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Pharma reform must lead to real access for patients | Corinne Zaffarese Elbourne

This long-overdue pledge for reform is a win for all patients struggling to access better medicines when they need them most

A year of steady progress

Miriam Dalli

The work done this year continues to build on previous efforts and creates a stronger base for what lies ahead

StudentAssist: A fairer shot at success | Alison Micallef

When capable students are unable to pursue higher qualifications due to...

When capable students are unable to pursue higher...

Malta’s realigned AI strategy: A Human-Centred Vision | Silvio Schembri

AI must serve the community, not the other way around. It must help our SMEs compete, our public sector deliver better services, support the healthcare system,...

AI must serve the community, not the other way around. It...

Malta’s misfiring of Organic Food Action Plan

Arnold Cassola

If a bill were drawn up for branding, events and sponsored content costs, it...

If a bill were drawn up for branding, events and sponsored...

What Celebrity Traitors can teach us about group think and human behaviour

Josanne Cassar

I couldn’t help but draw parallels with the way groups of people are often swayed to think one way or another on current issues, if there is someone...

I couldn’t help but draw parallels with the way...

JP Fabri

The shift underway is therefore more than regulatory. It is philosophical. It...

The shift underway is therefore more than regulatory. It is...

Saviour Balzan

When walking in the street the other day I was scolded by a group of elderly men in the town where I live. They called me all sorts of names as I walked by...

When walking in the street the other day I was scolded by a...

Thomas Bajada

Real innovation or the kind that stands the test of time, is not only technological, but moral. It begins not in laboratories or boardrooms, but in our...

Real innovation or the kind that stands the test of time,...

Mark Said

This Jekyll and Hyde government is infuriating even a growing number of Labour loyalists. When it’s good, Robert Abela’s administration is truly...

This Jekyll and Hyde government is infuriating even a...

But the cherry on the cake is the last two words: ‘September 2025’. The PN had the gall to date its document as if it had presented it in time for...

But the cherry on the cake is the last two words:...

Beyond the swings of the two-party system

Mark Camilleri Gambin

What we learn from the Mamdani phenomenon and other recent political twists is...

What we learn from the Mamdani phenomenon and other recent...

The fuller story behind the 1985 hijack in Malta | Malcolm Scerri Ferrante

Beneath his composure, I sensed a man still burdened by the weight of that tragedy—a leader who believed he had acted rightly for his country, yet who...

Beneath his composure, I sensed a man still burdened by the...

Miriam Dalli

Malta’s environmental strategy must be bold, creative, and unafraid of reshaping old habits

Malta’s environmental strategy must be bold,...

JP Fabri

Yet, the challenges Malta faces are structural. We must sustain economic resilience in the face of demographic ageing, declining fertility, environmental...

Yet, the challenges Malta faces are structural. We must...

How we strengthen the defence of European democracy | Tomas Tobé and David Casa

The message of the EPP Group to the commission is clear: the time for piecemeal or complacent solutions is over. We expect an ambitious and courageous reform...

The message of the EPP Group to the commission is clear:...

Time for the hunting lobby to engage constructively

Mark Sultana

Farrugia repeatedly frames the bill as a 'gift from the PN to extremist...

Farrugia repeatedly frames the bill as a 'gift from the...

Adjusting to the reality of a multicultural world

Josanne Cassar

I have no idea whether Mamdani is going to make a good mayor or not, but all I...

I have no idea whether Mamdani is going to make a good...

No matter what is said, Steward is a mistake that should have never happened

Saviour Balzan

This confirms that the government gave Steward a free hand until that one piece of information was revealed by MaltaToday

This confirms that the government gave Steward a free hand...

Building a future that gives a fair chance to all

Lydia Abela

A strong country cannot afford to leave its most vulnerable behind. By working...

A strong country cannot afford to leave its most vulnerable...