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Standards in Public Life: still waiting for Godot

Tuesday, 3 July 2018, 08:31 Last update: about 9 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The website of the Ministry of Justice clearly indicates that Act XIII of 2017 entitled ‘Standards in Public Life Act’ is not yet in force. This statute received Presidential assent on 30...

Video killed the radio star – football next?

Tuesday, 3 July 2018, 08:25 Last update: about 9 years ago Charles Flores

If video really killed the radio star, video is now threatening to kill the game we all love. This far in the Russia World Cup finals, Video Assistant Referee (VAR) has shown it is merely a DIY...

A Europe which protects?

Monday, 2 July 2018, 07:51 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

Shortly, the “progressive” call will be for a Europe “that protects”. Democratic socialists have already started to use that term, when apparently at the same time if not...

Is Malta losing its sovereignty?

Monday, 2 July 2018, 07:48 Last update: about 9 years ago Simon Mercieca

Last Monday, I wrote that Italy’s main interest in the migrants’ issue is to re-establish its sphere of influence over Libya. On that same day, the main international news announced a...

No European solution at all

Sunday, 1 July 2018, 10:46 Last update: about 9 years ago Noel Grima

I was shocked to the core, last week, as I watched the Lifeline enter Grand Harbour. At first, I thought that a harbour cruise boat had somehow found itself in the middle. Then, a split second...

Good news for more gender balance

Friday, 29 June 2018, 08:47 Last update: about 9 years ago Owen Bonnici

If one had to point out two important moments in the history of female emancipation in our country, those would probably be the granting of the right to vote to women in 1947 and the appointment of...

Populist dilemmas

Thursday, 28 June 2018, 08:16 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

A fundamental flaw embedded in the populist strategy, especially with regard to immigration, is that it quickly leads to stagnation, which could then probably end up in confrontation and conflict....

Malta won’t be bullied

Thursday, 28 June 2018, 08:15 Last update: about 9 years ago Marlene Mizzi

The saddest thing about the recent immigration crisis in the Mediterranean involving two different rescue ships, the Aquarius and the Lifeline, will always be the poor souls trying to reach Europe...

Up the creek

Wednesday, 27 June 2018, 10:24 Last update: about 9 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

The mother of all clichés would probably read; ‘life is a balancing act’! But, in my opinion this is only partly true.  Life really and truly is how we decide to make...

INDEPTH: Migrant flow shifting towards Spain – Michael Farrugia

Wednesday, 27 June 2018, 08:57 Last update: about 9 years ago INDEPTH online

Malta will be putting pressure on European Union countries to sign an agreement that involves the mandatory as opposed to the voluntary sharing of immigrants, the Minister for Home Affairs and...

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