Workers Day and Malta’s conservative forces
Friday, 9 May 2025, 10:17
Last update: about 3 months ago
Owen Bonnici
Last week, the Labour Party organized a mass meeting in Merchants Street Valletta to celebrate Workers Day. It was an extraordinary success. The Labour Party has been celebrating Workers Day since its...
The news from Australia
Thursday, 8 May 2025, 08:00
Last update: about 3 months ago
Alfred Sant
The huge election win registered by Tony Albanese and the Australian Labour Party was very good news for those who, like I do, believe that Labour parties have become too "moderate", too aligned along...
Green spaces
Monday, 5 May 2025, 08:00
Last update: about 3 months ago
Alfred Sant
It just doesn't make sense for the government on the one hand, to spend lots of money to create green spaces for the recreation of people away (or at some distance) from the pollution of traffic, and...
Maltese citizenship: between price and value
Sunday, 4 May 2025, 08:48
Last update: about 3 months ago
Carmel Cacopardo
The decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on the "citizenship by investment" case instituted by the EU Commission against Malta (ref: C-181/23), earlier this week, was bound to be...
The Time of the Hero
Sunday, 4 May 2025, 08:09
Last update: about 3 months ago
Kevin Cassar
The literary world is in mourning. Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa passed away on 13 April at the age of 89. It should be the whole world mourning. Because Vargas Llosa wasn't just a great...
St George’s Pjazza - Seconds lost, lives risked
Sunday, 4 May 2025, 08:03
Last update: about 3 months ago
Emmanuel J. Galea
Another emergency unfolded last week in St George's Pjazza in Victoria, and once again, the pjazza failed the person who needed help the most. A man collapsed inside the Basilica, and a maze of...
Zuppi – an idea for the conclave
Sunday, 4 May 2025, 07:05
Last update: about 3 months ago
Noel Grima
I am writing this just after seeing Pope Francis's funeral, one of the most watched events so far this year. We will surely remember the scenes we saw. What we will have made of it is another...
All that hype about parliamentary walk-outs
Sunday, 4 May 2025, 07:02
Last update: about 3 months ago
Mark Said
It's not the first time that our parliament has resembled a battleground, with MPs from both the ruling party and the opposition engaged in fierce clashes. It is not the first time that the climax of...
When aping the past is not necessarily good
Sunday, 4 May 2025, 07:00
Last update: about 3 months ago
Victor Calleja
When the Brits ruled over, managed, and looted, quite a chunk of the world, they did know how to do a thing or two. In fact, they excelled at copying, aping and placing their silly monarchs, or...
The PN versus the people
Friday, 2 May 2025, 12:41
Last update: about 3 months ago
Owen Bonnici
The verdict was out. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) declared the current citizenship by investment program, which is very successful, in violation of EU law. Various...