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Saying ‘we’re sorry for the inconvenience’, just won’t cut it

Josanne Cassar

Despite flyovers, wider roads, millions of euros and countless promises of how much our commuting time will be reduced, traffic is a topic we keep coming back to time and again...

The erudite judge and the perky judge

Saviour Balzan

The two judgments and the two judges confirm, whether we like it or not, that the judiciary and the courts espouse more influence and power than the Opposition and the media put...

James Debono

By attacking the Opposition’s record in government whenever it faces questions on its own record, the government is sending out toxic message: that...

By attacking the Opposition’s record in government...

The Church is in no position to teach morality

Raphael Vassallo

We’ve all seen how the Church interprets ‘right’ and...

We’ve all seen how the Church interprets...

Gay or Grabby Awards? Has the MGRM lost its way?

Joseph Carmel Chetcuti

Can the gay rights movement tell us why it accepted the nomination of Auxiliary...

Can the gay rights movement tell us why it accepted the...

Patrimonialism and the moral high ground

Michael Falzon

It is disturbing that the Muscat administration seems to have already lost the moral strength to stand its ground on unjustified demands

It is disturbing that the Muscat administration seems to...

[WATCH] Malmström: ‘We’ll never have a Mare Nostrum unless member states decide to finance it’

Farah Abdi

I met European Commissioner Cecilia Malmström in Brussels while being hosted for a discussion migration: her answers show that the great effort for EU...

I met European Commissioner Cecilia Malmström in...

Is the PN trying to commit collective suicide?

Raphael Vassallo

This same newfound sense of injustice was certainly nowhere to be seen in the...

This same newfound sense of injustice was certainly nowhere...

Josanne Cassar

It is not the attire which makes you a worthy priest or a nun, but the personality and psychological make-up that lies beneath. Some are truly good. Others are...

It is not the attire which makes you a worthy priest or a...

Saviour Balzan

Everyone conveniently forgot that the Chinese factory landed in Malta in 1987: the year Malta elected a new government headed by Eddie Fenech Adami.

Everyone conveniently forgot that the Chinese factory...

Simon Fiorini Lowell

Loneliness doesn’t only lead to mental and emotional problems but can also make us physically ill

Loneliness doesn’t only lead to mental and emotional...

Lawrence Gonzi in the part of Aron Ralston?

Evarist Bartolo

While others drink gin and tonic in Marsalforn, Lawrence Gonzi needs to decide...

While others drink gin and tonic in Marsalforn, Lawrence...

Sex, drugs and outrageous double standards…

Raphael Vassallo

Why isn’t the European Commission facing criminal charges for flagrant...

Why isn’t the European Commission facing criminal...

What is wrong in trying to eye Singapore or Dubai?

Leo Brincat

To dismiss Singapore as the wrong country to try and emulate shows a poor...

To dismiss Singapore as the wrong country to try and...

Ryan Callus

Not only did the PM promise to stop using heavy fuel oil, he also promised to do so as of day one of his leadership. In all counts he has failed

Not only did the PM promise to stop using heavy fuel oil,...

Climate risk – Why should financial institutions really bother?

Leo Brincat

What is most impressive is that finance sector leadership is evidently building...

What is most impressive is that finance sector leadership...

Raphael Vassallo

It’s a little like Monty Python’s version of the Spanish Inquisition: nobody expects a revolution on the scale of the Arab Spring, until it...

It’s a little like Monty Python’s version of...

Saviour Balzan

Fast forward to 2014 and the PN is tasting some of its own medicine. History not only repeats itself, it replicates itself

Fast forward to 2014 and the PN is tasting some of its own...

Josanne Cassar

It is no wonder that the party’s leadership looks and sounds as if it is being pulled in two opposite directions at once – because it is.

It is no wonder that the party’s leadership looks and...

Little transparency about our energy roadshow

Michael Briguglio

Labour’s policies – often characterized by conflicting promises -...

Labour’s policies – often characterized by...