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Malta’s Transport Conundrum: Alternative Routes to Sustainable Mobility

November 28, 2018 by The IotL Magazine Leave a Comment

We all need access to education, work, healthcare, goods and services. We should therefore look at designing a transport system that provides equitable, affordable and efficient mobility options—truly a public transport.

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The Past, Present and Future of Free Movement in the EU

November 27, 2018 by The IotL Magazine Leave a Comment

In theory, EU citizens are entitled to free movement around the entire community. What does this look like in practice? [Read more…] about The Past, Present and Future of Free Movement in the EU

Maltija / Maltese

November 21, 2018 by The IotL Magazine Leave a Comment

A poem by Nadia Mifsud.

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Abortion and Relatedness: Breaking the Silence

November 20, 2018 by Rachael Scicluna Leave a Comment

Why is abortion a taboo? It invokes a sequence of deep-rooted associations which link the concept of embryo to the sense of family and relatedness. Thus, in a kin society like Malta, breaking the connection between the embryo and the woman’s body could be perceived akin to dismantling other ties that hold the family and society together.

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When Plastic Meant Progress

November 18, 2018 by Raisa Galea 1 Comment

How did it happen that everything previously labelled as misery and poverty became symbolic of good intent and care for environment in just a couple of decades? Progress: it seems that we have been there without knowing.

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