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Political violence is wrong but we are under no obligation to mourn Kirk

James Debono

Violence is never justified, yet mourning Kirk is not a duty. The real gall lies in far-right forces using his death to posture as defenders of free speech

Good faith gone wrong: Considering the elements of money laundering

Matthew Xuereb / Thomas Sciberras Herrera

The court concluded that the defendant had provided 'a plausible rebuttal supported by adequate evidence' and acquitted the accused on the basis that the mens rea...

‘GonziPN’ might have worked in 2008. But not ‘RobertPL’ in 2027...

Raphael Vassallo

Simply put: he is going to have to address the root cause of all this anger, sooner or later (and it is debatable – to say the least – whether he...

Simply put: he is going to have to address the root cause...

Turning waste into wealth - Malta’s journey towards a cleaner, greener, future | Matthias Iannis Portelli

Traditional waste disposal methods are no longer adequate, leading to environmental pollution, health hazards, aesthetic depreciation, and an overall decline...

Traditional waste disposal methods are no longer adequate,...

Shaping Europe's high-value economic future

Alex Agius Saliba

With the promise of tomorrow beckoning, let’s shape it into one of...

With the promise of tomorrow beckoning, let’s shape...

Abortions can be prevented | Natalie Psaila

Studies have long shown that comprehensive sex education and easy access to...

Studies have long shown that comprehensive sex education...

Will the EU now impose sanctions on Azerbaijan, too?

Raphael Vassallo

Or is that something we only ever do, when the aggressor is Russia; and the...

Or is that something we only ever do, when the aggressor is...

Michael Falzon

Bernard Grech’s way of doing things is completely the opposite of what he should do

Bernard Grech’s way of doing things is completely the...

It’s official, folks! Roberta Metsola has finally made up her mind

Raphael Vassallo

Not-News | She’s going for Bernard’s job, all right! And here are...

Not-News | She’s going for Bernard’s job, all...

Has ‘foreigner’ become a derogatory term?

Josanne Cassar

Ask them how it feels to adjust to a new country and whether they were made to...

Ask them how it feels to adjust to a new country and...

STAR WARS Episode XXXVIII: ‘Joseph Portelli Strikes Back!’

Raphael Vassallo

Not-News | And on what grounds was he ‘eligible’ to play for Hamrun...

Not-News | And on what grounds was he...

Failure is not an option: Malta’s waste management crisis | Martin Galea De Giovanni

Managing our waste should not start at the point from when the waste is already generated but from the point of manufacturing, down to the supply chain and...

Managing our waste should not start at the point from when...

Labour upskilling: An opportunity to boost our economic model | Steve Ellul

A further increment on this top-up would make it more attractive for these skilled employees to remain in employment

A further increment on this top-up would make it more...

What’s ‘love’ got to do with (Malta’s plummeting EU relations?)

Raphael Vassallo

There: not so ‘melodramatic’ after all, is it now...?

There: not so ‘melodramatic’ after all, is it...

Cancelling black and brown faces: Identità’s disservice to an inclusive Malta

James Debono

‘Everyone has a story to tell… we make it official’ the video clip touted as a rebranding of Identity Malta Agency proclaimed. Everyone...

‘Everyone has a story to tell… we make it...

What’s the point of ‘National Strategy Plans’... if we never actually implement any of them?

Raphael Vassallo

Naturally, this leaves us with the most imponderable question of them all. If government itself doesn’t take its own ‘National Strategy...

Naturally, this leaves us with the most imponderable...

Michael Falzon

This happened after last year’s record COLA increase and it will happen again this year

This happened after last year’s record COLA increase...

‘Speak to someone, they will arrange it for you’

Josanne Cassar

The reality is that it is never worth the risk because inevitably, it will...

The reality is that it is never worth the risk because...

The Prime Minister who cried: ‘It’s the Wollof! It’s the Wollof!’

Raphael Vassallo

Like Lambkin, Prime Minister Robert Abela will very soon discover the ultimate limits of his own credibility... if he hasn’t done that, already

Like Lambkin, Prime Minister Robert Abela will very soon...

With the EU’s new media law, TVM will be reduced to ‘The Teleshopping Channel’...

Raphael Vassallo

I thought the European Parliament must have finally run out of things to meddle with, when it comes to how individual member states choose to govern their own,...

I thought the European Parliament must have finally run out...