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Wasting precious time in Opposition

Sunday, 1 October 2017, 10:35 Last update: about 10 years ago Noel Grima

After the election in Germany last Sunday, the SPD, the social-democrat party, chose to dissolve the coalition with Angela Merkel’s CDU and go as the Opposition. There was no angst, no...

Owen’s latest gimmick

Sunday, 1 October 2017, 10:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Earlier this week, Justice Minister Owen Bonnici explained to the press the measures proposed by the government in order that Parliament will be in a position to examine its political appointees...

The race, to the bottom, is on

Sunday, 1 October 2017, 09:39 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The race is on for Jean Pierre Debono’s seat in parliament, but the person who wins it will not be keeping it. He or she will be giving it up in an act of great sacrifice for the Nationalist...

Bogus authorities and their enablers

Saturday, 30 September 2017, 09:19 Last update: about 10 years ago Rachel Borg

One of the accusations levelled against the Gonzi government was the way it detached from the citizens.  Anytime anyone tried to approach a Minister, Ministry or Secretary or who-ever they were...

What’s in it for me, Minister?

Friday, 29 September 2017, 08:58 Last update: about 10 years ago Alex Muscat

Gone are the days when one would be dreading the first Budget of a legislature. Labour has departed from the parochial mentality of having unpopular budgets in the first years of the mandate, and more...

The complete package

Friday, 29 September 2017, 08:57 Last update: about 10 years ago Marlene Mizzi

Following last June’s much-lauded European Union decision to effectively do away with roaming charges on mobile phones – a process started ten years ago by noneother than our own Prime...

Domestic violence

Thursday, 28 September 2017, 09:25 Last update: about 10 years ago Miriam Dalli

Domestic violence should not just a phrase conveniently used on certain occasions, Labour MEP said, but should be a way to understand the plight of so many women and take action. In her vlog,...

The problems with an outsider

Thursday, 28 September 2017, 09:17 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Let’s leave aside the fact that Adrian Delia is a highly contentious choice because of his baggage, and make believe that he is as clean as a whistle, upright and thoroughly correct. Many of the...

Taxation in Europe

Thursday, 28 September 2017, 09:17 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

Pressures are still building up in Europe for corporation taxes (eventually also income tax on citizens) to be brought closer to the same structure across countries. Up to now, the setting of such...

Morsels

Wednesday, 27 September 2017, 08:41 Last update: about 10 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

·         Delia Coalition: The Delia coalition continues to struggle to find its footing in the Nationalist Party.  It seems that defiance is coming...

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