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Every breath you take
Recent data tabled in parliament shows that despite efforts to mitigate toxic emissions the air quality in certain residential areas is nonetheless posing a hazard. According to the Environment Resources…
A lesson in integrity
Former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson once famously said that a week is a long time in politics. Recent events at 10 Downing Street have shown that nowadays even 48…
Setting the record straight on inflation
Despite the worrying trend in the cost of living which has risen sharply in the last year, it seems some are trying to take solace from the fact that compared…
The housing problem
“Housing, be it rental or purchase, is unlikely to be a realistic prospect for young people in Malta were it not for government intervention or family assistance, unless they marry…
Off the grey list but on probation
News that Malta was struck off the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list was welcomed across the board. The country in general took a huge sigh of relief as…
Comino tagħna lkoll!
Graffiti activists recently ‘took the Blue Lagoon by storm’ and cleared this iconic beach from deckchairs and other paraphernalia in protest against what they described as the taking over of…
An anachronistic parliament
This month’s commemoration of the 1919 Sette Giugno riots marks the establishment of Malta’s parliamentary democracy. It has become customary that on this occasion the Speaker of the House of…
Too little, too slow, too late
MEPs who recently came to Malta on a fact-finding mission about the implementation of the rule of law reforms enacted in the aftermath of the brutal assassination of journalist Daphne…
The roadworks saga
Shoddy works, lack of planning, mismanagement, missed deadlines and over budget are some of the things which come to mind whenever there is a debate on the state of Maltese…
Malta, Zelensky and the war
Few would have believed that Ukraine would withstand the Russian onslaught beyond a few weeks when the invasion started last February. Three months down the line, however, Kiev is still…