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Summer's over

Monday, 29 August 2016, 07:59 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Sant

At the end of the summer break, European Union is facing a crowded agenda. For many, the predominant issue is Brexit. But in other areas too, decisions are urgently needed. The latest...

Dying with Dignity: il-Ġardina Project

Monday, 29 August 2016, 07:55 Last update: about 11 years ago Simon Mercieca

During this summer, part of the newspapers’ debate revolved around the theme of euthanasia. Both those in favour and those against made strong arguments. Yet, as an observer, I was struck by one...

The beauty of silence and the benefit of solitude

Sunday, 28 August 2016, 11:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

I have been thinking about the relationship between money and silence, between money and solitude, between money and space, and about the relative definitions of luxury, what luxury means to different...

Fixing Europe

Sunday, 28 August 2016, 10:45 Last update: about 11 years ago Noel Grima

Now that August is nearly over, the European giant tries to shake off its lethargy and get down to continue tackling what’s ailing it. It has not been an easy summer for Europe. First the...

Meanwhile at the Exiles…

Sunday, 28 August 2016, 10:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Marie Benoît

Summer days are here again, as the song goes, and there are times when flashes of the summers of my childhood intrude on other mundane thoughts. For some years our summer mornings were spent at...

In Malta it pays to ignore planning law and policy

Sunday, 28 August 2016, 10:15 Last update: about 11 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The planning amnesty announced earlier this week has been in the pipeline for 18 months. In the initial stages of the debate – on 8 February in an article published in this paper – I...

Gafa won’t have been in it on his own

Thursday, 25 August 2016, 11:28 Last update: about 11 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The one aspect of the Neville Gafa scandal we should all take for granted is that this man was perfectly comfortable doing what he did – and before he protests his innocence, those Viber...

The Marsascala economy

Thursday, 25 August 2016, 07:48 Last update: about 11 years ago Alfred Sant

When the Jerma hotel was in operation, it wasn’t merely generating business for itself on the back of the accomodation it provided. Its residents were of benefit to the restaurants and...

Summer musings (2)

Wednesday, 24 August 2016, 08:15 Last update: about 11 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

The 100 days of summer, as Bay Radio likes to refer to the ‘silly season’, is probably more than half way there.  As I lay on the deckchair tapping on my Ipad with the Islands of St...

It’s devious to promise the moon

Tuesday, 23 August 2016, 08:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Gejtu Vella

In most cases people are impressed with jugglers. Jugglers throw balls in the air, catch them, and keep them moving so that at least one or two are always in the air, but people are mesmerised, if not...

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