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Thursday, 9 February 2017, 08:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Sant

When proposals arise for reform or radical change in the way by which a society is being run, the choice usually falls between two options: either reforms are launched in a big way and some care is...

Some key words

Wednesday, 8 February 2017, 09:27 Last update: about 11 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

Some of the key words that top our national agenda at this time: Abortion:  An issue waiting on the side raring to be discussed.  Even if most of us strongly oppose this issue it is...

Keeping steady as she goes

Tuesday, 7 February 2017, 09:23 Last update: about 11 years ago Gejtu Vella

It was a kick in the teeth for the leftist government, returned to power in Romania in December 2016, led by Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu.   An international news item which I followed was...

Times of Malta

Monday, 6 February 2017, 12:40 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Sant

At the “Times of Malta” they ran into a problem with their Managing Director. He was accused of maladministration. Big contracts concluded in the building of a new printing press were...

A threesome in a bedroom

Monday, 6 February 2017, 07:53 Last update: about 11 years ago Simon Mercieca

The Marquis De Sade dedicated his book La Philosophie dans le boudoir to libertines of all ages and sexes. For him sexual liberty leads to political emancipation. Many thought that this principle...

The minister, the staffer and the girls at the Acapulco

Sunday, 5 February 2017, 11:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Things have come to a pretty pass for the government of Malta when the majority of people – or so it seems through general conversation – give the word of prostitutes more weight than they...

A pleasant interlude

Sunday, 5 February 2017, 10:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Noel Grima

They joked that the first thing Malta did to the heads of government of the EU member states on Friday was to take them to a church. A pleasant time was had by all. Angela Merkel stopped by the...

Money, sex and power

Saturday, 4 February 2017, 10:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Rachel Borg

It seems a long time ago since Joseph Muscat unveiled his roadmap with a lot of fanfare and imagery but in fact it has only been around four years.  Today it can be consigned to the rubbish heap...

Respect cannot be taken for granted

Friday, 3 February 2017, 08:28 Last update: about 11 years ago Salvu Mallia

The Maltese should learn not to accept situations that they do not like, and should learn to speak up against them, even using harsh words, Salvu Mallia said. In his vlog today, the Nationalist...

Give Malta a break

Friday, 3 February 2017, 08:19 Last update: about 11 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

We are in the second month of the EU presidency but nobody in our country is talking about it. The social media is packed with cold shower jokes and comments on Chris Cardona. Elvis...

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