Divorcing planning from environment
It remains to be seen whether Robert Abela’s decision to have a separate planning minister will truly bring about any meaningful change in Malta’s contentious planning...
What is the PN waiting for to change leader, anyway? The Zombie Apocalypse?
Raphael Vassallo
More specifically: how would it go down, with the one category of voter whose support the PN most desperately needs to win back… if it is to stand even the remotest of...
Renewal is easier said than done

Simply put: while it is ‘normal’ for political parties to have internal disputes, a modern, aspiring European party should ideally be managing its...

Simply put: while it is ‘normal’ for political...

On the side of rule of law | Edward Zammit Lewis

The Abela Administration was able to sustain these foundations even in...

The Abela Administration was able to sustain these...

Tran|Sport Malta Marathon? That’s an admirable feat of compression, if nothing else

No. 127 | Running With Ministerial Scissors

No. 127 | Running With Ministerial Scissors

‘Not one single case of bad governance’ | Mark Anthony Sammut
Mark Anthony Sammut

The PN is not perfect, but our heart is in the right place, our motivations are...

The PN is not perfect, but our heart is in the right place,...

No amount of ‘cosmetic surgery’ can disguise the rape of Xlendi
Raphael Vassallo

All things considered, they actually did a pretty good job… of creating...

All things considered, they actually did a pretty good...

American University of Malta: an abject failure
Michael Falzon

Nothing explains the abject failure of the AUM project as this incredible...

Nothing explains the abject failure of the AUM project as...

How the State took over the Malta marathon
Josanne Cassar

Using a charity, and the name of a much-loved doctor who died in a tragic...

Using a charity, and the name of a much-loved doctor who...

Cry me a river, Robert
Emma Portelli Bonnici

Robert Abela would be a once-sparkling-now-flat wine socialist

Robert Abela would be a once-sparkling-now-flat wine...

The waiting game is on
Saviour Balzan

Robert Abela has kept everyone on tenterhooks with the election date and that includes his own ministers, his party administration and his closest associates

Robert Abela has kept everyone on tenterhooks with the...

Where is the justice ministry’s explanation?

The abject failure of the Attorney General to negotiate the process of justice...

The abject failure of the Attorney General to negotiate the...

Why we deserve better
Arnold Cassola

The 21% who do not trust Robert Abela and Bernard Grech have the power to change things.

The 21% who do not trust Robert Abela and Bernard Grech...

Islands of small differences
Evarist Bartolo

In the survey ‘Maltin fid-dinja’, only 6% say that neutrality is not important at all. 10 times as much, 63% say it is very important for our...

In the survey ‘Maltin fid-dinja’, only 6% say...

No, it is not ‘in the national interest’ (in fact, it’s not even in Robert Abela’s)
Raphael Vassallo

The present level of election uncertainty, a major concern among Maltese businesses, will not only be unnecessarily prolonged for anywhere up to eight or...

The present level of election uncertainty, a major...

Hands off the editor!
Karl Schembri

Leave an empty front chair for Victor, with his name printed and taped, in every press conference you go to, until he is reinstated. And hound Robert Abela and...

Leave an empty front chair for Victor, with his name...

A victory for common sense

So while it remains welcome, that Abela is now committed to rectifying mistakes made by his predecessor; it would be a bitter pill to swallow, if the country...

So while it remains welcome, that Abela is now committed to...

St Paul’s day is like vintage fake news propping up Catholic nation-building

The Skinny | No 126 – Shipwrecked Saints & Sanctified Snakes

The Skinny | No 126 – Shipwrecked Saints &...

Misinformation on emergency contraception
Isabel Stabile

Life Network persists in publishing factually incorrect information about...

Life Network persists in publishing factually incorrect...

The quest for democracy
Michael Falzon

Choosing an election date beyond the end of March will create a situation where Labour’s lead will continue to erode and any comparison between...

Choosing an election date beyond the end of March will...