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Domestic violence realities

Friday, 30 November 2018, 12:36 Last update: about 8 years ago Miriam Dalli

In the first 10 months of the year, the police received more than 1,000 reports of domestic violence in Malta, Labour MEP Miriam Dalli said. Although today there is greater awareness and action...

A cultural passport

Friday, 30 November 2018, 09:50 Last update: about 8 years ago Owen Bonnici

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – UNESCO – defines cultural heritage broadly as “the legacy of physical artefacts and intangible attributes of a...

Ensuring dyslexic people fulfil their aspirations – Zammit Dimech

Thursday, 29 November 2018, 13:14 Last update: about 8 years ago Francis Zammit Dimech

In his vlog MEP Zammit Dimech speaks of the European Dyslexia charter which he launched this week at the European Parliament. Over the past weeks, Zammit Dimech held meetings with the Malta Dyslexia...

Social concerns

Thursday, 29 November 2018, 07:44 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

There’s no way one can deny that the government has done a lot, indeed all it could, to counter and solve social problems that exist here like they do everywhere else. Questions always remain...

The inevitable great divide

Thursday, 29 November 2018, 07:39 Last update: about 8 years ago Marlene Mizzi

One sometimes tends to have the temptation to assume politics in the European Parliament and during European elections are less polarised than inside national parliaments, especially, at a time of...

Dealing with the rental market

Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 08:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

I commend the initiatives that are being taken by Government on this delicate matter.    However, let’s face the fact that we are in uncharted waters when it comes to the rent...

Brexit effect on Malta explained

Tuesday, 27 November 2018, 09:44 Last update: about 8 years ago Peter Agius

In his vlog today, Nationalist Party candidate for the European Parliament election Peter Agius speaks about the effects of Brexit on Malta....

No surplus will change our dependence on nature

Tuesday, 27 November 2018, 08:07 Last update: about 8 years ago Camilla Appelgren

Countless studies have highlighted the many benefits, both physical and psychological, of a strong connection between humans and nature. A decline of this connection, which was inherited from our...

Greed

Monday, 26 November 2018, 07:50 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

I was quite surprised this last week: in three separate conversations with (Maltese) individuals who do not know each other, the same word turned up. They employed it to pinpoint what in their view,...

The Maltese migrants of Vittoria and Scoglitti in Sicily

Monday, 26 November 2018, 07:47 Last update: about 8 years ago Simon Mercieca

On Wednesday, 24th October, I attended a book launch at University. The book in question is Arnold Cassola’s work and the title says it all: I Maltesi di Vittoria e...

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