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The Maltese Vatican connection

Sunday, 12 January 2020, 08:09 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

Over the Christmas holidays many readers must have watched the film The Two Popes and, like me, enjoyed it. There were many enjoyable scenes in it, from the two Popes doing the tango to them...

Diplomatic Malta

Saturday, 11 January 2020, 09:06 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

Except for Joseph Muscat and family, who may still have a weekend break ahead, we can expect that most families have returned from their holidays over Christmas or New Year and are back home, children...

Restoring our national heritage

Friday, 10 January 2020, 09:40 Last update: about 8 years ago Owen Bonnici

Various entities under the Ministry for Justice, Culture and Local Government have been for the past years conserving and restoring our national cultural heritage, focusing on the protection and care...

Qualities

Thursday, 9 January 2020, 09:06 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

The top qualities to expect from the new Labour leader in action will be transparency, accountability and prudence. Matters that derive from the public interest cannot be run as if they related to...

Labour’s power bloc

Thursday, 9 January 2020, 08:20 Last update: about 8 years ago Michael Briguglio

When one aspires for political change, one must understand the political context in question.  In this article I aim to highlight some components which - to date - have made up Labour’s...

17 reasons why... this country is in a sombre mood

Wednesday, 8 January 2020, 08:04 Last update: about 8 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

During these last months we have lived a surreal situation.  The mood of the Country is drab and gloomy.  I would put my fingers on 17 reasons...

Who will care for Kalkara’s cart-ruts?

Tuesday, 7 January 2020, 08:17 Last update: about 8 years ago Tara Cassar

This year will not be about giving up. This is the stand being taken by many, among them a group of Kalkara residents who have found themselves fighting for the protection of our national cultural...

Silent majority

Monday, 6 January 2020, 07:42 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

Much is being said and many articles have been written about how “the people” rose in protest during past weeks. In the same way, we have been told a lot about the resurgence of...

Some lessons learnt

Sunday, 5 January 2020, 10:41 Last update: about 8 years ago Mark A. Sammut Sassi

As we watch Muscat's sun setting behind the hills of shame, let's have a look at some lessons we can learn from the bad experience the country's been through.   We don't need another...

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