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Whatever the outcome of this election: Europe will swing to the right

Raphael Vassallo

Europe will either swing, wholesale, all the way to the Extreme Right; or, at best, it will swing to a point on the political compass that is not quite as ‘extreme’;...

With malice, aforethought

Michael Falzon

I do not pretend to be superior to others and I understand why and how emotions run high, making it impossible for some to distinguish right from wrong

Michael Falzon

People owning a dog must have it tagged but people acting as demolition and excavation contractors do not need to have a licence. This glaring anomaly has...

People owning a dog must have it tagged but people acting...

Raphael Vassallo

Does it really have to be that way? Is it so very difficult, to devise a national construction and development policy that really does place the rights of...

Does it really have to be that way? Is it so very...

Saviour Balzan

There is an orgy of development today that is unacceptable and simply geared to make more people richer to the extent that their riches are simply unjustifiable

There is an orgy of development today that is unacceptable...

The world’s oldest profession. The world’s oldest argument

Josanne Cassar

Attempts to try and make sex workers seem like some kind of empowered, feminist...

Attempts to try and make sex workers seem like some kind of...

Why the Coronavirus matters... and why Pete Buttigieg is out – for now

Matthew Bugeja

Pete Buttigieg is out of the Democratic Primaries. Was it surprising? Yes and no

Pete Buttigieg is out of the Democratic Primaries. Was it...

Should former empires return removed relics (and do we get the sword back)?

Charles Xuereb

It is bad enough to find one’s iconic national treasures in global museums, but it is worse to have to pay huge sums of money to private concerns to...

It is bad enough to find one’s iconic national...

How can you control those who are out of control?

Josanne Cassar

That’s what happens when you give carte blanche to a mighty...

That’s what happens when you give carte...

And the construction machine keeps bulldozing on…

Raphael Vassallo

OK, so perhaps it was a little naïve of me to expect developers to...

OK, so perhaps it was a little naïve of me to expect...

Queues and empty shelves reveal our fear of an uncertain future

Raisa Galea

Deep down, everyone who was filling up trolleys with basic goods harboured no...

Deep down, everyone who was filling up trolleys with basic...

Homes cannot be our coffins. The tyranny of complacency ends today

Andrew Azzopardi

We must take on the dictatorship of the haves and demand that our little island...

We must take on the dictatorship of the haves and demand...

Michael Falzon

The management contract is certainly in trouble. Not so the people behind Vitals and their chief executive

The management contract is certainly in trouble. Not so the...

How prepared are we for an epidemic, really?

Josanne Cassar

When people are kept in the dark and everything is not explained clearly, it...

When people are kept in the dark and everything is not...

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Saviour Balzan

I don’t think that Delia really cares, he is not only delusional but he couldn’t give a hoot if his party disintegrates into nothingness and this...

I don’t think that Delia really cares, he is not only...

[WATCH] Why Abela has to stop the hospitals privatisation concession

Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan’s videoblog: Why Tumuluri’s €5 million bonus is...

Saviour Balzan’s videoblog: Why Tumuluri’s...

Would you rather panic or rely on facts?

Josanne Cassar

Fomenting nationwide panic will not solve anything and never has. The rising levels of alarm and fear can only lead to making a possibly risky situation worse

Fomenting nationwide panic will not solve anything and...

If Malta broke international law… so did the European Commission

Raphael Vassallo

It therefore follows that, should a European policy be deemed...

It therefore follows that, should a European policy be...

Why do Christians wear ashes on Ash Wednesday?

The Conversation

Michael Laver • Christians bearing the sign of the cross on their forehead...

Michael Laver • Christians bearing the sign of the...

‘Like’ and ‘Share’ are the new guns and tanks

Evarist Bartolo

We need to step up our efforts, at least in the European Union where our voice...

We need to step up our efforts, at least in the European...