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Murky moguls

Sunday, 31 March 2024, 07:54 Last update: about 3 years ago Kevin Cassar

The last decade has been a golden age for crony capitalism in Labour’s Malta.  Murky moguls have become increasingly entangled with Labour and its ministers. The net worth of Labour’s...

Legal and procedural obstacles related to child support payments

Sunday, 31 March 2024, 07:50 Last update: about 3 years ago Mark Said

In March of last year, PL MP Amanda Spiteri Grech recommended the setting up of an authority regulating missed parental maintenance payments. When it comes down to the enforcement of child support and...

Requiem for a dream

Sunday, 31 March 2024, 06:05 Last update: about 3 years ago Noel Grima

By the time this article gets to be published Air Malta will be no more. It was a dream that sustained us through all these years but it has now come to its inevitable end. Looking back, I think...

The attack in Moscow

Thursday, 28 March 2024, 08:00 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

Clearly, like we did with respect to the French people when the Bataclan concert hall was attacked by terrorists in Paris, we express full solidarity with the Russian people following the heinous...

Are state pensions on the brink of extinction?

Thursday, 28 March 2024, 07:29 Last update: about 3 years ago Mark Said

While in the EU, pension systems are a Member State competence, the right to a pension that ensures income-enabling dignity in old age is enshrined in the European Pillar of Social Rights. The current...

The Right

Monday, 25 March 2024, 08:00 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

Forecasts about elections to the European Parliament are signalling that the “extreme” right should be improving its position while the centre-right should be holding its own, so that...

Gozo: Actions before consultations

Sunday, 24 March 2024, 08:57 Last update: about 3 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

Let’s face the prevailing situation. Gozitans and Maltese are fully aware of which roads lead to Gozo. Foreign visitors face an uncommon situation. From whichever locality they set out from, any...

The President of the Republic: a flicker of hope

Sunday, 24 March 2024, 08:46 Last update: about 3 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The term of office of current President of the Republic George Vella will expire in the first days of April. His successor, the new President, will, for the first time require the consent of a...

The criminalisation of government

Sunday, 24 March 2024, 08:44 Last update: about 3 years ago Kevin Cassar

Corrupt governments abuse their power to create more efficient ways to steal from the state. That’s exactly what Labour’s doing.  In a brilliant paper called “Grand corruption...

When protests are necessary

Sunday, 24 March 2024, 08:19 Last update: about 3 years ago Mark Said

Do you remember how protests started in Valletta and other urban centres of Malta on November 20, 2019, mainly calling for resignations after alleged political links to the assassination of journalist...

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