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Hunting in Malta contributes to nature conservation | Jens Ulrik Høgh

I am confident that the experience gained through the reform of hunting in Malta, combined with the specialist knowledge of Maltese hunters, could be used to make hunting...

Of medals, nationality and representing one’s country

Josanne Cassar

National identity is a profound, visceral feeling which is often intangible and not easily explained

Drawing clear lines for equality | Charles Pace

While government selects many public servants on the basis of personal trust,...

While government selects many public servants on the basis...

Raphael Vassallo

Who, then, even needs God Almighty to be pissed off? Quite frankly, it is a shocking scandal that should really enrage us all

Who, then, even needs God Almighty to be pissed off? Quite...

Charity comes home where providence lives | Jesmond Saliba

All those involved in the effective running of the Dar tal-Providenza give...

All those involved in the effective running of the Dar...

A Trump-inspired crisis management framework | Kristina Buhagiar

Malta’s democracy is in a state of crisis; we do not have an opposition;...

Malta’s democracy is in a state of crisis; we do not...

Has anyone ever had an easier ride than Bernard Grech?

Raphael Vassallo

There is, however, a striking difference. One candidate had to fight every step...

There is, however, a striking difference. One candidate had...

Michael Falzon

Yet, neither Grech nor anyone from his campaign team has publicly reassured the public that the publication of these accounts will eventually be made. A public...

Yet, neither Grech nor anyone from his campaign team has...

The silent killer we can’t even talk about...

Raphael Vassallo

No matter how well-intentioned... a printed report on suicide harden the...

No matter how well-intentioned... a printed report on...

The pandemic could be Malta’s moment: we need to take stock now

Miriam Dalli

We want to push for change. Ultimately, this can be Malta’s moment if we...

We want to push for change. Ultimately, this can be...

Looks like we joined the wrong European Union by mistake...

Raphael Vassallo

Malta is not exactly the only EU member state where the rule of law has been...

Malta is not exactly the only EU member state where the...

Back to school, but are authorities preparing teachers for an unusual return?

Michael Falzon

Nothing has been said about this point – either by the education ministry or by the teachers’ unions. Surely starting this scholastic year as if...

Nothing has been said about this point – either by...

Saviour Balzan

When Joseph Muscat fell from grace, those that believed in him and stood by him, cried not because he left; but because they suddenly realised to what...

When Joseph Muscat fell from grace, those that...

What have we become? (Or were we always like this...)

Josanne Cassar

The frequency of violent acts seems to permeate our consciousness because we...

The frequency of violent acts seems to permeate our...

Konrad Mizzi would have passed the PN’s ‘due diligence’ test with flying colours...

Raphael Vassallo

The rest, as they say, is history… but it is a history that seems destined to keep repeating itself forever (or at least, for as long as political...

The rest, as they say, is history… but it is a...

Yes, people need protection... and no, they’re not getting it

Raphael Vassallo

Faced with a seemingly endless series of questionable, even bizarre bail...

Faced with a seemingly endless series of questionable, even...

Michael Falzon

When finance ministry read in the papers about what his ministry had approved without his knowledge, did he not ask his permanent secretary for an explanation?

When finance ministry read in the papers about what his...

We depend on the judicial system, now more than ever

Saviour Balzan

So we have to believe that the judicial system will see through all this, and...

So we have to believe that the judicial system will see...

Do you want schools to open? Then just wear that mask!

Josanne Cassar

While those in post-secondary education have also been thrown into a tailspin...

While those in post-secondary education have also been...

Raphael Vassallo

Bernard Grech, on the other hand… well, the most we can realistically...

Bernard Grech, on the other hand… well, the most we...