Tag: Malta
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Wieħed — the horse has always known more than the rider
Long before it was cast in bronze and made to carry emperors, the horse was already present in art as force, movement, and instinct. From the caves to the triumphal squares of Europe, it has endured as one of the most charged figures in visual culture. But something happens when the horse enters the monumental…
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C-440/23 (European Lotto): a quiet but consequential shift for Malta’s gaming model
The judgment in C-440/23 sits at the intersection of three fault lines in EU law: the freedom to provide services, Member States’ regulatory autonomy in gambling, and the enforceability of cross-border consumer claims. Its implications for Malta’s gaming ecosystem are not marginal—they are structural. At its core, the case arises from a familiar fact pattern:…
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New Rules on Travelling to Malta – Is a fantasy 14-day rule unjustly ruining travel plans?
Most of yesterday’s post was based on public declarations of what the new measures for the 14th July would be as well as on the preliminary reactions by the Commission. The Legal Notice “Travel Ban (Extension to all Countries) (Amendment Number 4)” was published yesterday. As expected, the L.N. “fixes” the terms that had been…
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Id-Dehen lil min jaħkimha
Għaliex 40,000+ qatt ma huma se jkunu biżżejjed biex jirbħu lura ruħ pajjiżna Kattolċi, Latini u Ħaddemin Il-Malti huwa poplu nisrani. Hekk għadha tistqarr l-ogħla liġi ta’ pajjiżna : “Ir-reliġjon ta’ Malta hija r-Reliġjon Kattolika Apostolika Rumana.” (Artiklu 2, Kostituzzjoni ta’ Malta). L-innijiet taż-żewġ partiti li jissieltu għat-treġija tal-pajjiż it-tnejn jassumu li qed iwettqu r-rieda…
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Ban the Bikinini
A French court has given some reprieve to the burkini craze that struck the last part of the crazy summer news. After several French beach-side resorts had banned the wearing of the burkini at the beach things had gotten even hotter with a few incidents of aggression. We had also seen some officers of…
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Article 42, ISIS and neutrality
There has been quite a flutter in Malta since Francois Hollande decided to invoke article 42(7) of the Lisbon Treaty. Even without the eccentric shenanigans of former PM Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici, questions were being raised as to how and to what extent Malta would be committed thanks to this invocation. I thought of providing a…