Noma Island: Malta’s New Sister Island
Rejected on the Côte d’Azur after fierce environmental and political opposition, the controversial floating platform Canua Island is now heading to Malta under a new name. Rebranded as Noma Island, the offshore venue is expected to relaunch in 2026 as a luxury beach club and restaurant accessible only by boat. Once rejected by French Riviera communities, the project is now being marketed as Malta’s “fourth island.”
Hot Girl Walks in a Concrete Jungle: Malta
Malta’s streets are dominated by cranes, roadworks, and cars, but rarely pedestrians. In a country where everything is close, why does walking feel so difficult?
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.
Euroconsumers Start Talking Webinar — Teens Take On Digital Fairness (My Experience on the Panel)
Teenagers from across Europe came together in a Euroconsumers webinar on digital fairness to discuss the internet we grew up with and the responsibility of navigating it today. As a panelist, I joined the conversation to challenge assumptions, question systems, and bring forward the realities young people actually experience online.
We are going from rural to urban, but why?
Young people from across Europe are on the move, going from rural hometowns to bustling cities. 3 young people from Portugal, Romania and Belgium share their personal experiences with moving from rural areas to urban ones and the opportunities and challenges they have faced.
Beyond the uniform: Interview with Horațiu Măndășescu
The younger generation should seek historical truth, fairness, and respect the course of events, especially to prevent history from repeating itself; this is the advice of Horațiu Măndășescu, a former member of the Militia (the name of the police forces during the communist regime and the main instrument of control against society), a police officer, a faculty member at the Police Academy in Bucharest, and author of the book "The Militia in Ceaușescu's Time."
Can free gym memberships tackle Malta’s obesity crisis?
Starting in 2025, Malta offered young people born between 2005 and 2007 a free six-month gym membership. The response was positive, with over 6,000 applications.
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?
