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Putting choice at the heart of our care | Daniel Schembri

Legalising AVE is not about choosing death over life. It is about choosing autonomy and dignity over enforced suffering

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 has forbidden save for...

Saviour Balzan

The truth is that Yorgen Fenech is certainly no saint, but it is equally true that he could be the key to a more sinister web of corruption that is at the...

The truth is that Yorgen Fenech is certainly no saint, but...

The unique Maltese quirk of ‘tpaxxihomx’ (don’t give them the satisfaction)

Josanne Cassar

The reason why Konrad Mizzi still has such a following is not because these people are unable to understand that he did anything wrong, but because in the...

The reason why Konrad Mizzi still has such a following is...

Marcus Rashford, Black Lives Matter and a British premier who is out of his league

The Conversation

Chris Porter | Though football in the UK has its sectarian divides and distinct national allegiances, English football culture has traditionally tended to shy...

Chris Porter | Though football in the UK has its sectarian...

Public sculpture expert: why I welcome decision to throw Colston statue in river

The Conversation

Claudine van Hensbergen • I hope Bristol Council fishes it out the water and sticks it in a museum so we don’t forget what has happened....

Claudine van Hensbergen • I hope Bristol...

Raphael Vassallo

All it would take to harness the current large swathe of undecided voters is a new party that can appeal to their demands of better governance… and...

All it would take to harness the current large swathe of...

Konrad Mizzi, an eventful ministerial appointment

Michael Falzon

The idea of using people like Lionel Gerada to dish out taxpayer’s money...

The idea of using people like Lionel Gerada to dish out...

It was a trap... and Adrian Delia walked right into it

Raphael Vassallo

Whose interest does it serve, to cast doubt on the only testimony that might...

Whose interest does it serve, to cast doubt on the only...

The right thing to do. But it will not be easy...

Saviour Balzan

Prime Minister Robert Abela has a dilemma. He knows that he could potentially...

Prime Minister Robert Abela has a dilemma. He knows that he...

You have to mean what you say, and say what you mean

Josanne Cassar

The PM does not have the correct advisors or PR people who can pull him to one...

The PM does not have the correct advisors or PR people who...

Ryan Callus

I appeal to the Siggiewi local council, to make away with partisan politics, and place country before political tribalism

I appeal to the Siggiewi local council, to make away with...

Remove Queen Victoria’s statue? ‘We are not amused’...

Raphael Vassallo

To me, that famous wartime photograph of Queen Victoria, surveying the...

To me, that famous wartime photograph of Queen Victoria,...

Saviour Balzan

Saviour Balzan questions the police’s motive in not calling in the bomb makers behind Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination

Saviour Balzan questions the police’s motive in...

Recognising the world’s most vulnerable people

Mark A. Schapiro

It is critical we recognise and support the world’s most vulnerable...

It is critical we recognise and support the world’s...

Punching down on those anxious about immigration will not help us move forward

Michaela Muscat

LONG READ • Racist rhetoric is cause for alarm, but what does it say about those vocal on human rights, rule of law and good governance, and a...

LONG READ • Racist rhetoric is cause for alarm, but...

Josanne Cassar

As we look to the future, will it also be business as usual in the way we treat foreign nationals when (or if) they come back here for work?

As we look to the future, will it also be business as usual...

Michael Falzon

Our government seems to be acting to ensure the statistical average can be reached while ignoring the plight of those who are going hungry

Our government seems to be acting to ensure the statistical...

Enter Jean Claude Micallef, Nationalist reject now populist clown

Saviour Balzan

Jean Claude Micallef is simply eager about being spoken about, driven by a...

Jean Claude Micallef is simply eager about being spoken...

What can’t be laughed at, can never be defeated

Raphael Vassallo

Why run the risk of depriving future generations of a cultural influence that...

Why run the risk of depriving future generations of a...