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'Hinged on the availability of age-friendly communities'

Wednesday, 23 May 2018, 09:49 Last update: about 9 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

I interviewed Prof. Marvin Formosa, Head of the Department of Gerontology, Faculty for Social Wellbeing. He holds the posts of Chairperson of the National Commission for Active Ageing (Malta) and...

The cowboys on our streets

Tuesday, 22 May 2018, 14:05 Last update: about 9 years ago Charles Flores

To say we have a traffic problem is an understatement. To say nothing was ever done or is being done is a lie. To think it can ever be 100 per cent solved, or to fantasise it may even be solved by...

Undermining the rule of law

Tuesday, 22 May 2018, 14:04 Last update: about 9 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

‘The rule of law’ is a basic democratic principle codified in the laws of democratic countries. We are all servants of the law in order to be free and, in a democracy, the law should...

Make sure to feed the right wolf

Tuesday, 22 May 2018, 08:06 Last update: about 9 years ago Camilla Appelgren

There was a time when I told myself constantly that I didn't do enough, that no matter what I did for the environment, my efforts wouldn't matter. I am happy to say that those feelings seldom arise...

In Bavaria

Monday, 21 May 2018, 07:50 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

What has developed between the Catholic Church and the government of the German state of Bavaria gives rise to some very curious reflections. The social-christians who have been in power for quite a...

The Breakdown of American Order

Monday, 21 May 2018, 07:48 Last update: about 9 years ago Simon Mercieca

One could discredit any discourse of an impending end of American hegemony as mere speculation but French historian and demographer Emmanuel Todd, in his book After the Empire: The Breakdown of the...

Can Malta be trusted with Crypto?

Sunday, 20 May 2018, 11:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Alice Taylor

Over the last 10 years, Malta has worked hard to become one of the world’s leading jurisdictions for iGaming and related industries. The sector employs thousands of local and foreign...

Before the context changes

Sunday, 20 May 2018, 10:16 Last update: about 9 years ago Noel Grima

There is a sense of déjà vu in Maltese politics at the moment, a sense that all that could have been said was said and nothing new was added. Daphne’s murder is there, big as a...

No contest

Saturday, 19 May 2018, 08:10 Last update: about 9 years ago Rachel Borg

There is a growing perception and one more casually floated around these days, that there are no more Nationalists left and Malta has become all Labour.  Well, well.  Aren’t we...

Reducing emissions from new vehicles

Friday, 18 May 2018, 11:53 Last update: about 9 years ago Miriam Dalli

In her vlog, Labour MEP Miriam Dalli today speaks about ambitious proposals to reduce CO2emissions from new vehicles in the coming years. She is leading the European Parliament in its...

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