Leading the way for progressive and sustainable cities
Sunday, 28 March 2021, 09:00
Last update: about 6 years ago
With our ever-increasing population comes increased urbanisation. Urbanisation which brings about several challenges including increase in greenhouse gases and harmful emissions. Cognisant to the...
The Greenpass and misuse of the Precautionary Principle
Sunday, 28 March 2021, 08:49
Last update: about 6 years ago
Pierre Mallia
The EU is currently working on Greenpass for EU States. This pass will show that the person is vaccinated or has immune status for travel. This is a reasonable request and supported by WHO. It is...
To put one’s money where one’s mouth is
Sunday, 28 March 2021, 08:08
Last update: about 6 years ago
The easiest thing in the world of politics is to wax lyrical about the needs of different sectors of society and, in so doing, give forth a barrage of promises most of which would remain unfulfilled....
Our enemy is the Mafia, not each other
Sunday, 28 March 2021, 08:01
Last update: about 6 years ago
Our community was rocked a few days ago with the arrest and prosecution of Keith Schembri and another ten people on money laundering charges, among others. Keith Schembri was, until recently, the most...
Who is Alexei Navalny?
Sunday, 28 March 2021, 07:58
Last update: about 6 years ago
The portrait of Alexei Navalny depicted by Julia Fedotova (The Malta Independent on Sunday on 14 March) requires a few additional touches. Not many people know that in 2007 Alexei Navalny was expelled...
A national conversation
Friday, 26 March 2021, 10:15
Last update: about 6 years ago
They say that you need to know where you come from to know where you’re going. This is the expression that immediately came to mind when I read that President Vella launched a survey on the...
The value of connectedness
Tuesday, 23 March 2021, 11:14
Last update: about 6 years ago
The Covid-19 pandemic has undoubtedly led to a reduction in our ability to connect socially with one another. Although we are lucky to have other ways of communicating with our family and friends,...
OPINION: Simon Busuttil Proved Right
Tuesday, 23 March 2021, 09:15
Last update: about 6 years ago
Mark A. Sammut Sassi
In the early 1990s, Italy was at the end of its tether. In his attempt to install his socialist party as the arbiter of political life, Bettino Craxi had started from 1980 onward a way of doing...