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Mental health beyond the medical model

Denis Vella Baldacchino

Moving beyond a purely medical model does not diminish professional expertise; it strengthens it with human evidence. This shared approach is essential to services that are...

From resilience to renewal: The economic choices facing Malta ahead of Budget 2027

Aleandra Muscat

Budget 2027 should be viewed as another step towards a Malta that is more productive, more resilient and better equipped to offer a higher quality of life to future generations

Kevin Mizzi

Budget 2027 must serve as the decisive catalyst that resets national productivity and secures a sustainable economic future for Malta’s citizens and...

Budget 2027 must serve as the decisive catalyst that resets...

Josanne Cassar

The real test will come with what is announced in the Budget: Will Clyde Caruana finally bring our feet back on the ground with realistic measures or will we...

The real test will come with what is announced in the...

The subsidy trap: Afraid to live without it

JP Fabri

There is a temptation when discussing Malta’s energy and fuel subsidies...

There is a temptation when discussing Malta’s energy...

Saviour Balzan

This is my script for Robert Abela as he steps onto the podium on Sunday to address the first Labour Party general conference after the general election

This is my script for Robert Abela as he steps onto the...

Mario Gerada

I do talk to Ai; not all the time. Sometimes it feels like we are becoming friends. It is clever. It offers good summaries

I do talk to Ai; not all the time. Sometimes it feels like...

When good intentions are not enough: Ethics, authority and the pursuit of justice

Joseph Vella Gauci

hile society is far from perfect, it is ultimately strengthened when public discourse is guided by tolerance, compassion and restraint rather than hostility...

hile society is far from perfect, it is ultimately...

Banning kids from social media won’t fix it. Here’s what will

Josef Said

Banning children isn’t policy. It’s a way to look tough on Big Tech...

Banning children isn’t policy. It’s a way to...

Jobs are being created. But where are the careers?

Annabelle Cilia

Workers should be able to look at their workplace and see not only a salary,...

Workers should be able to look at their workplace and see...

Every village square is close to the people, not an office in Valletta

Ramona Attard

Malta does not need cosmetics. It needs serious scrutiny, serious alternatives and serious ideas

Malta does not need cosmetics. It needs serious scrutiny,...

A disrupted conference, pointless hindsight and a slice of pizza

Josanne Cassar

The gloves have to come off and we cannot just sit back and shrug helplessly as...

The gloves have to come off and we cannot just sit back and...

Decapitation alone will not solve the problem

Saviour Balzan

The Labour Party has always had a problem with safeguarding the environmental...

The Labour Party has always had a problem with safeguarding...

JP Fabri

Malta’s challenge is therefore not that we have become prosperous. It is that prosperity risks becoming anaesthetic

Malta’s challenge is therefore not that we have...

Protecting children, empowering families and Malta’s role

Mariah Meli

Europe’s digital future should remain innovative, but it should...

Europe’s digital future should remain...

From individual talent to collective strength

Riccarda Darmanin

Individual voices can be ignored or silenced; a collective workforce cannot....

Individual voices can be ignored or silenced; a collective...

Julia Farrugia

The results thus far offer more hope and a stronger commitment to what we have promised the electorate. Certainly, far from resting on our laurels we have the...

The results thus far offer more hope and a stronger...

Public regulators and the case for some uniformity

Paul Edgar Micallef

The first point of departure should be the initiation of a public consultation...

The first point of departure should be the initiation of a...

More tourists, more hotels. But are we attracting the right tourists?

Charmaine Camilleri

And for our 4- and 5-star hotels, the question is perhaps the most important...

And for our 4- and 5-star hotels, the question is perhaps...

Juror stress: The hidden influence of the jury experience

Mark Said

Most of them don’t let it show in the courtroom, but jurors are stressed....

Most of them don’t let it show in the courtroom, but...