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Selling Malta short: Why the PN on its own cannot be trusted to deliver real change

Mark Camilleri Gambin

The recent incisive article by Dr. Kevin Cassar focusing on Nationliast MP Alex Borg appears to have struck a nerve within the PN, prompting defensive reactions that struggled to...

It seems like the joke’s on us

Josanne Cassar

The sheer amount of private cars on our roads, with just the driver, at all times of the day, points to a nation which just drives around all day long – just because it can

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...

Evarist Bartolo

Immigration is a complex issue. Simplifying it would be insulting to the challenge we have ahead of us

Immigration is a complex issue. Simplifying it would be...

Michael Falzon

From a historical perspective, Trump’s attempt is certainly no joke, but today territories are no longer objects to be sold and bought by their...

From a historical perspective, Trump’s attempt is...

‘Whoever doesn’t want God in their life, needs to...’

Raphael Vassallo

No wonder Catholicism has always been so popular here. Must be fantastic to be...

No wonder Catholicism has always been so popular here. Must...

The retirement dilemma: Do we have to work or want to work?

Josanne Cassar

Those who gladly retire and even throw a party to celebrate this new time in...

Those who gladly retire and even throw a party to celebrate...

The ‘yield curve’: an accurate predictor of recession flashing warning signs

The Conversation

Julius Probst • Stay tuned for further central bank action – we need it to prevent another recession

Julius Probst • Stay tuned for further central...

Freddie Portelli: A tonic for Malta’s soul

Josanne Cassar

There was a sentiment of bittersweet nostalgia, bringing back floods of...

There was a sentiment of bittersweet nostalgia, bringing...

Smoking and cigarettes? We have something worse in our pockets today

Evarist Bartolo

I really think our addiction to our phones could lead to worse consequences...

I really think our addiction to our phones could lead to...

Saviour Balzan

The targeting of Greater Flamingos by hunters is the result of years of appeasement by the political class

The targeting of Greater Flamingos by hunters is the result...

Egg-pelting stag party should catalyse national conversation on feminism | Dawn Adrienne-Saliba

Feminists ask both men and women to understand the cumulative harm that such interactions can cause. And we ask everyone to actively speak out any time they...

Feminists ask both men and women to understand the...

Egg-pelting tells us more about men than women

Raphael Vassallo

Being an adult doesn’t give you carte blanche to do whatever you like,...

Being an adult doesn’t give you carte blanche to do...

An examination of our conscience is badly needed

Josanne Cassar

One of our most serious problems is not so much a lack of formal education but...

One of our most serious problems is not so much a lack of...

Maltese music should be getting more airplay

Saviour Balzan

Apart from those rare occasions when Eurovision takes over our lives,...

Apart from those rare occasions when Eurovision takes over...