Bird's Eye View

Category: Opinion

  • Tmurx magħhom għax tiċċappas

    Tmurx magħhom għax tiċċappas

    When reading the title of this article, you probably first thought about a parent giving some wise advice to their child about how to go about in life, what company to keep and what not to. In my case, what I was thinking about when coming up with this was the now very commonly found…

  • It is time to update our abortion laws

    It is time to update our abortion laws

    With Roe v Wade overturned by the US Supreme Court, Malta will also find itself at a crossroads in the near future

  • International Workers’ Day – JEF Malta

    International Workers’ Day – JEF Malta

    The views expressed in this article are those of the author and may not necessarily be reflective of JEF Malta as a whole. Workers Day – commemorated on the first of May – sees its origin in the year 1886 when groups that had socialist and communist ideals grouped in order to remember the riots…

  • A Simple Route to Better Public Transport

    A Simple Route to Better Public Transport

    Does Malta understand what’s wrong with its transport system, or is it just looking for another “amongst the first in the world” title?

  • My experience as a political candidate – Lessons and Reflections

    My experience as a political candidate – Lessons and Reflections

    Hello friends, I’m back with a new post! I hope you’re all doing well  I know that this is very off-brand for this website (which will be going through its own changes soon), but I wanted to publish my feelings about being a political candidate for one of Malta’s political parties – Volt Malta. Malta’s General…

  • Yemen: The Worst Humanitarian Crisis

    Yemen: The Worst Humanitarian Crisis

    Despite what social media and news hubs may imply; the worst humanitarian crisis in the world isn’t the situation in Ukraine. Amongst countries now found on the low human development index[1], the title for “worst humanitarian crisis”[2] belongs to the periled country of Yemen. The Middle Eastern nation-state is going through the worst famine that…

  • Ukraine: Where do things stand now?

    Ukraine: Where do things stand now?

    The past few weeks have seen heavy fighting across the country, sieges, evidence of war crimes, gains and losses of ground for both sides. The latest evidence suggests the conflict is set to intensify, meanwhile the EU attempts to cut off Russian energy and Finland and Sweden are now considering NATO membership. The Ukrainians held…

  • Malta: The Concrete Garden

    Malta: The Concrete Garden

    At this point in time, everybody and their mother knows that Malta is being increasingly entombed into a coffin of concrete by developers via their shady deals with the planning authority (including in some cases with the Prime Minister himself) and blatant disregard for the judicial protests of NGOs. Cranes have long since replaced the…

  • Thrifting: Saving the planet and your wallet

    Thrifting: Saving the planet and your wallet

    The act of buying a used piece of clothing, normally from a shop, in order to reuse it was given the label we know as ‘thrifting’. Imagine in some lecture you are asked to find one act which reduces your carbon and water footprint, saves landfill space and also supports local businesses. At first, it…

  • Low Turnout: Apathy or Protest?

    Low Turnout: Apathy or Protest?

    The post-independence political scene in Malta has always shown that an extremely high percentage of the population is interested in their leadership and is willing to go out and vote. This is evident by the continued high voter turnout that the country has experienced, with only the first independent election in 1966 having a voter…