I laughed when the festa was blocked by the al fresco tables. Sue me
The Skinny | No 148 – Summer fun in Malta & Gozo
How much of Malta has to burn to ashes, before we start taking climate change seriously?
Raphael Vassallo
So instead of ‘doing their bit’, by trying to be as hydrologically ‘self-sufficient’ as possible… these new developments only place further strain...
Gozo tunnel: a return to sanity?

It is time for politicians to make an honest reflection on past promises and for giving Gozitans the impression that the tunnel is a done deal

It is time for politicians to make an honest reflection on...

A touch of gray
Michael Falzon

Apart from Boris Johnson’s facetiousness, what strikes me in this episode is the independence of the British civil service from the government of the day

Apart from Boris Johnson’s facetiousness, what...

‘Nobody does it better…’
Raphael Vassallo

And I’ll stop there, because…. honestly, though… what sort of ‘chance’ did Bernard Grech even think he ever had: when...

And I’ll stop there, because…. honestly,...

Apathy, genetic testing and more of Bernard
Saviour Balzan

We’re an overcrowded city masquerading as a country, that is looking...

We’re an overcrowded city masquerading as a country,...

This trial by media has not helped domestic violence victims one bit
Josanne Cassar

The temptation to mock anyone on social media who says they have been abused...

The temptation to mock anyone on social media who says they...

Metsola’s lost opportunity in Israel

One wonders how Europe’s renewed discovery of its global democratic role, in the face of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, suddenly appears fragile in the...

One wonders how Europe’s renewed discovery of its...

Which part of ‘Animal Rights’ is so goddamn difficult to understand?
Raphael Vassallo

Or else, we simply resign ourselves to the fact that… well, we really are all living in an ‘Orwellian dystopia’, after all

Or else, we simply resign ourselves to the fact...

Gaming: one of Malta’s few industries that built a local ecosystem | Marisa Xuereb

The gaming industry is one of the few local industries that has managed to build a local ecosystem around it, and one industry where Malta is an established...

The gaming industry is one of the few local industries that...

We must question the efficacy – not just ‘ideology’ – of IVF treatment

In a nutshell, it is time to finally put this essential service – which taxpayers proudly finance out of communitarian solidarity – to a general...

In a nutshell, it is time to finally put this essential...

Climate change is the real pandemic, and we have a part to play
Cyrus Engerer

Through the individual choices that we make when we travel from point A to...

Through the individual choices that we make when we travel...

Slow news week but inbreeding is one of our last cheap-shot taboos for a laugh

The Skinny | No 140 – Our (Deeply Inbred) Ancestors

The Skinny | No 140 – Our (Deeply Inbred) Ancestors

Opting for Ukraine in Turin
Michael Falzon

After all, they all are also a form of human expression, and the human spirit should be free to state what it wants to state, whatever the means used to...

After all, they all are also a form of human expression,...

‘A government that listens’…  to zookeepers
Raphael Vassallo

‘A government that listens’… to whom, exactly? Because it...

‘A government that listens’… to whom,...

Defamation and the Maltese courts: the chilling effect on the press
Saviour Balzan

Most journalists are unable to face down this culture of litigation; many media...

Most journalists are unable to face down this culture of...

We’re heading for a normal summer with abnormal staffing problems
Josanne Cassar

As the tourism sector looks forward to recouping some of its losses from the...

As the tourism sector looks forward to recouping some of...

Agriculture is about food security, not just ‘folklore’

At this juncture it is crucial to stop regarding agriculture as merely...

At this juncture it is crucial to stop regarding...

Shareholders may sue other shareholders for damages only in certain circumstances
Malcolm Mifsud

Shareholders may take action against other shareholders only when it is impossible that the company will take action itself

Shareholders may take action against other shareholders...

Reputation issues may be reason to allow a liquidation of a company
Malcolm Mifsud

The Reputation of fellow shareholders may be considered as a grave circumstance...

The Reputation of fellow shareholders may be considered as...