American elections
Monday, 7 November 2016, 07:41
Last update: about 8 years ago
Alfred Sant
No matter what the outcome of the American presidential elections, this has been the most dangerous campaign in the US for generations. It has highlighted and reinforced the social and political...
Federica Mogherini and the future of the European Union
Monday, 7 November 2016, 07:38
Last update: about 8 years ago
Simon Mercieca
Last Wednesday, I attended an extremely interesting lecture given by the EU Vice-President Federica Mogherini at the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies at the University of Malta. The lecture...
Gear-change time
Sunday, 6 November 2016, 10:45
Last update: about 8 years ago
Noel Grima
The movement of history is not a linear one but one that develops in fits and starts. You can go for a long period and nothing happens and then everything happens all at once. Then there is a gear...
Not funny anymore
Saturday, 5 November 2016, 09:53
Last update: about 8 years ago
Rachel Borg
Malta’s climate offers up a small but essential feature of our daily life – running around in flip flops for around half of the year or more. This little luxury has the effect of...
INDEPTH: Astrid Vella claims she did not endorse PL in 2013
Friday, 4 November 2016, 10:06
Last update: about 8 years ago
INDEPTH online
Flimkien Ghal Ambjent Ahjar (FAA) coordinator Astrid Vella said that she did not endorse what the Labour Party was promising in its 2013 general election manifesto with regard to the...
Public transport, traffic could be Labour’s downfall
Friday, 4 November 2016, 09:49
Last update: about 8 years ago
Salvu Mallia
Traffic issues and an inefficient public transport could be the Labour government’s downfall, Salvu Mallia argues in his vlog today. Pointing fingers at Transport Minister Joe Mizzi, Mallia...
Oh look, another coincidence
Friday, 4 November 2016, 09:20
Last update: about 8 years ago
Claudette Buttigieg
On 19 May 2015, Konrad Mizzi, as Minister for Energy and Health, issued a press release announcing the preferred bidders for the €200-million investment in our health system. Among the companies...
Crossing each other’s palms with silver
Thursday, 3 November 2016, 10:32
Last update: about 8 years ago
Daphne Caruana Galizia
The newspapers carried a press release yesterday informing us that “Mrs Michelle Muscat, spouse of the Prime Minister, has visited Dubai as guest of HRH Princess Haya bint Al Hussein, spouse of...
Poverty
Thursday, 3 November 2016, 07:04
Last update: about 8 years ago
Alfred Sant
The people I most admire in our society are those who mobilize against poverty. The cause arouses sympathy but leaves many of us cool, even as we agree about the need to roll poverty...