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Drift and denial: The proxy war at sea

David P. Attard

The question is no longer whether Malta is affected. It is whether we are willing to admit that it already is

The million-dollar question

Saviour Balzan

Only time will tell, who will win their hearts. And my feeling is that we will not need to wait for so long to know!

When ‘power games’ really do involve ‘power’…

Raphael Vassallo

In a nutshell: if this strategy is successful, we would be driven all the way...

In a nutshell: if this strategy is successful, we would be...

Michael Falzon

The Maltese were taught it was a sin to be violent with and steal from one’s neighbour, or have extra-marital sex. In their eyes, however, cheating the...

The Maltese were taught it was a sin to be violent with and...

Would I lie to you? How trust in governments has been eroded

Josanne Cassar

Those whose trust has been completely eroded simply don’t want to know

Those whose trust has been completely eroded simply...

Saviour Balzan

The time has come for all of us to have the right to walk freely without some show of force by alleged occupier who think they have the right to threaten whom...

The time has come for all of us to have the right to walk...

Malta can foster cooperation as a viable alternative to myopic competition | Victor Fiorini

We spend a substantial chunk of our lives at the workplace and it should be nothing short of a rewarding experience | Victor Fiorini, Malta Cooperative...

We spend a substantial chunk of our lives at the workplace...

No, they didn’t try to ‘ban Christmas’ (they just did something much stupider, that’s all…)

Raphael Vassallo

The nature of ‘Christmas’ itself will not change one iota, just because you use a different word to describe it. It will still remain precisely the...

The nature of ‘Christmas’ itself will not...

Evarist Bartolo

We welcome the return of quiet diplomacy to US-Russia relations, even if with a limited agenda. We must ‘learn to live with each other’

We welcome the return of quiet diplomacy to US-Russia...

Malta’s education and employment crisis requires a sense of urgency

Bernard Grech

Sweeping the problems under the rug until the next election won’t make...

Sweeping the problems under the rug until the next election...

What’s worse for our ‘social well-being’? Cannabis… or a governability crisis?

Raphael Vassallo

What both those approaches have in common, though, is that they simply disregard a somewhat crucial detail: that the same ‘cannabis reform’ they...

What both those approaches have in common, though, is that...

Michael Falzon

Grech did not enter into the merits of where in the world the three ‘independent’ persons would be found and who would take this veritable poisoned...

Grech did not enter into the merits of where in the world...

Let’s remove the drama and mystery surrounding the election date

Josanne Cassar

This love of mystery and drama surrounding the election date is all...

This love of mystery and drama surrounding the election...

Happy holidays and no kissing under the mistletoe

Saviour Balzan

To move away from the mistletoe and onto the all-important turkey, perhaps the...

To move away from the mistletoe and onto the all-important...

Miriam Dalli

During this year, we encouraged households and businesses to invest more in renewable energy

During this year, we encouraged households and...

We are empowering whistleblowers yet again | Edward Zammit Lewis

Explained: the new amendments to the Maltese whistleblower law following up on...

Explained: the new amendments to the Maltese whistleblower...

This party ain’t big enough for both of us…

Raphael Vassallo

Based only on a lifetime of watching Westerns, my own prediction is that...

Based only on a lifetime of watching Westerns, my own...

The concrete siege of Gozo | Maresca Demanuele

Preserving what makes Gozo unique is the best investment in the island’s...

Preserving what makes Gozo unique is the best investment in...

‘Water, water everywhere…’ and not a drop was saved

Raphael Vassallo

… and when we evidently can’t even handle the sheer amount of...

… and when we evidently can’t even handle the...

Michael Falzon

Will Roberta Metsola’s success in European politics be the spark that starts the road to politicians ditching fanaticism and hate and replacing them with...

Will Roberta Metsola’s success in European politics...