Disintegrating the integrated | A joint editorial by MaltaToday, Times of Malta, the Malta Independent
A government policy designed to break people into submission or destitution, pushing people to live in a state of limbo, is nothing short of inhuman and...
A government policy designed to break people into...
The proof of the (environmental) pudding
If the Nationalist Party is elected and betrays any of its pledges, it will have given civil society plenty of rope to hang it with it
If the Nationalist Party is elected and betrays any of its...
They are children, not criminals
Malta cannot continue to flout international citizenship laws - a review of the entire process is long overdue
Malta cannot continue to flout international citizenship...
Safeguarding Malta’s energy interests
Only once all the contracts have been published will we be able to tell if Labour’s energy policy really safeguards Malta’s interests in this sector
Only once all the contracts have been published will we be...
Beyond Good and Evil
All we’ve heard so far is nonsense about good versus evil, and the explosive diatribes of Salvu Mallia
All we’ve heard so far is nonsense about good...
Keeping within one’s remit
Sovereignty works both ways - just as the European Commission must desist from wading into political frays, political parties must keep within their...
Sovereignty works both ways - just as the European...
The Salvu Mallia ‘problem’
Experiences with other outspoken members indicate that this is not the basis for a happy marriage of convenience
Experiences with other outspoken members indicate that this...
Our greatest challenge in 2017
The EU presidency therefore represents a unique opportunity to finally exorcise a traditional inferiority complex that has dogged our country since Colonial...
The EU presidency therefore represents a unique opportunity...
A year of broken promises
One does not uphold the principle of democracy merely to ensure that only one set of cronies divides the spoils
One does not uphold the principle of democracy merely to...
Last chance to redeem
On Joseph Muscat’s watch, Malta has earned a reputation for corruption and bad governance throughout Europe, and it remains to be seen whether he has the...
On Joseph Muscat’s watch, Malta has earned a...
A conspiracy theory too far
A sense of perspective would not be amiss. And this applies to the conspiracy theorists, too, who allege that the Afriqiyah hijack was concocted to give the...
A sense of perspective would not be amiss. And this applies...
Unhappy New Year
Wherever one looks, there are indications that the prevailing political and economic models have failed, yet there has been no discernible effort to...
Wherever one looks, there are indications that the...
Mental health is a social, not just personal issue
Society can never aim to be perfect but it should at least strive to be more...
Society can never aim to be perfect but it should at least...
Christmas in Aleppo
A long-term peaceful solution is not on the cards for the foreseeable future but for the sake of the innocent people caught up in this ghastly inferno, the...
A long-term peaceful solution is not on the cards for the...
Her boldest speech yet
The President of the Republic yesterday delivered what many will agree was her most hard-hitting speech to date, and we ignore it at our peril
The President of the Republic yesterday delivered what many...
Positions of mistrust
In an atmosphere where public trust is constantly eroding, only full transparency can deliver a better and more honest service
In an atmosphere where public trust is constantly eroding,...
It’s about accountability and public standards
FTS: The problem is of a systemic, recurring nature. Only a systemic overhaul...
FTS: The problem is of a systemic, recurring nature. Only a...
Time to review citizenship laws
Malta’s controversial IIP scheme is nothing less than obscene at a time when millions of people are trying to pour into Europe from under-developed or...
Malta’s controversial IIP scheme is nothing less than...