Deciphering a tragicomedy

Saviour Balzan

It was a mistake for Robert Abela to meet him. And it is a mistake for the Prime Minister to believe that a meeting can solve everything. It was bigger mistake that Wenzu Mintoff...

Malta’s growth enters a new phase

JP Fabri

Malta is not entering its long-term strategic planning phase from a position of economic stress. It is not grappling with recession or stagnation. It is approaching the next...

Malta Vision 2050: A strategic framework for generational prosperity | Silvio Schembri

Malta has outgrown the phase where success is measured by GDP alone. Economic growth is meaningless if it doesn’t translate into a better quality of...

Malta has outgrown the phase where success is measured by...

We do agree that if Malta is to take the next step forward to improve everyone’s quality of life, it requires a vision that reaches beyond the five-year...

We do agree that if Malta is to take the next step forward...

Matthew Zerafa

By blending state support with private initiative, it aims to enhance social housing capacity, revitalise urban areas, and unlock the potential of long-unused...

By blending state support with private initiative, it aims...

Malta cannot continue to overlook its growing loneliness crisis

Andrew Azzopardi

The next step must be decisive, systemic and based on evidence. It must be...

The next step must be decisive, systemic and based on...

Abela’s position is vulnerable after judge’s letter

The prime minister has to give a thorough explanation of his behaviour if he...

The prime minister has to give a thorough explanation of...

Josanne Cassar

So, please, Mr Prime Minister stop targeting teenagers for votes with these hare-brained schemes… we are coping with enough crazy as it is

So, please, Mr Prime Minister stop targeting teenagers for...

Saviour Balzan

Nonetheless, as things stand today, the writing on the wall still points to a Labour victory in the next election but not to the extent that some people...

Nonetheless, as things stand today, the writing on the wall...

Malta’s wage problem is structural and education is the only way out

JP Fabri

The uncomfortable truth is that Malta cannot legislate its way to higher wages. It cannot import its way out either. The only sustainable path is to build an...

The uncomfortable truth is that Malta cannot legislate its...

The obvious problems the PN has been talking about do concern people but on their own may not necessarily determine how they will ultimately vote in an election

The obvious problems the PN has been talking about do...

Person who paid for loan to refurbish partner’s residence must be refunded

Malcolm Mifsud

If a person in a relationship proves that they paid for works in their partner’s property, they should be refunded

If a person in a relationship proves that they paid for...

Deterrence, stigma and Maltese society: One pill too far? | Karen Mamo

A renaissance in drug policy reform is possible; we just need to remove the shackles of the present ancien régime and replace deterrence and...

A renaissance in drug policy reform is possible; we just...

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Saviour Balzan

We hope that the plans, the ideas and the glossy brochures will, in the short term, translate into beautiful, sustainable concrete projects that benefit the...

We hope that the plans, the ideas and the glossy brochures...

The constitutional cost of political intransigence | Deborah Schembri

One can only hope that reason prevails over political brinkmanship, and that...

One can only hope that reason prevails over political...

The dating game: It’s a jungle out there

Josanne Cassar

I often read questions by single people asking, 'where do you go to...

I often read questions by single people asking, 'where...

If you want to do politics, you must know how to do it

Saviour Balzan

If ever this happens and a third party does succeed in electing a person to...

If ever this happens and a third party does succeed in...

Density as destiny. Population, growth & urbanism

JP Fabri

IMF staff calculations place Malta’s population density at close to 1,800...

IMF staff calculations place Malta’s population...

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