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Marketing through sports

Sunday, 6 May 2018, 10:28 Last update: about 9 years ago Noel Grima

I watched, on Friday, the first leg of the Giro d’Italia … from Jerusalem (and also yesterday’s second leg from Haifa to Tel Aviv) and wondered at the marketing acumen behind this...

Malta's slave trade

Saturday, 5 May 2018, 08:39 Last update: about 9 years ago Rachel Borg

Call it women’s intuition – after all, every sort of cliché has been used towards women recently – or call it experience, but the cloud is lifting from the urgency of the IVF...

A genuine cause for celebration

Friday, 4 May 2018, 08:42 Last update: about 9 years ago Owen Bonnici

Tens of thousands of people literally packed Tritons Square to the brim last Tuesday. The imposing Fountain, which has been recently restored to its full glory, was almost dwarfed by a sea of...

Not books

Thursday, 3 May 2018, 07:55 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

The more one compares Malta to other countries in the EU and outside it, the better one discovers how books and reading are well down in this country’s list of interests. Elsewhere, leading...

From oracle chambers to clinics and community work

Wednesday, 2 May 2018, 08:19 Last update: about 9 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

I caught up with Dr Dione Mifsud, Head, Department of Counselling (e. 2012) within the Faculty for Social Wellbeing, Senate member and Harassment Officer at the University of...

Only stupid people litter, right?

Tuesday, 1 May 2018, 17:16 Last update: about 9 years ago Camilla Appelgren

Being a small country surrounded by the sea is also nice, but it also has its downside, especially when it comes to litter. I can quite confidently say that every piece of light litter not taken care...

Vlog: Michael Briguglio tackles ARMS and energy bills

Monday, 30 April 2018, 13:49 Last update: about 9 years ago Michael Briguglio

Sociologist Michael Briguglio brought up a number of questions in relation to ARMS this week in his vlog on The Malta Independent website, following a number of articles about the issue printed by...

MAY DAY

Monday, 30 April 2018, 09:12 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

At this time of the year, even if the big demonstrations that used to be organised in European captals have greatly declined, the condition of workers still gets highlighted as an issue. The EU...

Cryptocurrency is back in the news

Monday, 30 April 2018, 08:25 Last update: about 9 years ago Simon Mercieca

On Wednesday April 15, the Malta Independent carried a detailed report on the Press Conference given by Parliamentary Secretary Silvio Schembri, who holds the Portfolio for Financial Services....

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