Demographic suicide
By 2100 Malta is projected to lose 48% of its population, Out of all the 27 EU member states only Italy (52%) and Spain (49%) will be worse hit. But…
United enemies
World War 1 (1914-1918) ended with around 40 million dead. It was hoped that the violence, death and destruction wreaked by that war would bring people to their senses. But…
Losing our sovereignty
Analysing the US-EU trade deal, the European Policy Centre concluded (‘Dead on arrival: Why von der Leyen’s deal must be undone’ 6 August 2025): “Today, von der Leyen runs Brussels…
Ħatriet pubbliċi bil-favuri
Fit-30 ta’ Ottubru 1432 il-Kunsill tal-Imdina kiteb lir-Re ta’ Aragona li Malta kienet taqa’ taħtu, jilmenta li l-ħatriet pubbliċi qed jimtlew bil-favuri. Inkwetaw li huma u jinqabżu u jitħallew barra.…
When empires fall
In 1945, more than 150 years after the US Declaration of Independence, Vietnamese revolutionary Ho Chi Minh cited the Declaration when declaring his own country free from French colonial rule: “All…
“War is a racket”
When General Smedley D. Butler (1881-1940) died mysteriously, he was the most decorated Marine in US history. By the end of his 34-year career, Butler had received 16 medals- five…
Tħassru l-Maltin? Meta?
“L-antenati tagħna kienu bosta tajbin; iżda ta’ żmienna, minn seklu ‘l hawn, tħassru u saru ħżiena. “Niesna saru klieb għal xulxin.” Pietru Pawl Castagna (1827-1907) jikkwota kittieb ta’ żmienu fil-ktieb…
Kif se ngħaddu mingħajr ilsiera?
Il-Gran Mastru Emmanuel de Rohan ma tantx ried jgħaġġel jaċċetta t-talba mill-Imperatur tal-Marokk Maħmet Bin Abdulla li kien lest iħallas lill-Ordni biex teħles l-ilsiera Misilmin li kellha f’dawn il-gżejjer u…
Sikkatura żejda fil-bajjiet?
Loqma waħda ta’ sigarett tista tikkontamina għaxar litri ta’ ilma. Fit-tezi tiegħu tal-Masters fl-Universita’ ta’ Malta kellna lil Dejan Bonnici li fl-2022 sab li mikrobi bżonnjużi fil-ħamrija huma milquta bis-sħiħ…
Għall-ġid tar-residenti u t-turisti
Matul dan is-sajf li għadu kemm għadda, pajjiżi Mediterranji fejn it-turiżmu huwa parti importani mill-ekonomija tagħhom bħal Spanja, il-Portugall, il-Greċja, l-Italja u Franza daħlu regoli ġodda biex it-turisti li jżuruhom…