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A future for Europe?

Monday, 6 March 2017, 08:01 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

The debate about the future of Europe has been launched. Some people call me a eurosceptic, even though probably I believe more staunchly in Europe than they do. The Europe I stand for though is...

University, proficiency in English and the PN

Monday, 6 March 2017, 07:47 Last update: about 8 years ago Simon Mercieca

If there was a sector in which the PN excelled in the past, this was tertiary education. In Italian, it was ‘il fiore all’occhiello’ of all PN policies; though this does not mean...

The sleazy and corrupt businessmen who plague Maltese politics

Sunday, 5 March 2017, 11:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

I’m going to write this column without names, not because I have any problem mentioning them, but because I don’t want to involve this newspaper in any polemics or legal battles. But you...

Possible negative impact on Malta from Brexit

Sunday, 5 March 2017, 10:45 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

While we, as a country, have not been discussing Brexit to any great extent, the official received wisdom has been that Malta might benefit from the fall-out. I myself, through some of my writings,...

Hidden agendas

Saturday, 4 March 2017, 10:13 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

It strikes me that people are turned off not just by rogue politics or fake politicians but more so by the hidden agendas that they defend so arduously.  The job of the journalist is often to get...

EU presidency used to hide defects

Friday, 3 March 2017, 09:26 Last update: about 8 years ago Salvu Mallia

The six-month European Presidency is being used by the Maltese government to hide its defects and the country’s problems, PN candidate Salvu Mallia says today. In his vlog, Salvu Mallia...

Equality in free fall under Muscat

Friday, 3 March 2017, 08:48 Last update: about 8 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

With all that is going on in our country, we risk missing out on issues which are usually the centre of debates in a “normal” country. Corruption, sleaze and money laundering are not the...

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