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Malta’s sun without power

Saturday, 11 October 2025, 05:55 Last update: about 11 months ago Emmanuel J. Galea

Malta enjoys almost three hundred days of sunshine each year, yet it lingers at the bottom of the European Union's renewable energy table. This paradox shocks many observers who assume an island...

Only Labour can guarantee Maltese pastimes and traditions

Friday, 10 October 2025, 12:43 Last update: about 11 months ago Owen Bonnici

The resistance to the Nationalist Party's constitutional bill by various stakeholders was fierce and understandable. Had it gone through, it would have created an unprecedented threat...

The 'extreme right'

Thursday, 9 October 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 11 months ago Alfred Sant

Now it's been the Czech Republic which has given a relative majority to the "extreme" right in its latest parliamentary elections. The move of the political compass towards this sector has been too...

Wired to the future or chained to the past?

Tuesday, 7 October 2025, 07:54 Last update: about 11 months ago Emmanuel J. Galea

The decision to connect Malta to the European grid through an interconnector was not born out of luxury but out of necessity. For decades the island lived in electricity isolation, depending on aging...

National security

Monday, 6 October 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 11 months ago Alfred Sant

Apart from some occasional opinion piece in the media or some brief controversy related to neutrality, when is a serious and dispassionate discussion about this island's national security ever held?...

What party chaos really looks like

Sunday, 5 October 2025, 08:44 Last update: about 11 months ago Kevin Cassar

No sooner had the PN announced the winner of its leadership contest, that Robert Abela was spouting more of his shallow nonsense. According to Abela the close results between the two PN contenders for...

Malta: A Fascist State

Sunday, 5 October 2025, 08:42 Last update: about 11 months ago Kevin Aquilina

The more time passes the more events emerge to confirm that Malta is a fascist state. The most recent event that brought about the death knell of the rule of law in Malta is the Planning Authority...

No case to reduce corporate taxes

Sunday, 5 October 2025, 08:35 Last update: about 11 months ago Frans Camilleri

Corporate tax reductions have often been proposed as a magic formula to drive business expansion and stimulate economic growth.  In fact, they have become a recurrent feature of electoral...

Keep Gozo low: Say no to towers

Sunday, 5 October 2025, 08:34 Last update: about 11 months ago Emmanuel J. Galea

Gozo's future rests on its villages, not on concrete giants that would scar the island forever. Gozo stands at a defining moment. The island has always drawn strength from its villages, its low...

Greening the Constitution

Sunday, 5 October 2025, 07:54 Last update: about 11 months ago Carmel Cacopardo

Earlier this week, the Opposition, in Parliament, presented an amendment to the Constitution in order to embed environmental rights. This is definitely a good step even though it is quite late and...

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