Farewell to yesterday’s Valletta

Paul Edgar Micallef

Regrettably the sense of community in Valletta seems to be gradually receding. Many Beltin are leaving Valletta to live elsewhere in Malta and I don’t blame them

Malta’s economy is still growing. But how?

JP Fabri

The numbers do not suggest an impending crisis. They suggest something more subtle—a country approaching the point at which continued success depends on changing the...

It is so hard for some people to accept the truth

Josanne Cassar

When politicians let us down in this way, our own sense of judgement is thrown...

When politicians let us down in this way, our own sense of...

After Daphne, Malta deserves to heal but not through silence

For the time being, silence may be the convenient option for everyone. But...

For the time being, silence may be the convenient option...

It is all about balance: Public interest vs individual interest

Malcolm Mifsud

In a judgment delivered on 23 July 2026, the Constitutional Court awarded...

In a judgment delivered on 23 July 2026, the...

Life is unmanageable when you are stateless

Mark Said

Individuals experiencing statelessness face distinctive difficulties. It can...

Individuals experiencing statelessness face distinctive...

Alexiei Dingli

So the real test of Magnifica Humanitas is not whether it is admired, quoted or discussed at conferences. The real test is whether it can be translated into...

So the real test of Magnifica Humanitas is not whether it...

Dear Jason, ‘funwashing’ will not exonerate you

The presence of 40,000 people for Pitbull’s concert does not mean that...

The presence of 40,000 people for Pitbull’s concert...

Malta should stand with Sánchez on Ceuta

James Debono

Mintoff would not have looked the other way while a fellow Mediterranean...

Mintoff would not have looked the other way while a fellow...

AI can make business faster, but only people make it better

Alexiei Dingli

The firms that will benefit most from AI are not those that use it everywhere,...

The firms that will benefit most from AI are not those that...

Mark Anthony Sammut

The heat is beyond anyone’s control. Whether our grid can withstand it, whether public money is spent effectively, and whether parliament is allowed to...

The heat is beyond anyone’s control. Whether our grid...

We should not have to be pushed out of our homes

Josanne Cassar

Why should we be pushed out of our own homes just so business owners can make a...

Why should we be pushed out of our own homes just so...

The real carrying capacity challenge is not population. It is human capital

JP Fabri

The question therefore is not whether migration has contributed to growth. It clearly has. The more important question is whether it has fundamentally changed...

The question therefore is not whether migration has...

What has become evidently clear so far is that Auberge de Castille in the Muscat years was the fulcrum of a renaissance of sleaze, where power, money and...

What has become evidently clear so far is that Auberge de...

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When professional financial advice goes wrong

Julian Mifsud

Financial advisers play an important role in helping individuals make...

Financial advisers play an important role in helping...

Planning appeals reform: Suspension, finality and effective review

The proposed model therefore treats suspension not as an incidental procedural...

The proposed model therefore treats suspension not as an...

Mark Said

Unless the two-party system is revived, a dominant-party (i.e., Labour) system is destined to be firmly rooted in our politics.

Unless the two-party system is revived, a dominant-party...

When these public entities fail to do their duty as expected, injustice and unfairness will prevail. And where injustice and unfairness are the order of the...

When these public entities fail to do their duty as...

Mariana Debono

There is something faintly comic about passing a human rights law so quickly that human rights organisations must beg parliament for the right to be heard

There is something faintly comic about passing a human...

The long, hot summer of 2026… you reap what you sow

Josanne Cassar

With August around the corner we can expect the temperatures to climb again so...

With August around the corner we can expect the...