What women want

Josanne Cassar

Rather than blaming external factors, I sometimes wonder, when listening to women talk, whether they are not giving permission to themselves to just be what they want to be.

Derogate? What's that?

Saviour Balzan

The truth is that Malta’s accession to the European Union depended on addressing the Birds directive and Habitats directive issues

Saviour Balzan

I discovered that politicians are replaced in office by others who turn out to be no different from their predecessors

I discovered that politicians are replaced in office by...

Josanne Cassar

Children are notorious at sniffing out any waffling or hesitancy and will exploit your weakness until they make you weep at your own inadequacies. But is a...

Children are notorious at sniffing out any waffling or...

The onus of proof in electricity theft is shifted on to the defendant

Malcolm Mifsud

The Magistrates’ Court ruled on 21 August that in electricity theft the...

The Magistrates’ Court ruled on 21 August that in...

James Debono

Simon Busuttil is waiting for Joseph Muscat’s mask to fall... while not moving an inch from his party’s centre-right identity.

Simon Busuttil is waiting for Joseph Muscat’s mask to...

Early literacy: everyone’s responsibility

Evarist Bartolo

The Leipzig conference developed a whole set of recommendations on how to...

The Leipzig conference developed a whole set of...

Ryan Callus

We all believe in a day when all the citizens of the world can live together. For that to happen – hopefully some day it will – it is necessary to...

We all believe in a day when all the citizens of the world...

Manuel Mangani

Paradoxically – almost perversely – the ordeal of a MUSEUM volunteer accused of sexual abuse, on top of a couple of other situations where...

Paradoxically – almost perversely – the ordeal...

Plastic in our seas ends up on our plates

Leo Brincat

The prevalent ‘throw away’ consumer culture tends to flagrantly...

The prevalent ‘throw away’ consumer culture...

Given the Commission’s unflattering history when it comes to Commissioners placing their nation state’s interests above the responsibilities of...

Given the Commission’s unflattering history when it...

Europe’s incredible shrinking environmental commitment

Raphael Vassallo

If Juncker’s Commission is approved by the European Parliament, it would...

If Juncker’s Commission is approved by the European...

Karmenu Vella is appointed European Commissioner with the responsiblity for the environment and tasked with a review of the Birds Directive: will he be...

Karmenu Vella is appointed European Commissioner with the...

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Josanne Cassar

There comes a point when we have to stop being so overly concerned with the wellbeing of the adults in the picture, and turn our focus on the children

There comes a point when we have to stop being so overly...

Alon Ben-Meir

Turkey’s Islamization under Erdogan and his deliberate compromising of Turkey’s democratic principles by jailing journalists without trial, point...

Turkey’s Islamization under Erdogan and his...

Debtor will have to pay interest and judicial costs

Malcolm Mifsud

If a debtor does not show that there was a valid reason not to pay a debt, then...

If a debtor does not show that there was a valid reason not...

Raphael Vassallo

A lot of Scots – certainly the majority who voted for the SNP at the last election – are unhappy with the same status quo, and want it changed......

A lot of Scots – certainly the majority who voted for...

While Arriva did bring about positive improvements as regards pricing and greater discipline among drivers, it failed on the more basic aim of providing access...

While Arriva did bring about positive improvements as...

Lobbying must become transparent and regularised

Andrew Azzopardi

We need to do all that is possible to avoid having our social policy stained by...

We need to do all that is possible to avoid having our...