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Flyovers are no solution

Mark Said

The suburbs, while being an integral part of our nation’s maturation, contribute substantially to our problems of air and water pollution, increase our health risks and...

Honeypot politics

Michael Falzon

Many in their right senses do not believe that Malta can attract cyclists to practise their favourite sport here. But the MTA apparently does and has spent money trying to attract...

Gone fishing... but what could Robert Abela be afraid of?

Michael Falzon

Seems Robert Abela cannot have the luxury of a summer holiday during...

Seems Robert Abela cannot have the luxury of a...

When a man goes missing: the tragic case of Carmelo Fino

Josanne Cassar

There have been a number of occasions when dementia patients have wandered off,...

There have been a number of occasions when dementia...

Saviour Balzan

Senior government officials should be handsomely remunerated to block them from being associated with big business for at least three years after they quit -...

Senior government officials should be handsomely...

Who needs the Far Right, anyway, when we have PN/PL?

Raphael Vassallo

In a sense, then, this next election could almost be regarded as a straight...

In a sense, then, this next election could almost be...

Michael Falzon

Bernard Grech has become less and less effective as time passes...His words hardly excite the most loyal PN supporters, let alone those who have led their...

Bernard Grech has become less and less effective as time...

How can online porn be ‘bad’… when Malta is making so much money out of it?

Raphael Vassallo

At which point, we do have to ask ourselves: who’s the biggest ‘money-launderer’ in all this, anyway? Fr Luke Seguna… or the...

At which point, we do have to ask ourselves: ...

Saviour Balzan

Air Malta stands a chance of passing muster for the cut-throat competition of aviation only if it is shut down as a company, and then recreated as a new...

Air Malta stands a chance of passing muster for the...

After a two-year absence, festas are back with a vengeance

Josanne Cassar

While it is nice to see the centuries’ old traditions being upheld, it is...

While it is nice to see the centuries’ old traditions...

Climate inaction, corruption and dictators | Daniel Desira

We need a unified and vigilant environmental movement, as well as a strong...

We need a unified and vigilant environmental movement, as...

Michael Falzon

The Labour Party and the current administration – both led by Robert Abela – did not react to Muscat’s outbursts. But is feigning that Muscat...

The Labour Party and the current administration –...

A meat tax is probably inevitable – here’s how it could work | Cameron Hepburn, Franziska Funke

The average retail price for meat in high-income countries would need to increase by 35%-56% for beef, 25% for poultry, and 19% for lamb and pork to reflect...

The average retail price for meat in high-income countries...

If Frank Psaila is a ‘turncoat’… who the heck isn’t?

Raphael Vassallo

So if that makes Frank Psaila a ‘turncoat’ – even though he...

So if that makes Frank Psaila a ‘turncoat’...

A warped sense of sympathy: why do we feel sorry for the culprit?

Josanne Cassar

When a 23-year-old driver was charged with killing Antoine Degabriele in a...

When a 23-year-old driver was charged with killing Antoine...

Saviour Balzan

Graffiti’s show of force at Blue Lagoon is a reaction to decades of treating the Blue Lagoon as a postcard destination when in fact it is a veritable...

Graffiti’s show of force at Blue Lagoon is a reaction...

Ukraine: EU should have seen food and energy crises coming | Anna-Sophie Maass

The Conversation

Eight years on since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, Putin’s war against Ukraine reflects the failure of the coercive diplomacy of...

Eight years on since Russia’s annexation of...

Russia/Ukraine grain deal promises major benefits for poor countries... if it holds | Wandile Sihlobo

The Conversation

Wandile Sihlobo | The deal’s impact on grain prices is likely to be marginal. Grain prices are unlikely to return to pre-war levels

Wandile Sihlobo | The deal’s impact on grain...

Just when you thought it was safe (to go back to Comino)…

Raphael Vassallo

How much truth is there, really, to the government’s claim to have...

How much truth is there, really, to the government’s...

Raphael Vassallo

It was never really possible for Malta to retain all that ‘childhood innocence’, was it? Not when we were also transforming the island into a...

It was never really possible for Malta to retain all that...