Schrodinger’s government
Raphael Vassallo
The present government is a classic example of the Schrodinger’s Cat paradox in action
OLAF immunity case still ongoing in court
The Director-General had requested that the Court temporarily and urgently suspends the application of the Commission decision lifting his immunity for an investigative act...
Libel and (don’t) let libel…
Raphael Vassallo

Jason Azzopardi seems to have suddenly developed very vocal qualms about using ‘libel’ as a ‘political weapon’… but only, it...

Jason Azzopardi seems to have suddenly developed very vocal...

On tax morality, nobody can hold their head up high
Matthew Vella

If we saw the ‘Panama Papers’ for what they really are, would we...

If we saw the ‘Panama Papers’ for what they...

We are only as strong as we are united

By Sara Ezabe

By Sara Ezabe

After Panamagate: Presidentialism has failed us
James Debono

While everyone expected Labour to face this question in seven years’ time...

While everyone expected Labour to face this question in...

Letters: 3 April 2016
Is it at all about democracy?
Saviour Balzan

In another twist to the contorted storyline of Maltese politics, Busuttil is seeing red on a legal matter that suits only him and his politics, and nobody else

In another twist to the contorted storyline of Maltese...

Politicians’ wives under the microscope
Josanne Cassar

I don’t like it when people are torn to shreds simply because they...

I don’t like it when people are torn to shreds simply...

Stability is not an end in itself

Stability and freedom are not interchangeable. The world’s most repressive dictatorships are ‘stable’, precisely because they curtail the...

Stability and freedom are not interchangeable. The...

A co-owner has to pay his share for urgent works
Malcolm Mifsud

The shares of the co-owners shall, unless the contrary is proved, be presumed...

The shares of the co-owners shall, unless the contrary is...

Let there be Labour and PN…
Raphael Vassallo

The PN and Labour responded to the threat of a new political party in exactly the same way - it’s not a threat to themselves, naturally, but a...

The PN and Labour responded to the threat of a new...

Cartoon: 30 March 2016
Defiance in the face of horror
Roberta Metsola

It was the longest day I remember in Brussels. Everyone was on a knife edge waiting for the next attack. But while people were scared and concerned, there was...

It was the longest day I remember in Brussels. Everyone was...

Politics as a public service
Evarist Bartolo

A life dedicated to serving others, mainly the most vulnerable, is Guze Ellul Mercer's legacy and should still be an inspiration to us who believe in...

A life dedicated to serving others, mainly the most...

‘Personality cults’ only work with personalities
Raphael Vassallo

I hate to say it, but this too looks like it will end in tears. The ‘cult...

I hate to say it, but this too looks like it will end in...

Snapshot of a changing nation

Malta’s political parties often seem content with a status quo that no longer suffices to placate an increasingly demanding and independent-minded public

Malta’s political parties often seem content with a...

The threat of terrorism
Michael Falzon

The mess created in the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq and its ‘liberation’ from Saddam Hussein spawned Isis – or Daesh, its proper name...

The mess created in the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq...

Letters: 27 March 2016
Love to be a Cabu?
Saviour Balzan

Cabu, whom French film-maker Jean-Luc Godard described as the “the best journalist in France”, was killed in 2015 in Paris aged 76

Cabu, whom French film-maker Jean-Luc Godard described as...