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Koalizzjoni jew rivoluzzjoni

Wednesday, 15 March 2017, 08:07 Last update: about 10 years ago Marlene Farrugia

Jekk hemm xi ħaġa li kulħadd jaqbel fuqha huwa l-fatt li anke kieku ma kien hawn l-ebda korruzzjoni u kollox kien trasparenti daqs il-libsa ta' taħt ta' Zeza tal-Flagship,...

The Judas of our times

Tuesday, 14 March 2017, 07:37 Last update: about 10 years ago Gejtu Vella

It started with a kiss.  Whether it was the kiss of love, or it was transient with no strings attached, or whether it was the kiss of Judas, it is for you to decide.   I am quite sure...

Self-made labyrinth

Tuesday, 14 March 2017, 07:30 Last update: about 10 years ago Charles Flores

It is a very awkward time for the triumvirate running the Opposition Nationalist Party. One is enmeshed in a money-laundering saga that seems to grow with every day that people spend time pondering...

Fake invoices and tainted donations

Monday, 13 March 2017, 10:59 Last update: about 10 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Around three weeks ago Alternattiva Demokratika - The Green Party in Malta - requested the Electoral Commission to initiate an investigation into the illicit use of public property by the Labour...

Brexit blues

Monday, 13 March 2017, 07:42 Last update: about 10 years ago Alfred Sant

This month will have been sent the British demand for the UK to exit the European Union. Months have passed since the referendum on the issue was held in Great Britain. Up to now, few indications...

Egrant, Joseph Muscat and the PN

Monday, 13 March 2017, 07:38 Last update: about 10 years ago Simon Mercieca

There is no doubt that had the Panama Papers scandal surfaced in any other European country, it would have rocked the government and forced it to resign. One needs only watch what is happening in...

How to damage your own reputation

Sunday, 12 March 2017, 11:00 Last update: about 10 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

It’s been around 15 years since I last worked in public relations, but if Silvio Debono and Arthur Gauci were my clients, especially in the run-up to a bond issue – I worked on more than a...

This Azure Window melange of business and politics

Sunday, 12 March 2017, 10:45 Last update: about 10 years ago Noel Grima

In addition to the predictable and foretold collapse of the Azure Window, this week we have had the collapse of the hitherto cosy relationship between politics and business. Or at least between...

Nine years is too long for trial by association

Sunday, 12 March 2017, 10:15 Last update: about 10 years ago Alice Taylor

In 2007, Chukwudi Samuel Onyeabor visited Malta with his family but little did he know that his holiday would end in disaster. A Dutch citizen of Nigerian origin, he had lived...

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