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The neighbours in crisis

Sunday, 3 June 2018, 10:09 Last update: about 9 years ago Noel Grima

Most of us have followed the evolution of the government crisis in nearby Italy – but that does not mean we have grasped the inner dynamic. Our two countries are not just geographic...

Risk to democracy

Saturday, 2 June 2018, 09:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Rachel Borg

Malta is now entering not the euro zone but the democracy deficit zone.  As long as we continue with this general and personal assault on freedom of expression, with all the wider effect that it...

The next EP election

Friday, 1 June 2018, 09:06 Last update: about 9 years ago Miriam Dalli

Miriam Dalli today speaks about the next European Parliament election, saying that voters analyse both the national and European issues when deciding their preferences. In her vlog today, she...

Scoring results

Friday, 1 June 2018, 09:02 Last update: about 9 years ago Owen Bonnici

The EU Justice Scoreboard is a useful information tool that looks at the data on the independence, quality and efficiency of national justice systems throughout all Member States. This scoreboard...

The cat is out of the bag, but...

Thursday, 31 May 2018, 09:33 Last update: about 9 years ago Marlene Mizzi

Well, the media has taken the cat out of the bag to reveal I will not be running again for a European Parliament seat in the May 2019 election. But, and this is a very important but, I hasten to add I...

Ecclesial censorship

Thursday, 31 May 2018, 07:39 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

I was at a loss for a reply when asked for my opinion concerning the censorship applied to Mark Montebello. I am not a religious person and disagree totally with censorship. However... On the one...

New petrol stations

Tuesday, 29 May 2018, 15:50 Last update: about 9 years ago Michael Briguglio

Applications for new petrol stations amount to a size of land equivalent to 50 times the size of the Granaries in Floriana, Michael Briguglio says. In his vlog today, Briguglio says that the...

‘Acknowledgements’ do not heal our diabetic patients

Tuesday, 29 May 2018, 09:40 Last update: about 9 years ago Francis Zammit Dimech

I was touched by a remark which came from a mother of a Type 1 diabetic, who told me that the skin on her son’s finger is so hard that she struggles to get the blood out, and that her son cries...

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