Bird's Eye View

Category: Opinion

  • Transnistria: The Last Soviet Republic

    Transnistria: The Last Soviet Republic

    A nation mentioned together with Malta as a ‘Mafia State’ is Transnistria, a weird little country which does not technically exist.

  • How To Avoid Fake News

    How To Avoid Fake News

    “Our press is driven by eyeballs, and attention, and clicks, and advertising, and passion, and raising the anxiety of viewers”

  • How to save Catalonia

    How to save Catalonia

    With the world in the grip of the Coronavirus, most previous squabbles and issues seem insignificant. One interesting issue Europe saw in recent years was a move for more autonomy, even as European countries moved closer together in the form of the EU. One example is Catalonia and its bid for independence.

  • There’s Nothing To Wake Up To

    There’s Nothing To Wake Up To

    The streets of our capital yearn once more for the marching of those who would choose to stand up to the wicked. Months after the initial protests last December, very little headway has been made in hindsight. The institutions were left to work, and the best they could produce is a nearly unconfirmable testimony, with…

  • Anti-SLAPP laws; what are they & why we need them

    SLAPP suits (Strategic lawsuits/litigation against public participation) are in fashion as the latest tool of choice used to drain the limited resources of activists and journalists and financially intimidate them into silence. There is a fine line between the right to free speech the right to reputation There is a genuine case to be made…

  • The abortion bogeyman rears its head

    The abortion bogeyman rears its head

    What is more prevalent on the Maltese islands than the belief that abortion is morally reprehensive in any shape or form? This writer can think of unhealthy eating and a compulsive love of cars as possible contenders. Scientific surveys consistently show that the vast majority of the Maltese population oppose the legalisation of abortion in…

  • The Death of Hong Kong

    The Death of Hong Kong

    On the 30th of June, an hour before the anniversary of the city’s handover from British rule, the Beijing Government passed 66 articles in ‘HKSAR National Security Law’, described by the Chinese and the Beijing-appointed Hong Kong government as “a gaping hole in national security,” and that the law was “urgently needed.” and that it…

  • Thanks To The Frontliners

    Thanks To The Frontliners

    “Il-ġurnalisti huma raġuni ewlenija għaliex il-Laburisti jibqgħu jiżdiedu f’Malta” Robert Musumeci, lawyer, architect and wiseman of Malta informed us a few months back. “M’għandix bżonn li inti tibgħatli l-mistoqsijiet biex niftaħ magisterial inquiry,” Ian Abdilla, head of the Economic Crimes Unit. “So when was it opened then?” asked Jacob Borg from the Times of Malta. The…

  • An even deadlier virus.

    An even deadlier virus.

    In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, the spotlight has been shun on issues related to racism across the entire world once again , and Malta has been no exception.

  • The Fascist Idea of Equality for All

    The Fascist Idea of Equality for All

    We all know about the realities of digital surveillance, but is big brother now trying to shape our opinions too?