Trade unions in transition
Sunday, 9 March 2025, 07:40
Last update: about 3 years ago
Mark Said
Currently, we have no fewer than 59 duly registered trade unions and associations. The world of work is undergoing a period of transformation, and trade unions are responding to workers' needs and...
Where is the PN?
Sunday, 9 March 2025, 07:34
Last update: about 3 years ago
Victor Calleja
Look hard enough and you might find out where PN is and where it is headed. Simon Busuttil, one of the former leaders of the PN had emphatically stated that, under Labour, the country would go...
Standing up to the new Nero
Sunday, 9 March 2025, 07:30
Last update: about 3 years ago
Noel Grima
In just one day, Donald Trump: pulled out US support of a free Ukraine, threatened a world-wide trade war and made the longest State of the Union address to both houses of the US Congress, one that...
With weapons in hand, we cannot make peace
Friday, 7 March 2025, 08:23
Last update: about 3 years ago
Owen Bonnici
As I write, EU leaders are preparing for an important Summit in Brussels. On its agenda, the war in Ukraine, the developments following the diplomatic incident between President Trump and President...
Digital controls
Thursday, 6 March 2025, 08:00
Last update: about 3 years ago
Alfred Sant
In the speech US vice President J D Vance gave to the "security" conference held some time ago in Munich, he said that the controls Europeans are seeking to apply to digital discourse over the...
Public prosecutions, double standards and, again, electronic tagging
Thursday, 6 March 2025, 07:59
Last update: about 3 years ago
Mark Said
From a legal, judicial and procedural point of view, I find it really jarring and nonsensical to have the police assisted by lawyers from the attorney general's office when prosecuting in front of the...
Competence
Monday, 3 March 2025, 08:00
Last update: about 3 years ago
Alfred Sant
That we are a small country impacts how foreigners and their governments consider us. It is a natural state of affairs that we frequently try to ignore or deny. I remember the theatrics indulged in by...
How tyranny begins and ends
Sunday, 2 March 2025, 08:28
Last update: about 3 years ago
Kevin Cassar
Tyranny doesn't start with kidnapping political adversaries, exiling critics of the leader or with stuffing ballot boxes to keep him in power. But that's how it ends. Tyranny starts with little...
Changes and constants
Sunday, 2 March 2025, 08:27
Last update: about 3 years ago
Valerie Visanich
"I wish you wouldn't squeeze so," said the Dormouse, who was sitting next to her. "I can hardly breathe." "I can't help it", said Alice very meekly: "'m growing." "You've no right to grow here," said...