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Not my minion

Friday, 2 September 2016, 08:26 Last update: about 9 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

Muscat and his friends do not like my guts. They’re not particularly keen about this newspaper, either. Castille employs a man, officially to answer PQs, but who instead spends the day...

Flawed logic and public holidays

Thursday, 1 September 2016, 09:38 Last update: about 9 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Flawed logic is the root cause of many things that go wrong in this country (the other root causes are avariciousness, spite, ignorance and stupidity, but then they are all interlinked), and once more...

Gozo tourism

Thursday, 1 September 2016, 08:08 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

There is much satisfaction in Gozo (as in Malta) about how well this year’s tourist season has done… or is still doing. Many targets were reached, indeed exceeded. One temptation is...

Lowest turnout in 2018 election

Wednesday, 31 August 2016, 09:15 Last update: about 9 years ago Stephen Calleja

We’re still months away from the general election, but my gut feeling is that we will have the lowest voter turnout in recent political history. Since Independence, we have had 11...

Asking the right questions

Wednesday, 31 August 2016, 07:53 Last update: about 9 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

A couple of questions come to mind as I browse through the news portals. Earthquake A couple of days ago we woke up to another natural disaster, this time an earthquake in...

One may feel profoundly disappointed, betrayed, even hurt

Tuesday, 30 August 2016, 09:15 Last update: about 9 years ago Gejtu Vella

Why people are turning to political leaders the likes of Marine Le Pen, France’s National Front far-right leader, Nigel Farage, the former leader of the UK Independence Party and Donald Trump,...

Summer's over

Monday, 29 August 2016, 07:59 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

At the end of the summer break, European Union is facing a crowded agenda. For many, the predominant issue is Brexit. But in other areas too, decisions are urgently needed. The latest...

Dying with Dignity: il-Ġardina Project

Monday, 29 August 2016, 07:55 Last update: about 9 years ago Simon Mercieca

During this summer, part of the newspapers’ debate revolved around the theme of euthanasia. Both those in favour and those against made strong arguments. Yet, as an observer, I was struck by one...

The beauty of silence and the benefit of solitude

Sunday, 28 August 2016, 11:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

I have been thinking about the relationship between money and silence, between money and solitude, between money and space, and about the relative definitions of luxury, what luxury means to different...

Fixing Europe

Sunday, 28 August 2016, 10:45 Last update: about 9 years ago Noel Grima

Now that August is nearly over, the European giant tries to shake off its lethargy and get down to continue tackling what’s ailing it. It has not been an easy summer for Europe. First the...

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