Abundance is a myth
Sunday, 23 November 2025, 07:59
Last update: about 9 months ago
Frans Camilleri
The recent Budget was heralded by Prime Minister Robert Abela as "the best budget ever." The ink had not even dried on it before he told a gathering of Labour followers that "the next budget...
Eco-Gozo: Vision versus reality
Sunday, 23 November 2025, 07:58
Last update: about 9 months ago
Emmanuel J. Galea
Eco-Gozo started as a challenging idea under the then PN administration, in 2009, when Minister for Gozo, Giovanna Debono launched a project that aimed to transform Gozo into an "eco-island" by 2020....
AFM: A crisis that simply won’t fly away
Sunday, 23 November 2025, 07:57
Last update: about 9 months ago
Darren Carabott
Over the past months I have been following the pitiful situation at the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM), rather closely, to truly understand how our brave and dedicated service men and women are being...
A creative economy we can be proud of
Sunday, 23 November 2025, 07:57
Last update: about 9 months ago
Julie Zahra
Creativity has long been treated as a colourful accessory to Malta's economic model. sometimes celebrated, sometimes forgotten. Yet, creativity in all its forms and facets, is far more than spectacle...
Unnecessary and possibly illegal hardship
Sunday, 23 November 2025, 07:54
Last update: about 9 months ago
Mark Said
According to the Electricity Supply Regulations [Subsidiary Legislation 423.01], in the event of non-payment by a consumer of an overdue account, Enemalta has the legal right to suspend the...
The Colossus with feet of clay
Sunday, 23 November 2025, 07:52
Last update: about 9 months ago
Noel Grima
He straddles the whole world like a Colossus, hogging the limelight, being in the news multiple times a day, all the time at the most controversial. At the same time there has never been a...
Culture and the arts for all
Friday, 21 November 2025, 11:13
Last update: about 9 months ago
Owen Bonnici
We all remember a time, not so long ago, when culture and the arts were within the exclusive remit of the few. We changed that. Today, culture and the arts are for all - artists, creatives,...
Constitutional change
Thursday, 20 November 2025, 07:34
Last update: about 9 months ago
Alfred Sant
Conversations about constitutional change generally emerge on the eve of general elections, like with controversies over the building of a metro. They open up space for arguments which can have little...
A globally needed plastic treaty
Thursday, 20 November 2025, 07:28
Last update: about 9 months ago
Mark Said
Among international treaties of global importance, the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, the United Nations Charter, the Genocide Convention, and the Paris Agreement on climate change surely...