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Investigating Konrad’s MTA contract

Sunday, 2 February 2020, 10:32 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

It is known that Johann Buttigieg, former Chief Executive of the Planning Authority, was squeezed out of his post by Minister Ian Borg. Johann Buttigieg, however, found an ally in Konrad Mizzi, then...

Confessions of a political orphan

Sunday, 2 February 2020, 09:01 Last update: about 8 years ago Victor Calleja

Malta has been reduced to a pitiful state – a place full of deceit, horrors and shit. And no, it is not just Joseph Muscat or Keith Kasco Schembri who are to blame – we all are. If we...

What happens to Air Malta now that Konrad Mizzi is not there?

Sunday, 2 February 2020, 08:27 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

In a way, this is an object lesson in how a politician should not be given – or be allowed to take – an executive role in a business venture. Konrad Mizzi was given Air Malta to run...

Repeating mistakes

Saturday, 1 February 2020, 08:38 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

Robert Abela may very much like to be the Prime Minister that Joseph Muscat was, enjoying his popularity, but with a special indulgence from the Pope which perhaps Joseph and Michelle tried to obtain...

Education and the employment market

Friday, 31 January 2020, 07:40 Last update: about 8 years ago Owen Bonnici

Lufthansa Technik Malta celebrated the commencement of base maintenance services for Airbus A350 long-haul aircraft belonging to its parent company Lufthansa. The first aircraft, an A350-900 is...

A slap in the face to all our students

Thursday, 30 January 2020, 12:25 Last update: about 8 years ago Peter Agius

In a video blog Dr Agius, European Official and MEP candidate says that PM Robert Abela will need more than a couple of handshakes to restore Malta's reputation in Europe. Abela has to put the country...

The Nazi experiments and data

Thursday, 30 January 2020, 08:05 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark Josef Rapa

It's been 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, the largest of the concentration camps and extermination centres. In Auschwitz and other camps across Germany, Poland and France, some of the most...

Proud

Thursday, 30 January 2020, 08:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

I don’t much appreciate the callsign or slogan, call it what you will, which proclaims that one is  “proud to be Maltese”. Frankly I do not see why I should be proud of...

That little green door to the left

Wednesday, 29 January 2020, 08:17 Last update: about 8 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

The high perimeter walls and security lighting. The shrill barbed wire.  The watchful ‘eyes’ of the surveillance cameras. The bellicose x-ray body scanner. The...

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