SLAPP threatens democracy, not just journalism
SLAPP is not just a threat to the press, it is also a legal tool used by the powerful and moneyed interests – chiefly corporations and private multinationals and other...
Conflict of interest, or comedy of errors?
It is therefore even more surprising and damning that history keeps repeating itself, with no end in sight. It seems that we never learn from our past mistakes, in what...
More to Opposition than just opposing

The Opposition seems incapable of fielding any direct questions about its policy on restorative justice, or indeed anything else.

The Opposition seems incapable of fielding any direct...

Biding one’s time

Franco Debono must stop playing cat and mouse. He must decide and make his intentions known.

Franco Debono must stop playing cat and mouse. He must...

No time for theatrics

Faced with so many imponderables, the PN’s internal leadership problems are quite frankly secondary at this stage.

Faced with so many imponderables, the PN’s internal...

An agreement or an election

The failed vote of no confidence by the Labour Opposition has thrown the political crisis wide open. The motion clearly failed in its primary objective, but it...

The failed vote of no confidence by the Labour Opposition...

D-Day Thursday

The responsibility for the inevitable early election being called lies clearly with Franco Debono.

The responsibility for the inevitable early election being...

D-Day Thursday

The responsibility for the inevitable early election being called lies clearly with Franco Debono.

The responsibility for the inevitable early election being...

The moment of truth

Even if the seemingly unbridgeable divide is bridged by means of some form of last-gasp compromise, the damage will still have been done.

Even if the seemingly unbridgeable divide is bridged by...

In search of the truth

The reporting of the Sliema murders has shed light on the kind of hysteria precipitated by the way this tragedy broke some social norm.

The reporting of the Sliema murders has shed light on the...

A pre-electoral pact

Growing European economic uncertainty, coupled with the widely acknowledged precariousness of our local social security system, should encourage the...

Growing European economic uncertainty, coupled with the...

Changing of the guard

Among the immediate casualties of the divorce referendum was the centrality of Church doctrine to Maltese law.

Among the immediate casualties of the divorce referendum...

HSBC shareholders concerns versus its social responsibility

All talk of treating banks with kid’s gloves by government should really be...

All talk of treating banks with kid’s gloves by...

What price European unity?

The upshot of the current crisis is that Europe will now have to bend its thoughts towards preventing further fragmentation.

The upshot of the current crisis is that Europe will now...

Ghosts of the past

It remains unclear how far we are all now expected to go back in search of present relevance in past events.

It remains unclear how far we are all now expected to go...

Ghosts of the past

It remains unclear how far we are all now expected to go back in search of present relevance in past events.

It remains unclear how far we are all now expected to go...

Addressing the energy question

Recent exchanges between Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and Opposition leader Joseph Muscat have exposed a serious flaw in our country’s entire approach to...

Recent exchanges between Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and...

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The slow death of democracy?

A balance somehow needs to be struck between the most fundamental principles of democracy and the necessities of financial survival in a globalised world.

A balance somehow needs to be struck between the most...

The slow death of democracy?

A balance somehow needs to be struck between the most fundamental principles of democracy and the necessities of financial survival in a globalised world.

A balance somehow needs to be struck between the most...