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The cost of ignorance

Tuesday, 21 August 2018, 08:11 Last update: about 9 years ago Camilla Appelgren

A whole nation was devastated seeing the dead leatherback turtle being lifted from the sea in Gozo. Everyone raised their voice out of concern, claiming they’ve had enough. The littering was...

Europe and immigration

Monday, 20 August 2018, 08:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

This summer’s events in the Mediterranean demonstrated without any doubt that regarding irregular migration, the EU remains divided without any clear and satisfactory common policy. Fortunately,...

Egrant and the PN’s wrong strategy manoeuvre

Monday, 20 August 2018, 07:41 Last update: about 9 years ago Simon Mercieca

It was not my intention to comment on the Egrant issue per se, but there can be no doubt that the PN has been caught on the wrong foot and its reaction...

Facing a growing threat

Sunday, 19 August 2018, 10:47 Last update: about 9 years ago Noel Grima

Seeing the way things seem to be developing, I suggest the creation of a joint committee in Parliament to discuss migration. I very much doubt this will happen, for a variety of reasons, but...

Lessons from the Genova bridge collapse

Sunday, 19 August 2018, 10:33 Last update: about 9 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The collapse of the Morandi Bridge in Genova should lead to a number of lessons which have an application hundreds of kilometres away from Genova.  Notwithstanding the fact that the official...

One hundred days

Friday, 17 August 2018, 08:50 Last update: about 9 years ago Owen Bonnici

Summertime is a funny period. It's funny because people tend to take a more relaxed approach to life, where they try to enjoy things that usually do not have the time to do.  Here in Malta,...

Property for rent

Thursday, 16 August 2018, 10:50 Last update: about 9 years ago Michael Briguglio

Nationalist Party European Parliament candidate Michael Briguglio today speaks about the costs of renting property, which has grown exponentially in the last few years....

Service provision?

Thursday, 16 August 2018, 06:46 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

I could not believe it happens but that’s how it is.  You’ll have a contract for the provision of internet in your home. Then the day comes when the service is totally out. You...

Thick skin impudence

Tuesday, 14 August 2018, 10:46 Last update: about 9 years ago Charles Flores

I have already written in this very same space about the small-pack race that took place, soon after Daphne Caruana Galizia’s tragic assassination, among allied wannabes who, in search of some...

The difference between master builder and worker

Tuesday, 14 August 2018, 10:41 Last update: about 9 years ago Camilla Appelgren

The green movement has been growing at a very fast pace over the past year, not only in Malta but worldwide. In some countries the change is more noticeable than in others. We all have one thing in...

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