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Euthanasia: Another taboo broken

Mark Said

If autonomy is the issue, why do we not respect every disabled or suicidal person’s wish for death? Regardless of their health condition or life expectancy, there are always...

Standing against elder abuse

Renee Laiviera

We can significantly impact older persons' lives by raising awareness, supporting victims, and fostering a culture of respect and dignity to enable an end to elder abuse and...

Could ‘Rethink Libya’ be a Maltese initiative?

Giuma Atigha

GIUMA ATIGHA • Bringing Libya at speed with the modern regulations that...

GIUMA ATIGHA • Bringing Libya at speed with the modern...

Evarist Bartolo

It is very important to safeguard the quality of further and higher education within the economic, social and cultural context.

It is very important to safeguard the quality of further...

Of champagne socialists, and their accolades

Ryan Callus

The Malta Labour Party is no longer a socialist party. Its members have become...

The Malta Labour Party is no longer a socialist party. Its...

Mark Camilleri

The publication of great pieces of Maltese literature and academia is an ongoing process with its own rich history and one can surely feel proud when making...

The publication of great pieces of Maltese literature and...

Wettinger has been vindicated, but why do historians still disagree?

Yosanne Vella

Godfrey Wettinger sealed the debate on the continuity of Christianity in...

Godfrey Wettinger sealed the debate on the continuity of...

Saviour Balzan

If our police officers are not respected and truthful in their work, one should not be too surprised if this little republic of ours loses all the respect it...

If our police officers are not respected and truthful in...

Josanne Cassar

We growl and snarl and occasionally even spit, when one administration after another seems determined to drive us insane with fancy new public transport...

We growl and snarl and occasionally even spit, when one...

The turnaround in justice is here – we’re getting there

Owen Bonnici

Owen Bonnici: We achieved a turnaround using the excellent relationship of...

Owen Bonnici: We achieved a turnaround using the excellent...

Kevin-James Fenech

It literally is impossible, when in a senior management position, to do everything yourself. You either delegate the task or you effectively relegate it.

It literally is impossible, when in a senior management...

Chris Said

Privileged Labour Party supporters in Gozo are getting more than their fair share of the pie – the rest are ignored or worse, discriminated against.

Privileged Labour Party supporters in Gozo are getting more...

Raphael Vassallo

When I read somewhere that ‘Kanye West’ was going to headline Glastonbury this year, it was perhaps inevitable that I would misread it as a...

When I read somewhere that ‘Kanye West’ was...

Jurgen Balzan

The EU’s stubborn refusal to give Greece some breathing space by agreeing to some kind of debt relief confirms that the EU is held hostage by global...

The EU’s stubborn refusal to give Greece some...

IVF – the revolution has only just begun

Nikita Zammit Alamango

Rights, responsibilities, obligations and ethics are all fundamental to...

Rights, responsibilities, obligations and ethics are all...

Josanne Cassar

Can we try and learn to stick to the argument at hand rather than going off in so many tangents that it’s like an explosion of different opinions and...

Can we try and learn to stick to the argument at hand...

Refugees: are you asking what you can do to help?

Carla Camilleri

Although refugee arrivals to Malta have not been as dramatic as in other parts...

Although refugee arrivals to Malta have not been as...

Public opinion on the refugee crisis is changing fast – and for the better

The Conversation

For years, the bulk of the media, most politicians, and a majority of the public have ignored these stories. But whatever it’s taken to get here, this is...

For years, the bulk of the media, most politicians, and a...

Powerful image of dead Syrian toddler is timely reminder of our inhumanity

Jurgen Balzan

Aylan Kurdi, the young boy found lying face-down on a Turkish beach was one of at least 12 Syrians who drowned attempting to reach Greece

Aylan Kurdi, the young boy found lying face-down on a...

Raphael Vassallo

“[Jeremy Corbyn] has done for the [British] Labour leadership race what John Travolta did for Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction: he has jabbed an adrenaline...

“[Jeremy Corbyn] has done for the [British] Labour...