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Obligatory trade union membership

Michael Falzon

However, the right of Maltese citizens to opt out of trade union membership should never be touched

Facts vs fiction | George Pullicino

Less than 10% of the requests were accepted and today I am therefore more than ever convinced that we did well to finalise the process as we did

Michael Falzon

The incredible U-turn about this magistrate’s job that was made by the blogger who originally made the allegations, cannot be dismissed as just a...

The incredible U-turn about this magistrate’s job...

Your family is our business | Paula Mifsud Bonnici

PN candidate Paula Mifsud Bonnici: Our family-friendly measures are not only...

PN candidate Paula Mifsud Bonnici: Our family-friendly...

Economic sustainability – tapping the potential and addressing shortcomings

PL candidate Chris Cardona: During our mandate, we have demonstrated our diligence in the updating and introduction of innovative laws that create real change...

PL candidate Chris Cardona: During our mandate, we have...

This is an election, not the Nuremberg trials

Raphael Vassallo

Ordinary, decent folk do not need to hide their assets or operate in the...

Ordinary, decent folk do not need to hide their assets or...

Frank Psaila

Joseph Muscat is confident that he’ll pull it off again. His body language says otherwise

Joseph Muscat is confident that he’ll pull it off...

Of political spins and the inquiry relating to the in genere | Robert Abela

PL candidate Robert Abela writes: Simon Busuttil is not being politically honest when he is stating that the inquiry must find Keith Schembri guilty, on the...

PL candidate Robert Abela writes: Simon Busuttil is not...

A bread and butter election | Claudio Grech

PN candidate Claudio Grech writes: Nationalist governments were far from...

PN candidate Claudio Grech writes: Nationalist governments...

Ralph Cassar

AD candidate Ralph Cassar: Clean politics and good governance don’t appear from thin air. The fight in favour of good governance and against corruption...

AD candidate Ralph Cassar: Clean politics and good...

Josanne Cassar

When people start turning their backs on your party it is quite a gamble to keep hanging on and take the risk of the gap between the parties becoming even...

When people start turning their backs on your party it is...

Saviour Balzan

The island is under siege and politicians have only themselves to blame

The island is under siege and politicians have only...

North Korea’s dash for nuclear deterrence

Matthew Bugeja

Despite the rhetoric, both sides will want to avoid war at all costs,...

Despite the rhetoric, both sides will want to avoid war at...

Election time for our drama queen nation

Josanne Cassar

An election campaign does not have to be such a drama. It’s just a part of the cycle of every administration, and there is no need for the country to...

An election campaign does not have to be such a drama....

The fate of Europe depends on France | Richard Maher

The Conversation

After last year’s Brexit vote, a Le Pen victory would signal that...

After last year’s Brexit vote, a Le Pen victory would...

Raphael Vassallo

What was needed from the very start was a rational, forensic, clinical approach to solving a crime through evidence... not hot-headed, irrational emotion...

What was needed from the very start was a rational,...

Evarist Bartolo

We can continue investing in support and social programmes so that those students who come from difficult backgrounds get all the attention and help they need

We can continue investing in support and social programmes...

Saviour Balzan

Before trying to decipher what is true and what is not, we should really ask ourselves if we are facing a crisis that goes beyond the semantics of this...

Before trying to decipher what is true and what is not, we...

The real scandal is our failure to heal the divide

Raphael Vassallo

I just want to live in a normal country where you don’t have to...

I just want to live in a normal country where you...

Michael Falzon

Calling an election and winning it will give Joseph Muscat some respite because the people’s approval of his performance will fly in the face of Simon...

Calling an election and winning it will give Joseph Muscat...