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Post a disaster

Thursday, 23 August 2018, 08:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Alfred Sant

That’s how it always goes: an explosion in a nucler power station, a ship that is driven aground or that sinks, the collapse of a bridge: when a disaster of significant proportions occurs...

Vlog: EU funding

Wednesday, 22 August 2018, 13:26 Last update: about 9 years ago Francis Zammit Dimech

In his blog on the Malta Independent, MEP Francis Zammit Dimech speaks about the interest people show in EU funding. He explains that from time to time people and organisations seek his help to obtain...

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...

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