Air Malta losses a déjà vu
Tough and politically unpopular decisions have to be taken to safeguard an airline that is, at the end of the day, one of Malta’s most strategically...
Tough and politically unpopular decisions have to be taken...
First steps towards regeneration
The PN cannot expect to remain liberal with the liberals, and conservative with the conservatives. It must try harder to forge an identity that is both...
The PN cannot expect to remain liberal with the liberals,...
Why Malta needs the Fourth Estate
The electoral result we saw in March 2013 was itself confirmation that the electorate had rejected that government over those issues. But this doesn’t...
The electoral result we saw in March 2013 was itself...
More questions than answers
We are still in the dark as to the revised timeframes for the completion of the gas-fired station.
We are still in the dark as to the revised timeframes...
A risky and unnecessary gamble
It is as though the present administration wants to reassure its European counterparts that it intends to take its wildlife commitments seriously, while at the...
It is as though the present administration wants to...
Transparency was an electoral promise, too
Such was Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s confidence before the election...
Such was Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s confidence...
Health reforms must be transparent
Concern has been expressed that the shift from public to private healthcare will be partly financed by taxpayers’ money
Concern has been expressed that the shift from public to...
A new definition of ‘compromise’
Democratic exercises such as elections and referendums are not subject to the whims and fancies of the prime minister of the time.
Democratic exercises such as elections and referendums are...
Libel as intimidation
The message, this time emanating from the police and law courts as much as from the hunters themselves, is that anyone who tries to stand up to the practice of...
The message, this time emanating from the police and law...
A disappointing performance
By refusing to give any clear answers to specific questions, both Vella and the Commission president have sent out ominous and ambiguous messages regarding the...
By refusing to give any clear answers to specific...
Spring hunting referendum: No longer about the birds
MaltaToday, The Times of Malta and the Malta Independent call for abolition of...
MaltaToday, The Times of Malta and the Malta Independent...
The hunting lobby has lost all credibility
The tide of popular feeling has now decidedly turned against the hunters’...
The tide of popular feeling has now decidedly turned...
What makes us a nation?
Even today, 50 years later, the fundamental question of what makes us a nation is not easy to answer.
Even today, 50 years later, the fundamental question of...
Juncker’s risky Commission gamble
Given the Commission’s unflattering history when it comes to Commissioners placing their nation state’s interests above the responsibilities of...
Given the Commission’s unflattering history when it...
Raise transport subsidies, not fares
While Arriva did bring about positive improvements as regards pricing and greater discipline among drivers, it failed on the more basic aim of providing access...
While Arriva did bring about positive improvements as...
The controversy that won’t go away
If the contracts were drawn up correctly, responsibility should be shouldered by the periti who certified the works and by contractors who should pay for any...
If the contracts were drawn up correctly, responsibility...
Missing the wood for the trees
Former Enemalta chairman Alex Tranter’s arraignment on misuse of the company credit card is a separate issue which takes us no nearer or further from the...
Former Enemalta chairman Alex Tranter’s arraignment...
Democracy is not just about money
It is clear that the government-launched consultation process will amount to a stand-off between the three parties, and as a result will be inconclusive.
It is clear that the government-launched consultation...
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