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Climate change

Monday, 8 November 2021, 08:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

If the objectives that have been set to safeguard against climate change are to be met, action on at least three fronts will need to be implemented: leading economic (and also social) sectors will...

The latest political fashion

Sunday, 7 November 2021, 10:08 Last update: about 6 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

No, I don't mean what goes on behind the catwalks in Milan and Paris. I mean, politics that follow what is fashionable, the kind that's the opposite of principled politics. Readers will have...

The MP’s handbook to escape justice

Sunday, 7 November 2021, 09:35 Last update: about 6 years ago Kevin Cassar

Malta’s MPs needn’t worry about getting punished for their misbehavior. They have at their disposal the perfect handbook to evade justice.  No matter how atrocious their actions, they...

Claiming back (and protecting) our coast

Sunday, 7 November 2021, 09:07 Last update: about 6 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

A continuous effort to commercialise the coast is under way. It has been going on for quite some time. The proposed Marsaskala yacht marina is just one example. It is possibly the latest of many...

The House of strategic failures

Sunday, 7 November 2021, 08:12 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

Our House of Representatives has just celebrated its first 100 years since its inaugural sitting in colonial times after the 7 Giugno riots. For the first time in its existence the House is now...

Facing a national crisis

Saturday, 6 November 2021, 08:53 Last update: about 6 years ago Rachel Borg

There are times in our life when we just raise our arms in exasperation and simply cannot take any more of a critical situation.  We recognize that a limit has been passed, that tolerance and...

Centenary

Friday, 5 November 2021, 08:32 Last update: about 6 years ago Owen Bonnici

It was on 1 November, 1921, exactly one hundred years ago this week, that the Prince of Wales, Edward VIII - Prince Charles' immediate predecessor in title and the current Queen's uncle - inaugurated...

Optimistic signals

Thursday, 4 November 2021, 08:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

From the tourism sector we are getting... if I am understanding correctly... signals that spell a cautious optimism across Europe, Malta included. This is quite encouraging as almost without our...

Not to repeat the ‘worst mistake’ in Libya

Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 08:33 Last update: about 6 years ago Evarist Bartolo

For outsiders, Libya may be just a geopolitical crisis and eventually an opportunity for lucrative contracts.  But for nearly seven million Libyans, Libya is their shattered home where two thirds...

'Golden' passports

Monday, 1 November 2021, 08:22 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

Like me, you might not be partial to the scheme by which so-called golden passports are issued to foreign citizens, so that they become “Maltese”,  after they have paid in funds...

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