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Gozo: Charging in the dark

Sunday, 12 July 2026, 07:40 Last update: about 9 days ago Emmanuel J. Galea

Minister Clint Camilleri inaugurated the new Ta' Xħajma charging depot on May 27. Twenty-two electric buses gleamed behind him, fresh from an €11million investment. Gozo, the press release...

Dim the sun, seed the clouds

Sunday, 12 July 2026, 06:51 Last update: about 7 days ago Frans Camilleri

In July last year and again this year I was one of some 1,000 people who paid a $1 so that I could dim the sun just for a tiny bit, to save the world from climate change.  It wasn't a scam, but a...

Can we cope without air conditioners?

Sunday, 12 July 2026, 06:48 Last update: about 9 days ago Michael Briguglio

As Europe experiences increasingly intense heatwaves, keeping cool is no longer simply a matter of comfort. It is becoming a question of public health, social inequality, and policymaking. Some...

Migrants still denied full family rights

Sunday, 12 July 2026, 06:36 Last update: about 9 days ago Mark Said

Last June, the plight of Fatima, a non-EU national pregnant with her third child, who was denied reunification with her husband, a migrant worker in Malta at the time, hit the headlines of the local...

We must learn from our own mistakes and move on

Sunday, 12 July 2026, 06:34 Last update: about 9 days ago Alexander Mangion

As per its statute, the Nationalist Party will be confirming its leader in the coming days. It is an important step in the post-electoral process, and one that will no doubt define the next five...

Nearing the end-game

Sunday, 12 July 2026, 06:14 Last update: about 9 days ago Noel Grima

I was floundering in search of a subject for my weekly article. I was tempted to write about the ongoing trial by jury but it is not over yet and maybe will take a while. What can be said has already...

Red and white

Friday, 10 July 2026, 09:38 Last update: about 11 days ago Owen Bonnici

Shadow Minister for Accommodation and Lands, PN MP Stanley Zammit, and I met at my office last week. We had a constructive and enjoyable dialogue. I invited Mr Zammit for an informal chat to get...

The El Hiblu 3: A perversion and exorbitance of legal authority

Thursday, 9 July 2026, 09:36 Last update: about 12 days ago Mark Said

It is the ongoing saga of three teenagers, collectively referred to as the El Hiblu 3, who were 15, 16 and 19 years old when they reached the safe port in Malta and were immediately detained. The...

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