Twenty years after 9-11: a world turned upside down
Editorial | The so-called “war on terror” became a flimsy excuse for war and reconstruction economics inside Iraq, but the effects of the American and British...
Students for choice: we support decriminalisation of abortion in Malta
Given the hundreds of abortions happening in Malta each year, it makes no sense at all for students to become doctors without being properly informed when it comes to...
Oranges instead of lemons? Shame! Whatever happened to 40K lumi?

The Skinny | No. 92 – Oranges Are Not The Only Electoral Ploy

The Skinny | No. 92 – Oranges Are Not The Only...

Discrimination in building permits
Michael Falzon

In Malta they also get the hotch-potch development and the skyline they deserve

In Malta they also get the hotch-potch development and the...

The beam in your eye
Saviour Balzan

On FATF: It will be nasty to have the Americans taking out the speck of Malta’s eye while we are powerless to remove the beam in theirs

On FATF: It will be nasty to have the Americans taking out...

When it comes to education, in the grand scheme of things, what’s another year?
Josanne Cassar

In a year in which even adults have suffered mental health issues due to job uncertainty, anxiety over illness and even the loss of loved ones, why are we...

In a year in which even adults have suffered mental health...

A cloudy forecast on FATF

Be it grey-listing or enhanced follow-up Malta is struggling in the wake of stronger governments whose voice at the FATF is a political tool that...

Be it grey-listing or enhanced follow-up Malta...

Ordinary remedies must be used before asking for a judicial review
Malcolm Mifsud

Parties subject to an administrative decision must first avail themselves of...

Parties subject to an administrative decision must first...

Towards implementing the PN’s energy plan
Ryan Callus

There’s one logical reason behind the government’s choice –...

There’s one logical reason behind the...

Why do we have an Environment Ministry, anyway?
Raphael Vassallo

Does he himself agree with Malta’s obstinacy in permitting...

Does he himself agree with Malta’s obstinacy in...

Addressing the needs of individuals on the autism spectrum
Alex Agius Saliba

Autism may be an unfamiliar condition to those who may not be accustomed to...

Autism may be an unfamiliar condition to those who may not...

It’s so exhausting for Malta being the best and waiting for the world to realise

The Skinny | No 91 – Best in the World

The Skinny | No 91 – Best in the World

Oh the arrogance!
Peter Agius

We are expected to be happy with what we get to know from ministerial press conferences and work with that. But even those are incomplete

We are expected to be happy with what we get to know from...

Anything, even caution, can be dangerous in excess

Neither the Prime Minister nor the health authorities can possibly afford to...

Neither the Prime Minister nor the health authorities can...

Euro 2020 – where the big players come from China and the US
The Conversation

Simon Chadwick and Paul Widdop - Organisations from China and the US...

Simon Chadwick and Paul Widdop - Organisations...

An initiative worth defending | Alex Muscat

We are adamant that such initiatives related to residency and citizenship are...

We are adamant that such initiatives related to residency...

‘The best in the world’. Laughable, certainly… BUT…
Raphael Vassallo

Are we seriously expected to believe that Malta will become a global leader in...

Are we seriously expected to believe that Malta will become...

Discrimination: the name of the game
Michael Falzon

The current mess in planning is the result of many decisions taken over the years intended to soothe the Maltese psyche

The current mess in planning is the result of many...

Dismantle the PA

The DB project in Pembroke confirms the growing detachment of the Planning Authority from public sentiment and any notion of democratic planning

The DB project in Pembroke confirms the growing detachment...

If one wants to file an action for a retrial, the appropriate procedure must be used
Malcolm Mifsud

Not any action may be used for the purposes of a retrial, in terms of Article 811 of the Code of Organisation and Civil Procedure

Not any action may be used for the purposes of a retrial,...