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Hey local councils: What exactly are you responsible for?

Josanne Cassar

If candidates running for re-election can promise us all sorts of marvellous things that they will be doing for their town/village over the next few years, why haven’t they...

Once upon a time there was a super majority

Saviour Balzan

Robert Abela will have to accept that the super majorities for Labour are a thing of the past and that the new campaign strategy will have to be based on differences of a few...

Laws for gods and animals, it’s a never-ending cycle

Saviour Balzan

The fact is that nothing can change what the assassination of Daphne means,...

The fact is that nothing can change what the assassination...

How summer 2021 has changed our understanding of extreme weather

The Conversation

The interconnections between extreme weather events have, until recently, been...

The interconnections between extreme weather events have,...

That ‘Ġaħan Laburist’? He might be a whole lot smarter than Edward thinks…

Raphael Vassallo

As Zammit Lewis put it himself: it’s what the ‘Ġaħan Laburist’ wants, isn’t it? And, oh look: it’s also precisely what the...

As Zammit Lewis put it himself: it’s what the...

Ralph Cassar

It is clear that Malta’s investigative institutions have failed and continue to fail in respect of the investigation and prosecution of high level crime...

It is clear that Malta’s investigative institutions...

Michael Falzon

This story, however, has raised an interesting ethics issue. Do humans have a right to endanger animal lives by using them to do dangerous work?

This story, however, has raised an interesting ethics...

Sorry may not be ‘the hardest word’… but it’s a good start

Raphael Vassallo

And while you could always interpret that as a subtle reminder that the Caruana...

And while you could always interpret that as a subtle...

An early election is the answer to this calamity

Saviour Balzan

Before the 2017 elections, nobody had the slightest notion that there had been...

Before the 2017 elections, nobody had the slightest notion...

Josanne Cassar

If PM Robert Abela wants to roll up his sleeves and get going on these inquiry recommendations, he has his work cut out for him

If PM Robert Abela wants to roll up his sleeves and get...

Reforming the public broadcaster | Carmelo Abela

This commitment is aimed at developing better journalistic, sports, cultural...

This commitment is aimed at developing better journalistic,...

Urgent: an updated sexual health policy | Nathalie Psaila

It is time for Malta to have a robust sexual health framework and protect its...

It is time for Malta to have a robust sexual health...

Are algorithms going to choose our party leaders, too?

Raphael Vassallo

Let’s just hope those algorithms do a slightly better job of selecting...

Let’s just hope those algorithms do a slightly better...

Everything we know about drug addiction is wrong

Cyrus Engerer

The only manner of tackling addiction as based on best practice, research and...

The only manner of tackling addiction as based on best...

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‘Save us, Bernard! You’re our only hope…!’

Raphael Vassallo

I suppose Bernard Grech could always resort to a Jedi ‘mind-trick’,...

I suppose Bernard Grech could always resort to a Jedi...

Michael Falzon

In practical terms, this means that the members of Abela’s Cabinet have the leeway to push contradictory policies

In practical terms, this means that the members of...

Josanne Cassar

For economic growth to flourish it also has to be sustainable in terms of human resources, and right now that does not seem to be the case

For economic growth to flourish it also has to be...

Vaccinated? Then it is time to lift the lid

Saviour Balzan

If Malta has surpassed the herd immunity benchmark, and imposed obligatory...

If Malta has surpassed the herd immunity benchmark, and...

COVID in the UK: cases among double-vaccinated – it’s not because vaccines aren’t working

The Conversation

There are several factors at play that explain why such a high proportion of cases are in the fully vaccinated | Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, University of...

There are several factors at play that explain why such a...

Memory foam, insulin monitors, freeze-dried food... it all came from space

Owen Bonnici

The government is committed to stand behind our researchers and academics and will keep investing in their talents

The government is committed to stand behind our researchers...