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The high cost of climate change

Sunday, 12 October 2025, 08:21 Last update: about 2 years ago Frans Camilleri

As global temperatures climb, weather systems are changing swiftly and extensively, making events such as droughts, hurricanes, floods, and heat waves more intense and...

For Daphne’s sake

Sunday, 12 October 2025, 07:33 Last update: about 2 years ago Mark Said

Another year and another date when we cannot fail to mark Daphne Caruana Galizia's assassination anniversary. Besides marking October 16 as a day of remembrance in honour of all that Daphne...

A good time was had by all

Sunday, 12 October 2025, 07:31 Last update: about 2 years ago Noel Grima

It was a very good crowd that gathered in Valletta last Saturday for what was called a national protest against the changes being introduced by Robert Abela to the permits regime, which most see as a...

Malta’s sun without power

Saturday, 11 October 2025, 05:55 Last update: about 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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...

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