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Non-voters, nomads and heretics

Friday, 1 November 2019, 11:13 Last update: about 8 years ago Michael Briguglio

Around 100,000 registered voters did not vote in this year’s European parliamentary elections.  They represent 27.3 per cent of the vote, or the highest ever abstention rate since the...

Another electoral promise fulfilled

Friday, 1 November 2019, 09:20 Last update: about 8 years ago Owen Bonnici

Through the Ministry for Justice, Culture and Local Government, this Government is continuously introducing schemes and measures to help those who have been promoting and also keeping alive, most of...

Stability

Thursday, 31 October 2019, 08:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

It is in this country’s interest for Europe to be stable, at peace and enjoying economic growth. There is little we can do, on our own, to reach such aims. Yet it always pays to back those...

And then there were none

Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 11:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark Josef Rapa

31 men and eight women had their hopes and dreams taken away from them last week— their lifeless bodies found in the back of a lorry in Grays, Essex, frozen. The 25-year-old driver, Maurice...

Pretending to preserve heritage

Tuesday, 29 October 2019, 08:05 Last update: about 8 years ago Tara Cassar

Yet another property forming part of the island’s cultural heritage stands in peril. In April last year an application was filed with the Planning Authority to have a nineteenth century...

Forgotten customs

Monday, 28 October 2019, 08:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

Despite the popularity parish festas enjoy in Malta, one which seems to be ever increasing, really and truly our country’s traditional customs are dying out. That’s what a friend told...

Muscat’s aleatory strategies

Sunday, 27 October 2019, 10:52 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

The Leader of the Opposition delivered a formidable speech this week, focussing on a growing problem in the country. Whereas short-time gains are being registered by the few, poverty is spreading fast...

A Green New Deal

Sunday, 27 October 2019, 10:40 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The Green New Deal is a comprehensive response to the crises we face. It aims to reconcile our lifestyles – the way we live, produce and consume – with the physical limits of our planet....

The importance of cranes

Sunday, 27 October 2019, 09:54 Last update: about 8 years ago Victor Calleja

No, I haven’t been sprayed by the toxic substance that seems to pervade our world, making us mortals lovers and admirers of Ian Borg, Joseph Muscat, dust, terrible air quality and the...

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