More Than Medals: The Milan-Cortina Olympics and Political Controversies That Stole the Spotlight
The Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo are officially over. Records were broken, medals were won, and champions were crowned. But let’s be real – what people will remember years from now isn’t just the sport. It’s the drama, the clashes, and the uncomfortable questions that refused to stay off the ice.
What It’s Really Like to Run a JA Company at 16
Running a company at sixteen may sound unrealistic, yet the Junior Achievement Company Programme proves that young people are capable of building real businesses when given the opportunity. What began as a classroom project quickly became an immersive lesson in entrepreneurship, teamwork, and leadership. From building a brand and pitching on television to representing Malta at Europe’s largest youth entrepreneurship festival, the experience showed me that entrepreneurship is not just about ideas, it is about adaptability, responsibility, and the courage to turn solutions into reality.
Was Timothée Chalamet actually wrong about opera and ballet?
Let us pause for a moment: Timothée Chalamet’s remark on opera and ballet was not just provocative, but strangely loaded, coming from someone raised so close to that world. Delivered with a smirk, it sounded less like observation and more like dismissal. That is precisely what makes the comment — and the backlash to it — worth examining.
The Canadian Establishment: How Elite Networks Shape Democratic Power
Peter C. Newman’s The Canadian Establishment examined how elite networks shape political and economic power. Nearly fifty years later, its insights still resonate in modern democracies.
The Epstein Files and the Age of Distrust
Millions of released Epstein files have sent social media into investigative overdrive. As influencers and online sleuths scour the documents, misinformation is spreading almost as fast as the facts.
Opinion: I Marched for Change in 2023. Now, I’m Watching My Country Slip Away
2023 is a year Poland will never forget - for the first time in eight years, the nation stood united. The parliamentary elections brought a fresh wave of hope. But it was the looked down upon, ‘ungrateful’ Gen Z that stole the show, voting the conservative and eurosceptic coalition out with a skyrocketing turnout of 75%. The democratic opposition won, only for Poland to return to the right-wing track two years later, choosing Karol Nawrocki as the next president. Why and how did the Polish Gen Z revolution fall? I sat down with my Polish colleagues to reflect on our country’s situation and ask them: what happened to the ‘hope’ of 2023, and where did the momentum go?
The European Council has approved the conclusions on defense, competitiveness, and migration: what’s new?
The European Council adopted conclusions on competitiveness, migration, and defense. The Twenty-seven called on the EU to "accelerate work on all fronts to decisively increase Europe's defense readiness within the next five years."
How much money will Italy collect from the EU with the new European budget?
Over the next seven years, Italy will receive €86.6 billion from the EU, according to the European Commission's multiannual budget proposal for 2028-2034. Our country is the fourth largest beneficiary of EU resources after Poland, France, and Spain.