Malta’s test of fire

Malta's presidency over the European Council will be a crucial test for our national leadership

A poverty of spirit

Josanne Cassar

Maybe it is time they realised that life does not treat everyone fairly and justly and that some have had to carry more than their share of burdens

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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James Debono

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...

Damages arise when a co-owner excludes another co-owner

Malcolm Mifsud

Co-owners cannot occupy common property and take the fruits of that property...

Co-owners cannot occupy common property and take the fruits...

Josanne Cassar

While there are many who are openly disgusted by the behaviour of the Labour government, will that disgust manifest itself into a vote for a third party in...

While there are many who are openly disgusted by the...

Gay marriage: another opinion of political convenience

There is a paradox, no doubt well known to terrorists, whereby the only way to respond to attacks on Western liberal democracy is to limit and curtail...

There is a paradox, no doubt well known to terrorists,...

Raphael Vassallo

It may not be ‘warfare’ in the conventional sense… but there is definitely a war of sorts taking place in Europe

It may not be ‘warfare’ in the conventional...