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In France under the Muslims

Sunday, 18 September 2016, 10:46 Last update: about 11 years ago Noel Grima

It’s 2022 and the French presidential election has come round again. Marine Le Pen is once again one of the two final candidates, and the other is the charismatic Muhammad Ben Abbes, from the...

Leo Brincat: loyalties and lip service

Sunday, 18 September 2016, 10:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

When Leo Brincat gave evidence before the EU Parliamentary Committee on Budgetary Control last week he was, as anticipated, quizzed on his position regarding the Panama Papers. Leo Brincat made...

Stolen holidays – what festa?

Sunday, 18 September 2016, 10:15 Last update: about 11 years ago Charles Flores

There is no doubting the positive social impact of religious public holidays in Malta and Gozo and their unique contribution to both the microeconomics and tourism industry. I have to admit, though,...

Has he lost the plot?

Saturday, 17 September 2016, 08:56 Last update: about 11 years ago Rachel Borg

Until a relatively short while ago, the view held by a good portion of the public, was that they were pleased with themselves for having chosen to “switch” and vote for the Movement of...

Brincat, a tribe and political mythology

Saturday, 17 September 2016, 08:55 Last update: about 11 years ago Salvu Mallia

In his first video blog for The Malta Independent portal, Salvu Mallia speaks about his disappointment after his popular programme “Madwarna” was stopped by PBS because, he says, he had...

Blame it on Brexit and not the PN

Saturday, 17 September 2016, 08:52 Last update: about 11 years ago Simon Mercieca

The Labour media is up in arms and putting the blame of what has happened in the European Parliament on the Nationalist Opposition. This argument does not hold water as a similar situation already...

An eye and a tooth

Friday, 16 September 2016, 09:54 Last update: about 11 years ago Claudette Buttigieg

At the last general election Muscat’s Labour Party campaigned in the name of sweetness and light. Gone, gone forever, was the vindictive Labour of the golden years. Over the last three and a...

Leo Brincat and Joseph Muscat: more bad blood for Malta

Thursday, 15 September 2016, 10:51 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

Desperate and undignified, Leo Brincat has brought out his (obviously miniature) battering-ram and is now doing what he can to force open the door to the European Court of Auditors and a salary of...

Infamy

Thursday, 15 September 2016, 07:48 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Sant

There’s no better way to describe the decision of the Nationalist Party for its MEPs to vote against the nomination of Leo Brincat to sit on the European Court of Auditors than this: call it a...

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