Loujin, we are sorry
Thursday, 15 September 2022, 07:29
Last update: about 5 years ago
Andrew Azzopardi
That a child has to endure such pain is simply unthinkable. That we could have done something about it and didn't, is beyond comprehension. Whilst I am immensely appreciative of the work that the...
Austerity
Monday, 12 September 2022, 08:00
Last update: about 5 years ago
Alfred Sant
Nobody is mentioning the word. Yet, those who emphasize the need for measures that should be taken for Europe to overcome the enormous challenges that it is facing in securing energy supplies...
Stroads
Sunday, 11 September 2022, 10:17
Last update: about 5 years ago
Mary Muscat
The distinction between streets and roads may not mean much to many. The hybrid stroad is the imposition of the nature of the road on that of the street, and with Malta’s building sprawl and...
Gorbachev - Once there was hope
Sunday, 11 September 2022, 09:16
Last update: about 5 years ago
Kevin Cassar
On a stormy December night in 1989, the leaders of the world’s two superpowers were in Malta. On the Russian cruiseship Maxim Gorky, they ended the Cold War. They ushered a new era of...
The invisible origins of current political debates
Sunday, 11 September 2022, 08:19
Last update: about 5 years ago
Mark A. Sammut Sassi
Journalists preach a lot about the need to modernise society, to rend the cobwebs of the past, to let in the fresh air. It’s not just columnists; it’s the editorial slant of at least three...
Corruption: the institutions are not working
Sunday, 11 September 2022, 08:15
Last update: about 5 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
Reading through the media court reports on the Qormi murder earlier this week confirms that the police in Malta can carry out crime investigations assiduously and bring them to their logical...
Labour – a trial balance
Sunday, 11 September 2022, 07:14
Last update: about 5 years ago
Noel Grima
It is maybe too early to draw up a balance sheet for Labour’s time in office under two prime ministers. Or maybe not early at all. What has Labour to show for its years in power? The...
Xrobb l-Għaġin and Qrendi
Friday, 9 September 2022, 11:04
Last update: about 5 years ago
Owen Bonnici
By means of a very interesting expedition which was been happening in the last months, structures of a prehistoric nature at Xrobb l-Għaġin were uncovered in a project that is the first of...
Brakes on consumption
Thursday, 8 September 2022, 08:00
Last update: about 5 years ago
Alfred Sant
They’ve started slowly slowly, but I will not be surprised when they start picking up fast. For it cannot be otherwise if Europe is going to cope with the cuts in the supply of gas that are...
Treadmill of land development
Thursday, 8 September 2022, 07:37
Last update: about 5 years ago
Michael Briguglio
The same Maltese society which frequently protests and criticizes overdevelopment, is the same Maltese society in which investment in property is widespread. I find this contradiction one of the...