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Why futuristic ‘smart city’ projects are destined to fail
Research has shown that instead of focusing on tech-centred metropolis to solve urban overpopulation, the focus should be on smart governance. Pascual Berrone explains why
AI between a rock and a hard place
Written by Lina Klesper LL.M, international legal assistant at PKF Malta
Feminism in a time of rising far-right rhetoric
Louiselle Vassallo, an academic and PhD researcher at the University of Malta, shares her views on the situation in Malta
The secret superpower of the garage
Providing garages could address the challenge of our busy roads and – at a push – reduce rates of domestic violence
‘Pastizzi may be the death of us’
God forbid you tell nanna you're on a diet! Do the Maltese tend to overindulge because we were once deprived of many food choices?
‘Pay people €2.50 every time they use the bus’
Should we be paid €25 a week to leave our cars at home and take the bus to work instead?
Is Trump becoming a king in all but name?
Like the protesters in LA shouting "No Kings!", the early Romans hated kings, says Peter Edwell, as he notes the similarities between Donald Trump and Julius Caesar
BCRS ‘Home-to-Home’ pilot is a step forward but we need more
Whilst the newly-announced ‘Home-to-Home’ pilot is a step forward, San Lawrenz has a far smarter solution on wheels, says Mayor Noel Formosa
Opinion: the smartphone is a sleek glass-fronted parasite
Your smartphone is the most successful parasite of the modern age according to evolution, and we are all paying the price
Government-funded parasols to cure Malta’s many ills
The 21st century equivalent of an għonnella could be the answer to Malta’s traffic congestion