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Malta’s next economic reform is governance

JP Fabri

Malta’s new challenges require the country to become more productive, more innovative, more competitive and more capable of converting growth into better wages, better...

The decisions we allow others to make for us

Christian Colombo / James Buhagiar

A healthy democracy is not measured by how generously power is exercised. It is measured by how little people need to depend on power's goodwill in the first place.

Appearance should never be a reason to be treated unfairly or differently

Corinne Zahra

Why not instead use the phrases 'barranin' or 'ċittadini ta’ pajjiżi terzi' instead of the offensive “nies tat-tielet...

Why not instead use the phrases 'barranin' or...

Witnesses in civil lawsuits should be adequately compensated

Paul Edgar Micallef

The amendment of Cap 108 to reflect the payment of adequate fees to witnesses...

The amendment of Cap 108 to reflect the payment of adequate...

Strengthening social dialogue on EU matters

Keith Azzopardi Tanti

The aim is not simply to react once decisions are taken at EU level, but to...

The aim is not simply to react once decisions are taken at...

Mariana Debono

Today, more than ever, one thing is clear—Andrea Prudente deserved care. She did not deserve to be used. And neither does the Maltese public deserve to...

Today, more than ever, one thing is clear—Andrea...

Patrick Calleja

For us at Din l-Art Ħelwa, success means these visitors leave Malta as ambassadors for our heritage and not with cautionary tales about a small, overcrowded...

For us at Din l-Art Ħelwa, success means these visitors...

‘Where is the laptop?’: The mantra drowning out the real questions

James Debono

Principled socialists do not expect the Labour Party to canonise Daphne; they simply expect it to recognise the price she paid for exposing establishment...

Principled socialists do not expect the Labour Party to...

Thomas Bajada

My responsibility is different. It is to study, to listen, to question, to reflect, and then to vote according to my conscience, even when the decision is...

My responsibility is different. It is to study, to listen,...

Now that we know the numbers, will anything change?

Josanne Cassar

Ultimately, if we want that 31% of non-Maltese residents to decrease, we have...

Ultimately, if we want that 31% of non-Maltese residents to...

Saviour Balzan

The Farrugia brothers deserve not just acquittal, but acknowledgment of the profound injustice they endured

The Farrugia brothers deserve not just acquittal, but...

JP Fabri

The state’s job is not to override prices but to make them tell the truth. Price the congestion. Price the externality. Rebalance a tax and permitting...

The state’s job is not to override prices but to make...

To achieve independence, Europe needs an electrification revolution

Dan Jørgensen

We need to build more wind farms. We need to install more solar panels. And in...

We need to build more wind farms. We need to install more...

Social mobility begins with the right to a home

Mariah Meli

Housing affordability continues to present significant challenges for many...

Housing affordability continues to present significant...

How the commissioner’s film industry report filters the facts

Michael Axisa

The Impact of the Film Industry in Malta is less of an objective economic audit...

The Impact of the Film Industry in Malta is less of an...

Noel Muscat

Enough is enough. We cannot keep on failing our locality. Solutions exist. What we need is the will from government to move ahead with solutions that are...

Enough is enough. We cannot keep on failing our locality....

Are these real solutions or just knee-jerk reactions to public criticism?

Josanne Cassar

The way I see it, by only targeting the illegal immigrants themselves it is like trying to fix a leak by patching a rusty pipe here and there, rather than...

The way I see it, by only targeting the illegal immigrants...

Saviour Balzan

The absolute majority did not know that Yorgen Fenech could have been the mastermind behind this monstrous plot. They thought he was another businessman, who...

The absolute majority did not know that Yorgen Fenech could...

250 years of American independence and a deep US–Malta partnership

Somers Farkas

May the holy trinity continue to bless and watch over President Donald J. Trump...

May the holy trinity continue to bless and watch over...

A tragedy of incentives: Hotels, supermarkets and malls

JP Fabri

The cranes are not the problem. What they are building for is

The cranes are not the problem. What they are building for...