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Between a rock and a hard place

Michael Falzon

Does Abela acknowledge that he owes his victory in the leadership race to Joseph Muscat’s camp and now he is anxious not to upset this camp?

Has Malta just been given a death sentence, without anyone even noticing?

Raphael Vassallo

... I do think, under the circumstances, that it’s high time we at least started asking ourselves a few serious questions: about, say, whether this vision of ‘further...

Evarist Bartolo

We are the only part-time parliament in the EU, meeting 10 hours-and-a-half on a weekly basis.

We are the only part-time parliament in the EU, meeting 10...

Michael Falzon

The other day, Labour leader Joseph Muscat told an interviewer on One News that if the project at the entrance to Valletta is completed under a Labour...

The other day, Labour leader Joseph Muscat told an...

Dear Dom: beyond the hero-villain dichotomy

James Debono

Pierre Ellul was courageous to take on a national icon but he did not go much...

Pierre Ellul was courageous to take on a national icon but...

That’s one small step for conviction; one giant leap for convenience

Saviour Balzan

If City Gate is not an example of unbridled ugliness, MEPA should really have no problem with waving a green flag to all the applications in the urban...

If City Gate is not an example of unbridled ugliness, MEPA...

Jurgen Balzan

Labour’s ‘hidden’ manifesto means the party does not yet take official stands but rests on its leader’s personal beliefs.

Labour’s ‘hidden’ manifesto means the party does not...

In vitro politics: where do MPs draw a line on laws and their faith?

James Debono

Politicians of all hues have no problem ignoring Gozo bishop Mario Grech’s...

Politicians of all hues have no problem ignoring Gozo...

Raphael Vassallo

Like everyone else, the Catholic Church is free to lobby with the government as much as it likes. But Parliament is not free to ignore the fact that its sworn...

Like everyone else, the Catholic Church is free to lobby...

Dear Joseph - an open letter to Opposition leader Joseph Muscat

Saviour Balzan

My open letter to Labour leader Joseph Muscat...

On the menu: slightly braised tuna reasoning…

Raphael Vassallo

Rather than argue that we are catching less fish because of reduced...

Rather than argue that we are catching less fish because of...

Saviour Balzan

An open letter to the leader of the Opposition Joseph Muscat.

An open letter to the leader of the Opposition Joseph...

Raphael Vassallo

Listening to parliamentary radio’ is not exactly the sexiest vice in the world to have to admit to.

Listening to parliamentary radio’ is not exactly the...

The most unkindest cuts of all' - (with apologies to Shakespeare)

Evarist Bartolo

6 January 2012, the Minister of Finance Tonio Fenech wrote to his colleagues to...

6 January 2012, the Minister of Finance Tonio Fenech wrote...

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Saviour Balzan

Michael Falzon

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Michael Falzon

Next November, Britain will be experiencing a fascinating experiment in democracy, when voters in 41 police-force areas outside London in England and Wales...

Next November, Britain will be experiencing a fascinating...

Tackling poverty is about Policy Choices

Carmen Sammut

Each time segments of civil society, academics, charities and professionals in the social sector put poverty issues in the public limelight; they trigger a...

Each time segments of civil society, academics, charities...

Evarist Bartolo

Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi has described the decision by the Education Ministry to cut €180,000 to an NGO providing services to children and young people...

Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi has described the decision by...

Claudine Cassar

Our courts still look at the opinion of experts in some specialised areas; sadly scientific basis for their opinions is rarely questioned.

Our courts still look at the opinion of experts in some...

Saviour Balzan

Is there is no one out there who has the gall to question the political class, the judiciary and the police when justice is denied?

Is there is no one out there who has the gall to question...

Religious peccadilloes have no place in our Criminal Code

Matthew Vella

Malta’s rankings in press freedom leagues remain burdened by laws that...

Malta’s rankings in press freedom leagues remain burdened...