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The West and Neocolonialism
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COVID-19 and Global Health Diplomacy
On March 11th, 2020, the World Health Organisation declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) a pandemic. Up to that point, the outbreak had caused over 118,000 cases in over a hundred States across the globe. The spread of the virus has prompted States and international institutions to re-assess whether current policy in place is adequate to…
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An open letter to the Minister of Education
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A Precursor to Perestroika – Prague Spring
Following the second world war, a number of Central and Eastern European countries fell under the Soviet Sphere of Influence. One by one, and over the span of a few years, communist regimes established themselves in Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Yugoslavia, Hungary and Czechoslovakia, and an iron curtain running from Stettin in the Baltic, to Trieste…
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Transnistria: The Last Soviet Republic
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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