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Unlocking potential in empty homes

Matthew Zerafa

By blending state support with private initiative, it aims to enhance social housing capacity, revitalise urban areas, and unlock the potential of long-unused residential stock

Malta cannot continue to overlook its growing loneliness crisis

Andrew Azzopardi

The next step must be decisive, systemic and based on evidence. It must be taken now, rather than postponed for future generations

A template for social justice and prosperity | Michael Falzon

Budget 2026 continues this trajectory, sending a clear message of solidarity,...

Budget 2026 continues this trajectory, sending a clear...

Mark Said

These debates are vital for the evolution of plea-bargaining practices and for ensuring they serve the interests of justice rather than convenience

These debates are vital for the evolution of...

The Maltese economic model at work | Josef Bugeja

What is concerning is that income inequality is also on the rise. Although not...

What is concerning is that income inequality is also on the...

If not a fascist, let us call him a narcissist and double-dealer

Saviour Balzan

In another western country, even one which is not remotely ‘woke’,...

In another western country, even one which is not remotely...

The union that tries to catch two rabbits

JP Fabri

The European Commission’s recent warning to Malta on its public finances...

The European Commission’s recent warning to Malta on...

Mark Said

Yet, can an amended law to provide for state financing of political parties truly arrive at that stage, or can there be enough safeguards and mechanisms to...

Yet, can an amended law to provide for state financing of...

Our commitment to persons with a disability

Julia Farrugia

Providing persons with disabilities the opportunity to maintain independent...

Providing persons with disabilities the opportunity to...

The hymn of ‘the sweet mother who bore us’

Melvic Zammit

In the shadow of the ‘language question’, Dun Karm deliberately...

In the shadow of the ‘language question’, Dun...

Violent adolescents: We need level heads, not knee-jerk reactions

Josanne Cassar

We need to take a long hard look at what is happening around us, including the...

We need to take a long hard look at what is happening...

Reality bytes: When 300 phone calls trump 196,000+ set-top boxes | Silvio Scerri

If nothing else, one must commend the poetic symmetry, especially the irony of it all. The company chosen to measure national viewing habits through phoned...

If nothing else, one must commend the poetic symmetry,...

Ramona Attard resents ‘attacks on the judiciary’ | Giovanni Bonello

I am sad to have to divide the Maltese judiciary into two. Those who, despite the oppressive atmosphere created by Attard’s buddies, soldier on,...

I am sad to have to divide the Maltese judiciary into two....

Let’s stop blaming foreign workers and start fixing the system

JP Fabri

Foreign labour did not break Malta’s system. It revealed the...

Foreign labour did not break Malta’s system. It...

Youths as leaders of a future we are building today | Keith Azzopardi Tanti

Young people should not have to wait for their chance. They are already at the decision-making table

Young people should not have to wait for their chance. They...

A tale of two islands: Why Qbajjar Battery cannot be forgotten | Luke Said

How can we be debating its possible handover to private interests when Qbajjar Battery is already fully owned by the state and was earmarked, not...

How can we be debating its possible handover to private...

‘Mercy for the masters, health for the workers'

James Debono

We need a serious discussion on whether the national anthem truly reflects the...

We need a serious discussion on whether the national anthem...

Respect for members of the judiciary | Ramona Attard

When commentary unjustly paints our courts as wilfully hostile to human rights,...

When commentary unjustly paints our courts as wilfully...

Inclusion is not charity. It is fairness | David Casa, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut

Far too many persons with disabilities continue to be left behind from decent work, from public life, from the very services meant to support and protect all...

Far too many persons with disabilities continue to be left...

Parental roles in 2025: Has anything changed?

Josanne Cassar

As any parent will tell you, once you have kids you basically never stop...

As any parent will tell you, once you have kids you...