Blame it on Game of Thrones

Raphael Vassallo

The European Bank crippled Greece by curtailing its banking system, starving out the country’s finances so that its public officials – including doctors, nurses, the...

Whose job is it to ‘watch MEPA like a hawk’?

The government’s ‘strategic plan for the environment’ had clearly been drafted to accommodate “certain government projects” in ODZ areas, among...

Andrew Azzopardi

In the past the PN was known as a factory of ideas but now it is still struggling to engineer proposals, even because Joseph Muscat’s team always seem to...

In the past the PN was known as a factory of ideas but now...

Raphael Vassallo

Whichever way you look at Piano’s parliament – and I stress I refer only to the building itself, and not its immediate surroundings – it...

Whichever way you look at Piano’s parliament –...

Hunting referendum: No campaigners must get their act together

Carmen Sammut

The question we must ask is, why is it that that ‘no campaign’ is...

The question we must ask is, why is it that that ‘no...

Hands off Joseph, this is a people’s referendum

Saviour Balzan

If the referendum is lost, the gangs of contractors and speculators will have...

If the referendum is lost, the gangs of contractors and...

Josanne Cassar

It seems that everything in this country is favourably geared towards those who openly flout the law because somehow they know that, if they wait it out long...

It seems that everything in this country is favourably...

Saviour Balzan

We have to vote no in the referendum on spring hunting because this referendum is about reclaiming a countryside that is overrun by hunters

We have to vote no in the referendum on spring hunting...

Court turns down damages case due to lack of evidence

Malcolm Mifsud

The magistrates court rejected a request to award damages because it was not...

The magistrates court rejected a request to award damages...

James Debono

The victory of a party which grew from just 4% ten years ago to become a party of government is an inspiration to all those who yearn for radical but sensible...

The victory of a party which grew from just 4% ten years...

Nine ways of knowing whether your business is fit and healthy

Kevin-James Fenech

The forthcoming list is a tall order and it isn’t easy to score well in...

The forthcoming list is a tall order and it isn’t...

The rise of Syriza in Greece also reflects the failure of the aforementioned policy to reverse the slowdown which has strangled the Greek economy

The rise of Syriza in Greece also reflects the failure of...

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Something happened on the way to drug law reform…

Raphael Vassallo

The White Paper published last year reflected many concerns. But it has now...

The White Paper published last year reflected many...

Mark Scicluna imagines the first meeting between Greek anti-austerity prime minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Markel

Mark Scicluna imagines the first meeting between Greek...

Evarist Bartolo

Malta’s competitive advantage lies in its bilingualism and it is clear that the local community has an important role in the educational experience of...

Malta’s competitive advantage lies in its...

The PN’s problem: easy to state, hard but not impossible to solve

Frank Psaila

In 2013, people had had enough of the PN’s inflexible attitude towards...

In 2013, people had had enough of the PN’s inflexible...

At this point, we must either resign ourselves to powerlessness in the face of an unsavoury culture that infects various strata of society… or we must...

At this point, we must either resign ourselves to...