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We will never let Labour trump the people

Sunday, 10 February 2019, 10:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Adrian Delia

Last Thursday, on behalf of the government, Minister Konrad Mizzi withdrew the Parliamentary resolution to hand over a massive piece of land to Corinthia Group. From the day that the resolution was...

Did Malta’s patron saint land in the wrong place?

Sunday, 10 February 2019, 09:30 Last update: about 6 years ago Victor Calleja

Today is the day Malta seems united as it celebrates one thing: St Paul, the man who saw the light in Damascus, was shipwrecked in Malta and converted us to Christianity.  Whether it was...

Counting chickens

Sunday, 10 February 2019, 09:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

The repeated polls by MaltaToday, and probably by others, keep saying that the PL will thrash the PN in May’s European Parliament elections and the limited local council elections by a margin...

Malta, the poor house of Europe

Saturday, 9 February 2019, 09:54 Last update: about 6 years ago Rachel Borg

Come Sunday, the Prime Minister has his weekly visit to the community of supporters in one village or another.  And as in every Sunday, precious gems of discourse are bestowed from above onto the...

A better Malta

Friday, 8 February 2019, 08:33 Last update: about 6 years ago Owen Bonnici

Freedom House’s latest report, from the Washington-based democracy monitor titled “Freedom in the World 2019” evaluates the state of freedom in 195 countries and 14 territories...

Tackling plastic waste

Thursday, 7 February 2019, 14:48 Last update: about 6 years ago Miriam Dalli

Labour Party MEP Miriam Dalli today speaks about the need to tackle plastic waste. She says that a strong effort is needed to reduce the use of plastic items that are used only once.  ...

Concrete proposals to fight cancer

Thursday, 7 February 2019, 14:41 Last update: about 6 years ago Francis Zammit Dimech

In his vlog MEP Francis Zammit Dimech refers to the recent data published by Eurostat placing Malta 3rd from last when it comes to investment in research and innovation. He said that this is...

Young people and politics

Thursday, 7 February 2019, 09:31 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

I was told these last weeks: Young people are no longer interested in politics. But there was another voice which said: Not only are young people still very interested in politics. They are...

‘It’s all the fault of educators!’

Wednesday, 6 February 2019, 10:37 Last update: about 6 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

These last weeks we have seen a number of stories inundating our media portals that have put a great deal of attention on young people.  Namely, the case of Maximilian Ciantar who ran over twins...

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