Strengthening our country: A collective effort | Steve Ellul
The need for unity should not translate into unfair decisions that impact the lives of citizens in Member States disparately
Impartiality in political broadcasting? Not even possible, I’m afraid…
Raphael Vassallo
The same BA that now censures RTK for describing Lowell as ‘racist’, also has a history of censuring radio and TV stations for doing the very opposite
Have I become lazy? | Rebekah Borg

While e-scooters are just one alternative to using a car, other forms of transport should also be integrated into our transport system

While e-scooters are just one alternative to using a car,...

Living in Malta (the cost of…) | Jerome Caruana Cilia

The Government must not hold back from creating new economic sectors in our...

The Government must not hold back from creating new...

‘Disgusting, disappointing, infuriating’… but not ‘surprising’
Raphael Vassallo

It is a little difficult to expect anything better from the Malta Police Force…  when the Maltese government not only condones...

It is a little difficult to expect anything better from the...

Navigating through the sudden increase in interest rates | Gordon Cordina, Kenneth Farrugia

BOV’s future base rate will need to be shaped by the overall size and pace of the ECB’s interest rate decisions going forward, especially if such...

BOV’s future base rate will need to be shaped by the...

Agricultural land reform
Michael Falzon

Having lost hope of reforming an existing government department that is set in its archaic ways, the adminstration resorts to the setting up of an Authority...

Having lost hope of reforming an existing government...

‘Bongu, Ministru’…
Raphael Vassallo

… well, is there any reason under the sun why any of us should take his second belated realisation, any more seriously than the first?

… well, is there any reason under the sun why any of...

Media reform: setting the record straight
Saviour Balzan

At every stage of the reform, it was clear that the prerogative of what gets...

At every stage of the reform, it was clear that the...

Money for nothing? It’s a rich man’s world
Josanne Cassar

Unlike so many countries where university students voice their concerns...

Unlike so many countries where university students...

Delivering the promise of media reform | Jonathan Attard

These ground-breaking and innovative amendments will enshrine the duty to...

These ground-breaking and innovative amendments will...

Now is the time to empower girls
Renee Laiviera

Around 30% of women worldwide aged 15 years and older have been subjected to physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence, non-partner sexual violence, or...

Around 30% of women worldwide aged 15 years and older have...

The impact of the shrinking household on the environment | Rachael Scicluna

Rachael Scicluna | The phenomenon of one-person households and alternative living arrangements are now becoming urgent matters in policy terms due to their...

Rachael Scicluna | The phenomenon of one-person households...

It would take more than just a ‘new pronoun’ for Maltese to become gender-neutral
Raphael Vassallo

Everything, from tables, to chairs, to trees, to clouds, to body-parts, is effectively ‘genderless’ in the English language. In...

Everything, from tables, to chairs, to trees, to clouds, to...

Lessons in democracy, from Vladimir Putin…
Raphael Vassallo

While the rest of the world – including Malta’s government, and...

While the rest of the world – including Malta’s...

A pumping station too many
Michael Falzon

Does this venture into competition with private enterprise – by providing the consumer with commercial catering facilities in WSC premises – have...

Does this venture into competition with private enterprise...

Who’s really running this country anyway?
Josanne Cassar

No one seems willing to take the bull by the horns and really take charge of...

No one seems willing to take the bull by the horns and...

Waiting for the messiah
Saviour Balzan

Bernard Grech cannot win a game of dominoes, let alone an election

Bernard Grech cannot win a game of dominoes, let alone an...

Russia’s reliance on mercenaries in Ukraine points to the weakness of its military
The Conversation

Christopher Michael Faulkner | Russia is now on the defensive in Ukraine’s northeast. And one important dynamic in the lead-up to Ukraine’s...

Christopher Michael Faulkner | Russia is now on the...

If Giorgia Meloni is a ‘fascist’… what’s Malta’s entire political establishment?
Raphael Vassallo

What are we to say about Meloni’s approach towards immigration, that it actually falls far short of the extremes that both Labour and PN have gone...

What are we to say about Meloni’s approach towards...