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Sex on our mind

Monday, 6 October 2014, 18:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Dr Toni Abela, in his customary style, has re-ignited a debate that in more ways than one has been making the rounds for quite some time, namely that of regularizing brothels. Dr Abela during...

What went wrong for Juncker?

Monday, 6 October 2014, 13:50 Last update: about 11 years ago Simon Mercieca

Now that Mr. Karmenu Vella has passed his lengthy 'rigorous interview" for the position of an EU commissioner, which he secured, it is time to reflect a little on what has been going on these past...

Portraits

Monday, 6 October 2014, 08:23 Last update: about 11 years ago Marlene Farrugia

I love portraits.  Photographic portraits are my preferred choice, because they are usually more true of the sitter than of the artist, but while photography is relatively young,  ...

Flashy and ever so slightly trashy

Sunday, 5 October 2014, 11:03 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The Prime Minister's wife is making a big mistake by flashing herself around and having the government's Department of Information issue press photographs of her meeting this or that star or dignitary...

Straws in the mind, or the beginning of something?

Sunday, 5 October 2014, 11:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Noel Grima

On two successive Sundays, a seemingly ad hoc crowd came together and demonstrated in Valletta. One had an immediate cause to it - hunters protesting against the suspension of the hunting season...

Europe must learn from the US

Sunday, 5 October 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Mifsud

Europe has again defeated the US in the Ryder Cup. Where golf is concerned, there is nothing we need to learn from the US. But in the handling of the economic crisis, there is much that Europe needs...

When in Rome

Saturday, 4 October 2014, 11:31 Last update: about 11 years ago Rachel Borg

After a couple of no shows, our President, Marie Louise Coleiro Preca has made it to the Vatican.  With Michelle and Joseph launching their platforms at the UN in New York there was perfect...

Our justice system

Friday, 3 October 2014, 08:55 Last update: about 11 years ago Simon Mercieca

The opening of the forensic year brought about two contrasting views about our system of justice. The first one was that expressed by Chief Justice Silvio Camilleri and the other by Auxiliary Bishop...

Gassing and Grilling

Friday, 3 October 2014, 07:52 Last update: about 11 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

The barbeque season is not yet over but grilling is still on everybody’s mind. In Karmenu Vella’s case, the order went from medium to rare but never well done. It was a far cry...

Fresh(ers) as a daisy

Thursday, 2 October 2014, 17:43 Last update: about 11 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

This country of ours is flooded with idiosyncrasies.  In more ways than one we are a peculiar community that contradicts what we say with what we do - inconsistency galore! Let's take...

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