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Overdue labour migration reform is a welcome development

n paper the policy looks good but as always, the proof of the pudding is in the eating

Road safety should not be a seasonal concern

We say this with a heavy heart because to date, the government has not implemented its proposal to set up a Transport Safety Investigative Commission, which had been promised in...

Legislators are there to legislate: not pontificate

Andrea Prudente was not the first woman who needed protection, and she will...

Andrea Prudente was not the first woman who needed...

Today’s considerable number of infections - which would have shocked the nation two years ago or less – now hardly even makes the news headlines

Today’s considerable number of infections - which...

Crime-fighting requires resources, not just words

Maltese criminality has evolved beyond the levels we were accustomed to in...

Maltese criminality has evolved beyond the levels we...

Extremism might ‘get you somewhere’, in the end

The upshot, of course, is that nothing ever gets done at all, about the...

The upshot, of course, is that nothing ever gets done at...

On IVF, the PN has painted itself into a corner

All the PN’s past positions on IVF were clearly aimed at appeasing only...

All the PN’s past positions on IVF were clearly aimed...

Sins of omission: incompetence or corruption

There is more to this story than just the deceit perpetrated by two rogue...

There is more to this story than just the deceit...

An indictment of the entire political system

It is, in a nutshell, patently unacceptable for government to keep pointing...

It is, in a nutshell, patently unacceptable for government...

It is time for politicians to make an honest reflection on past promises and for giving Gozitans the impression that the tunnel is a done deal

It is time for politicians to make an honest reflection on...

One wonders how Europe’s renewed discovery of its global democratic role, in the face of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, suddenly appears fragile in the...

One wonders how Europe’s renewed discovery of its...

We must question the efficacy – not just ‘ideology’ – of IVF treatment

In a nutshell, it is time to finally put this essential service – which taxpayers proudly finance out of communitarian solidarity – to a general...

In a nutshell, it is time to finally put this essential...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Citizens’ Assembly can chip away at EU trust deficit

Only through this kind of democratisation process can Europe’s social...

Only through this kind of democratisation process can...

A wake-up call to address poverty, and hunger

It should also serve as a wake-up call to stop the further destruction of...

It should also serve as a wake-up call to stop the further...

A SLAPP in the face of media intimidation

Admittedly, the anti-SLAPP proposal is not likely to suffer the same fate; as...

Admittedly, the anti-SLAPP proposal is not likely to suffer...

Neutrality needs to be debated, not discarded

Neither should we forget that NATO membership would entail further erosion of...

Neither should we forget that NATO membership would entail...