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Saviour Balzan

Paying Albania or Rwanda hundreds of thousands to export migrants there to solve our so-called problems at home, reminds me of Hitler’s idea of transporting all the Jews to...

How AI redefined the Nobel Prizes in 2024

Alexiei Dingli

By honouring AI contributions in chemistry and physics, the Nobel Committee has acknowledged the transformative potential of machine learning in tackling the most complex problems...

Miriam Dalli

Creating green spaces in urban areas is essential for the wellbeing of residents, not only because green spaces absorb greenhouse gases and improve air...

Creating green spaces in urban areas is essential for the...

Michael Falzon

The campaign is at an early stage. The positive aspect of the campaign is, so far, weak. The negative aspect is still non-existent. It will probably be...

The campaign is at an early stage. The positive aspect of...

If you take a pea-shooter to a gunfight… at least, make sure your peas hurt

Raphael Vassallo

This week’s events clearly indicate that Vladimir Putin has already altered more than just the geo-political map of Eastern Europe; in one fell swoop, he...

This week’s events clearly indicate that Vladimir...

Josanne Cassar

Voters are doing their sums to see who is “giving” them the most, and the politicians keep promising more free hand outs to keep voters happy....

Voters are doing their sums to see who is...

Saviour Balzan

The one thing that favours Labour is that the swing to the PN from the PL is insignificant. Bernard Grech’s trust has not increased and interestingly,...

The one thing that favours Labour is that the swing to the...

Naomi Cachia

From a country with a political culture stuck in the 1990s, now we need to move in the 21st century, to an age where it doesn’t matter which social class...

From a country with a political culture stuck in the 1990s,...

Emma Portelli Bonnici

Our politicians should be people of substance, people with a solid track record in the areas of policy that matter to them (and to you)

Our politicians should be people of substance, people with...

Climate change: our common challenge | Dario Vella

This is a collective aim and only together we can achieve these goals. When we...

This is a collective aim and only together we can achieve...

Ukraine’s military is outgunned but can still inflict a great deal of pain on Russian forces

The Conversation

War takes its own course, but the likely and sensible Ukrainian approach will be to trade land for time. They will hope to inflict casualties and draw Russian...

War takes its own course, but the likely and sensible...

The philosophy of love and friendship: a social need | Dominic Garcia

Dr Dominic Garca | A philosophy of love and friendship is undoubtedly a social...

Dr Dominic Garca | A philosophy of love and friendship is...

‘Rejuvenation of the PN’? Looks more like ‘payback time’, to me…

Raphael Vassallo

Try as I might, I just can’t envisage any possible end-game scenario, arising from that premise, that could possibly work out to Bernard Grech’s...

Try as I might, I just can’t envisage any possible...

On the side of rule of law | Edward Zammit Lewis

The Abela Administration was able to sustain these foundations even in...

The Abela Administration was able to sustain these...

Mark Anthony Sammut

The PN is not perfect, but our heart is in the right place, our motivations are...

The PN is not perfect, but our heart is in the right place,...

American University of Malta: an abject failure

Michael Falzon

Nothing explains the abject failure of the AUM project as this incredible...

Nothing explains the abject failure of the AUM project as...

No amount of ‘cosmetic surgery’ can disguise the rape of Xlendi

Raphael Vassallo

All things considered, they actually did a pretty good job… of creating...

All things considered, they actually did a pretty good...

How the State took over the Malta marathon

Josanne Cassar

Using a charity, and the name of a much-loved doctor who died in a tragic...

Using a charity, and the name of a much-loved doctor who...

Emma Portelli Bonnici

Robert Abela would be a once-sparkling-now-flat wine socialist

Robert Abela would be a once-sparkling-now-flat wine...

Saviour Balzan

Robert Abela has kept everyone on tenterhooks with the election date and that includes his own ministers, his party administration and his closest associates

Robert Abela has kept everyone on tenterhooks with the...