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Maserati Muscat and President Metsola

Saviour Balzan

As things stand, we will be still seeing much more of Maserati Muscat and President Metsola, but my feeling is that they will be orbiting around Mother Earth like small moons with...

Racial equality in housing

Renee Laiviera

Eliminating racial discrimination in housing requires sustained effort and collaboration from individuals, communities, policymakers, media, and society as a whole. Housing is a...

Josanne Cassar

Are high-rise towers plonked in the middle of an already crowded urban landscape which already cannot cope with the burden of basic infrastructure that has...

Are high-rise towers plonked in the middle of an already...

Saviour Balzan

This would mean revisiting the shameful policies which are allowing owners of land or derelict dwellings to construct new lavish homes in the countryside

This would mean revisiting the shameful policies which are...

Political silence on Townsquare has played into the hands of developers and Labour

Michael Briguglio

In the case of Townsquare what struck me most was the PN strategy, which played into the hands of the Gasan developers and the Labour government

In the case of Townsquare what struck me most was the PN...

Our deadly roads claim too many victims. The grim stats must stop

Josanne Cassar

I think we have more than enough commemorative plaques in the memory of...

I think we have more than enough commemorative plaques in...

Raphael Vassallo

The PN must be the only political party in the world to reach its peak of hysterical belligerence, just at the time of year when most normal people...

The PN must be the only political party in the world to...

Frank Psaila

The war on Iraq was a misconceived strategy that is in part to blame for the spread of Islamic militancy

The war on Iraq was a misconceived strategy that is in part...

Evarist Bartolo

There are real grievances which demagogues have been able to cunningly exploit

There are real grievances which demagogues have been able...

Michael Falzon

Muscat must be plotting his strategy for the next 18 months – a strategy that will probably show him aiming at fulfilling those electoral promises that...

Muscat must be plotting his strategy for the next 18 months...

The ‘choice of evils’ argument doesn’t work

Raphael Vassallo

Inherent in Obama’s speech is exactly the sort of political tribalism we...

Inherent in Obama’s speech is exactly the sort of...

Saviour Balzan

So this week, we had a little bang at the Malta Freeport Corporation...

So this week, we had a little bang at the Malta Freeport...

Josanne Cassar

Despite the fact that there are times when I feel very disillusioned with politics and politicians in general, a great speaker still has the ability to lift my...

Despite the fact that there are times when I feel very...

Carmel Vassallo

We should look towards societies with populations whose cultural and other characteristics are more akin to ours to make up for our demographic deficit

We should look towards societies with populations whose...