EU money: Up for grabs
Thursday, 15 March 2018, 11:37
Last update: about 7 years ago
David Stellini
Just a few days ago, I asked the European Commissioner for Budget Gunther Oettinger whether he thinks Malta will still continue receiving EU funds post 2020 and his answer, understandably, was...
Sustainability
Thursday, 15 March 2018, 08:00
Last update: about 7 years ago
Alfred Sant
These past years, pensions were quite forgotten as a policy concern. They have lately come back in the limelight, though it did seem that this happened in a sideways shift rather than because the...
Why make the same mistake twice?
Tuesday, 13 March 2018, 07:43
Last update: about 7 years ago
Gejtu Vella
I do not question the role played by most ofour politicians in society. Most of the work carried out by politicians, who go out of their way and walk the proverbial extra mile to assist their...
Déjà vu all over again
Tuesday, 13 March 2018, 07:41
Last update: about 7 years ago
Charles Flores
As a famous late American baseball legend whose name escapes me once said, “It’s like déjà vu all over again”. The very thought of another referendum on spring hunting,...
Incineration: the accumulated cost of incompetence
Tuesday, 13 March 2018, 07:40
Last update: about 7 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
Minister Josè Herrera, on behalf of the government, has recently published the Technical Report on the setting up of a Waste to Energy facility in Malta. Prior to the commissioning of the...
Air space
Monday, 12 March 2018, 08:00
Last update: about 7 years ago
Alfred Sant
The argument is, or was, that since Malta is responsible for air and sea surveillance over a huge area in the centre of the Mediterranean, it should also assume reponsibility for the rescue and...
Beppe Grillo and the Italian Election
Monday, 12 March 2018, 07:50
Last update: about 7 years ago
Simon Mercieca
Those embarking on the study of history will learn that the concept of liberty is one of the characteristics of Western Civilization. The famous French historian, Ferdinand Braudel, penned a...
The last 12 months as a woman in Malta
Sunday, 11 March 2018, 11:00
Last update: about 7 years ago
Alice Taylor
I sit writing this on 8 March, otherwise known as International Women’s Day, and I am reflecting on the last 12 months and what sort of year it has been for women. Unfortunately, the answer is...
Between sobriety and anger
Sunday, 11 March 2018, 10:35
Last update: about 7 years ago
Noel Grima
At the end of the parliamentary sitting on Wednesday, Alex Muscat (PL) speaking on the Adjournment, made an impressive, well-delivered, calm and clear speech for less aggression and more sobriety in...