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01.05.22

Friday, 29 April 2022, 07:25 Last update: about 5 years ago Owen Bonnici

The 1st of May celebrations are not just ordinary celebrations.  They bring together all those who, everyday, go to work independently of the employment they are in.  In the past it was an...

Up and up

Thursday, 28 April 2022, 10:31 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

The latest data released this week by the statistics office about price rises confirmed that the momentum by which they are happening has been sustained. In close to seven months, inflation has...

Transport, climate neutrality and everyday mobility

Thursday, 28 April 2022, 10:30 Last update: about 5 years ago Michael Briguglio

In an article in the Malta Today earlier this week, Minister for Environment, Energy and Enterprise Miriam Dalli wrote about the ‘crucial role’ that electric vehicles (EVs) will play in...

When interest rates rise

Monday, 25 April 2022, 08:00 Last update: about 5 years ago Alfred Sant

Measures to allow an increase of interest rates on loans and deposits appear to be inevitable, even from the side of the European Central Bank.  In past years, we had become used to interest...

No court? Let’s party

Sunday, 24 April 2022, 10:30 Last update: about 5 years ago Mary Muscat

In 2017 the Labour electoral manifesto promised to set up a court that specialised in environmental matters as part of a structure that combined the fight for climate change with strengthened...

The heart of darkness

Sunday, 24 April 2022, 09:55 Last update: about 5 years ago Kevin Cassar

“The horror, the horror” were the last words he uttered. Kurtz, the main character in Joseph Conrad’s novel the Heart of Darkness, travelled deep into Africa to source ivory but was...

The Opposition: vigilant or vigilante?

Sunday, 24 April 2022, 09:20 Last update: about 5 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

While licking its wounds and finding its bearings, the Opposition cannot stop being vigilant. One thing every decent citizen of this country expects from the Opposition is to step up its...

Urban open spaces and climate change

Sunday, 24 April 2022, 08:52 Last update: about 5 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

After a free-for-all building spree during which the development of multiple private gardens in our towns and villages were targeted, mostly successfully, our towns and villages have been promised...

They’re coming for Bernard

Sunday, 24 April 2022, 07:50 Last update: about 5 years ago Noel Grima

The drums roll and the tumbrils are already out. It’s four weeks (already) since the election and the knives are out for the defeated leader. So far, par for the course. Lawrence Gonzi and...

St Gregory and other snippets

Friday, 22 April 2022, 09:25 Last update: about 5 years ago Owen Bonnici

The St Gregory procession is steeped in tradition and dates back at least 500 years.  It happens every Wednesday after Easter and, in effect, apart from the religious aspect of it all, serves to...

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