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The richness of the Maltese language

Mark Said

While Maltese literature is doing very well and publications are relatively strong, the everyday use of the language in the digital world is minimal, and there is little hope this...

Parliament should listen: A case for ad hoc committees on abortion and surrogacy | Michael Farrugia

I believe more work needs to be done with respect to IVF. Two areas for evaluation are surrogacy for health reasons where implantation in the mother is impossible, and legislation...

The alarming rise of sexual abuse in Maltese society

Josanne Cassar

As sexual abuse cases rise, the answer is certainly not to always blame girls...

As sexual abuse cases rise, the answer is certainly not to...

Saviour Balzan

The industry is permanently involved in an orgy, eating at old homes, pulling down relatively new homes and constructing new apartments, turning the townscape...

The industry is permanently involved in an orgy, eating at...

Let's bring unnecessary loss of lives to an end

Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca

On the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, President...

On the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims,...

Josanne Cassar

'I struggle to understand why being liberal presents such a problem. But it seems that if you simply live your own life without trying to impose your...

'I struggle to understand why being liberal presents...

Angele Deguara

The arguments being used to vouch against raising the minimum wage are reminiscent of others that tend to be presented every time that any progressive...

The arguments being used to vouch against raising the...

Raphael Vassallo

There they both are - Joseph Muscat and Simon Busuttil - trying to exploit...

There they both are - Joseph Muscat and Simon Busuttil...

The curious case of the footballer in Gozo

Anthony Buttigieg

It is time Malta and its government took a reality check. The increasing...

It is time Malta and its government took a reality check....

Evarist Bartolo

We believe in education and we will continue to devise as many ways as possible to help our students achieve to the best of their ability

We believe in education and we will continue to devise as...

A coalition of cranes, planes and fossil fuels

Ralph Cassar

The PN took credit for the removal of stamp duty on properties in Gozo –...

The PN took credit for the removal of stamp duty on...

Michael Falzon

In their efforts to eat into the other party’s natural electorate, both parties are ending up abandoning the sectors that harbour their own traditional...

In their efforts to eat into the other party’s...

Saviour Balzan

I must point out that all my defamation cases, like everybody else’s, are heard by the same magistrate - and this state of affairs is completely...

I must point out that all my defamation cases, like...

Deciphering Malta’s interest in the US elections

Josanne Cassar

It is clear from those first photos with Obama, that Donald Trump is...

It is clear from those first photos with Obama, that Donald...

Trump victory comes with a silver lining for the world's progressives

Yanis Varoufakis

We are at a crossroads when change is inevitable, not just possible. To ensure...

We are at a crossroads when change is inevitable, not just...

How Donald Trump used the media and the 'industry of outrage' to win the US Presidency

The Conversation

In the face of the Trump onslaught and the unrestrained outpourings of the outrage industry, this has seemed insipid and inadequate. But does an ethical media...

In the face of the Trump onslaught and the unrestrained...

A vote for Trump was a despicable choice

James Debono

Call me part of the liberal elite, but a vote for a playground bully like Trump was a despicable choice that must be understood, but never condoned

Call me part of the liberal elite, but a vote for a...

Evarist Bartolo

‘In the past, the appointment of a University rector was like a palace coup d’etat.’

‘In the past, the appointment of a University rector...

Frank Psaila

Car bombs endanger Malta’s reputation as a safe and secure country

Car bombs endanger Malta’s reputation as a safe and...

Josanne Cassar

In hindsight, the more the media pushed Clinton and the more it ridiculed The Donald, the more entrenched Trump supporters became.

In hindsight, the more the media pushed Clinton and the...