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Next stop, Birżebbuġa

Tuesday, 10 September 2019, 09:09 Last update: about 8 years ago Tara Cassar

The seaside town of Birżebbuġa at the Southern tip of Malta seems to be set for the same transformation that hit coastal towns all over the island over the past decades, as traditional...

Bother about books

Monday, 9 September 2019, 07:46 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

I enjoyed the controversy that arose when according to first reports, a quantity of antique books were about to be rubbished. My understanding had been that in this country, books were no longer given...

Constitutional imperfections

Sunday, 8 September 2019, 10:50 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

I share Noel Grima’s approach of comparing unfolding events in the UK and Italy. It is useful to public debate in Malta, as it has been somewhat scant. Our historical dependence on the UK...

The climate emergency

Sunday, 8 September 2019, 10:37 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Declaring a climate emergency is a positive step: recognising that the current state of the climate creates an emergency situation signifies that we are aware that time is running out. The United...

Are we racist?

Sunday, 8 September 2019, 10:34 Last update: about 8 years ago Charles Flores

Given the sad events of the past decade or so, during which Malta has had to cope with the non-stop influx of illegal immigrants and refugees, there is every reason to believe that a huge chunk...

Feasts, patron stains and numbing victories

Sunday, 8 September 2019, 09:38 Last update: about 8 years ago Victor Calleja

Today is a special feast. The apex of feasts because it is the feast of victory—commemorating so many victories in our Maltese calendar that few of us can remember them all.  Today is also...

Europa triumphans

Sunday, 8 September 2019, 08:29 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

It was never like this. Europe, or rather the EU, was always an unfinished work, uncertain whether it had a future, squeezed between the US and Russia with no army of its own and with a currency that...

The Madonna and the Whore

Saturday, 7 September 2019, 10:49 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

Earlier this year, probably on a Feast day celebrating the Madonna, the priest delivered a sermon on the mother and emphasized in no uncertain terms, the commandment that we are to love our mother no...

Internationalising our culture

Friday, 6 September 2019, 08:13 Last update: about 8 years ago Owen Bonnici

This week we had the pleasure to announce the start of a local production with local established actors, commemorating local history, starring alongside Hollywood legends Harvey Keitel and Malcolm...

Budget 2020 - A Green New Deal for Malta?

Thursday, 5 September 2019, 11:33 Last update: about 8 years ago Michael Briguglio

According to Finance Minister Edward Scicluna, the upcoming budget on 14 October will aim to sustain inclusive growth. He is emphasising that Malta's 'economic prosperity allows the government to...

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