Europe’s role: Investing in peace not war | Carmelo Abela
The President of the European Parliament should not continue to repeat what her master from the European People’s Party says
30 years ago: Pjazza Tlieta, homosexuality and I | Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Lawyers in Malta are as ‘respectable’ as they are loud, and, as respectable people go, there wasn’t a single homosexual lawyer with the courage to come out...
Healthy eating and physical activity
Evarist Bartolo

Interventions targeted at healthy nutrition need to occur early in childhood and adolescence to prevent or reverse the effects of being overweight and poor...

Interventions targeted at healthy nutrition need to occur...

India’s agenda for change
Leo Brincat

Obviously with such a daunting agenda one can understand why India, like China, would like to see an agreement that takes into account their aspirations and...

Obviously with such a daunting agenda one can understand...

When illegal becomes legal
Ryan Callus

I have no difficulty in admitting that under the previous administration, MEPA had become too rigid in its decisions and impractical in others, but it now...

I have no difficulty in admitting that under the previous...

The cost of ‘culture’
Raphael Vassallo

Aesthetics are not, and should not be the only consideration when redeveloping public space. There is also the question of impact on the surrounding...

Aesthetics are not, and should not be the only...

The great altruists
Saviour Balzan

The oil scandal, when it is finally exposed for what it is, will show that corruption is pervasive here, and the Maltese live on a culture of promulgating...

The oil scandal, when it is finally exposed for what it is,...

It’s the working class that needs free public space and Piano’s garden
James Debono

The monti issue is simple enough: an arrogant lobby has used electoral blackmail to occupy valuable space at the expense of the rest of the community, which...

The monti issue is simple enough: an arrogant lobby has...

Some common sense on education at last
Josanne Cassar

The Alternative Learning Programme has taken the bull by the horns: rather than trying to make kids fit into our one-size-fits all system, they  changed...

The Alternative Learning Programme has taken the bull by...

Why CEOs should read books
Kevin-James Fenech

According to experts the reading of (proper) books leads to something known as ‘deep reading’, which you don’t experience when reading emails...

According to experts the reading of (proper) books leads to...

Dishonesty is too kind a word for you, Dr Gonzi
Saviour Balzan

Quizzed by the public accounts committee, he stated that his so-called...

Quizzed by the public accounts committee, he stated that...

Souls for sale (two for the price of one)
Raphael Vassallo

The Valletta market stalls may well cheapen a (very expensive) House of...

The Valletta market stalls may well cheapen a (very...

Education for all – is it an elusive dream?
Evarist Bartolo

We must work hard to reduce the dropout and early school leavers rate and...

We must work hard to reduce the dropout and early school...

Muscat’s ‘Mr Invincible’ attitude
Frank Psaila

The Court’s decision to allot two seats does not change the fact that the PN got a serious drubbing at the polls in 2013

The Court’s decision to allot two seats does not...

Wanted: A holistic vision
Michael Falzon

Bartolo seems to be saying that news conferences addressed by more than one minister are nothing but a façade, because the real truth is that after the...

Bartolo seems to be saying that news conferences addressed...

Hunting and the Lisbon effect
Raphael Vassallo

There seems to be a good deal more at work behind the scenes in the imminent spring hunting referendum, than the issue of whether or not we should allow birds...

There seems to be a good deal more at work behind the...

Greece – It’s about your future, not your money
Mark Camilleri

We cannot afford to be short sighted at a time of great historical change in...

We cannot afford to be short sighted at a time of great...

So who decides what’s socially acceptable?
Josanne Cassar

Too many people are afraid of going against the grain for holding a different...

Too many people are afraid of going against the grain for...

The tragic tear in US-Israel relations
Alon Ben-Meir

The Israelis must deny Netanyahu another term in office because should he win, his victory will demonstrate that they are following a blind shepherd who is...

The Israelis must deny Netanyahu another term in office...

‘Treat me like a fool, treat me mean and cruel…’
Raphael Vassallo

They are 'treated mean and cool' for selling superior habiliments... by...

They are 'treated mean and cool' for selling...