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False news

Monday, 23 October 2023, 08:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Alfred Sant

The greater the outreach of social media, the greater the spread of false or manipulated news. Since antiquity, the practice has been for false news to be propagated  about ongoing events in...

The politics of clientelism

Sunday, 22 October 2023, 09:15 Last update: about 4 years ago Kevin Aquilina

If there is one thing that both political parties represented in the House of Representatives totally agree upon, and endorse unreservedly, is the politics of clientelism. Like COVID 19, this is a...

Robert Abela the genius

Sunday, 22 October 2023, 09:08 Last update: about 4 years ago Kevin Cassar

Robert Abela is a genius. He’s come-up with a cunning plan. He’s placated public anger over the massive overpopulation, by announcing he’ll take steps to limit importation of...

An eye for an eye … a tooth for a tooth

Sunday, 22 October 2023, 09:02 Last update: about 4 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The politics of retribution has been around for quite some time. It is what comes to mind when watching or reading the news from the Middle East over the past days. Retribution, or revenge, is a...

The troubling link between finances and mental health

Sunday, 22 October 2023, 08:19 Last update: about 4 years ago David Spiteri Gingell

Mental health and financial capability are intricately intertwined, each affecting the other in a complex relationship. While financial difficulties can be a source of stress and anxiety, poor mental...

Polish lessons for Malta

Sunday, 22 October 2023, 07:27 Last update: about 4 years ago Noel Grima

At the election held last Sunday in Poland the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) lost to Opposition leader Donald Tusk and his Civic Platform party alongside two smaller partners who won a combined 248...

Referendum in Australia

Thursday, 19 October 2023, 08:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Alfred Sant

What a pity it is that the referendum in Australia about aboriginal rights has given a negative result. It should have signalled that Australia had at last come to grips with the huge injustices...

The Gozo tunnel

Monday, 16 October 2023, 08:00 Last update: about 4 years ago Alfred Sant

Will it be built or not? The latest authoritative statement about the Gozo tunnel (in the document on a regional strategy for Gozo) stated that the project is being reconsidered. All understood...

Magisterial inquiries

Sunday, 15 October 2023, 09:32 Last update: about 4 years ago Kevin Aquilina

Magisterial inquiries are by their nature inquisitorial. In this respect Malta follows continental European Law, mainly French and Italian Law. After all, the source of the Criminal Code is the...

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