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A budget not for the middle class? | Daniel Attard

This strategy is a primary driver behind the ongoing progress of Malta’s economy, even as larger economies, like Germany’s, experience setbacks

With so many ‘invasive species’ running around… why are ‘trees’ the only ones we ever complain about?

Raphael Vassallo

Hey, don’t all try to answer at once! You can’t exactly expect me to hear what you’re saying, when you all suddenly start shouting like that…

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...

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...

Kevin-James Fenech

The hard truth is that online sellers cannot now-a-days simply think in terms of selling. No, they must also offer a unique and valuable customer experience.

The hard truth is that online sellers cannot now-a-days...

Raphael Vassallo

I am told that the power of the Christian Brothers is less universal today... perhaps it has waned with the pervasive aura of Malta as a Catholic bulwark

I am told that the power of the Christian Brothers is less...

Evarist Bartolo

Christmas Day 1914 taught the world a number of lessons. This fraternisation between warring parties showed that there can be respect and understanding even...

Christmas Day 1914 taught the world a number of lessons....

Labour, PN, the Police, a new archbishop and justice with Mamadou Kamara in 2015

Frank Psaila

Only time will tell whether Malliagate, and the government’s disastrous handling of the situation, was a turning point for the Nationalist Party.

Only time will tell whether Malliagate, and the...

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be anymore

Michael Falzon

The nostalgic idea of a lost beautiful, pristine and untouched Malta in the...

The nostalgic idea of a lost beautiful, pristine and...