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The hymn of ‘the sweet mother who bore us’

Melvic Zammit

In the shadow of the ‘language question’, Dun Karm deliberately wrote the anthem without a single word of foreign origin, to show that Maltese did not need to borrow...

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 erosion of respect towards authority figures such as teachers, who can testify to the increased...

It’s time to weed out the rogue recruiters giving Malta a bad name | Fabio Muscat

Only by rooting out the cowboys can we ensure Malta is a destination of fairness, dignity, and lawful opportunity.

Only by rooting out the cowboys can we ensure Malta is a...

Alex Borg

We need a leadership that understands both the boardroom and the household budget. The Nationalist Party has always been at its best when it made growth work...

We need a leadership that understands both the boardroom...

Miriam Dalli

With the latest call now open, eligible groups can apply for up to €27,000 to help fund upgrades that cut emissions and operational costs. The high level...

With the latest call now open, eligible groups can apply...

There’s no need to choose: Palliative care and euthanasia can coexist

James Debono

Dignity means recognising that a life burdened by intolerable pain and loss of control is not worth preserving at all costs. Otherwise we would be treating...

Dignity means recognising that a life burdened by...

This is not just a contest. It’s a crossroads.

Alex Borg

Alex Borg | What we need is not just new leadership. We need a new political...

Alex Borg | What we need is not just new leadership. We...

Malta needs an alternative Vision 2050: A green progressive vision

Ralph Cassar

The targets set out in the vision are largely aimed at raising the Gross...

The targets set out in the vision are largely aimed at...

Manoel Island: Who is misrepresenting the facts?

Arnold Cassola

The question remains: Were these bonds suitable and appropriately sold to the...

The question remains: Were these bonds suitable and...

Saviour Balzan

When Joseph Muscat won a landslide victory in the 2013 general election, a kind heart left a copy of The Economist magazine on the desk in his office to...

When Joseph Muscat won a landslide victory in the 2013...

Alex Borg

‘We must become the voice of the future and of aspiration’

‘We must become the voice of the future and of...

Adrian Delia

‘I would like to engender, first and foremost, a discussion in the party...

‘I would like to engender, first and foremost, a...

Ivan J. Bartolo is the man who can save the PN | Michael Mercieca

People are fed up hearing the party criticising everything. People are fed up...

People are fed up hearing the party criticising everything....

Are we getting it right with tech in our schools? | Natasha Azzopardi & Luke Fenech

But it begs the question. Is just saying ‘no’ and holding back really enough? Or should our main job be teaching our kids how to swim in these...

But it begs the question. Is just saying ‘no’...

Alicia Bugeja Said

The deposition of Adrian Delia as leader was the first act of civil war. It did not end there. Instead, the rift continued to expand, leading to the...

The deposition of Adrian Delia as leader was the first act...

Mark Said

Judicial activism creates a certain demand for accountability from the executive and the legislators, which we cannot shrug off by relying on judicial...

Judicial activism creates a certain demand for...

On 26th June Harm Reduction Malta joins the European Network of People Who Use Drugs to advocate for the full realisation of human rights for all people...

On 26th June Harm Reduction Malta joins the European...

Have the retail investors in MIDI plc been treated well?

Arnold Cassola

What do the regulatory bodies have to say to the minority shareholders and...

What do the regulatory bodies have to say to the minority...

Why break a working formula? | Matthew Maggi

We can welcome new leadership, but we have every right to ask: Why remove...

We can welcome new leadership, but we have every right to...

Euthanasia in Islam: An act of killing | Imam Mohammad Elsadi, Samir AbouHussein

Killing a person according to his request or by his permission is a crime and a major sin in Islam. The Quran states: 'And kill not the soul which Allah...

Killing a person according to his request or by his...