Upping the battle against crime
Perhaps we should start talking about reforming the police force not just in terms of collective agreements and rank-and-file issues... but also in terms of...
Perhaps we should start talking about reforming the police...
Press laws: the debate starts
We welcome a debate on this media law, though it would be preferable if both government and Opposition conducted it without unnecessary hysterical...
We welcome a debate on this media law, though it would...
Time to reform press laws
There can be no doubt that libel suits are a weapon in the hands of the powerful
There can be no doubt that libel suits are a weapon in the...
The real threat to democracy
The undisguised nepotism that has dogged Joseph Muscat’s first term has severely eroded public trust in vital national institutions
The undisguised nepotism that has dogged Joseph...
Blaming the interconnector is not good enough
It is Labour’s failure to deliver that is now the issue
It is Labour’s failure to deliver that is now the...
Even better than the real thing
If there is one basic rule of journalism, it is that unverified facts should never be published
If there is one basic rule of journalism, it is that...
Disintegrating the integrated | A joint editorial by MaltaToday, Times of Malta, the Malta Independent
A government policy designed to break people into submission or destitution, pushing people to live in a state of limbo, is nothing short of inhuman and...
A government policy designed to break people into...
The proof of the (environmental) pudding
If the Nationalist Party is elected and betrays any of its pledges, it will have given civil society plenty of rope to hang it with it
If the Nationalist Party is elected and betrays any of its...
They are children, not criminals
Malta cannot continue to flout international citizenship laws - a review of the entire process is long overdue
Malta cannot continue to flout international citizenship...
Safeguarding Malta’s energy interests
Only once all the contracts have been published will we be able to tell if Labour’s energy policy really safeguards Malta’s interests in this sector
Only once all the contracts have been published will we be...
Beyond Good and Evil
All we’ve heard so far is nonsense about good versus evil, and the explosive diatribes of Salvu Mallia
All we’ve heard so far is nonsense about good...
Keeping within one’s remit
Sovereignty works both ways - just as the European Commission must desist from wading into political frays, political parties must keep within their...
Sovereignty works both ways - just as the European...
The Salvu Mallia ‘problem’
Experiences with other outspoken members indicate that this is not the basis for a happy marriage of convenience
Experiences with other outspoken members indicate that this...
Our greatest challenge in 2017
The EU presidency therefore represents a unique opportunity to finally exorcise a traditional inferiority complex that has dogged our country since Colonial...
The EU presidency therefore represents a unique opportunity...
A year of broken promises
One does not uphold the principle of democracy merely to ensure that only one set of cronies divides the spoils
One does not uphold the principle of democracy merely to...
Last chance to redeem
On Joseph Muscat’s watch, Malta has earned a reputation for corruption and bad governance throughout Europe, and it remains to be seen whether he has the...
On Joseph Muscat’s watch, Malta has earned a...
A conspiracy theory too far
A sense of perspective would not be amiss. And this applies to the conspiracy theorists, too, who allege that the Afriqiyah hijack was concocted to give the...
A sense of perspective would not be amiss. And this applies...
Unhappy New Year
Wherever one looks, there are indications that the prevailing political and economic models have failed, yet there has been no discernible effort to...
Wherever one looks, there are indications that the...