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Two leaders, two problems

Saviour Balzan

There is little doubt, that Malta is in dire need of an opposition party and the Labour Party must have an opposition to keep it on its toes. It is difficult to come to terms...

Increase in emergency calls by drug users: More abuse or less fear? | Karen Mamo

Increased presentations to the emergency services, primarily linked with cocaine and cannabis, are a shared reality across the EU

Saviour Balzan

I am against sharing breathing room with those who were comfortably numb when Malta was no different than it is today, with the same structures that made their...

I am against sharing breathing room with those who were...

Simple: more roads, more traffic, more pollution

Ralph Cassar

We need to reclaim our roads and squeeze a substantial number of cars off the...

We need to reclaim our roads and squeeze a substantial...

Matthew Bugeja

With a disinterested US administration, China’s power and influence will grow faster than anticipated

With a disinterested US administration, China’s power...

The poverty trap: Sometimes it is a matter of luck

Josanne Cassar

As isolation and loneliness become more important than compassion and empathy,...

As isolation and loneliness become more important than...

We’re no millennials, but we’re changing the rules of the game

Tia Reljic

Most still think the millennial are the new generation, but distinctive world...

Most still think the millennial are the new generation, but...

Raphael Vassallo

When is a tax haven not a tax haven? The answer should be obvious: when the country concerned is rich and powerful enough to change the...

When is a tax haven not a tax haven? The answer should be...

Evarist Bartolo

Student engagement promotes self-achievement and gives a different perspective to our children's scholastic years. Despite significant progress, we need to...

Student engagement promotes self-achievement and gives a...

What Paradise Papers tell us about business and elites

The Conversation

Ronen Palan • Practically, the entire wealth investment...

Ronen Palan • Practically, the entire wealth...

Michael Falzon

The international press has been putting Malta in a bad light ever since the Bidnija murder and the suspicion of some behind-the-scenes orchestration cannot be...

The international press has been putting Malta in a bad...

If you’re going to ‘rebel’... do it properly

Raphael Vassallo

I expected Delia's ill-conceived motion to be duly outvoted in parliament,...

I expected Delia's ill-conceived motion to be duly...

From Briguglio to Engerer, the battlescars of political enmity are on parade

Matthew Vella

The wounds on the Maltese political battlefield reveal a diseased society that basks in toxic rivalry

The wounds on the Maltese political battlefield reveal a...

Saviour Balzan

'Can Muscat be left with a strong opposition? Absolutely not. I hope a dream out there is getting ready to assume the mantle that will offer a reply to the...

'Can Muscat be left with a strong opposition?...

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Forget about giving thanks, let’s go straight to the sales

Josanne Cassar

‘I don’t think anyone wants to go back to the old days of austerity...

‘I don’t think anyone wants to go back to the...

Did we lose the war on drugs, or have we just surrendered?

Dr Joseph Borg Ph.D • Calling the smoking cannabis...

Dr Joseph Borg Ph.D • Calling the smoking...

Josanne Cassar

Malta’s problem with hostility did not just appear magically now, but building up ever since it became ‘ballsy’ to trash people online. No...

Malta’s problem with hostility did not just appear...

Since when does the EU care about ‘rule of law’?

Raphael Vassallo

In a word, it's all about money: the only thing the EU has ever...

In a word, it's all about money: the only thing the EU...

Evarist Bartolo

Proposals on media reform were launched earlier this year. Though well received by the public then, overall, the feedback was that some polishing needed to be...

Proposals on media reform were launched earlier this year....

A fake bishop, impostors and State dinners

Frank Psaila

Fake poiticians are commonplace, all over the world. But fake bishops, has it...

Fake poiticians are commonplace, all over the world. But...