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Culture and the arts for all

Friday, 21 November 2025, 11:13 Last update: about 13 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 13 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 13 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...

Asian food

Monday, 17 November 2025, 07:57 Last update: about 13 months ago Alfred Sant

One impact of the ever increasing number of foreign workers in Malta has been the opening of establishments selling Asian food in various areas of the island. It's not only immigrants who account for...

The real deception

Sunday, 16 November 2025, 08:40 Last update: about 13 months ago Kevin Cassar

If the PN's €400 million hospitals claim was false why did Robert Abela seek €760 million and then €488 million euro from Steward at the International Chamber of Commerce? If Steward...

Good governance in local councils: Lessons learnt

Sunday, 16 November 2025, 08:17 Last update: about 13 months ago Katya De Giovanni

Good governance is the foundation of democracy in action. It is what transforms elections into effective service delivery and public trust into tangible community progress. In Malta, local councils...

Another one bites the dust

Sunday, 16 November 2025, 08:17 Last update: about 13 months ago Valerie Visanich

I'm writing this, fuelled by coffee and feelings of nostalgia, a bittersweet ache for a lost past. After a walk through my childhood town, I discovered that a local grocer shop had been razed to the...

When a government needs public support

Sunday, 16 November 2025, 08:14 Last update: about 13 months ago Frans Camilleri

If there is anything we have learned over the last five decades, it is that structural reforms generate long‐term growth benefits.  This is true in both the economic and social fields, in...

Nature does not discriminate

Sunday, 16 November 2025, 08:03 Last update: about 13 months ago Carmel Cacopardo

At Belem, gateway to the Amazon, in Brazil, this week, world leaders, scientists, activists, negotiators, diplomats, indigenous peoples and other affected communities are gathering for...

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