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Let’s rediscover our humanity

Sunday, 29 January 2023, 09:08 Last update: about 4 years ago

The name Pelin Kaya shall remain imprinted in the country’s collective memory. The young Turkish national who came to Malta to fulfil her dreams, but had her life cut short on a cold January...

Holocaust consciousness

Friday, 27 January 2023, 08:11 Last update: about 5 years ago

Year in year out, over these last years, we have come together, with sad soul and deep emotions to commemorate the world’s worst ever recorded deliberate mass killing of civilians. We...

Condominium pandemonium

Sunday, 22 January 2023, 09:27 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark Said

We have finally heard the long-awaited good news. The conflicts and problems encountered by residents who live in apartment blocks will be addressed through a review of the Condominium law. The...

Tackling the shortage of medicines

Sunday, 22 January 2023, 09:26 Last update: about 5 years ago Josianne Cutajar MEP

The surge of respiratory diseases in the last weeks resulted in considerable pressure on European hospitals as well as a depletion of medicine reserves including antibiotics. In light of these...

On medical termination of pregnancy

Sunday, 22 January 2023, 09:24 Last update: about 5 years ago

The matter at hand in reality is quite simple. However, it has caused such a national stir and polarisation that it has become inordinately complex. It has become a maelstrom of religious, moral,...

Anything you can do, AI can do better?

Sunday, 22 January 2023, 09:18 Last update: about 5 years ago

Less than two months ago, at the end of November, developers at OpenAI released ChatGPT for use online. It’s currently free to use (though there are plans to monetise it), and in just under four...

Local football ought to become professional for it to advance

Saturday, 21 January 2023, 09:09 Last update: about 5 years ago

Despite our recent on-and-off performances, the rhetoric is always how local football can take it to the next level, how we can be an underdog that barks. However, my take on this is quite frank; we...

Breaking the deadlock on the anti-deadlock mechanism

Sunday, 15 January 2023, 07:44 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark Said

The original law setting up the Standards Commissioner’s Office, whose job is to investigate complaints and disciplinary issues concerning MPs, lays down that the Commissioner must be elected...

The storm ahead

Sunday, 15 January 2023, 07:42 Last update: about 5 years ago

We are living one of the strangest winters of our lives. Malta normally boasts very temperate winters, in fact it often is one of the country’s strongest selling points to visitors from the...

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