Robin Pettitt • While May has managed to get her cabinet to support her leave deal, the underlying divisions remain.
Malta’s complete philistine indifference towards its natural habitat is an indictment on our society, which, I am sure, will come back to haunt us one day
Diversity, but no unity
It now appears that the EU has come full circle: if not actually taken a step backwards. After the mandatory responsibility-sharing mechanism which introduced...
It now appears that the EU has come full circle: if not...
Europe’s strongmen and democracy | Michael Falzon
Rather than recognising that Fidesz has no place in a party that is supposed to...
Rather than recognising that Fidesz has no place in a party...
A profession, but also a vocation
Teachers and kindergarten assistants at Mater Dei do invaluable work in almost impossible circumstances. Together with the nursing and medical staff there,...
Teachers and kindergarten assistants at Mater Dei do...
Communication undertakings such as Vodafone to continue paying the cost of legal interception obligations
The Court concluded that the only way by which the Authorities could be found to have abused their position and implemented an ultra...
The Court concluded that the only way by which the...
Does public harassment of politicians work?
To intrude when someone is having lunch or dinner and start berating them while...
To intrude when someone is having lunch or dinner and start...
Sovereignty is as sovereignty does...
The EU quite frankly doesn’t care about our problems... still less about solving them for us
The EU quite frankly doesn’t care about our...
This battle is not over... yet
Ironically, the only people who ever told them the full truth about EU regulations were Birdlife Malta and Alternattiva Demokratika: the two entities that the...
Ironically, the only people who ever told them the full...
Utopian, but not impossible
If the EU finds the political will to engage seriously and effectively with Libya, solutions may eventually be found
If the EU finds the political will to engage seriously and...
To be or not to be President
'If one were to read Muscat’s mind, he must have felt Coleiro Preca was too strong witted and opinionated to serve the reforms that need to see this...
'If one were to read Muscat’s mind, he must have...
Controversial laws and conscientious objection
President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca should either have not made her statement...
President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca should either have not...
If need be, Dublin rule changes should be made without unanimity
We need to look seriously into having EU-run and EU-funded disembarkation...
We need to look seriously into having EU-run and EU-funded...
Too little Europe causing uncertain times
Solidarity is not the reverse of resolve or loving one’s country. Those...
Solidarity is not the reverse of resolve or loving...
All the President’s misgivings
It would be a gross distortion of democracy, for the government to be held hostage by the incumbent President’s moral sensitivities
It would be a gross distortion of democracy, for the...
Pinching the media bubble
Political parties having their own newsrooms might sound strange to foreigners, but the polarisation of this country means this is a reality
Political parties having their own newsrooms might sound...
Carpenter has to pay for difference of prices for replacement works
The Magistrate’s Court in Gozo ordered a carpenter to pay for the...
The Magistrate’s Court in Gozo ordered a carpenter to...
Why is it so difficult to just give us the facts?
Tearing down old houses and doing away with old trees speaks of a ruthless,...
Tearing down old houses and doing away with old trees...
Everyone’s fault but theirs
Sadly, we can’t rely on God to step in and clean up the mess. Instead, we have to rely on Adrian Delia...
Sadly, we can’t rely on God to step in and clean up...
It’s World Cup time again
We now have a tournament, conceived as a bridge between nations, taking place in a country that has hardly stopped burning those bridges
We now have a tournament, conceived as a bridge between...
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