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Author: Nathan Portelli

  • Ukraine-Russia War – Updates and Analysis (28/02 – 01/03)

    Ukraine-Russia War – Updates and Analysis (28/02 – 01/03)

    This page is no longer being updated. Click here to view the latest batch of updates from the Russo-Ukrainian War. residential bombings in kyiv, kharkiv 23:00 – 1 Mar 2022 According to Ukraine’s State Special Communications Service, Russia bombs Kyiv neighbourhoods and Vyshneve city outside of the capital. Rusanivka, Kurenivka, Boiarka, and the Zhuliany district…

  • Ukraine-Russia War – Updates and Analysis (24/02 – 25/02)

    Ukraine-Russia War – Updates and Analysis (24/02 – 25/02)

    This page is no longer being updated. Click here to view the latest batch of updates from the Russo-Ukrainian War. Russia blocks UN Security Council resolution condemning its invasion of Ukraine 23:58 – 25 Feb 2022 Russian veto was used to block a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The vote…

  • Counter: A culture propagating femicide and misogyny

    Counter: A culture propagating femicide and misogyny

    A reply to last week’s opinion article, one might ask, have we mistaken administrative failures for cultural ones?

  • Being Bored

    Being Bored

    Busy or Bored? The latter can be healthier, here’s why.

  • Power

    He walks on stage,stands up tall,smiles and wavesas the people roar. In him, they see hope.The future seems brightas the politician declaresthat for the people, he’ll fight. But power corrupts,and absolute power corrupts absolutely. He had a way with wordsthough truthful, he was not.He tricked them into believingthat he was the best they’ve got. Lies,…

  • A Brand New Face – Malta Neurological Students’ Society

    A Brand New Face – Malta Neurological Students’ Society

    The ever-growing field of student activism has a new organisation to welcome amongst its ranks, the MNSS – Malta Neurological Students’ Society, based at the University of Malta.

  • Stop the Waste: Call to stop Mass Food Waste

    Stop the Waste: Call to stop Mass Food Waste

    Through a demonstration occurring this Saturday, 4th December, Extinction Rebellion, alongside other organisations, will put pressure on the government to address the issue of food waste and implement the change necessary to mitigate it.

  • KNZ International Expo 2021

    KNZ International Expo 2021

    This Expo aims to promote international opportunities while encouraging networking with youth organisations.

  • Free Buses will not get more people to use them

    Free Buses will not get more people to use them

    In the Budget 2022 document, the government has promised that by October 2022, all Maltese residents will have free access to public transport. But what about the countless issues with the service? Will those who are enticed with the free transport keep using it in the long run?

  • 4 Years Ago.

    4 Years Ago.

    πŸ’ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨 today, a woman was murdered.πŸ’ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨 today, a human being was brutally assassinated.πŸ’ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨 today, a mother, daughter, sister, and wife died.πŸ’ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨 today, the career of an investigative journalist was cut short.πŸ’ 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨 today, Malta, as well as its political and institutional landscape, was forever changed. The…