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A four-day week sounds good on paper, but in practice?

Josanne Cassar

For a four-day week to work it is essential for it to be linked with actual results. There must be deterrents for those who do not deliver, and those who abuse of the situation in...

When being stupid does not do justice to being an ass

Saviour Balzan

It was no coincidence that he returned to the fold. His return coincided with his repeated criticism of Labour including some ministers. A sort of pacifying gesture from Castille...

Raphael Vassallo

By taking such clear, unequivocal aim at the very source of all this ‘Evangelical Trust’, Joe Giglio has also forced the Nationalist Party –...

By taking such clear, unequivocal aim at the very source of...

Panic, horror and chaos: what went wrong at the Champions League final | Daniel Silverstone, Jan Ludvigsen

The Conversation

Rarely are fans solely to blame when things go wrong – yet that has been the dominant discourse in this case: first blaming fans’ 'late...

Rarely are fans solely to blame when things go wrong...

Renee Laiviera

The importance of tackling climate change has been distinctly recognised by young people. In fact, the role of young women has been remarkable in leading...

The importance of tackling climate change has been...

Michael Falzon

Unfortunately for the Archbishop, there are also stories of maladministration and corruption even in the Maltese Curia’s own administrative structures;...

Unfortunately for the Archbishop, there are also stories of...

Let’s get loud. Or better still, let’s quiet down

Josanne Cassar

The news that Valletta establishments are now going to be allowed to play loud...

The news that Valletta establishments are now going to be...

The pursuit of happiness and why Grech will get nowhere

Saviour Balzan

Bernard Grech has no clue of where the PN should go politically, how it can...

Bernard Grech has no clue of where the PN should go...

On IVF, when people live in a bubble long enough, even truth sounds like a lie: Fr Colin Apap

Fr Colin Apap proposes some provocative reflections on the current debate in Parliament on IVF amendments, analysing the different positions being debated and...

Fr Colin Apap proposes some provocative reflections on the...

Of ‘Prehistoric Boobs, and Megalithic Dicks’…

Raphael Vassallo

… I’d say there’s already been just a little too much...

… I’d say there’s already been just a...

Michael Falzon

The current administration does not seem unduly worried with this situation – progress on this front does not bring in any votes!

The current administration does not seem unduly worried...

Miracles should surely be made of more ‘miraculous’ stuff…

Raphael Vassallo

Naturally, however, I will leave it entirely up to you, to decide which of...

Naturally, however, I will leave it entirely up to you, to...

PN MPs must reflect on Fr Peter’s words before rushing to denounce PGT

Kurt Sansone

Caught between a hard-line statute and embryo genetic testing, Nationalist Party MPs would do well to read Fr Peter’s testimony 17 years ago

Caught between a hard-line statute and embryo genetic...

Diversification is the key to success | Andy Ellul

Diversification of our trading partners ensures that we do not become dependent...

Diversification of our trading partners ensures that we do...

Malta has won no gold medal on disability

Andrew Azzopardi

Can this happen? The way I see things now, no – Mary is probably blocked...

Can this happen? The way I see things now, no – Mary...

Saviour Balzan

It seems incredible that someone like Iosif Galea, a gaming broker known to enjoy playing with fire and already in some bad books since the Dalligate scandal,...

It seems incredible that someone like Iosif Galea, a gaming...

This country is flipping out, and we haven’t even had our first heatwave yet

Josanne Cassar

Put yourselves in the shoes of someone new to the country, who can easily encounter such episodes at least once on an average day. The harsh sound of our...

Put yourselves in the shoes of someone new to the country,...

Some animals really are ‘more equal than others’, after all…

Raphael Vassallo

Indeed, we have become so accustomed to this same syndrome, that a local...

Indeed, we have become so accustomed to this same syndrome,...

A reminder to do better: the EP on persecution of minorities | Christian Colombo

Humans are not inherently evil, just inherently human. Yet we we remain capable of the horrendous atrocities that were carried out in the past. We must...

Humans are not inherently evil, just inherently human. Yet...

As a government and as a ministry we have just launched a strategy scoped to boost our diving industry sustainably

As a government and as a ministry we have just launched a...