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Foreign interference

Monday, 14 October 2019, 07:15 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant MEP

In the European Parliament’s plenary last week, a debate with vote was held on a resolution which condemned foreign interference in European national elections. I am one of those who...

The tears of the Earth

Sunday, 13 October 2019, 10:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Poverty and environmental degradation are inter-related. They are, in fact, twins or possibly the two sides of the same coin.   The Malta Independent on Sunday 13 Oct...

A cynical government

Sunday, 13 October 2019, 09:58 Last update: about 6 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

“Immature cynicism”, a phrase used by Jordan Peterson, can be used to classify most of the reactions left under my piece of last week, which discussed abortion. Particularly those that try...

It is the best of times, it is the worst of times

Sunday, 13 October 2019, 09:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Victor Calleja

The Ministers, the trolls, state TV, the groupies and the Prime Minister always  remind us that we are living in a golden age. In this L-Aqwa Zmien (the best of times), all hope springs fresh,...

The woman of indomitable courage

Sunday, 13 October 2019, 08:33 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

At the end, it must have been some weeks before she was killed, from the sidelines – so to speak – that I sensed Daphne was increasingly on her own. She battled on, facing an ever...

Dancing to the tune

Saturday, 12 October 2019, 09:25 Last update: about 6 years ago Rachel Borg

For all the hype about the economy or the LGBTQ rights, surplus and other sound-bites, this Prime Minister will go down in Malta’s history as one of the least effective.  His position is...

Reaching out through Culture

Friday, 11 October 2019, 09:18 Last update: about 6 years ago Owen Bonnici

All is set for this evening's MCO Pink October Concert, 'curtain up' at 20hrs at Pjazza Teatru Rjal. Together with the Chairperson of the Marigold Foundation, Michele Muscat, I announced this concert...

Matching Daphne’s grit

Thursday, 10 October 2019, 10:11 Last update: about 6 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

The recent revelations concerning the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia are disturbing. The Nationalist Party Leader is right to underline that this kind of information should be given by the...

Rules

Thursday, 10 October 2019, 07:59 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant MEP

In the hearings held at the European Parliament to question the nominees to the new European Commission, there was keen interest to see how the prospective Commissioners responsible for economy and...

‘L-Americana’

Wednesday, 9 October 2019, 08:36 Last update: about 6 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

A great deal has been said about the infamous debacle of the lady who was pelted with rotten eggs as part of a bachelor’s party event.   Essentially you get two extremes on this...

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