Angry notes
Saviour Balzan
To believe the Israeli government has the right to kill hundreds in retaliation for every murdered Israeli, reminds me of the way the Nazi SS would round up European Jews and...
The never-ending story | Carmelo Abela
A conflict next door is very worrying and that is why I hold this firm belief that the EU should play a major role
Why Paceville is Malta’s Standing Rock
Raphael Vassallo

By what stretch of mental gymnastics are we to conclude that expropriation for the sake of purely private speculative development serves anybody’s...

By what stretch of mental gymnastics are we to conclude...

It is a mad world
Saviour Balzan

In-Nazzjon missed out on a serious administrative enquiry that is currently being conducted in Luxembourg at the offices of the European Parliament’s...

In-Nazzjon missed out on a serious administrative enquiry...

Our lives played out for all to see: the future is now
Josanne Cassar

If the day comes where our past is stored digitally and can be reviewed and...

If the day comes where our past is stored digitally and can...

Bury them in paperwork, they’ll never notice
Josanne Cassar

While businesses flourish, employers sharply shoot down any suggestion that...

While businesses flourish, employers sharply shoot down any...

The Paceville master plan is a violent form of gentrification
Matthew Vella

There is nothing organic about proposing a €150 million expropriation plan...

There is nothing organic about proposing a €150...

With ‘star candidates’ like that...
Raphael Vassallo

The only thing that can really make a difference in Maltese politics is an evolutionary quantum leap among the younger generations of politicians -...

The only thing that can really make a difference in Maltese...

A knowledge industry with high standards
Evarist Bartolo

Education Malta, a not-for-profit initiative, will promote the internationalisation of education in Malta, encouraging foreign educational entities to...

Education Malta, a not-for-profit initiative, will promote...

Malta's publishing industry and the copyright exception
Mark Camilleri

The government should engage publishers further and guarantee that their...

The government should engage publishers further and...

Prejudice and objectivity: when the blogs rule the game
Michael Falzon

Malta is a country where ‘objectivity’ is the end result of...

Malta is a country where ‘objectivity’ is the...

It really is a jungle out there...
Raphael Vassallo

In both Delimara and Siggiewi, the entire issue revolved around the lack of valid planning permits

In both Delimara and Siggiewi, the entire issue revolved...

The missing link in sex education
Josanne Cassar

As with most issues, schools and educators can only do so much without the backing and co-operation of parents

As with most issues, schools and educators can only do so...

The other side
Saviour Balzan

Malta is not the Somme, it is just another country with problems, but not with gargantuan complications… that alone should make everyone stop to...

Malta is not the Somme, it is just another country with...

The non-discussion about energy
Ralph Cassar

What we need is as many different sources of energy as possible; What we really need is to move at a faster rate toward more energy independence, through...

What we need is as many different sources of energy as...

Sometimes, a court ban on person’s name has the opposite effect
Josanne Cassar

If we are serious about protecting women from sexual harassment, there should...

If we are serious about protecting women from sexual...

Conspiracy theory incorporated
Raphael Vassallo

Part of the anatomy of the classic conspiracy theory involves an erosion of trust in official authorities, which usually happens even when the official...

Part of the anatomy of the classic conspiracy theory...

Is the ElectroGas plant needed?
Mark Anthony Sammut

Although gas is cleaner than HFO, it is definitely not cleaner than the interconnector, which provides electricity being generated somewhere else

Although gas is cleaner than HFO, it is definitely not...

Thriving, not just surviving
Frank Psaila

Edward Scicluna’s budget addresses the needs of families and individuals in need in the short-term, but not in the long-term

Edward Scicluna’s budget addresses the needs of...

€47 million on new schools
Evarist Bartolo

Over these past three and a half years we have invested almost €47 million, and the Foundation for Tomorrow’s Schools has delivered major projects

Over these past three and a half years we have invested...