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New year resolutions for 2026

Sunday, 4 January 2026, 07:53 Last update: about 8 months ago Darren Carabott

As tomorrow many of us will be returning to work, after a much-deserved Christmas break, we will be picking up were we left off in mid-December. The more ambitious of us will also be engaging in some...

Sentencing ‘in absentia’

Sunday, 4 January 2026, 07:20 Last update: about 8 months ago Mark Said

No one would dare deny that our all too often court delays and logistics problems within the law courts have been contributing to unacceptable and unreasonable length in judicial proceedings, leading...

Sofia gets the euro

Sunday, 4 January 2026, 07:13 Last update: about 8 months ago Noel Grima

As the New Year was rung in on Thursday, Bulgaria switched over to the euro. It was a quiet change, with none of the theatrics that usually accompany such changes. Against what...

The 2025 reading list

Saturday, 3 January 2026, 07:07 Last update: about 8 months ago Owen Bonnici

Reading has been a habit of mine since I was young. I have maintained it since then. I try to reserve the last part of the day, often late at night, for reading. This past year was no exception....

Main issues

Thursday, 1 January 2026, 08:00 Last update: about 8 months ago Alfred Sant

Among the main issues that still need to "develop" (to put it prudently) during the New Year, top of the list no doubt there will be the war in the Ukraine and the Gaza disaster. Beyond these though,...

Strategic Europe

Monday, 29 December 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 8 months ago Alfred Sant

Despite the beautiful and "courageous" phrases that continue to be expressed, European countries are disoriented. On the one hand they have ended up considering Russia as a very serious threat to...

Word of the year

Sunday, 28 December 2025, 08:29 Last update: about 8 months ago Kevin Cassar

The Economist has picked its word of the year - "slop". It described the word as "an unappetising symbol of a messy year". It's a good pick for 2025 because living through this year felt increasingly...

The Liar Parliamentarian

Sunday, 28 December 2025, 08:28 Last update: about 8 months ago Kevin Aquilina

The Commissioner for Standards in Public Life has been quoted in the media as having affirmed that there is no breach of parliamentary ethics when a Member of Parliament (MP) who is neither a minister...

PTSD after war: the fighting ends, but the trauma often does not

Sunday, 28 December 2025, 08:27 Last update: about 8 months ago Katya De Giovanni

You would think that once a ceasefire is signed and people return home, it is "over". For many, one of the horrors of war is only just beginning. Brown University's Costs of War project estimated...

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