[WATCH] Brave, new (and slightly scary) world…
Sophia, the ‘intelligent robot’ unveiled in Malta this week, offered many people their first glimpse of an exciting future ahead. Some may be wary of the implications;...
Of heroes  and monsters | Peppi Azzopardi
A court ban preventing Xarabank from interviewing Liam Debono – the 17-year-old accused of grievously injuring a police officer – has raised thorny questions about the...
[WATCH] ‘If we let those people sail on, we know they will die’ | Carola Rackete

Sea-Watch and Lifeline are two vessels currently impounded in Malta, as per a new government policy not to allow voluntary NGO rescue ships the use of our...

Sea-Watch and Lifeline are two vessels currently impounded...

Europe’s final solution: ‘let them drown’ | Maria Pisani

European governments – including Malta – seem to have turned their...

European governments – including Malta – seem...

The roads go ever on

Transport and Infrastructure Minister, IAN BORG, is coy about his own future political aspirations, but outspoken in defence of controversial infrastructure...

Transport and Infrastructure Minister, IAN BORG, is coy...

Living up to expectations? | Jason Micallef

As chairman of the Valletta 2018 Foundation, Jason Micallef has courted trouble...

As chairman of the Valletta 2018 Foundation, Jason Micallef...

Migrant rescuers need predictable framework mechanism | Kahin Ismail

Kahin Ismail, representative of the United Nations High Commission for...

Kahin Ismail, representative of the United Nations High...

A former American University of Malta lecturer speaks out

Were AUM lecturers attracted to Malta on high salaries just to be used until...

Were AUM lecturers attracted to Malta on high salaries just...

Dignity is a human right in prison, too

In a damning indictment of Malta’s prison conditions, the Constitutional Court has just awarded seven transgender inmates EUR30,000 in compensation for...

In a damning indictment of Malta’s prison conditions,...

‘We’re not child snatchers, we want to help families’ - Alfred Grixti

Alfred Grixti, CEO of the Social Welfare Foundation says Child care orders are down since 2015 after a home-based therapy programme was put in place

Alfred Grixti, CEO of the Social Welfare Foundation says...

Fighting the good fight | Inspector Sandro Camilleri

When a traffic police officer was grievously injured in a hit-and-run accident...

When a traffic police officer was grievously injured in a...

An erosion of respect for authority | Michael Farrugia

Tuesday’s shocking incident, which left a police constable permanently...

Tuesday’s shocking incident, which left a police...

This is about medicine, not theology | Mark Sant

FULL INTERVIEW • The ongoing IVF debate has sparked a wave of pro-life...

FULL INTERVIEW • The ongoing IVF debate has sparked a...

[WATCH] There is football, and there is outright criminality... | Franz Tabone

Recent match-fixing revelations have seemingly confirmed widespread perceptions of a ‘culture of corruption’ in local sport, especially football....

Recent match-fixing revelations have seemingly confirmed...

In search of lost memories | Andrew Alamango

‘Magna Zmien’ is a project aimed at researching, digitising and...

‘Magna Zmien’ is a project aimed at...

Let’s call a spade a spade

Historian and activist MARK CAMILLERI admits it’s hard to trust Labour on corruption today. But the party he identifies with is now in a unique position...

Historian and activist MARK CAMILLERI admits it’s...

‘We’re not thinking outside the box’ | Angelo Xuereb

ANGELO XUEREB, winner of EY’s ‘Malta Entrepreneur of the...

ANGELO XUEREB, winner of EY’s ‘Malta...

Build for tomorrow, not just today | Tara Cassar

Malta seems hell-bent on an unstoppable construction drive: but some NGOs seem...

Malta seems hell-bent on an unstoppable construction drive:...

A safety net full of holes | Louis Cilia and Carmel Mallia

With the pensions time-bomb ticking away in the background, Maltese pensioners...

With the pensions time-bomb ticking away in the background,...

‘Architecture is limping behind construction’ | Edward Said

There is a lot of construction happening in Malta today: but are we building...

There is a lot of construction happening in Malta today:...