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The scheming authority | Patrick Calleja

The notion that the Villa Rosa local plan has been dictated by the developer’s proposal is of great concern. The Planning Authority’s approach does seem to suggest...

The EU at war: Possible scenarios for Malta

Mark Said

The apparent contradiction between neutrality and EU mutual defence characterised Malta’s parliamentary debates both on the draft Treaty Establishing a Constitution for...

Best in the world, just worse than Congo and Montenegro...

Saviour Balzan

Malta has historically been on the low end of the wider press freedom rankings,...

Malta has historically been on the low end of the wider...

Dealing with world population concerns | Christian Colombo, Joanna Onions

Rather than seeing people only as numbers, or baby-producing machines, to somehow be controlled in one direction or the other, let’s take a humanist...

Rather than seeing people only as numbers, or...

We can’t expect Gozo to remain a ‘virgin’, while we continue raping her sister-island

Raphael Vassallo

Yes, Gozitans are quite right to feel aggrieved... even as we, here in Malta, entreat the Gozitans to ‘respect their own...

Yes, Gozitans are quite right to feel aggrieved... even as...

Michael Falzon

Sometimes the governments’ generosity with particular individuals knows no bounds - even when it is at the expense of the common man

Sometimes the governments’ generosity with particular...

Welcome, welcome to Malta’s justice system

Saviour Balzan

It is a cruel world, made all the more cruel when justice is not meted out in...

It is a cruel world, made all the more cruel when justice...

Facing the demographic time bomb: the urgent need for action on gerontological and geriatric issues | Christian Borg Xuereb

As the global population ages, it is essential that we have a deep understanding of the unique needs and challenges of older adults.

As the global population ages, it is essential that we have...

The right for freedom of movement for workers in the EU

Renee Laiviera

The number of citizens interested in working in another EU country is on the...

The number of citizens interested in working in another EU...

So much, I suppose, for the European Parliament’s ‘Rule of Law’ crusade...

Raphael Vassallo

And, well... what does all that tell us, about how value the European Parliament REALLY attaches, to ‘fundamental principles’ such as the Rule Of...

And, well... what does all that tell us, about how value...

James Debono

The regularisation scheme for partly ODZ properties with illegalities which stop them from selling, is not the equivalent of the far more extensive 2006...

The regularisation scheme for partly ODZ properties with...

Michael Falzon

The contradictions in the sworn testimony given by Edward Scicluna, Keith Schembri, and Silvio Valletta are too blatant to be acceptable in a country that is...

The contradictions in the sworn testimony given by Edward...

Raphael Vassallo

Ah, but who actually gets the blame, for all the Minister’s evident FAILURE in this regard? Anton Refalo himself? Patricia Azzopardi? Anton Grech? Who?

Ah, but who actually gets the blame, for all the...

Josanne Cassar

It never ceases to depress me how, on the surface, we seem to have a thriving economy and yet, we have sectors of the country which are very underpaid and...

It never ceases to depress me how, on the surface, we seem...

Saviour Balzan

A report by Grant Thornton report shows that between 2013 and 2021 house prices increased by 100% • The very fast upward trend in the economy in...

A report by Grant Thornton report shows that...

Daniel Xerri

Misconceptions surrounding cocaine are one of the chief reasons why certain people fall into the trap of using it

Misconceptions surrounding cocaine are one of the chief...

Peter Agius

People are getting angrier by the day at Labour’s attitude of pigs at the trough as nicely illustrated in Rosianne Cutajar’s chats. We will seek...

People are getting angrier by the day at Labour’s...

Ralph Cassar

To reach the target of zero-carbon we cannot postpone any more, we must start changing now, otherwise a sudden change will hurt

To reach the target of zero-carbon we cannot postpone any...

Hunters, accusing Birdlife of ‘handling dead birds’. Whatever next?

Raphael Vassallo

Yes, the federation is quite right to accuse Birdlife Malta of ‘attempting to influence the law-courts’, in a case which was scheduled to commence...

Yes, the federation is quite right to accuse Birdlife Malta...

Brooke Shields’ story and the sexualisation of young girls

Josanne Cassar

Despite decades of feminism, society still places too much importance on...

Despite decades of feminism, society still places too much...