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The Ides of March madness

Sunday, 17 March 2019, 09:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Noel Grima

Way back in time, a group of Roman senators got together and on the Ides of March (15 March) overthrew and killed the budding dictator Julius Caesar, well believing they were acting in defence of...

Only the paranoid survive

Saturday, 16 March 2019, 09:07 Last update: about 9 years ago Rachel Borg

"Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks.  Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools.  And their grand-children are once more slaves" - D.H....

Thinking creatively in culture

Friday, 15 March 2019, 08:48 Last update: about 9 years ago Owen Bonnici

“Let’s go one step further in culture, let us literally think beyond our comfort zone”. I proposed this question long way back, during periodic meetings I hold with the...

Gozo debate

Thursday, 14 March 2019, 07:52 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

During a public debate held recently in Gozo at which I participated, topics that have featured for a long while in such meetings were raised again. All were related to connectivity problems. These...

The world wide web

Wednesday, 13 March 2019, 13:50 Last update: about 9 years ago Francis Zammit Dimech

In his weekly vlog MEP Francis Zammit Dimech says that the internet and social media have revolutionised the way we live, from communication to acquiring goods we need. It has become a vital tool for...

Oddments and questions

Wednesday, 13 March 2019, 09:30 Last update: about 9 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Joseph Muscat will resign ‘No circumstance will convince me to contest another election’.  This is what Prime Minister Joseph Muscat had declared just one year ago.  I heard...

We don’t live forever, our legacy does

Tuesday, 12 March 2019, 09:08 Last update: about 9 years ago Camilla Appelgren

Lately, after going out as an MEP candidate with environment at heart, I’ve had so many discussions about if we really can save the human race. It’s no longer about saving the environment,...

Measures needed to avoid social dumping in employment market

Monday, 11 March 2019, 13:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Peter Agius

Nationalist MEP candidate Peter Agius highlights risks of social dumping with the influx of foreign workers from non-EU countries employed at basic rates in industries normally paying higher per hour...

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