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Two years: our assessment
Two years ago the electorate proved again that no one is forever, and that democracy always, somehow, prevails.
Two years ago the electorate proved again that no one is...

This is not war
The launch of the slick hunters’ campaign led to a swift and angry rebuke by the No campaign calling on real hunters to take charge and debate the issues...
The launch of the slick hunters’ campaign led to a...

Government is not a business
Had the government allowed matters to proceed in court it would have rightfully taken back a property valued at €500 per square metre.
Had the government allowed matters to proceed in court it...

In praise of the principle
Side-lining the obvious media sensation of the fact that the accounts in question were located in Switzerland, we can only say that it is a singular act...
Side-lining the obvious media sensation of the fact that...

Taxation and morality
There is no doubt that the political class has to be transparent and assure their constituencies that they adhered with Malta’s tax laws.
There is no doubt that the political class has to be...

Missing the wood for the trees
Every ‘scandal’ is grist to the electoral mill for politicians, and Gonzi knows this perhaps more than any other politician.
Every ‘scandal’ is grist to the electoral mill...

Shooting the messenger is not an option
In January 2013, MaltaToday published a cache of emails which revealed how former MOBC chief Frank Sammut had received a bribe from oil giant Trafigura in 2003...
In January 2013, MaltaToday published a cache of emails...

It’s about more than two seats
The way the discussion has since developed indicates that we are very far from solving the underlying systemic problems that make our cumbersome electoral...
The way the discussion has since developed indicates that...

Partners in crime
Under the scheme on offer, people are invited to pay hefty fines running into the hundreds of thousands of euros in order to ‘regularise’ the...
Under the scheme on offer, people are invited to pay hefty...

Isolated in more than one sense
The results of the Greek elections have been interpreted as a major disruption of the economic direction in which the eurozone – of which Malta forms...
The results of the Greek elections have been interpreted as...

Transparency is a commitment, not a choice
Briefly put, the electorate doesn’t need the Labour government to remind...
Briefly put, the electorate doesn’t need the Labour...

A warning shot across the bows
The rise of Syriza in Greece also reflects the failure of the aforementioned policy to reverse the slowdown which has strangled the Greek economy
The rise of Syriza in Greece also reflects the failure of...

Stopping the rot
At this point, we must either resign ourselves to powerlessness in the face of an unsavoury culture that infects various strata of society… or we must...
At this point, we must either resign ourselves to...

'Begging your pardon'
As many had long suspected, the fuel procurement scandal revealed the existence of a deep-rooted culture of ‘give and take’ that pervaded parts of...
As many had long suspected, the fuel procurement scandal...

In need of a game changer
The change in leadership of June 2013 has clearly not worked to reverse the political tide for the party in opposition. Unless this changes, the prospects of a...
The change in leadership of June 2013 has clearly not...

The real price of freedom
What set the French satirical publication Charlie Hebdo apart from other media was the bravery and tenacity with which it pursued its editorial mission even in...
What set the French satirical publication Charlie Hebdo...

Lost in translation
Malta's fifth referendum, to be held on 11 April, will mark the first instance of a referendum held to abrogate, or annul, a law
Malta's fifth referendum, to be held on 11 April,...

Violence towards women is not a game
In a bizarre twist, the questionable initiative of a local football club very quickly turned into a political controversy in its own right, as various...
In a bizarre twist, the questionable initiative of a local...