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What exactly is the problem with teaching Islam to Muslims?

Thursday, 6 April 2017, 11:03 Last update: about 8 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The Maltese Patriots were out in force, demonstrating outside the Archbishop's Curia a few days ago, because he had had the temerity to say that he thinks Islam should be taught in Maltese...

12 per cent

Thursday, 6 April 2017, 08:02 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

Most interesting was the information provided by Minister Manwel Mallia that the contribution made by internet gaming to the island’s economy has now reached 12 per cent of our Gross Domestic...

Mine is bigger than yours politics

Wednesday, 5 April 2017, 08:52 Last update: about 8 years ago Stephen Calleja

Or yours is bigger than mine, depending which way you look at it. For the Labour Party, anything that Labour has done is of greater importance than what was achieved by the Nationalist Party,...

News of the week

Wednesday, 5 April 2017, 08:43 Last update: about 8 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

The sexual act of a couple of youngsters caught on tape has been allegedly hacked and then shared without their consent.  Apart from the fact that this situation even managed to...

Let’s be bold for change

Tuesday, 4 April 2017, 07:47 Last update: about 8 years ago Gejtu Vella

Artists worth their salt are capable to turn canvas or any other material into a work of art, even masterpieces, with the strokes of a paintbrush. They give us stunning illustrations.  The...

Not so equality... after all

Tuesday, 4 April 2017, 07:47 Last update: about 8 years ago Marie Louise Coleiro Preca

70 years ago, women in Malta achieved the right to vote. 70 years ago, Agatha Barbara was elected as the first-ever woman in the Maltese Parliament. 60 years ago, Agatha Barbara became the...

Green sense is common sense

Monday, 3 April 2017, 09:43 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

In the last few days, Alternattiva Demokratika –the Green Party – has been campaigning against over-development at both Mosta and Marsaxlokk. It is the renewal of an everlasting campaign,...

Switzerland in the Atlantic

Monday, 3 April 2017, 08:02 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

Finally we’ve arrived at the point when Brexit will have to be negotiated. Discussions will be complex and I’m afraid quite tough. On the side of the Europeans (no matter what they say)...

The French Language and its role in contemporary Europe

Monday, 3 April 2017, 08:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Simon Mercieca

As part of the celebrations of the French Language in the world or what is called La Francophoniedans le Monde, the Alliance françaiseMalte-Méditerranéeorganized an extremely...

Keep hiding, Keith Schembri

Sunday, 2 April 2017, 11:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Werner Langan, who leads the European Parliament’s PANA Committee, has written to the government, asking that the Prime Minister’s chief of staff, Keith Schembri, travel to Strasbourg to...

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