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Sheep wars in the West Bank | Alexander Clayman

At some point, I realised that it is 2025, and I am observing a land-grab and forcible expulsion of a local population, the means of which are cynical use of at-risk youth and...

Of bricks, tax evasion and tax avoidance | Frank Camilleri

The black economy in Malta is so rampant and brazen that the finance minister would need truckloads of bricks if this sector is tackled in a serious manner

Kevin Aquilina

The WBRU is in a situation of lawlessness: the Gozo Minister enjoys no power over the WBRU and is not answerable in the House for its actions. The environment...

The WBRU is in a situation of lawlessness: the Gozo...

How about making today a ‘Day of Silence’ instead?

Raphael Vassallo

Or do we need that ‘silence’ a whole lot more, on a day...

Or do we need that ‘silence’ a whole lot more,...

Saviour Balzan

“No matter how humble Abela claims he will be... we need a new fighting force to keep a powerful government in check

“No matter how humble Abela claims he will be... we...

A bland campaign which only served to piss people off

Josanne Cassar

The two big parties were competing to see who can be the biggest spender as if...

The two big parties were competing to see who can be the...

Michael Falzon

Time will tell whether Abela’s other victory that led to his succeeding Muscat as the Labour Party leader was, in fact, just a poisoned chalice; or...

Time will tell whether Abela’s other victory that led...

Saviour Balzan

If Robert Abela wants to be proud of his legacy and mature in his role as prime minister, one important mission is a major overhaul of our...

If Robert Abela wants to be proud of his legacy...

African migrants in Malta: an uncertain daily life in a hostile world | Regine Nguini Psaila

Would only they have known the beating that awaited them once in the reality of their dreams, that they would never have wished to live them. Or maybe they...

Would only they have known the beating that awaited them...

The campaigns, the parties and the choices

Saviour Balzan

If Abela wins with a substantial majority he should really be...

If Abela wins with a substantial majority he...

If you really want to ‘change the status quo’… why vote to maintain it?

Raphael Vassallo

We all know what the actual issue underpinning General Elections 2022 really is. We all know that it ultimately boils down to nothing more...

We all know what the actual issue underpinning General...

Quattro amici al bar... thinking about that Saturday vote

Saviour Balzan

“I want a party that will respect my intelligence, protect this country...

“I want a party that will respect my intelligence,...

Peter Agius

Unless those in the lead have the competence and the commitment to bring over new growth, this country is on the path to decline

Unless those in the lead have the competence and the...

A hunting season, for an endangered bird? Sorry, but that’s just too much

Raphael Vassallo

I mean, come on. What does it really tell us, about their respective credentials as a potential ‘party-in-government’… if not exactly the...

I mean, come on. What does it really tell us, about their...

Michael Falzon

The staggering amount of Labour voters who believe Labour has nothing to apologise for, follows the way of thinking of the unrepentant thief – the...

The staggering amount of Labour voters who believe Labour...

The grim legacy of 90s Russia and Putin’s rise

Raisa Galea

Considering that the country is ‘back to the 90s’, albeit without...

Considering that the country is ‘back to the...

A nerd’s guide to voting in the 2022 General Elections

Mark Camilleri Gambin

Voting in the General Elections is a tricky business. Use your ballot sheet to...

Voting in the General Elections is a tricky business. Use...

The distribution of multiple cheques to every household by the Labour government on the eve of the general election is more than abusing the power of incumbency

The distribution of multiple cheques to every household by...

That is what happens when you take voters for granted

Josanne Cassar

While they may be a minority, there are many decent people out there whose main...

While they may be a minority, there are many decent people...

Saviour Balzan

Malta’s weak environmental and planning policies are too problematic to ignore

Malta’s weak environmental and planning policies are...