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  • The Electoral Toolkit

    A month-long campaign will come to an end today, and tomorrow is recognised as the “Day of Silence”. On this day, no one can organise any political activities, however, during the last General Election, both major parties in Malta held live Facebook broadcasts during Reflection Day. On Saturday 26th March 2022, all those who collected…

  • War In Europe: Retracing the Straw that Broke the Camel’s Back

    War In Europe: Retracing the Straw that Broke the Camel’s Back

    The Russia-Ukraine conflict has been consuming our newsfeed for the past few weeks, and in the chaos of it all, it’s easy to forget what exactly kindled this conflict. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has thrown the two countries into a large-scale, deadly conflict, with a humanitarian catastrophe looming. But, aside from the broader…

  • Election Season: How do Businesses react?

    As the 2022 General Election looms closer it is important to understand the uncertainty that comes along with it, in all facets of life. In Malta, the month leading up to the General Election is very popular, or rather notorious, as this period is often tainted with populous proposals and partisan disputes that may cause…

  • Ukraine-Russia War – Updates and Analysis (18/03 – 24/03)

    Ukraine-Russia War – Updates and Analysis (18/03 – 24/03)

    Chernobyl workers can’t get to work due to shelling – IAEA 23:45 – 24 Mar 2022 The UN’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), says Ukraine has told it that Russian forces are shelling checkpoints in the city of Slavutych. The city of around 25,000 residents is where many workers from the Chernobyl…

  • Women’s Day

    So much went into play to allow for this annual international celebration to be cemented into our calendars. More than a hundred years of protests, campaigns, and movements, fighting gender disparity, raising awareness on the many oppressions faced by women, and bringing forward individuals who became immortalised by their actions, instilled the passion and fight…

  • Ukraine-Russia War – Updates and Analysis (02/03 – 04/03)

    Ukraine-Russia War – Updates and Analysis (02/03 – 04/03)

    This page is no longer being updated. Click here to view the latest batch of updates from the Russo-Ukrainian War. Sky News reporters shot at and hit by Russian death squad 23:53 – 4 Mar 2022 Sky news’ chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay and his team were attacked and wounded outside Kyiv, but have all fled and…

  • Ukraine-Russia War – Updates and Analysis (28/02 – 01/03)

    Ukraine-Russia War – Updates and Analysis (28/02 – 01/03)

    This page is no longer being updated. Click here to view the latest batch of updates from the Russo-Ukrainian War. residential bombings in kyiv, kharkiv 23:00 – 1 Mar 2022 According to Ukraine’s State Special Communications Service, Russia bombs Kyiv neighbourhoods and Vyshneve city outside of the capital. Rusanivka, Kurenivka, Boiarka, and the Zhuliany district…

  • Ukraine-Russia War – Updates and Analysis (24/02 – 25/02)

    Ukraine-Russia War – Updates and Analysis (24/02 – 25/02)

    This page is no longer being updated. Click here to view the latest batch of updates from the Russo-Ukrainian War. Russia blocks UN Security Council resolution condemning its invasion of Ukraine 23:58 – 25 Feb 2022 Russian veto was used to block a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The vote…

  • Putin Won

    Putin Won

    Putin does not need to invade Ukraine to get what he wants. He’s already won. For weeks running into months now, the Russian president has kept NATO countries on edge, all waiting to see what his next move will be, all ready to drop everything and whizz into diplomatic meetings like dogs waiting to be…

  • Beware of Abela bearing gifts

    Beware of Abela bearing gifts

    “Beware of Greeks bearing gifts”. An English phrase referencing the ancient story of the Sack of Troy, when during the Trojan War, the Greeks faked a truce by giving the city of Troy a massive wooden horse, which, after the Trojans got black out drunk celebrating, opened up to reveal Greek soldiers hiding inside, opening…