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Post-Covid tourism

Sunday, 5 July 2020, 09:52 Last update: about 5 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Tourism is understandably one of the hardest hit sectors as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Over the years, tourism numbers increased substantially as a result of an increased connectivity: the...

Acute observations of a freed hamster

Sunday, 5 July 2020, 09:04 Last update: about 5 years ago Victor Calleja

For three months, it seemed that life indoors, like a little hamster circling on his wheel, would last forever. Strangely, now that we have been set free, or at least free to roam, everything feels...

We hold you to your boast, Robert Abela

Sunday, 5 July 2020, 08:03 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

The prime minister has been reported to have boasted that Malta will pass the Moneyval test this October and pass it with excellence. Last September, Moneyval, the European branch of the...

Facing reality

Saturday, 4 July 2020, 07:42 Last update: about 5 years ago Rachel Borg

Our country is in the grip of evolution and it could go either way. The reality is that we risk going down into the abyss of a lawless state or finally re-achieving the security, justice and success...

A bright future for education

Friday, 3 July 2020, 08:55 Last update: about 5 years ago Owen Bonnici

In the field of education, our country continues to make a name for itself all over the world. An international scientific study places Malta amongst the best in the world in terms of student...

The Green Deal: please explain

Thursday, 2 July 2020, 07:26 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant MEP

The Green Deal has become one of the staple dogmas around which the EU anchors its programmes. It is designed to inject within all that gets done, the priority to enforce measures which protect us...

Patriotism under our skin

Wednesday, 1 July 2020, 07:30 Last update: about 5 years ago Peter Agius

What makes us Maltese? Is it our culture? Our physical features? Our language? Or none of the above? This week the question was kindled through the idiotic suggestion that a Miss Malta entry should...

Going, going, staying

Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 06:17 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark Josef Rapa

It comes as no surprise that disgraced former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat is now going to delay resigning from parliament. In court last week, former chief of staff Keith Schembri said under oath...

Worse

Monday, 29 June 2020, 07:04 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant MEP

There is a point that continues to be made whenever a forecast is published about how the economic situation will develop as a result of this crisis, and for sure it does make for worry. All such...

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