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The elephant in the room

Sunday, 28 September 2025, 08:47 Last update: about 2 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Reading through the Fortina inquiry report drawn up by the National Audit Office (NAO) one can pinpoint a specific issue without which this undervalued deal would not have developed, at least, in the...

Labour puts the people first

Sunday, 28 September 2025, 08:35 Last update: about 2 years ago Kevin Cassar

"In everything we have done, we always had our vision that a Labour government puts the people first," Prime Minister Robert Abela claimed in his Sunday sermon. "Labour governs for the whole...

All that she wants, is another baby (not)

Sunday, 28 September 2025, 08:33 Last update: about 2 years ago Valerie Visanich

Malta represents a paradoxical case in fertility trends. We heard concerns from politicians, economists and the Archbishop himself.  Despite a growing GDP, a generous suite of state-supported...

31/Atlas, please save us

Sunday, 28 September 2025, 08:30 Last update: about 2 years ago Frans Camilleri

A few weeks ago, Avi Loeb, a Harvard astronomer, suggested that an interstellar object nearing Earth could be an engineered object.  He was referring to the 31/ATLAS interstellar object...

A ferry crossing that speaks volumes

Sunday, 28 September 2025, 08:29 Last update: about 2 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

On Sunday, September 14 September at about noon, I left home for Mġarr. I allowed enough time for the traffic, expecting a slow crawl through the rows of queuing vehicles. Several cars already...

This Thursday: Stand up for our environment

Sunday, 28 September 2025, 08:12 Last update: about 2 years ago Darren Carabott

The past 12 years, we can all agree, have been an absolute assault on the environment. Like Herbert Ganado, we too can say that we have seen Malta change, yet, sadly, it hasn't always been for the...

The die is cast

Sunday, 28 September 2025, 07:13 Last update: about 2 years ago Noel Grima

So the deed is done. All the pressure has produced this. Malta has formally recognised the yet inexistent Palestinian state. With no prior negotiation, no conditions imposed or accepted. Not...

On the right side of history

Friday, 26 September 2025, 11:19 Last update: about 2 years ago Owen Bonnici

This week, Prime Minister Robert Abela took centre stage at the United Nations Conference in New York, and in front of world leaders, declared proudly and unequivocally that Malta was recognizing the...

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