Limited space calls for limited development
The organisers of ‘Kamp Emergenza Ambjent’ were perfectly justified...
The organisers of ‘Kamp Emergenza Ambjent’ were...
Reclaiming control over the environment
The broader aims of the protest was to raise awareness of the environmental plight of the Maltese islands
The broader aims of the protest was to raise awareness of...
Increasing minimum wage would be a start
A study by the Church organisation Caritas laid bare how some families cannot keep up with even the most basic costs of living
A study by the Church organisation Caritas laid bare how...
A crisis of morality
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s contribution to this week’s Global Forum on Corruption in London was bound to raise eyebrows locally and abroad.
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s contribution to this...
Panama goes beyond national politics
Ultimately, the Panama Papers leak is about the politics of wealth, not just about the people and companies caught with their pants down. Global tax avoidance...
Ultimately, the Panama Papers leak is about the politics of...
The big sleep
It will be up to the Commissioner for Inland Revenue and the finance minister to really assure the public that a real investigation on tax avoidance will take...
It will be up to the Commissioner for Inland Revenue and...
Saved by a superconnector?
Nobody expected that Air Malta’s restructuring programme mandated under strict European Commission conditions, would have seen the airline perform a...
Nobody expected that Air Malta’s restructuring...
A half-baked measure
Muscat – regardless of any personal involvement in the actual scandal – is not only powerless to act against transgressing ministers, but is...
Muscat – regardless of any personal involvement in...
A question of priorities
Humanitarian visas may not be a panacea and they will not completely stem irregular immigration to Europe. But they can at least save lives. At this point,...
Humanitarian visas may not be a panacea and they will not...
The choice is clear
Muscat has strengthened his position in terms of personal trust ratings – but this must be counterbalanced by a marked drop in trust of the Labour...
Muscat has strengthened his position in terms of personal...
The real Panama earthquake
Malta might not be another Panama; but we still need to ask ourselves whether we should be an actor in the international orgy of tax evasion, money laundering...
Malta might not be another Panama; but we still need to ask...
Switch off the echo chamber
This is a moment of leadership Joseph Muscat needs to embrace as his own, a personal act of fortitude where he recognises that the national interest, not...
This is a moment of leadership Joseph Muscat needs to...
A political leadership vacuum
Muscat defends his inaction by describing it as ‘caution’ and ‘prudence’; but the political world is different from the formalistic...
Muscat defends his inaction by describing it as...
Risking everything on Panama
Muscat rode into government on the strength of some high expectations. From this perspective, it is inconceivable that the Prime Minister continues to drag his...
Muscat rode into government on the strength of some high...
No man is bigger than government
While Malta’s own Panamagate scandal can now be seen as part of a far wider international controversy, the very different reactions locally and abroad...
While Malta’s own Panamagate scandal can now be seen...
Stability is not an end in itself
Stability and freedom are not interchangeable. The world’s most repressive dictatorships are ‘stable’, precisely because they curtail the...
Stability and freedom are not interchangeable. The...
Snapshot of a changing nation
Malta’s political parties often seem content with a status quo that no longer suffices to placate an increasingly demanding and independent-minded public
Malta’s political parties often seem content with a...
No ordinary war
There is a paradox, no doubt well known to terrorists, whereby the only way to respond to attacks on Western liberal democracy is to limit and curtail...
There is a paradox, no doubt well known to terrorists,...
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