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The Maltese: Possibly future climate refugees

Thursday, 20 March 2025, 07:35 Last update: about 2 years ago Mark Said

Imagine losing your home or livelihood due to a flood. Going hungry because of a failed harvest or drought. Or being forced to flee your home due to extremely high temperatures, rising sea levels or a...

Industrial activity

Monday, 17 March 2025, 08:00 Last update: about 2 years ago Alfred Sant

Whatever we say, no matter what we pretend, Malta's entry into the EU had to bring in its wake a serious weakening in this country's industrial activity, both relatively and concretely in a number of...

Abela’s priority list

Sunday, 16 March 2025, 09:46 Last update: about 2 years ago Kevin Cassar

Last month a Maltatoday journalist confronted Robert Abela: "Aren't these crooked priorities? How can you justify rushing through this (magisterial inquiries) reform while all other reforms are still...

The momentum has shifted, the change has started

Sunday, 16 March 2025, 09:37 Last update: about 2 years ago Darren Carabott

The people haven't spoken. They have screamed at the top of their lungs. They have voiced their unequivocal disapproval to this Government's way of leading the country, and the very encouraging...

The Covid Cohort Graduates

Sunday, 16 March 2025, 08:41 Last update: about 2 years ago Valerie Visanich

This week, I had the privilege of delivering the oration at a graduation ceremony. I addressed a cohort of postgraduate students within the humanities, who successfully completed their studies at the...

Land use planning goes back to the Stone Age

Sunday, 16 March 2025, 08:39 Last update: about 2 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Last week marked the end of a consultation period relative to a proposal by the Planning Authority to amend the Development Notification Order of 2016 in order to hand a blank cheque to the public...

The awakening of Gozo: Embracing the promise of spring

Sunday, 16 March 2025, 08:32 Last update: about 2 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

As the chill of winter fades into memory, Gozo awakens with the gentle embrace of spring. The island, always a place of beauty, now basks in the soft golden hues of early morning sunlight. Long, lazy...

An unbecoming House of Representatives

Sunday, 16 March 2025, 07:38 Last update: about 2 years ago Mark Said

MPs shouting, jeering and heckling in Malta's parliament is alienating the public, and the majority want the coarse behaviour to stop. When will we see an end to the chaos that accompanies...

Ratcheting up the anger

Sunday, 16 March 2025, 07:31 Last update: about 2 years ago Noel Grima

It would not do, I think, to build hopes on just the huge crowd that turned up on Sunday for the PN protest. The crowd, filling Republic Street from the very top, was indeed something to...

Peace, not war

Friday, 14 March 2025, 08:02 Last update: about 2 years ago Owen Bonnici

As I write, the main news item in the international press is that of an "active invitation" by the US for a 30-day ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war. Ukraine seems to have accepted the offer, but...

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