Vetoing the veto
Sunday, 13 June 2021, 10:00
Last update: about 6 years ago
Charles Flores
Well, of course, it was a German who lit the fuse. This time in the figure of Foreign Minister Heiko Maas who came out calling for the European Union to get rid of the right for individual member...
The institutionalisation of disrespect
Sunday, 6 June 2021, 10:00
Last update: about 6 years ago
Mark A. Sammut Sassi
The problem is dominance. It's also the dynamic that keeps the human world going. We're all in an insane race to dominate and avoid being dominated or accepting to be dominated. Dominance means...
Enjoy the peace
Sunday, 6 June 2021, 09:30
Last update: about 6 years ago
Noel Grima
At a court hearing yesterday (Thursday) a representative of the State asked me if it could be that Lino Cauchi was killed in some sort of personal vendetta. We have reached that stage. So...
The threat to our future
Sunday, 4 April 2021, 07:00
Last update: about 7 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
Pollution contaminates our lives. We tend to act and react depending on the visibility of the pollutant. Research is ongoing and new publications continuously point towards the impact of pollution in...
Wave after wave
Sunday, 4 April 2021, 06:35
Last update: about 7 years ago
Noel Grima
The numbers, we say, speak for themselves. But they do not solve the Covid pandemic. Ever since the authorities imposed a virtual lockdown, we have seen the number of infections decrease...
The brute power of facts
Wednesday, 1 October 2014, 20:21
Last update: about 13 years ago
Noel Grima
We live in a world that is made of spin, built on spin, and believes in spin. Spin is creating a make-believe world and sooner or later most are inveigled in it, it surrounds us,...
Independences
Wednesday, 1 October 2014, 20:18
Last update: about 13 years ago
Charles Flores
The Scottish independence referendum has predictably caused a major ruffling of the nationalistic nest spread out all over Europe. People, who have never felt comfortable within old unions...
What nonsense!
Wednesday, 1 October 2014, 12:03
Last update: about 13 years ago
Alison Bezzina
Most countries in the world have one national day, or at most, two. A national day is normally one on which people celebrate their country and, in most cases, it is held on the date that the country...
So Karmenu Vella voted ‘Yes’ while campaigning for the ‘No’ vote
Wednesday, 1 October 2014, 11:25
Last update: about 13 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
At least, that is what he would have us believe. And even if that were true, exactly what does it say about the nature and character of the man? That he is not somebody you can trust; that he will tie...
Time to change tack, PN
Wednesday, 1 October 2014, 10:42
Last update: about 13 years ago
Austin Sammut
The linking up of our independent media to editorially promote the abolition of spring hunting and for the now mandatory referendum to be held at the appropriate time is unprecedented. Not as a theme,...