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The survey carried out as part of the State of the Nation conference has painted a very clear picture of Maltese society, although most of the findings came as no surprise. We knew about them all...

There is no valid reason why a woman should not participate in her health decisions when a pregnancy is affecting her. Whether this translates into a right for an abortion depends, or ought to depend,...

In these past four years our country underwent an intense process of modernisation. Important developments can be felt in governance and in our social and physical infrastructure. Integrated in a...

Following last year’s incident involving a person having sex with an animal, MP Mario Galea was the latest voice calling for the criminalisation (or should one say recriminalisation?) of...

Asbestos has been banned in Europe since 2005 and yet it still causes between 30,000 and 90,000 deaths per year in the European Union. Studies show that we should expect to continue seeing a rise in...

When most of us think about the European Parliament, it is often the big controversial issues that come to mind, debates that are important but mostly look at the bigger picture. Yet, being a Member...

The term cheap labour has been used many a time, especially in the context of an ever-growing economy.  This constitutes a situation where members of the workforce are engaged in labour that pays...

At risk of sounding like a broken record, it’s obvious for us to point out that the environment – more specifically over-development – is currently one of the chief concerns in the...

Dates dedicated to the Earth (5 June), its Seas and Oceans (8 June), its biodiversity (22 May), and the increasing endangered species (21st May) are a few but important calendar events. These...