EU funding plans still under wraps
Wednesday, 7 April 2021, 07:35
Last update: about 7 years ago
Peter Agius
Last year, the EU set aside funding allocations for all Member States for the next seven years in an early hours summit with leaders in Brussels. Malta’s share includes, for instance. 162...
Unprepared
Monday, 5 April 2021, 08:00
Last update: about 7 years ago
Alfred Sant
The truth is that the corona virus pandemic found the whole world unprepared for it. In the EU, for long the expectation was that challenges (if one may call them that) similar to those of the...
When a media mate goes
Sunday, 4 April 2021, 07:30
Last update: about 7 years ago
Charles Flores
Most of us who have been in the media since the 1960s probably felt it more than the Johnny-come-latelies who got to know Godfrey Grima in the twilight of his remarkable career. His sad passing away,...
The threat to our future
Sunday, 4 April 2021, 07:00
Last update: about 7 years ago
Carmel Cacopardo
Pollution contaminates our lives. We tend to act and react depending on the visibility of the pollutant. Research is ongoing and new publications continuously point towards the impact of pollution in...
Wave after wave
Sunday, 4 April 2021, 06:35
Last update: about 7 years ago
Noel Grima
The numbers, we say, speak for themselves. But they do not solve the Covid pandemic. Ever since the authorities imposed a virtual lockdown, we have seen the number of infections decrease...
Releaf
Friday, 2 April 2021, 09:47
Last update: about 7 years ago
Owen Bonnici
The white paper on further relaxation of Cannabis legislation is a step in the right direction. This reform is much needed; it is just and fair and at the end of the day makes sure that the...
What the heir has claimed
Thursday, 1 April 2021, 08:00
Last update: about 7 years ago
Alfred Sant
Robert Hornyold-Strickland who is Mabel Strickland’s nephew has continued to make serious allegations regarding how the Times of Malta set-up has been organized in the years following his...
Free speech, fake speech
Thursday, 1 April 2021, 07:46
Last update: about 7 years ago
Michael Briguglio
Should free speech have limits? Is it acceptable to post fake news on social media? Should liberal democratic societies tighten regulation on communication articulated on social media platforms like...
The China connection
Wednesday, 31 March 2021, 08:32
Last update: about 7 years ago
Peter Agius
No, I am not referring to China Connection, as in the Bruce Lee movie, although I can see a link there. The 1972 martial arts film is in fact known also as 'Fist of Fury', in parallel to the fury...
Flabby enterprises?
Monday, 29 March 2021, 08:59
Last update: about 7 years ago
Alfred Sant
Here is how I understood (I hope well) the argument developed in the media by the Chamber of Commerce President: Though the wage subsidies given by government to SMEs are helping them to survive the...