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The trial is over, the search for accountability is not

Sunday, 20 September 2026, 07:39 Last update: about 23 days ago Gejtu Vella

Now that the court has delivered its judgment, acquitting Yorgen Fenech in connection with the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, a case that has haunted and traumatised the nation for years, Malta...

The scourge of over-tourism

Sunday, 20 September 2026, 07:37 Last update: about 23 days ago Frans Camilleri

For as long as I remember from when I joined the travel industry at Air Malta in 1973, the perennial discussion was the development of quality tourism.  Over the years, a small group of people...

2007: Rebuilding an energy system with an empty tank

Sunday, 20 September 2026, 07:33 Last update: about 23 days ago David Spiteri Gingell

Last week I argued that energy moves like an aircraft carrier. Decisions taken today on generation, an interconnector or the distribution network may take five, 10 or 15 years to show their full...

Marsalforn was ours

Sunday, 20 September 2026, 07:30 Last update: about 23 days ago Emmanuel J. Galea

Gozo now buries more people than it baptises. Deaths outnumber births on the island, and only inward migration keeps the population figure growing. Numbers like these sound abstract until you walk...

Justice with heart

Sunday, 20 September 2026, 07:27 Last update: about 23 days ago Marilena Gauci

I have written before about politics with heart, about a brand of leadership grounded in humanity, compassion and understanding, because behind every vote there is a human being, a beating heart...

Malta cannot move on until Malta moves forward

Sunday, 20 September 2026, 07:18 Last update: about 23 days ago Annabelle Cilia

There is a phrase we hear too often in Malta: move on. Move on from the anger, move on from the division, move on from Daphne, move on from 2017. But a country does not move on simply because enough...

Sustainable maritime security

Sunday, 20 September 2026, 07:14 Last update: about 23 days ago Michael Briguglio

Earlier this month, MaltaToday (1 September) reported that the Government of Malta, through Minister Glenn Bedingfield, called for stronger European maritime-security arrangements following incidents...

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