Maybe we’ll get a Ministry for Clientelism after the inevitable Labour election victory...

No 124 – Flexing Them Muscles For Election Time

Robert’s surreal administration

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Meanwhile expect different messages from the Labour Party – a message to appease the ‘Muscat can do no wrong’ supporters and a message to appease those in the...

A reform that needs all stakeholders on board

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The press is facing a threat of extinction because of a lack of revenues, and...

The press is facing a threat of extinction because of a...

Losing the media may well be convenient for the powers that be; but it is definitely not in the interest of democracy itself

Losing the media may well be convenient for the powers that...

Termination of community of acquests during separation proceedings concern future dealings only

Malcolm Mifsud

The community of acquests may be terminated during separation proceedings, but this concerns future dealings of the spouses

The community of acquests may be terminated during...

Our experience: fertility struggles are emotionally taxing and we must talk about them

Mark Camilleri Gambin

There seems to be an unspoken consensus that such matters ought be kept secret. Yet we believe that the benefits from not suffering in silence outweigh these...

There seems to be an unspoken consensus that such matters...

An agency that invests in the community | Alex Muscat

The old IIP raised €1.7 billion. The results can be seen everywhere, in...

The old IIP raised €1.7 billion. The results can be...

Who’s advising the PN on cannabis reform: Cheech and Chong?

Raphael Vassallo

In a nutshell: you cannot logically reach the conclusion that current drug...

In a nutshell: you cannot logically reach the conclusion...

On Malta’s foreign policy strategy | Christopher Cutajar

The pandemic has completely changed the world as we know it, bringing in a new...

The pandemic has completely changed the world as we know...

An ‘escape clause’ from which there is no ‘escape’

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Why, exactly, did Konrad Mizzi negotiate an ‘escape...

Zero tolerance on cannabis? More like zero-empathy games

The professional careers and personal lives of people who consume cannabis are...

The professional careers and personal lives of people who...

As long as some juice leeches off into the island’s elite, Malta is happy to be leeched...

The Skinny | No 114 – Stripping for SiGMA

Ask a serious question, get a silly answer…

Raphael Vassallo

In all honesty, though: how on earth can anyone not be...

Michael Falzon

Does the government believe that those who are monitoring our financial system couldn’t care less in areas where only taxation of Maltese people is...

Does the government believe that those who are monitoring...

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SMEs have their flexibility and their potential for fast...

Two decades and counting, we still chase the story

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As legacy newspapers keep feeling their way about to rediscover their true role...

As legacy newspapers keep feeling their way about to...

Social media gives callous people a wider audience

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Is it already too late for humanity to pull back from the brink of the darkness...

Is it already too late for humanity to pull back from the...

Hate-speech has been normalised to such a degree that the preponderance of such comments online makes it almost impossible for the authorities to actually...

Hate-speech has been normalised to such a degree that...

Warrants enforcing executive titles may be challenged in very limited cases

Malcolm Mifsud

Once the merits of a case have been decided, the court cannot reopen the same issues, when a warrant intended to enforce a judgement has been issued

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COP 26: A global attempt at preventing climate disaster

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The only way to achieve effective results is through effective commitments and...

The only way to achieve effective results is through...