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It’s all about judicial accountability

Mark Said

Judicial activism creates a certain demand for accountability from the executive and the legislators, which we cannot shrug off by relying on judicial independence

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On 26th June Harm Reduction Malta joins the European Network of People Who Use Drugs to advocate for the full realisation of human rights for all people who use drugs

It is time communities are listened to: social impact studies are the way forward

Michael Briguglio

Social impact assessments can help verify the consequences and impacts of development proposals in relation to the communities involved

Social impact assessments can help verify the...

Have you seen any trickle-down? I doubt it

Michael Falzon

The Sette Giugno riots pushed forward Malta’s quest for a representative...

The Sette Giugno riots pushed forward Malta’s quest...

Saviour Balzan

The man who left the Nationalist Party with a mountain of debt has come back to tell the party the future is bleak

The man who left the Nationalist Party with a mountain of...

Saviour Balzan

Perhaps it is not just a worthy Opposition that this country needs in the face of a strong government with a healthy majority; it is also a Catholic Church...

Perhaps it is not just a worthy Opposition that this...

Josanne Cassar

There will be no more 'non nutritional' and sugary drinks on offer at Mater Dei as the hospital administration embarks on a health drive

There will be no more 'non nutritional' and sugary...

Matthew Bugeja

The relationship between the 5 Star movement and League was not built to last – and now Matteo Salvini stands to gain

The relationship between the 5 Star movement and League was...

Silly rules, silly non-university, silly television: can we stop it all?

Josanne Cassar

Step this way, ladies and gents, welcome to the next media circus where boos and wild clapping are guaranteed

Step this way, ladies and gents, welcome to the next media...

Paul Whiteley | What drove voters to the Brexit Party

The Conversation

A new Tory leader is going to have their work cut out to change the perception...

A new Tory leader is going to have their work cut out to...

Unless a balance is found, the PN will remain dysfunctional

Evarist Bartolo

Unless a balance is found, one ‘city’ will continue undermining the...

Unless a balance is found, one ‘city’ will...

The PN’s malaise? Let’s go back to when Fenech Adami stepped down

Michael Falzon

The era of switchers is over: the number of those who switched from...

The era of switchers is over: the number of those who...

Raphael Vassallo

The realisation that there are still people out there who would use that murder to actively intimidate others… even if the intention was not to carry...

The realisation that there are still people out there who...

[WATCH] The PN needs Claudio Grech as leader

Saviour Balzan

The civil war in the Nationalist Party is not good for democracy

The civil war in the Nationalist Party is not good for...

Remove partisan politics from councils, and more people will vote

Josanne Cassar

It was only in 1998, when Sant’s short-lived administration was removed...

It was only in 1998, when Sant’s short-lived...

Saviour Balzan

What will not happen surely is the decapitation of Delia, and his replacement by a level-headed politician who brings some clarity and sense

What will not happen surely is the decapitation of Delia,...

Champions League final: how money buys success on the pitch

The Conversation

Elisavet Argyro Manoli • There is a virtuous (or vicious) circle in...

Elisavet Argyro Manoli • There is a virtuous (or...

Is throwing a milkshake an act of political violence? What political theory tells us

The Conversation

Alexander Blanchard • If the right, or public opinion more widely, is prepared to call milkshaking “violence”, then it must be prepared to...

Alexander Blanchard • If the right, or public opinion...

Interpreting some of the election numbers

Josanne Cassar

This low turnout as a form of protest at this particular time in Malta is, for...

This low turnout as a form of protest at this particular...

Raphael Vassallo

Whose fault is that, really? The voters who no longer identify with their previous political party of choice? Or the party itself: which failed to live up to...

Whose fault is that, really? The voters who no longer...