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Courage to vote… for the environment | Mark Scerri

In Malta, a very high proportion of our environmental legislation originates from the EU and hence the EU parliament. For those who prize environmental issues, I will briefly run...

Whatever the outcome of this election: Europe will swing to the right

Raphael Vassallo

Europe will either swing, wholesale, all the way to the Extreme Right; or, at best, it will swing to a point on the political compass that is not quite as ‘extreme’;...

Raphael Vassallo

Sea-slime, we are now told, is no longer “a result of the feed used by...

Sea-slime, we are now told, is no longer “a result of...

Social media? We haven’t yet understood it

Evarist Bartolo

We’ve heralded social media as the new era that shall empower each voice,...

We’ve heralded social media as the new era that shall...

It’s a threat to democracy, but not as we know it...

Raphael Vassallo

What if Labour won the 2003 election after Malta had voted to join the EU in a...

What if Labour won the 2003 election after Malta had voted...

After six years, is the Muscat administration facing ‘second term blues’?

Michael Falzon

Joseph Muscat’s hold on public perception is not eternal and it will slowly but surely be eroded

Joseph Muscat’s hold on public perception is not...

Can MPs fight back against Boris Johnson’s prorogation? Here are the options

The Conversation

Asif Hameed • MPs have options but they are running out of time

Asif Hameed • MPs have options but they are running...

Dear government: each of your actions has consequences

Josanne Cassar

Trying to shirk the inevitability of the consequences or run away from...

Trying to shirk the inevitability of the consequences or...

The benefits of speaking different languages | Phyllisienne Vassallo Gauci

A language is an important communication tool and speaking different languages allows us to be overall better communicators with the ability to understand and...

A language is an important communication tool and speaking...

Malta vs Cyprus: Comparisons are odious, but inevitable

Josanne Cassar

Seaside tourist resorts that are a classic example of how Malta could be... if...

Seaside tourist resorts that are a classic example of how...

Raphael Vassallo

It’s not just our public transport options that have dwindled to almost nothing in the past 100 years. We seem to have also lost all sense of ingenuity...

It’s not just our public transport options that have...

As citizens, we cannot go on expecting others to save the world for us. We must pressure our government and our MEPs and other opinion leaders to use their...

As citizens, we cannot go on expecting others to save the...