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Thursday, 24 October 2024, 08:00 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

A book that’s approaching its publication date will be giving due recognition to Dr Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici two years after his death. It does this by describing and analysing the different...

Israel has messed up its just cause

Thursday, 24 October 2024, 07:53 Last update: about 3 years ago Mark Said

Without re-opening the controversial debate of the Lord Balfour Declaration that led to the creation of the Israeli state in 1948, more than a hundred years later, no one can deny the legitimate right...

The war in Ukraine

Monday, 21 October 2024, 08:00 Last update: about 3 years ago Alfred Sant

In recent months, the war in Ukraine has taken a surreal turn. With much military effort that is costing them a substantial loss of soldiers, the Russians continued their slow advance in the regions...

The Song of the Party

Sunday, 20 October 2024, 08:27 Last update: about 3 years ago Kevin Cassar

The Song of the Party was the anthem of the East German Communist Party. Its lyrics went: "The party, the party, she is always right. And comrades, so it will remain. As raised to life by Lenin's...

The local plan mess

Sunday, 20 October 2024, 08:25 Last update: about 3 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

It was in May 1995 that the first local plan relative to Marsaxlokk Bay was approved. That was 29 years ago. The approval of other local plans followed, at a snail's pace. The first to follow was the...

Victoria - European Capital of Culture 2030 – hopefully

Sunday, 20 October 2024, 08:24 Last update: about 3 years ago Emmanuel J. Galea

Victoria, (Rabat) the capital of Gozo, will undergo significant urban development aimed at addressing traffic congestion, creating green spaces, and enhancing the town's cultural and economic growth....

Change is inevitable and necessary

Sunday, 20 October 2024, 08:23 Last update: about 3 years ago Gejtu Vella

Most of the socio-economic observers are pushing government into a very tight corner.   This was fuelled by a comment which Minister Clyde Caruana passed some months ago.  It was...

The Labour Party’s ingenious plan for Malta

Sunday, 20 October 2024, 08:22 Last update: about 3 years ago Victor Calleja

When we were kids we had some bad losers in our midst. These would cry, stamp their feet and try to rush off with the ball every time they lost. One of us had tried bursting the ball as part of his...

Voting: a right or a duty?

Sunday, 20 October 2024, 08:21 Last update: about 3 years ago Mark Said

It cannot be denied that mandatory voting laws can improve government responsiveness to members of poor and marginalised groups who are less likely to vote. Yet, whenever such a change was mooted here...

Trump or Kamala – the biggest game

Sunday, 20 October 2024, 08:19 Last update: about 3 years ago Noel Grima

The coming days will see the world's attention focused on the American election. Actually people have already started voting all over the world, for as the repeated ads tell us, a US voter can...

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