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Shaping Malta’s future: R&I at the heart of Vision 2050 l Keith Azzopardi Tanti

Industry-led research can provide practical value and ensure that research results are translated into real-world benefits

Who pays for politics… and what do they get in return? | Isabelle Vella

Change will never happen if we accept corruption as normal. Change begins when we draw a line—when we declare that democratic politics cannot be built on undeclared cheques,...

An initiative worth defending | Alex Muscat

We are adamant that such initiatives related to residency and citizenship are...

We are adamant that such initiatives related to residency...

‘The best in the world’. Laughable, certainly… BUT…

Raphael Vassallo

Are we seriously expected to believe that Malta will become a global leader in...

Are we seriously expected to believe that Malta will become...

Michael Falzon

The current mess in planning is the result of many decisions taken over the years intended to soothe the Maltese psyche

The current mess in planning is the result of many...

Is it right to terrorise women into not accessing a service available in the EU?

Chris Barbara | We regularly take calls from distressed women who are resolute on ordering abortion pills, but are terrified that they would have the police...

Chris Barbara | We regularly take calls from distressed...

MEP Josianne Cutajar is a Member of the Transport and Tourism Committee as well as the Tourism Taskforce at the European Parliament

MEP Josianne Cutajar is a Member of the Transport and...

Everyone but government, it seems, is finally waking up to the development problem…

Raphael Vassallo

Even if it comes a good two decades too late, there is still a lot of value in Fenech’s recommendation to disband the Planning Authority, and create...

Even if it comes a good two decades too late, there is...

Michael Falzon

Suddenly the PN has become more positive than negative. Then the PN media abruptly undermines everything it had managed to achieve by publishing a...

Suddenly the PN has become more positive than...

The state of the nation could be much, much better

Josanne Cassar

Governments come and go, but the legacy of what they leave behind will have a...

Governments come and go, but the legacy of what they leave...

Saviour Balzan

Beyond the environmental arguments, there is little doubt that the Gozo-Malta tunnel will put incredible pressure on the country’s coffers, at a time of...

Beyond the environmental arguments, there is little doubt...

Why Malta needs a humane prison policy for a better society

Graziella Galea: We need to provide a better peace of mind, regarding the...

Graziella Galea: We need to provide a better peace of...

Maybe there’s ‘something psychologically missing’ from Maltese politics, too...

Raphael Vassallo

Maybe Dr Deguara had a point, after all. Maybe there is indeed something ‘psychologically missing’ from Maltese politics

Maybe Dr Deguara had a point, after all. Maybe...

Ralph Cassar

All the local photo-ops and wise cracks on Facebook will not change one thing. Despite the posturing and posing, massive reductions in emissions are...

All the local photo-ops and wise cracks on Facebook will...

Criminalising abortion creates ‘chilling effect’ on healthcare providers

Isabel Stabile

It is about safe medical practice, because abortion is healthcare. This issue demands empathy and solutions that are grounded in respect. Beliefs should not...

It is about safe medical practice, because abortion is...

Poor Alex? MEP’s chiding was entirely appropriate

Peter Agius

What could have been a feeble attempt with little attention and no follow-up,...

What could have been a feeble attempt with little attention...

Michael Falzon

I do not know what sort of teaching in civics goes on in our schools. I expect the knowledge imparted in the subject to be intended to help our future...

I do not know what sort of teaching in civics goes on in...

Raphael Vassallo

Starting with the most obvious question of all: what proof is there, that ‘trees in general’ – and, even more so, those trees in particular...

Starting with the most obvious question of all: what proof...

Farewell Ġann: social justice activists, friends mourn loss of Fr Ġwann Xerri

Kurt Sansone

Maltese Dominican priest Ġwann Xerri has died in Brazil where he spent decades campaigning against poverty and exploitation

Maltese Dominican priest Ġwann Xerri has died in Brazil...

Josanne Cassar

It should be obvious by now that every Eurovision representative goes there to win (not just us) and a contest based on televoting is always going to be very...

It should be obvious by now that every Eurovision...