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Silver economy in Malta: A growing opportunity | Steve Ellul

Like most EU Mediterranean countries, Malta is experiencing a significant demographic change characterised by an ageing population

They call it ‘horse-trading’, but… why is only the EPP benefitting from the deal?

Raphael Vassallo

It’s not as though the EPP has simply ‘beaten all other parties’ to those positions, fair-and-square, in a democratic contest… it’s just that the...

Michael Falzon

MPs that are government backbenchers or opposition members have the important role of keeping in touch with the people. Making them full-time employees of the...

MPs that are government backbenchers or opposition members...

Busuttil proved he is the undisputed leader of the PN

Frank Psaila

Only time will tell whether Busuttil’s decision was a wise move, but...

Only time will tell whether Busuttil’s decision was a...

Diversity and the freedom of interpretation

John Baldacchino

Discussions are raised as to whether offensive material is equivalent to...

Discussions are raised as to whether offensive material is...

‘Je suis Charlie?’, eh? You’re under arrest…

Raphael Vassallo

Last Wednesday’s attack has also turned up the pressure valve insofar as...

Last Wednesday’s attack has also turned up the...

Nous sommes une mauvaise imitation de Charlie Hebdo*

Saviour Balzan

If Charlie Hebdo were published in Malta it would have been sued and taken to...

If Charlie Hebdo were published in Malta it would have been...

Josanne Cassar

It is easy to fall into despair and hopelessness that nothing can be done to stem it, but idealistic as it may sound, the millions who marched in France...

It is easy to fall into despair and hopelessness that...

[WATCH] Voters will do what our governments have not done

Saviour Balzan

SAVIOUR BALZAN's videoblog: the referendum will allow voters to finally...

SAVIOUR BALZAN's videoblog: the referendum will allow...

Teachers and LSAs help children become more independent

By Darlene Borg

Beasts and Titanium Men: the year ahead for Merlin

Chris Gruppetta

New and established authors were the cornerstone of Merlin Publishers’s...

New and established authors were the cornerstone of Merlin...

Raphael Vassallo

Ched Evans is hardly the first ‘bad-boy’ footballer to make headlines for all the wrong reasons, you know. In what way was Diego Armando Maradona a...

Ched Evans is hardly the first ‘bad-boy’...

Reasons to rejoice: book consumption is on the rise

Mark Camilleri

The National Book Festival can only exist as a contributing component to the...

The National Book Festival can only exist as a contributing...

The environment: from Presidential wish-lists to deliverables

Leo Brincat

It is evident that clarity is needed on where the EU is heading on the circular...

It is evident that clarity is needed on where the EU is...

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Alexiei Dingli

Michael Falzon

Mark Vella

It is high time that that book awards are moved away from Castille towards a public forum independent from any such interference.

It is high time that that book awards are moved away...

James Debono

We cherish our role as a nation that exploits loopholes to attract tax avoiders, tuna ranchers, gambling companies and fat cats in search of a European...

We cherish our role as a nation that exploits loopholes to...

Evarist Bartolo

In what is normally an offering of Christmas greetings, Pope Francis unexpectedly criticised the ills of bureaucracy and power-mongering.

In what is normally an offering of Christmas greetings,...

Will 2015 be the year when things go back to normal?

Raphael Vassallo

Today, nobody is even talking about the IIP scheme anymore. It is now as...

Today, nobody is even talking about the IIP scheme anymore....

Saviour Balzan

It is perhaps telling that the Maltese national anthem has such significance. It goes to show to what extent Maltese as a language unites and is the key to our...

It is perhaps telling that the Maltese national anthem has...

Josanne Cassar

Consenting to have sex means you clearly know what is happening and are a willing participant, but if a woman has passed out because of drugs or alcohol that...

Consenting to have sex means you clearly know what is...