The EU must recognise the realities of Mediterranean member states | Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi
It is imperative the EU gives due consideration to the Mediterranean perspectives
Captain Morgan migrant fiasco: No more ‘Mr Tough Guy’…
Raphael Vassallo
Malta can no longer play the 'Tough Guy' card, when it comes to gambling with the lives and safety of human beings caught up in the ongoing immigration tragedy
Greed: a convenient scapegoat
Michael Falzon

People owning a dog must have it tagged but people acting as demolition and excavation contractors do not need to have a licence. This glaring anomaly has...

People owning a dog must have it tagged but people acting...

Cracks in the edifice
Raphael Vassallo

Does it really have to be that way? Is it so very difficult, to devise a national construction and development policy that really does place the rights of...

Does it really have to be that way? Is it so very...

The world’s oldest profession. The world’s oldest argument
Josanne Cassar

Attempts to try and make sex workers seem like some kind of empowered, feminist...

Attempts to try and make sex workers seem like some kind of...

Robert Abela must act now
Saviour Balzan

There is an orgy of development today that is unacceptable and simply geared to make more people richer to the extent that their riches are simply unjustifiable

There is an orgy of development today that is unacceptable...

Why the Coronavirus matters... and why Pete Buttigieg is out – for now
Matthew Bugeja

Pete Buttigieg is out of the Democratic Primaries. Was it surprising? Yes and no

Pete Buttigieg is out of the Democratic Primaries. Was it...

Should former empires return removed relics (and do we get the sword back)?
Charles Xuereb

It is bad enough to find one’s iconic national treasures in global museums, but it is worse to have to pay huge sums of money to private concerns to...

It is bad enough to find one’s iconic national...

Court will use principle of proportionality to determine whether a party can appeal a judgement in parte
Malcolm Mifsud

The court held that since it was a commercial case and the applicant was a Government entity, it could not claim that it would suffer economic...

The court held that since it was a commercial case and...

How can you control those who are out of control?
Josanne Cassar

That’s what happens when you give carte blanche to a mighty...

That’s what happens when you give carte...

And the construction machine keeps bulldozing on…
Raphael Vassallo

OK, so perhaps it was a little naïve of me to expect developers to...

OK, so perhaps it was a little naïve of me to expect...

Time to reassess our priorities

But what does growth mean for those who die, or lose their loved ones? Clearly, we must reassess our national priorities… otherwise we would have failed...

But what does growth mean for those who die, or lose their...

Queues and empty shelves reveal our fear of an uncertain future
Raisa Galea

Deep down, everyone who was filling up trolleys with basic goods harboured no...

Deep down, everyone who was filling up trolleys with basic...

Homes cannot be our coffins. The tyranny of complacency ends today
Andrew Azzopardi

We must take on the dictatorship of the haves and demand that our little island...

We must take on the dictatorship of the haves and demand...

Panic-buying during the relatively mild coronavirus outbreak is a sobering litmus test

The Skinny | No 24. Bulk buying in the time of the coronavirus

The Skinny | No 24. Bulk buying in the time of the...

Grab the money and run
Michael Falzon

The management contract is certainly in trouble. Not so the people behind Vitals and their chief executive

The management contract is certainly in trouble. Not so the...

Not exactly N.I.M.B.Y.
Saviour Balzan

I don’t think that Delia really cares, he is not only delusional but he couldn’t give a hoot if his party disintegrates into nothingness and this...

I don’t think that Delia really cares, he is not only...

How prepared are we for an epidemic, really?
Josanne Cassar

When people are kept in the dark and everything is not explained clearly, it...

When people are kept in the dark and everything is not...

‘An overblown, press-created hysteria’

The general public would be far better served by paying more attention to the...

The general public would be far better served by paying...

When a warrant does not rest on an executive title it can be executed any time and without prior Court authorisation
Malcolm Mifsud

Where an executive warrant does not rest on an executive title, such as in the case of an executive warrant after a judicial sale by auction, then the...

Where an executive warrant does not rest on an executive...