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Evil is absolute – it cannot be watered down by comparisons

Sunday, 2 February 2025, 07:08 Last update: about 2 years ago Noel Grima

On Monday at Auschwitz in Poland 53 top delegations led by the kings of Britain, Spain, Holland, and Denmark, the presidents of France, Italy and Malta, and both the President and the Chancellor of...

The legitimacy of a government

Sunday, 2 February 2025, 07:05 Last update: about 2 years ago Mark Said

Theoretically, our democratic system is dependent on regular elections and citizens' legitimacy beliefs. A voter's reaction to an electoral outcome is crucial for the functioning, stability, and very...

A government that listens and acts

Friday, 31 January 2025, 09:24 Last update: about 2 years ago Owen Bonnici

The Malta Labour Migration Policy has been well received by employers, stakeholders, and the public at large. It is the result of a government that not only listens to peoples' concerns but...

How to pay?

Thursday, 30 January 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 2 years ago Alfred Sant

The initiative to reform the system by which third country nationals are recruited to work in Malta is being well run. The same cannot always be said about national changes or other "reforms" that get...

A blanket impunity

Thursday, 30 January 2025, 07:10 Last update: about 2 years ago Mark Said

One of the salient recommendations of the Daphne Caruana Galizia inquiry's report was that "abuse of office" be included in the criminal code as a crime. This ensures that public officials are...

Instability

Monday, 27 January 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 2 years ago Alfred Sant

Clearly international relations have entered a zone of huge instability. When the threat of nuclear war between the Superpowers increased during the 1960's and 1970's, a formula was eventually...

Grin and bear it, Robert

Sunday, 26 January 2025, 09:12 Last update: about 2 years ago Kevin Cassar

"What a comeback!", Jason Micallef exclaimed in jubilation.  The convicted felon Donald Trump had won the American presidential election.  Jason Micallef couldn't contain his delirious...

Gozo Channel: A monopoly that delivers

Sunday, 26 January 2025, 08:10 Last update: about 2 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

It's Friday, 17 January, 3:45 am. A fierce gale warning lights up every weather bulletin as rain cascades and the wind roars through Ċirkewwa. After boarding the MV Gaudos, we are pushing across...

Trumpian shockwaves

Sunday, 26 January 2025, 08:08 Last update: about 2 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

We are inevitably impacted by all that which occurs around us. It is therefore only a question of time that we will have to take into consideration the views, utterances and decisions of the new...

The Janus effect

Sunday, 26 January 2025, 07:17 Last update: about 2 years ago Victor Calleja

Some people, even PN bigwigs, believe that the more we speak of corruption, the worse it is. They fear being negative. That mentioning the horrors of the ones in power will scare people, the common...

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