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The die is cast

Sunday, 28 September 2025, 07:13 Last update: about 2 years ago Noel Grima

So the deed is done. All the pressure has produced this. Malta has formally recognised the yet inexistent Palestinian state. With no prior negotiation, no conditions imposed or accepted. Not...

On the right side of history

Friday, 26 September 2025, 11:19 Last update: about 2 years ago Owen Bonnici

This week, Prime Minister Robert Abela took centre stage at the United Nations Conference in New York, and in front of world leaders, declared proudly and unequivocally that Malta was recognizing the...

Directly by air

Thursday, 25 September 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 2 years ago Alfred Sant

The tourism authorities have done well over the years to keep up efforts to increase tourism flows from the US to Malta and to introduce direct flights from that country. That now Delta airlines will...

The Club Class that lost its sparkle

Wednesday, 24 September 2025, 09:21 Last update: about 2 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

A child wakes up one morning expecting a normal start to the day. He sits at the breakfast table waiting for the usual spread of toast, eggs, juice, and cereal. Instead, he finds only a slice of bread...

The loss of Mid-Med

Monday, 22 September 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 2 years ago Alfred Sant

When many years ago, Mid-Med Bank was about to be sold to HSBC, many voices spoke out in praise of what was being done. Personally I was one of those who stood against, and strongly: apart from the...

Protection of minors in the digital age

Sunday, 21 September 2025, 08:57 Last update: about 2 years ago Kevin Aquilina

Society has always felt the need to protect minors from harm. This has taken several forms such as criminalising physical abuse of minors, paedophilia and sexual abuse of all sorts, protection from...

If it’s not illegal, it must be right

Sunday, 21 September 2025, 08:56 Last update: about 2 years ago Kevin Cassar

Deputy Leader Alex Agius Saliba was out defending Labour's decision to deploy Neville Gafa as the party's "new weapon" in Gozo. For those who've never heard of him, Gafa is a shady character who...

Gozo: A pool of broken promises

Sunday, 21 September 2025, 08:49 Last update: about 2 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

Prime Minister Robert Abela, it seems, has always recognised Gozo as more than just a geographical place. For any Maltese PM, the island becomes a stage, really, where promises need to travel across...

An ageing workforce need not be a problem

Sunday, 21 September 2025, 08:39 Last update: about 2 years ago Frans Camilleri

Not a week passes by that we don't read reports that some country's indigenous population is at risk of disappearing because of collapsing fertility.  Demographic doom has become pervasive: ...

New challenges, new energy for a bright tomorrow

Sunday, 21 September 2025, 08:29 Last update: about 2 years ago Julie Zahra

There is renewed energy flowing through the corridors of PN HQ in Pietá. Certainly, a lot of it is due to the election of Alex Borg as new leader of the Nationalist Party. However, I trust this...

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