Robert Abela faces a stark choice

Abela should remember that ‘nature abhors a vacuum’; and current non-voters may eventually move on to new political pastures. At this stage, then, Abela is left with...

The unravelling of Muscat’s coalition

Michael Falzon

Otherwise the Labour Party inherited by Abela will keep on dragging its feet in power and Malta loses the chance to renew itself sooner rather than later

Here’s to building up our energies for the ‘no apartments on Filfla’ battle

The Skinny | No. 175 - Coming for Comino

You can’t have a ‘best year for Malta’s film industry’… without a Maltese film industry

Raphael Vassallo

I don’t know: if that’s Clayton Bartolo’s idea of ‘the best year for Malta’s film’; I’d hate to hear his pitch for an...

I don’t know: if that’s Clayton Bartolo’s...

Prison director, and convicted criminal, at the same time

If Robert Brincau resigned, after having been convicted of a serious crime;...

If Robert Brincau resigned, after having been convicted of...

Michael Falzon

No one knows how many cases of abuse and manipulation never see the light of day. A lot of domestic strife is never exposed. If only bedknobs and broomsticks...

No one knows how many cases of abuse and manipulation never...

Julia Farrugia

Question-time can actually be quite precious, giving us on the governing side and the Opposition an opportunity to go into details which otherwise would have...

Question-time can actually be quite precious, giving us on...

It’s not just the Gozo airport that’s ‘destined to fail’…

Raphael Vassallo

So while I can only applaud Alfred Sant’s umpteenth attempt to...

So while I can only applaud Alfred Sant’s umpteenth...

The never-ending saga of the big fish and the small fry

Josanne Cassar

The nation keeps being shell-shocked by these horrific deaths, but worse still...

The nation keeps being shell-shocked by these horrific...

We can do something about our leniency on excess

Saviour Balzan

The most unbearable moment in one’s life is to be awoken in the middle of...

The most unbearable moment in one’s life is to be...

Matteo Messina Denaro: end of an era, but not the end of the Cosa Nostra

The Conversation

Denaro’s arrest could well produce a power vacuum that throws the Cosa Nostra into crisis – but this is not the end of the mafia

Denaro’s arrest could well produce a power vacuum...

It is clear that we are looking at more than just a question of ‘inefficiency’, or ‘incompetence’, by any one individual office, but...

It is clear that we are looking at more than just a...

Court of Appeals asks Identity Malta Agency to be more humane

Malcolm Mifsud

The Court of Appeal criticised Identity Malta Agency for expecting an applicant...

The Court of Appeal criticised Identity Malta Agency for...

Razing Bugibba? We cannot deal with British expats and their irrational urge for fried fatty foods

The Skinny | No 174 – Carpets over Bugibba

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Farmers need fair valuation for their land | Miguel Azzopardi

The bill as currently proposed will make it more difficult for farmers to...

The bill as currently proposed will make it more difficult...

Malta, worried about climate change? Could have fooled me…

Raphael Vassallo

At least, the European Union’s official ‘leading nation’, in...

At least, the European Union’s official...

Cyrus Engerer

One should have nothing to hide as a representative of citizens. Any work done in Parliament is on behalf of the citizens we represent. We get paid by each and...

One should have nothing to hide as a representative of...

Both parties may be affected by ‘abortion fallout’

What remains to be seen, from both sides, is: how much of their own voter-base...

What remains to be seen, from both sides, is: how much of...

Rivers of tears, time-wasting and money down the drain

Michael Falzon

Instead of doing their duty, the police shifted the obvious decision to the...

Instead of doing their duty, the police shifted the obvious...

Bill 28 is not just about Andrea Prudente

Raphael Vassallo

… but the bill itself is still aimed at addressing a legal anomaly that...

… but the bill itself is still aimed at addressing a...