perception or fact?

Josanne Cassar

Rather than a laidback, slow-paced island, the country has turned into a sprawling metropolis where one town and village spills over into the next and transient occupants of...

Agriculture is about food security, not just ‘folklore’

At this juncture it is crucial to stop regarding agriculture as merely...

At this juncture it is crucial to stop regarding...

Shareholders may sue other shareholders for damages only in certain circumstances

Malcolm Mifsud

Shareholders may take action against other shareholders only when it is impossible that the company will take action itself

Shareholders may take action against other shareholders...

Reputation issues may be reason to allow a liquidation of a company

Malcolm Mifsud

The Reputation of fellow shareholders may be considered as a grave circumstance...

The Reputation of fellow shareholders may be considered as...

Want to win Eurovision? Just get invaded by Russia, that’s all…

Raphael Vassallo

But then again… what would any of that even matter? We’d have...

But then again… what would any of that even matter?...

How BOV duped shareholders on Deiulemar affair for years

Arnold Cassola

These shareholders have had to bear the brunt of it all. What has been...

These shareholders have had to bear the brunt of it...

Party financing law urgently needs an update

Expecting political parties to regulate themselves, in this matter, is...

Expecting political parties to regulate themselves, in this...

The siege of Malta’s critical thought | Luke Fenech

To start fighting the long-standing problem of critical thinking in our...

To start fighting the long-standing problem of critical...

Writing the end of democracy | Aleks Farrugia

Striving for peace is also a display of courage, perhaps even more than the...

Striving for peace is also a display of courage, perhaps...

Michael Falzon

The system has been so corrupted over the years that police do not need any prodding from politicians – they naturally sense when there is some political...

The system has been so corrupted over the years that police...

What Europeans want is ‘more democracy’… not ‘more Europe’

Raphael Vassallo

What was the reaction of the overwhelming majority of Brussels bureaucrats to a...

What was the reaction of the overwhelming majority of...

Give us an għannej and a bunch of hyperactive dudes around him, extolling booze and partying

The Skinny | No 138 – Emma Am What Emma Wanna Be

Josanne Cassar

Weeding out the bad ones is crucial if the public is ever going to feel that police officers who are there to ostensibly ensure that law and order are kept in...

Weeding out the bad ones is crucial if the public is ever...

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Miriam Dalli

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Saviour Balzan

Lino Farrugia is expected to stay on as CEO of the FKNK, because the guys around the table of that executive committee do not have the balls to sack him

Lino Farrugia is expected to stay on as CEO of the FKNK,...

COVID 19 Legal Notice suspending liquidation of companies should be repealed

Malcolm Mifsud

The Commercial Court asked Ministers to repeal Legal Notice 373/2020, which had suspended the winding up of companies as part of the pandemic measures taken

The Commercial Court asked Ministers to repeal Legal Notice...

Ukraine needs more than just 'thoughts and prayers'

Despite speeches which conveyed a strong message of solidarity towards Ukraine,...

Despite speeches which conveyed a strong message of...

Funds for political parties? Sounds a lot like ‘State Aid’, to me…

Raphael Vassallo

Political parties have succeeded in benefiting only themselves, while ‘distorting the market’ through decades of maladministration…

Political parties have succeeded in benefiting only...

BOV owes its shareholders an explanation

It is therefore crucial that the ‘return to normality’ in business is also matched by a return to normality in accountability and transparency

It is therefore crucial that the ‘return to...

They told me I could be anything, so I became a Nadur Youngster

The Skinny | No 138 – Ready Player 99