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Nutcase politics

Ralph Cassar

When it comes to employment, the estimated increase of 48 jobs does not justify the destruction brought about by Gozo airstrip project

Villa Rosa: Why political leaders should disclose their meetings with developers

James Debono

Meetings discussing changes to local plans, determining what can and cannot be approved on a particular site with the site’s owner, should be recorded and minuted in an...

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...

Kevin Cutajar’s Facebook post? It’s Malta’s entire racism issue, in a nutshell

Raphael Vassallo

Let’s look on the bright side. Now, at least one Opposition MP has spoken out about the need for a thorough rethink of our country’s entire...

Let’s look on the bright side. Now, at least one...

Will Robert be his own man or continue in Joseph’s footsteps?

Arnold Cassola

Knowing that Germany, together with the US and the UK, insisted on our...

Knowing that Germany, together with the US and the UK,...

Why Malta desperately needs family planning clinics

Isabel Stabile

Our government must ensure access to contraception which is freely available....

Our government must ensure access to contraception which is...

Peter Agius

I think more of us should keep an eye on Bernard Grech’s call for a country which can dare for more than the better evil.

I think more of us should keep an eye on...

Julia Farrugia

We want to give persons with a disability more than a sporting chance to help...

We want to give persons with a disability more than a...

Michael Falzon

Robert Abela’s efforts to get rid of MPs who are closely linked with Joseph Muscat’s administration are proceeding slowly but surely. Whether this...

Robert Abela’s efforts to get rid of MPs who are...

Raphael Vassallo

Ever wondered why Stan Lee conceived Peter Parker as an undercover photojournalist? My own guess is that there has always been a rather visible revolving door...

Ever wondered why Stan Lee conceived Peter Parker as an...

Where do your rights end, and my rights begin?

Josanne Cassar

Some are arguing that Malta’s decision is in contravention of EU laws,...

Some are arguing that Malta’s decision is in...

Saviour Balzan

Peregin built a narrative implying that we were in cahoots with government over the Central Link project - some weeks later, I bumped into...

Peregin built a narrative implying that we were in cahoots...

Wasn’t that the whole point of getting vaccinated…?

Raphael Vassallo

Look at how we’re all reacting, to what was ultimately both a...

Look at how we’re all reacting, to what was...

We do not want our children to feel uncomfortable discussing sexual and reproductive topics. We want them to have a safe platform to access the healthcare they...

We do not want our children to feel uncomfortable...

Raphael Vassallo

It is, I suppose why they call it the ‘magic of football’: by replacing the expression ‘traffic jam’ with ‘carcade’,...

It is, I suppose why they call it the ‘magic of...

Michael Falzon

A rare correction of what a sitting Magistrate wrote in a sentence, made by a Chief Justice Emeritus. Probably this is a first in Malta’s legal history

A rare correction of what a sitting Magistrate wrote in a...

NDSF’s social investment demonstrates the importance it gives to initiatives which will improve the wellbeing of society through a better quality of the...

NDSF’s social investment demonstrates the importance...

The problem that ‘great’ men pose to the historian is that greatness begets mythology or, to be more exact, ‘mythistory’

The problem that ‘great’ men pose to the...