Here we go again
Saviour Balzan
When former Nationalist MP Jason Azzopardi – never in the mood to miss out on a chance to be in the spotlight – decided to speak his mind about Yorgen Fenech and his...
Diary of a volunteer: On the front line of war
Christina Lejman
Maltese mother-of-two Christina Lejman works with local humanitarian voluntary organisation MOAS. In June, their HQ team travelled to Ukraine to visit their projects on the front...
It’s not a ban, and it’s not abortion, either
Raphael Vassallo

The pharmaceutical product known as the ‘morning after pill’ is not...

The pharmaceutical product known as the ‘morning...

Confused? Just a little bit
Saviour Balzan

This is a small country with limited resources and scarce vocations and experience. Can NGOs afford to be so dispersed, so fragmented and unfocused?

This is a small country with limited resources and scarce...

The morning after the night before
Josanne Cassar

Many women are already practising some form of birth control from the Pill to the coil to asking the man to use a condom – all methods used to prevent...

Many women are already practising some form of birth...

Celebrating World Refugee Day
G. Kathleen Hill

America’s history and the facts show that immigrants are a net plus for our economy and our society

America’s history and the facts show that immigrants...

You’d better beLEAVE it…
Raphael Vassallo

If Britain pulls out of the EU, humanity as a whole would eventually be driven underground… to make a last, valiant but ultimately futile stand against...

If Britain pulls out of the EU, humanity as a whole would...

Hatred is ultimately linked to ignorance
Josanne Cassar

Those applauding Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric do not see beyond his anti-immigrant rhetoric and fail to connect the dots that his hate speech is...

Those applauding Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric do not...

National Book Prize | Celebrating our authors
Mark Camilleri

Local writers are becoming more prolific and their work is becoming even more...

Local writers are becoming more prolific and their work is...

Protecting us from ourselves
Evarist Bartolo

We have to work hard at behaving ethically in our public duty

We have to work hard at behaving ethically in our public...

It’s Konrad Mizzi in the dock, not Malta
Roberta Metsola

The fact that Konrad Mizzi was the only sitting EU Minister exposed in the...

The fact that Konrad Mizzi was the only sitting EU Minister...

Do we have a right not to be offended?
Michael Falzon

Our Courts had been interpreting our libel laws in a way that ignored the media’s right and obligation to expose what is in the public interest and what...

Our Courts had been interpreting our libel laws in a way...

Without radical reform, the two-thirds vote on ODZ is just posturing
Matthew Vella

I doubt that a two-thirds vote on ODZ projects would add any more scrutiny...

I doubt that a two-thirds vote on ODZ projects would add...

[WATCH] The press cannot be trusted if it does not verify facts
Saviour Balzan

It’s not that the media is under attack; if the press serves a political...

It’s not that the media is under attack; if the press...

Two is company
Saviour Balzan

Politics needs free thinkers, and Marlene Farrugia has given people the chance to dream for a short time that this country will not be represented only by...

Politics needs free thinkers, and Marlene Farrugia has...

Girls must deal with an increasingly sexualised world
Josanne Cassar

We cannot ignore the fact that there is a very real connection between the...

We cannot ignore the fact that there is a very real...

High-rise: the debate must include all of us
Saviour Balzan

Can Malta really stand the impact of intensive high-rise development? And will...

Can Malta really stand the impact of intensive high-rise...

A piecemeal approach towards standards in public life
Aaron Farrugia

Aaron Farrugia | We cannot expect politicians to give up their lucrative...

Aaron Farrugia | We cannot expect politicians to give up...

Feeling the Bern, anyone?
Raphael Vassallo

The rest of the world finally gets to know who will be running the race against Donald Trump

The rest of the world finally gets to know who will be...

This little piggy went racing
Josanne Cassar

Are we are so often let down in our relationships with our fellow human beings that the simplicity and straightforward unconditional love of an animal becomes...

Are we are so often let down in our relationships with our...