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An Afghan wedding

Saturday, 16 September 2017, 09:18 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

Over the course of the past 16 years that the war in Afghanistan against Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban has been fought, often enough, tragic casualties included wedding parties.  In 2013...

The first 100 days

Friday, 15 September 2017, 08:30 Last update: about 8 years ago Alex Muscat

Three months have passed since Labour’s second consecutive electoral victory. The first 100 days of a Government normally set the path for the entire term. Joseph Muscat signaled his intention...

The palace coup

Thursday, 14 September 2017, 12:11 Last update: about 8 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The decision to have the Nationalist Party’s leader elected by the party members, though well intentioned, is likely to be the party’s undoing. It is astonishing that the inevitable...

Policies needed for more use of electric cars

Thursday, 14 September 2017, 10:02 Last update: about 8 years ago Miriam Dalli

Policies are needed to be drawn up to encourage the development and use of electric cars, so as to reduce the levels of pollution, Labour MEP Miriam Dalli said. In her vlog, Dalli says that Malta...

Negative thinking

Thursday, 14 September 2017, 07:59 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

We are continuously surrounded by political and social messages which bid us to be “positive”. In this way, we’re told, society will be enabled to recognize and face arising...

Strengthening social justice

Wednesday, 13 September 2017, 08:13 Last update: about 8 years ago Marie Louise Coleiro Preca

Tomorrow, Malta is hosting the 13th Meeting of the Arraiolos Group. This is an annual forum of the non-executive Presidents of the European Union. The Malta Meeting is the largest Arraiolos meeting to...

A good day for 16- and 17-year-olds

Wednesday, 13 September 2017, 07:26 Last update: about 8 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

This is indeed a good day for 16- and 17-year-olds.  It was unfortunate that the debate had stopped snappishly during the previous legislature.  It is true that granting young people...

Beyond roundabouts and flyovers

Wednesday, 13 September 2017, 07:20 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The need for adequate traffic management is apparently, at last, very high on the list of matters preoccupying the Maltese public. The solutions to the problems we face, however, depend on the...

Stop pussyfooting around!

Tuesday, 12 September 2017, 07:26 Last update: about 8 years ago Gejtu Vella

Of course, on a daily basis, people face a wide range of personal issues.  Some pussyfoot around their daily struggles; others nip in the bud their catch-22s.  Yet others are forced to face...

Oh! Karol

Tuesday, 12 September 2017, 07:20 Last update: about 8 years ago Charles Flores

As if we hadn’t had enough enlightenment and political fodder to masticate throughout most of this summer, beginning of course with an early June general election, Nationalist MP Karol...

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